Ellie, > Samuel Hornbeck md Dorothy Harness abt 1794, he died abt 1816 Bourbon Co, KY. > Their son, John, md Mary Trumbo. +++ I have Samuel and Dorothy "Dolly" (HARNESS) HORNBECK. but being wed in 1762 in Hampshire Co., VA.  I have his date of death as December 15, 1815.  I have no source for this information.  What is your source?  I also have his death in Boubon Co.  I had only one child, Margaret HORNBECK.  Thanks for the info on John and Mary (TRUMBO) HORNBECK.   > The Harness family was from Hampshire/Hardy counties and the progenitor is > Michael Harness, whose real name was Johann Michael Ernst Hoerner.  Dorothy was > the dau of Michael and Maria Elisabetha Dieffenbach, b abt 1741 Hampshire Co, d > Bourbon Co, KY. I have a Macael Peter HARNESS of Hampshire/Hardy Co. b. 1 Jan 1700, in Lancaster Co., PA. Married to Elizabeth Jephebe WESTFALL in 1725 or 1726.  He died 3 Mar 1785. I feel he would be too old to be the Maichael you mentioned, but he may have had a son. The only child I have for Michael and Elizabeth (WESTFALL) HARNESS is Elizabeth HARNESS, wife of Philip Paul YOAKUM III. Jay