Hi Sherry and everyone! Sherry kindly sent me more information about Amy [Ruhama] Smith, as one of her ancestors was Amy's brother Samuel, whose daughter Martha Jane married Silas Blanchard. This is a good illustration of the value of looking at the extended family--you just never know where you will find helpful connections. It is amazing to me how closely intertwined families were as we go up the family tree. When you think about it, with people being less mobile than today, they probably tended to marry within a fairly small circle. The Blanchard and Crosby families, for instance, have many marriages between then even back to England. In addition, Blanchards and Crosbys often witnessed each other's wills. On that subject, I noticed that in 1624, a Martha Blanchard married in England John Bent, brother of Agnes Bent who married Thomas Blanchard. Were Martha and Thomas siblings? I was just curious. To get back to Amy [Ruhama] Smith, wife of Jotham Blanchard, Jr, What information I have about her is from my cousin, Mike Cambre, who got me started on this geneology hobby in the first place. Mike's information is from the Blanchard bible which is in the possession of family members living in the Baton Rouge area. I am interested in checking the data further. Jotham and Amy had the following children: Daniel, b. 15 July 1798; Lucinda, b. 15 Sep 1800; Charles, b. 13 Mar 1803; Frederick, b. 8 Oct. 1805; Cyrus, b. 3 Nov 1808; Jotham, b. 19 Apr 1811; and Asa, b. 12 Jun 1813. Probably all these were born in New Hampshire, in Hillesborough Co, although this remains to be proven. Does anyone have any information on these siblings? Frederick is my ancestor, and he moved later to the Baton Rouge, LA area before the Civil War. According to the census, he was a gunsmith and a merchant. I'll send the gedcom later as I am now at the office and the complete file is at home. So thanks, Sherry, and have a great trip! Warmest regards, Maggie