It's been over a year since my last post concerning Ruth Blanchard, b. April 5, 1703, Dunstable, MA daughter of Thomas and Ruth Adams - Pat Blanchard Curry's document on descendants of Joseph jogged me into sharing what little bit I've learned and asking for help again. After spending a day last summer at NEHGS and day last month at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake (when I could have been skiing), information is still scanty. John Chandler last year pointed me towards the reference in Peletiah Adam's estate administration of a bequest to Jabez Davis and Ruth, also confirmed in Pat Blanchard Curry's recent Descendants of Joseph document Fletch posted on his web site. I have found a record of a Jabez Davis, born Feb 24, 1701/02 Haverhill, MA, parent Stephen and Mary (Tucker) Davis. Possibly her spouse, but I have had no luck finding a record of marriage between Jabez Davis and Ruth Blanchard in the published Massachusetts records series for the towns up to 1850 nor in the microfilm of the Vital Records of Dunstable (Chelmsford microfilm wasn't locatable in Salt Lake). I found a reference to the birth of a son Benjamin Davis on Jan 16, 1725/26 in C.C. Burdick, Blanchard, A Hugenot Family in America (1976), p. 20 but with no supporting documentation - this also appeared in an LDS ordinance submission in Salt Lake but I have had no success contacting the submitter. Nor have I had any success in finding a death record for Jabez Davis, although I have a suspicion that he did in fact die before 1728 based upon the following: In Massachusetts Officers & Soldiers 1723-1743, Drummer's War to the War of Jenkins Ear, ed. by Myron O. Stachiw Jabez Davis appears at pg. 72 as follows: Davis, Jabez Pvt. Haverhill 11/29/23-6/13/24 Service of 28wks/2days Davis, Jabez Pvt. Chelmsford 8/30-11/3/25 Service of 9wks/3days I found the following reference in Early Generations of the Founders of Old Dunstable, Thirty Families by Ezra S. Stearns A.M., pub. by George E. Littlefield, Boston, 1911 at p. 79 discussing Dr. Ebenezer Taylor: "In 1724 and 1725, Dr. Ebenezer Taylor was paid for medicine and medical attendance on Joseph Chamberlain, a soldier, and Jabez Davis, a sick soldier." I'd be most appreciative of any suggestions of how to get Jabez dead before 1728. Steve Jacobson sjacobson@charleston.net Ruth 1703 b Dunstable, Middlesex, MA 98.04.21 Ruth 1728 m Killingworth, Middlesex, CT 98.04.21