Hi All, I'm going to start this Roll Call with Captain Hawkins Boone, Twelfth Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Line. He was killed in action at the Battle of Fort Freeland on 7/28/1779. He was my fifth great uncle. All this is proven. Mary Anna Boone and Samuel Patterson's sons, Benjamin and Robert, both also fought at Fort Freeland. Mary Anna was the daughter of Benjamin Boone and Susanna Likens. If I've got it right, Mary Anna was Daniel's first cousin. When Samuel Patterson died in Loudon Co., VA in 1764 or thereabouts (I don't recall if that's proven or not), Mary Anna ended up moving to Old Northumberland County, PA and marrying a Marcus Hulings, of the Berks Co, Hulings family known to have been in Exeter Twp with Daniel's clan. Marcus was a "boatsman" and transported the 12th PA, including Hawkins, into the skirmishes in NJ the year before Valley Forge. All this is proven. No wonder there is/was confusion about possible connections between these people! I've just updated my DeFrance Family Home Page (http://www.helenet.com/~larry/fam_home.html). I invite you all to take a look. To get to my personal Boon info take the the Allied Surnames option from the menu. Take the Fort Freeland option to learn more about that key battle of the Revolution. And, my out of date Hawkins Boone chrono file is on Genny's site at http://booneinfo.com/hawkins.html. Hawkins' widow's description of what happenend that day is in her application for his pension, also on Genny's site. Regards, Larry -- Larry DeFrance, Helena Montana USA Caretaker: The DeFrance Family Home Page - http://www.helenet.com/~larry/fam_home.html The DeFrance Mailing List - [email protected], The Susquehanna River Mailing List - [email protected] Co-Caretaker: The Boone Mailing list - [email protected]