Hi JRC: Thanks for the prompt responses to my latest. Herewith a few follow-ups: 1. Multiple Solomons; Yes, there is ambiguity over multiple Solomons; so arrival of some Solomon at Goshen may be an unreliable guide to Solomon #24's birth year. But what about Bachelor's assertion in A&DCSC that Sol was on the Jamaica tax list as of 1708 (and saying "...therefore, he was born no later than 1688")? That, together with the Carpenter Memorial and the sequence and context in his father's 1732 Will would indicate pretty strongly that Solomon was John's second child, not 5th. 2. Who is John 3rd; When I asked "Who is `John' shown in your table..." I apparently gave the impression I doubted the existence (or data) of John 3rd, (your RIN:12755, son of ABC's John #24). I failed to be clear. My concern is that in your Nov 6 e-mail you list TWO Johns (1st and 3rd entries in your Family #518 list) as sons of John #24 (RIN:12521). Thus, your Family #518 shows 10 offspring rather than 9. You have never said there were 10, so I imagine this is just some glitch in data; it would seem that either #4376 and #12755 are two persons (in which case they are not both sons of John ABC#24, RIN:12521), or they are the same person (in which case the two entries need to be reconciled). 3. Birthdates are Your Estimates; OK, thanks. What about Phebe (#4743)? Her "16 Mar 1700" birthdate is specific; where's that from? 4. "N.E. Marriages" vs "Colonial Families"; OK, that helps. Thanks. 5. Will Synopsis `Quoted with Variation'; Yes, I can see that your synopsis of the 1732 Will was based on Carpenter Memorial. What I meant to suggest is that although ABC omitted Joseph from his summary, in that Joseph known to be cited in the Will, it would probably be best not to repeat the omission. 6. Children Listed in Carp-Mem Order; Well, it doesn't seem your sequence is in fact as given in ABC's Carpenter Memorial. I'm looking at p. 61, and in my copy the ABC order goes; Nehemiah, John, Solomon, Joseph, Increase, Mary, Hannah, Susanna, Phebe. This was the nub of my original need actually to examine the actual Will--ABC's birth order didn't make sense to me, and I wanted to see the actual text. Your suggested birth order makes more sense than Carp-Mem in light of the actual Will. (Although based on the repeated sequence in the Will, and Carp-Mem and "Ancestors & Descendants," it remains my opinion that Solomon is more likely second to John, not 4th after John, Joseph and Increase.) 7. Bachelor as Editor of ADCSC; Ok, that helps. Thanks. Robin