This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Whetsell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IEC.2ACE/770.1 Message Board Post: Ken, I have a John and Mary (Troxall) Whetsell who came to Preston County from Frederick, MD around 1800. John was the founder of the Whetsell settlement. Their third child, Conrad (b. 1794) married a Lydia Calvert. Conrad and Lydia moved to MD and since my information is from the History of Preston County (published 1882 and 1914) the history doesn't follow them or even mention where in MD they went.