This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: michaelsecilia Surnames: Wise, Barr, Corbett, Ulery Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wise/3589.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Ruth, I am looking for the parents of William Wise who married Elizabeth Barr and had 6 children: Henderson, Cynthia, Amanda, William K., and Susannah Barr. William is listed with his family in the 1850 census of East Bethlehem, Washington Co., PA, with occupation as a miller and worked for John Corbett. William's oldest son, Henderson, who married Roseann McDermott, also was a miller and distiller and worked for the Ulerys in Zollarsville. The Ulery mill was built in 1835 and demolished in 2001. Henderson named a son James Ulery Wise and I have a copy of a journal James wrote regarding some of the Wise family, but it dosen't go any further than his grandfather. Milling and distilling seems to have been the family trades of the PA Wises, passed down through Adam Wise, the original Wise immigrant who began a milling and distilling business in Maryland before moving to Pennsylvania. William is undoubetdly a descendant of Adam's, but I haven't been able to make the connection. I've ! once seen William listed as a son of Jacob Wise (son of Frederick Wise) and Martha Freeman, but have no verification and I don't know where that information came from. Do you have any record of Jacob's children? Or know of another possible connection of William to Adam Wise? Thanks, Michael 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.