Message text written by INTERNET:WISE-L@rootsweb.com >Maybe this will help someone. I am connected to Weiss/Wise in the Ripley Co area, but dont know of any connection. Kathy < Kathy Have we ever "talked"? I descend from Samuel and Elizabeth Wise who came to Ripley co before 1845 through their son Tully. Samuel appears to be a descendant of the Accomack co VA Wises. Are you from this same Wise line? Pam Shelton-Anderson