Hi Nel, I'm not up on L2... being L05 myself ... but your comment about "Some secondary sources still say they are all brothers of L2B Andrew & Alexander, but I think their ages negate that." Why? would the ages negate a brother relationship. I have recorded Gilpins where there is 15 - 20 years between brothers and not always a second wife either. THe Gilpins are know to have children into their 60's easily and I read a newspaper article where a 62 yr old female who had living twins.... So to remove arbitrarly due to differences in ages... not really smart is it?? Nelda ----Original Message Follows---- From: [email protected] Hello Gerri, Lucky you -- to have three lines of Beatys! I think the info you have on your Beatys is the most current. I have been working on some of my other lines recently, but don't think there have been any new developments in L2. One thought about L2E -- David & George are proven brothers and as far as I know, John is still assumed to be another brother. Some secondary sources still say they are all brothers of L2B Andrew & Alexander, but I think their ages negate that. My theory is that they might be nephews...or maybe cousins. As to L2B, I think that affidavits in the various pension and land bounty applications pretty much prove that William/Billy was the father of Andrew & Alexander. I'm working on some related clues, but nothing proven yet. There are land records in Washington Co., VA for William Beaty and his wife Frances indicating they sold at least part of their 250 acres on 15 Mile Creek in 1787. They had settled there in 1772. There is also a William Beaty with an NC land grant recorded in 1798 for 250 acres on Beaver Creek in Sullivan Co., TN. He sold 200 acres of it 3 Jan 1801. His son Alexander and Catherine Travis were married there in Dec 1801 [or maybe 1800 -- the statement is a little confusing] and they moved to KY. [Did he go with them or was he just "downsizing" in his retirement after all the boys moved away?] Will Beaty also turns up on a list of road builders for the establishment of a road about 1795 in what became Sullivan Co., TN from the "Coaling Ground Beaver Creek Iron Works onwards...". He is listed along with John Cooper (the father in law of his son Andrew Beaty), Julias Hacker, and others. John Cooper received a NC land patent dated 10 Nov 1784 for land in Sullivan Co. on Beaver Creek adjacent to Julias Hacker and William Baty. And most recently, I noticed the 1763 Will for Robert Boyd of Sadsbury, Chester Co., PA -- his daughter Frances and her husband William Beaty were living in West Fallowfield, Chester Co., PA at the time. I don't have proof that this is our Billy, but we know that his son Andrew was born somewhere in PA in 1761 and Chester Co. has been a strong possibility. Hope this answers some of your questions. Good luck with your research. Nel Rocklein L2B _________________________________________________________________ http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_2G_0507