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 Message Board Post: You wrote, "A gedcom on Family Search. org. reported a marriage which occurred on Jan, 8, 1804 in Chester, VT. No sources were given for the information. If there are any of you fellow researches who might be in that vicinity or have access to any records which might be relevant, I would be most appreciative of your input. The marriage was supposedly between Henry Roswell Chandler (a Wm. and Annis descendant) and Theophilus Bates. Theophilus is a common name for a male, but this is the first I have heard of it being used for a female." Yes, isn't Family Search entertaining? According to George Chandler's _The Chandler Family_, Theophilus Bates was indeed a male, and no, Vermont, though ahead of the curve on gay marriage, was not this far ahead. Theophilus, according to the book, married Henry's SISTER Esther on that date. Of Henry it says he "went as a teacher to North Carolina and died there." No further record appears in the book.