Good idea Jan, My connection is through Adam Wesley Willis who married my gg-grandmother (Rosanna ???) about 5 years after giving birth to my g-grandfather, Stephen William Parrish (b. March 20,1835)Rosannah and Adam Willis had 6 children who I am listing below. Eli Hinkle Willis b. abt 1840 Maryland Joseph R. Willis b. 1842 MD m. Mary Poole - Dec 21 1868, Carroll Co, MD Zachariah Willis b. 1847 Clarissa E. Willis b. 1849 William Willis b. 1851 James Willis b. 1854 If anyone has any information on any of these people, please contact me. Edith McReynolds