Good morning cousins. I ran across this information sent to me by Steve Calvert some time ago. One of those, put it where I could find it things. LOL Steve lives in Washington state and I had the privilege of meeting him a couple of years ago. This is the same year I met George and his wife, 1997. This may be of some use to some to other Calvert cousins. I am sending it exactly as written by Steve. The Calvert Family Bible owned origionally by Dudley and Samantha Johnson Calvert Garrett Calvert & Diana Glass children this way (word for word): Dudley Calvert married Samantha Johnson (Reuben)> Richard The Dock married Liggie Calvert Thomas died in infancy William married Susan Bain Elisabeth married Samuel Hahn (Permelia on census) Amelia married Dr. Jack Lankford Ann Calvert married Jim Leathers Ellen Calvert married Mark Thomas Caroline Calvert married John Thomas Mary Calvert married Nathaniel Thomas According to the Calvert bible, Diana Glass Calvert died in 1856, no date given. According to "Descendants of The Virginia Calverts" pg. 187, child #10 Thomas Kirkland Calvert was the last born, 1856. Could it have been that Diana died in childbirth? Her stone is next to Garretts in the Chaplin Fork Christian Churchyard, but the stone is broken. I have since discovered that the birth order of Garrett's children are correct but the first two children were born abt a year later than it says. src This is the one I am descended from. src ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ page 2 Calvert family ledgend has it that a Richard Calvert was called "snip nose dick" because Indians from the area kidnapped him, and as was their custom in males, snipped off the front part of his nose. He later escaped and was tagged with this nickname the rest of his life. As to which Richard this was, or even if the story is true, is anybody's guess. I do have a theory however: Thomas died in 1808 abt 48 years of age, quite young even for back then. Older sons Bennett and Reuben were both over 21 and probably not living with Thomas Calvert at the time. It is possible that Thomas Calvert was killed by indians while hunting and his son was kidnapped? Richard was abt 13 years old in 1808 not considered a man as yet. Men they would have killed -- but a boy, they would have taken to their camp. Who knows? The reason I've included this here, is because this Richard came to be know as "Specie Dick" already nicknamed, and with a bad disposition, this very likely could be one and the same. src http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/p/e/Vicki-K-Spencer/GENE1-0001.html http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/vspencer/keith.htm http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/vspencer/byers.htm