Mye Goodye Cosynes [!!!], [Speculative Post]: Dale, where are you when your Country needs you ?. I think I am seeing things again Artes !!!. My working database is just that. Now tell me Artes, Dale, +-R, is this correct ?: One William Acton [Portman of Ipswich EN] [d:29-11-1616 aet 76yrs] has (at least) two children: 1. Lydia Acton. 2. John Acton, Esq. [Bramford]. I ''think'' this is THE John Acton of Bramford !!!. John Acton's sister Lydia Acton m. John Ward [Rector of St. Clement's Ipswich EN] [!!!] [!!!] [!!!]. Here is the interesting part: This: John Ward [Rector of St. Clement's Ipswich EN], has a brother none other than Nathaniel Ward [Haverhill (Essex) - Ipswich (MA)]. This NW has a brother Samuel Ward, BD DD [Famous Preacher Ipswich] [b:1572, d:1643] who m. Deborah Leech [Bolton], and for this SW I have a side note: [Men.: Edward Markham, Samuel Ward, John Davenant]. Who is this Edward Markham ?. Also from my previous post, there is the first mention of Whitmore back in England, there is a Wm. Whitmore and also a George Whitmore, probably father and son or close. - S.K.M. - [!!!] ====================