Thank you sooo much for you time Kay, I very much appreciate any help with my brick wall. I'm so glad you are feeling better. Take care. Donna N & K Chestnut <nkopportunity@gorge.net> wrote: Hi Donna, I checked several different was for your Edward WILLIAMS b. ca. 1825; but I could turn up nothing even close. Samuel WILLIAMS had one 'hit'; but not very close. I have a Samuel Aaron WILLIAMS (son of Thompson WILLIAMS) born 1845 in Washington Co., IL. and married a Hariett Ann STREET in 1866. John H. WILLIAMS had several 'hits'; but none seemed close to me. John WILLIAMS b. abt 1801 Barren Co., KY. d. 1854 m. 1st abt. 1828 ??? and m. 2nd Nancy Elizabeth BIRD. John W. WILLIAMS b. abt 1846 (son of John) m. Rebecca Ann HAWKINS 1870. John WILLIAMS (son of Allen) b. abt. 1848 IL.; but I have no marriage for him. Indirectly (my grand-daughter's line) I have a New England 'tribe' of WILLIAMSes. Eunice WILLIAMS (1702-1772) dau. of John WILLIAMS (1667-1741) and Martha WHEELER (1669-1745) is the 'end' of that line. Kay (Williams) C. --------------------------------- Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.