I believe our HIMES was probably spelled HEIMS early. They went from Washington Co, Maryland to Shelby, Christian and Fayette Co, Illinois. The WEBB are our son-in-law;s ancestors. Our family ancestry lines are on our genealogy webpage. http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/Bcookiegma Beverly (HIMES)BARGER in TX ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> Beverly, > Could be related. I know that some went south to Texas and since William was > a well-used name ( along with John, Jesse, Julius and Ernest) it doesn't > surprise me at all. Your middle name Himes, was it ever spelled "Heims"? We had