Sarah, The mesasage you are replying to was "gatewayed" from the Rootsweb/Ancestry WISE Message Board. Unless David is on the mail list he won't see your message. Messages posted to the message board are sent to the list, however messages to the list are not sent to the board. When you see a message that was gatewayed from the message board and you wish to reply you must do so through the message board. You do this by clicking on the link in the message. The way to determine if a message was gatewayed is to look for this at the beginning: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ddwise Surnames: WISE, MATTOX, MADDOX, CAMERON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wise/361.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, <snip> To reply click on the link below "Message Board URL:". The message you post there will be sent to the list On 08/15/2014 06:48 PM, Livesay4 via wrote: > David, > I can't help you with your problem but I am very interested in > Rebecca Massey's mother. What information do you have > about her mother and her mother's line? I would very much > appreciate that information. > > Sarah G > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > To: <WISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 5:24 PM > Subject: Re: [WISE] George Washington Wise/Sarah Jane Mattox > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Author: ddwise >> Surnames: WISE, MATTOX, MADDOX, CAMERON >> Classification: queries >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wise/361.1/mb.ashx >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am David DuWayne Wise, son to Gerald H Wise. Recently, my father's >> paternal DNA matched on the Mattox line. I suspect it is during the late >> 1780-1790 timeframe when my GGG Grandfather, J. J. Wise, must have been >> born based upon a bible entry. He was married to a Mary Cameron in 1807 >> in Blount County, TN (divorce decree shows this). >> >> We have Autosomal DNA matches on MANY Wise surname ancestors from the >> James Wise and Rebecca Massey generation, even Rebecca Massey's mother's >> line. >> >> I would love to learn more about this George Washington Wise. I have >> several George Washington Wise's on my tree. Will have to do some >> investigation. >> >> The only way the Paternal would match Mattox and Autosomal match Wise's, a >> Wise daughter married a Mattox and the male child's surname was recorded >> as WISE. Could be due to bad marriage, husband died, or born out of >> wedlock and they wanted to suppress the incident (avoid the Bastardy Bond >> record). >> >> Would love to learn more here. >> >> Important Note: >> The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you >> would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link >> above and respond on the board. >> >> <br> >> >> >> -- >> Many of the messages on the list are "GATEWAYED" from the Rootsweb surname >> forums. To reply to these messages you HAVE to post to the forum, NOT to >> the list. Many people that use the Forums are NOT subscribed to the list. >> They won't see your reply UNLESS YOU POST TO THE FORUM. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > -- > Many of the messages on the list are "GATEWAYED" from the Rootsweb surname forums. To reply to these messages you HAVE to post to the forum, NOT to the list. Many people that use the Forums are NOT subscribed to the list. They won't see your reply UNLESS YOU POST TO THE FORUM. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must. like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.-Thomas Paine _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._