This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/iUI.2ACIB/1980.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Esther was 37 when she became the second wife of Theophilus Bates, and I don't find any children recorded for her. According to C. Horace Hubbard's _History of the Town of Springfield, Vermont_, Theophilus had two children, Job and a daughter, by his first wife. The book gives the 8 Jan. date for Esther's marriage, by the way. There's a picture of Theophilus Bates in the book--I'm not sure if it's this one or his nephew, but if you find a link to him you might want to see it. So far this morning I can't find anything on Theophilus Bates Chandler. Theophilus Bates of Springfield was a notable citizen, and it may be that one of the other siblings of Esther named a son for him, or could it be this is another Chandler family altogether? I have to get to work--I'll look later, but I don't have any reason to think I'll find anything if you haven't.