Now isn't THAT the typo of the century... these people were WILLIAMS, not Brown. My great great grandmother was Brown and her mother was the WILLIAMS I am searching for...I just typo'd. So sorry for the confusion Jo H In a message dated 3/25/2007 12:31:21 P.M. Central Daylight Time, mccollumw@comcast.net writes: I don't see any connection to the Williams surname here. Were these people Browns or Williamses? ----- Original Message ----- From: <GenBrd@aol.com> To: <WILLIAMS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 12:41 PM Subject: [WILLIAMS] Williams family 1800s location unk. > Hello List, > > I have been searching for my Williams family for years. I have very > little > information, all I have came from a letter written in the early 1900's > all > based on memory. But I am hoping something will trigger a connection > with > others on the list. > I only know a couple of first names - the rest are unknown. They > probably > lived in NY or PA > > Mr Unk Brown (wife unk) apparently had the following children - all born > around 1800 > SILVESTER -- supposedly died as a young man. I have found info on a > Sylvester in the right time frame but who lived beyond being a "young > man". > GEORGE - "moved to Iowa, married, had 4 children" possibly moved to > eastern Washington and died at age 72. > WILL - he may have been the oldest. Apparently settled in Illinois and > was > a farmer. Possibly a Quaker. When he died his children kicked their > stepmother out of the house and she lived in the poorhouse. > MARY - married 2 men named COKER and SCHOOLEY (spelling is uncertain) > He also had 2 other daughters, one of whom was my 5th great grandmother... > she married a man named BROWN. > > I have searched Ancestry.com and the Family History Center and keep > coming > up empty...I assume I am missing something somewhere. I have found > individuals that MIGHT be one of the above, but nothing to be certain > about. > The above information came from Frederick Brown - a grandson of my 5th > great > grandmother who was born in 1859. > > Does anyone have any information about these siblings or about any one > individual? ANY help would be appreciated. > Thank you > > Jo Hogle ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.