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/770.2 Message Board Post: whetsell wrote his own book THE HISTORY OF PRSTON COUNTY. it is in 2 vol i have only the second. it oes include a photo of elias whetsell. name said spelled in german wetzell.it has an article abou the family arriving in the 1730ies