Posted on: Grays Harbor Co. Wa Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Wa/GraysHarbor/69 Surname: BENN, REDMAN, DYER, HOYT, LUARK ------------------------- I'm looking for any others researching the BENN and REDMAN families of Grays Harbor. I do have quite a bit on Sam Benn and his son, Edmund Burke Benn (my direct line). I'm hoping to find other branches of the family, particularly those of Sam's siblings, whose descendants did emigrate to the area from Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. I am aware of Sam's niece, Ayme (DYER) HOYT, and nephew, Thomas Benn DYER, but have very little on them. Sam and Martha Benn had the following children, all born in the Melbourne/Aberdeen area: Alice M. b. 1862, George b. 1864, Phoebe Isabelle b. 1866, Mary Francis b. 1869, Minnie Elizabeth b. 1871, Edmund Burke b. 1873, and Leta b. 1884. I'm also looking for any information on the family of Sam's wife, Martha REDMAN. Her father, Reuben Redman b. 1820 in Ohio, and her siblings, Joseph Thomas 'John' Redman b. 1843, Margaret Redman m. RAFFERTY, and sister, Frances Redman b. 1851, m. 1867 to Marcellus Joseph LUARK. Frances had a son, Justin Patterson LUARK.