The information sent by both James and Billy really got me into the holiday spirit! Both letters provide the Virginia Connection that I have always thought was there. JD, was there any mention of which Quaker meeting house John may have been a member of.? This is something that Jean mentioned before that could go a long way to proving a connection between the Bedsole and Bedsaul families. Billy, did Edward go any further into the line of Mathew or Wiiliam? I had an email from him some time back that stated he believed he was on the trail of the original immigrating ancestor. Living in Arlington he said that he was spending a lot of time at the National archives. So many questions, so few answers, but at least I think we all have something that from both postings to put us on a trail! Okay everyone keep digging in all those old papers. Ya never know what may have been overlooked. Peggy