In a message dated 8/1/2005 6:49:35 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: William Douglas Webb, born somewhere in New Jersey (possibly New Hampton, possibly Cape May) @1813 to White father, Indian mother. Ran away from home, @1827, leaving behind "a bunch of sisters, and four brothers who "went West." His father "married again and raised up a whole new family." ::Cursing the loss of 1810 & 1820 NJ census records:: OK Mary, just for you, an August idea (as you know I have been trying to recruit WEBBs from the Eastern Shore to the DNA Project (so far without luck). So now I'm trying to see if we can narrow down the candidate families in the 1830 NJ Census based on the blurb above. OK If William Douglas left home in 1827 the household in the 1827 Census should have "4 brothers" and a "bunch" of sisters and probably the oldest would be 15/20 and the youngest could be any age. Nor do we know if all of them were still at home in 1830 or had married. Nevertheless we should be able to eliminate households where the parents have only children in the 0-10 range and are too young to be William's father & mother. The "whole new family" we will deal with in a minute. I have looked up the third screen full and suggested a couple of candidates 1830 Census WEBBs (Ancestry)**good fit with the oral tale Screen one Joseph Webb Jersey City, Bergen, NJ Samuel Webb Burlington, Burlington, NJ William Webb Evesham, Burlington, NJ Stacy Webb New Hanover, Burlingham, NJ Caleb Webb Northmpton, Burlington, NJ Isaac Webb Northampton, Burlington, NJ Jonathon Webb Northampton, Burlington, NJ Sbbilla Webb Northampton, Burlington, NJ Job Webb Downe, Cumberland, NJ John Webb Downe, Cumberland, NJ Screen two William Webb Downe,CUmberland, NJ William Webb Orange, Essex, NJ Wm Webb Egg Harbor, Gloucester, NJ Isaac Webb Galloway Gloucester, NJ Saml Webb Galloway, Gloucester, NJ Wm Webb Galloway, Gloucester, NJ Eliz Webb Gloucester, Gloucester, NJ [looking for households with 2 parents or father only] Jos Webb Gloucester, Gloucester, NJ Isaac Webb Hamilton, Gloucester, NJ Christopher Webb Waterford, Gloucester, NJ Screen three Amos Webb Arnwell, Hunterdon, NJ {Ancestry retireives Thoms!] Thomas Webb " " " 1M 20/30 2M<5 1F20/30 1F5/10 **Greenleaf Webb N Brunswick, Middlesexm NJ 2M10/15 1M40/50 1F<5 2F10/15 1F20/30 1F40/50 Abraham Webb Perth Amboy, Middlesex NJ 1M50/60 1F15/20 John Webb " " " 1M30/40 1F 30/40 **Bowman Webb Dover, Monmouth, NJ 1M40/50 1M5/10 1M10/15 1M15/20 5 daughters wife 30/40 Cartland Webb Dover, Monmouth, NJ [might be Courtland -- NO sons, 1 daughter] 1M40/50 1F10/15 1 F50/60 Elizah Webb Hardyston, Sussex, NJ [set aside -- looking for household with both parents or father only] David Webb Vernon Sussex NJ age 50/60 1M10/15 3 15/20 2 20/30 1F15/20 2F20/30 1F40/50 [may be too many brothers not enough sisters?] Once you have your candidate families, check 1840 & 1850 to see if any of them appear to have remarried and started a new family. I recall that after you last posted, I gave you some men from the 1850 Census in "the West" who were born in NJ.] Perhaps you can track some of them back to one of the candidate families? Hope this helps you in some way.