Dear descendants of William m. Nodding, I just received the photo copies of the letters from Betty Dison. Unfortunately, I will be traveling until Monday and just have time to comment briefly. The most direct evidence that our William (b. 1757) is the son of George Calvert (1712-1782) and Ann Crupper is the assertion that William's son William Jr. (m. Eliz. Fine) named a daughter Cynthia Crupper Calvert. Her middle name is not given on p. 663 of O'Gorman. This is not surprising, if true, since otherwise O'Gorman would surely have commented on it. This same Cynthia Crupper Calvert ( m. Henderson B. Durnil or Durnell) was the second wife of Betty's gg-grandfather. No original source was given for this though both Betty and an old letter to the daughter of Isaac Newton Calvert (Mrs. Goodman) state this. They pick George, as our William's father, rather than Jacob based on the presence of Deatheredge half or step cousins in MO. George's second wife was Mary Deatheredge. I'll try to study this and write it up more coherently next week. There is also more specific and connectable family history evidence noted. In the mean time is appears we need to obtain an original source for Cynthia's middle name. I'll get back to Betty on that also. Dan PS: William Jr. did not die in 1834 (same date given for his father's death in O'Gorman) and was serving in the MO general assembly in 1836. Both he and his father are said to be buried at Big Lick Church on Tele Saline Creek about 12 miles southeast of Booneville. One or both graves may be unmarked or unreadable.