Thank you for your efforts I will continue to try. Have found additional info on an Adrian Metrash in the Brooklyn NY city directory of 1840. He is listed as a laborer but cannot find him in any census. Since the name is so uncommon I assume he is a relative of my ggrandfather. Adam's wife was Elaizabeth Peppinger she was born in Sussex NJ. They had sever hearing loss and met at some kind of school for deaf persons. Their youngest daughter Lucy Metrash-Williams was my fathers mother. You have encouraged me to keep trying.