Hi! I never got to read the letter you are speaking of but I have noticed that there is a big discrepency in the earliest Bartons of New England. All the records that I have state that Rufus Barton was born in England in 1606. I thought he came in through Portsmouth RI. However, new evidence states that he may have emigrated with his father Edward, possibly 2 brothers, Thomas and Roger and started in New York. The problem that I have found is that for about 4 generations of my family there was a Rufus, Benjamin, Edward and Thomas in almost every family and therefore it is difficult to keep them straight. The other problem is that some of the dates assigned to these individuals could make them a father, brother, cousin or son. My biggest problem is that all the info is in New England and I live in a small town in Ca where the closest LDS center or geneology library are 40miles away. Please let me know if you come up with anything concrete. Thanks, L Barton