Hi Sue and Kathy, I don't believe that Emaline Canterbury's mother's maiden name was Mary Polly ELKINS. I've never seen any official documentation which lists her maiden name, and I think I know why some think she must have been an Elkins. (In my opinion, they were mistaken.) I believe that it has been assumed that Polly's maiden name was Elkins because she lived with the Uriah Elkins family after her husband Samuel Canterbury died. But whoever assumed that probably didn't realize that Polly's daughter Mary Ann Canterbury had married Uriah Elkins. So Polly was Uriah's mother-in-law, not his sister. IF Polly's maiden name was Elkins, then she wasn't the daughter of Absalom Elkins. Absalom Elkins named each of his 10 children when he made his will in 1876, and Polly wasn't included, even though both Absalom Elkins and Polly Canterbury lived with the Uriah Elkins family in their final years and are seen together in the same household in the 1870 census. Two daughters of Samuel and Polly Canterbury married sons of Absalom Elkins - Mary Ann Canterbury married Uriah Elkins in 1850, and Mariah Jane Canterbury married William C. Elkins in 1853. Samuel Canterbury died before 1860, and in the 1860 census Polly and her youngest daughter Emaline Canterbury were living with Uriah and Mary Ann Canterbury Elkins. In 1862, Mary Ann Canterbury Elkins died, leaving Uriah with 5 little girls, the youngest a tiny baby. I'm sure that Polly Canterbury was a huge help to Uriah at that time. It was 4 years before Uriah married Martha Cosby Stafford. In the 1880 census, the birth place of Polly's parents was given as North Carolina, and we know that Absalom Elkins and his wife were born in Virginia. We can follow Absalom Elkins in the records through the years, in Virginia, then in West Virginia. Since Polly's birth place was given as North Carolina, it seems unlikely to me that Polly's maiden name was either Elkins OR Ellis. I wonder if we might find a death certificate for one of Polly's children which might list Polly's maiden name? Vanessa ----- Original Message ----- From: "dkb" <dkb@greenapple.com> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Henry Browning was the nephew of William Browning. Sue, Sorry about the mistake about the Ellis v's Elkins. It was written in the book as Ellis. K ----- Original Message ----- From: "suebod" <suebod@tampabay.rr.com> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> I have Samuel Canterbury (1813-1853) & Mary Elkins (not Ellis)(Feb 1814-?). 6 children: Mary Ann, Mariah J., Elizabeth, John R., William, Emmaline.