After seeing today's episode about the descendant of Nathan Tibbs and hearing Barney claim relation to Duncan Phyfe saying "sooner or later someone had to spell it right" I decided to look up Duncan.
Wikipedia had this: Born Duncan Fife near Loch Fannich, Scotland, he emigrated with his family to Albany, New York in 1784 and served as a cabinetmaker’s apprentice. By the time of his marriage in 1793, he appears in the New York directories as a "joiner," but by 1794 he called himself "cabinetmaker" and had changed the spelling of his name to Phyfe. So maybe Barney was related to Duncan after all. Also, I love how in this episode Barney is so sure he is the descendant of Nathan yet when the real descendant (Otis) is named barney stands behind him 100%. Just one of many reasons to love ol' Barn. Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
