There were too many messages to read here, so I'm posting my own. Just found out I have Bollen ancestors from Somerset, England. George (b. about 1785, died 1850?), and Hannah (b. about 1794, d. after 1881) Bollen, who raised their family in Yeovil, England. They had six children, at least, one of whom was Elizabeth Ellen (b. 1835) who married William Thomas Cox. They had a son, Albert, who came to Pittsburgh. Has anyone researched this family in England? There appear to be quite a few Bollens in the Yeovil area of Somerset. Mine attended an "Independent" church, i.e. not church of England.