Post by mfriend on Mar 6, 2021 21:16:00 GMT -5
Hi Folks and Fellow Friends 
I'm trying to track down information about a couple of my ancestors and I'm stuck.
If anyone could help or has info please let me know.
I'm very sure about my family line back through and including Nathaniel Friend (Lived 1830's to 1911). I'm stuck though because on the 1850 Allegany, Maryland Census he was living with a different family.
Almost (every??) every family tree I have found online lists Nicholas Friend (Allegany, Maryland) as the father but NONE have any sources or proof. There were a lot of friends in that area of Allegany, MD that also had sons under 5 on the 1840 census but they (the fathers/sons) all seemed to be alive on the 1850 census. Nicholas Friend is not on the 1850 census (is on the 1840 census) and I have no proof but I believe he died before 1850. (on a side note there is another Nicholas Friend in Ohio/Indiana but that is not him). Later in life (1860's Nathaniel moved to northeastern W.Va.
Nicholas Friend married a Sarah Paugh in 1924 in Maryland. He MIGHT have married a Mary Davys (or Mary Davis) in Jul 1834 but I only have an index on Familysearch to go by and the corresponding image (or any information) on the Wvculture site does not exist. I see there are some books on different Friend lines for sale on the store and I'm more than happy to buy one if it had some good info on Nathaniel and or Nicholas.
I've looked on Ancestry, FindmyPast, MyHeritage and Familysearch. I've tried spending several hours looking through probate/wills/court records in Maryland.
If you need any more info please let me know.
I very much appreciate any help or ideas on where else I can look.
Thank you,
Matthew Friend
