In a message dated 97-06-07 16:18:26 EDT, you write: << My husband is a descendent of Hope Covey via his son James (and Sara Lanphere) and daughter Rachel (and Theodosius Lanphere). It's a fascinating line because it looks like this: 1. Hope Covey 2. James Covey + Sarah Lanphere 3. James Covey (1715) + Mary Lanphere (1721) 4. Samuel P. Covey + Elizabeth Nap/Knapp 2. Rachel Covey + Theodosius Lanphere 3. Mary Lanphere (1721) + James Covey (1715) 4. Samuel P. Covey + Elizabeth Nap/Kanpp Talk about double first cousins! Anyway, I noted with interest the Penningtons post about their Covey page at http://members.aol.com/BoardStock.Covey.html I'm a compiler so at first chance I went there to see what lines I could add to my Covey/Lanphere database. Yep. Some new ones. But it wasn't until I started adding the line of Lamphear Covey that I noticed a problem. Perhaps the Covey descendents can help unravel this. The Penningtons (can't recall their first names offhand, sorry) list James (1743- the one who marries Phoebe Smith) as a son of Lamphear, son of James and Sarah Lanphear Covey. I have this James as the son of James and Mary Lanphere. But so do the Penningtons!! In other words, if I am reading their file correctly, they have James (1743) as both the son of Lamphear and the son of ... well James and Mary. Now, it appears to me that the only problem is that the Pennington's file is missing Rachel's line and is otherwise correct, meaning that simply a chunk of data is missing -- like a typo rather than an error, if that makes sense. So, could someone else visit the site and tell me whether I am correct? Before I go to the trouble of importing the new lines, I want to be sure whose parents are whose. >> This is the those mixed up Pennington's again. Well, you are correct, Lamphear Pennington is not the father of James Covey husband of Phoebe Smith. Don't ask how Lamphear Covey got there? I don't know. When I tried to fix it and take him off - aol is having problems with there homepages and I keep getting errors so I'll probably have to wait until after the weekend until they get their equipment fixed. This is the way it should be: Direct Descendants of James Covey 1 James Covey b: 1625 in England d: 5 Sep 1712 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI Fact 1: AKA Couve .. +Mary // b: in England m: 1640 .......... 2 Hope Covey b: Abt 1640 in Norfolk, Wollystone Co., MA d: 8 Nov 1704 in Kings, Westerly Co., RI Fact 1: AKA Hope Couvey .............. +Mary // b: Abt 1664 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI m: 2 May 1681 d: 1705 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI ...................... 3 James Covey b: 1 Mar 1686/87 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI d: 21 Mar 1728/29 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI .......................... +Sarah Lanphere b: 1 Mar 1685/86 in Little Compton, Newport Co., RI m: 21 Mar 1707/08 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI d: in Westerly, Washington Co., RI Fact 1: 4 May 1700 Another birth year given by another researcher .................................. 4 [2] James Hope Jr. Covey b: 24 Jun 1715 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI d: 1782 in Washington Co., VA Fact 1: 24 Jan 1714/15 Another research had this date as the birth date Fact 2: 1782 Another researcher gave me his death place as King Co., RI ...................................... +[1] Mary Lanphere b: 14 Dec 1721 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI m: 21 Jan 1737/38 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI d: in Stonington, New London Co., CT .............................................. 5 Samuel Covey b: 1761 in Dutchess Co., NY d: 15 Sep 1840 in Jefferson Co., TN (who married Elizabeth Knapp/Nap) ...................... 3 Rachel Covey b: 1 Mar 1686/87 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI d: Abt 1760 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI .......................... +Theodosius Lanphere b: Abt 1685 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI m: 22 Jan 1707/08 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI d: 27 Nov 1749 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI Fact 1: Abt 1680 Another possible birth date .................................. 4 [1] Mary Lanphere b: 14 Dec 1721 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI d: in Stonington, New London Co., CT ...................................... +[2] James Hope Jr. Covey b: 24 Jun 1715 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI m: 21 Jan 1737/38 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI d: 1782 in Washington Co., VA Fact 1: 24 Jan 1714/15 Another research had this date as the birth date (parents of Samuel Covey who married Elizabeth Knapp/Nap) I apoligize to all about the mess with my homepage. If you wait a couple of days maybe things will clear up and I can upload the "corrected" information. Also, there is only half posted - the second half can't be uploaded until aol gets their problems fixed. Or if you choose to contact me directly, please do at BoardStock@aol.com Thanks for pointing out the error but I already knew about it and couldn't do anything about it. Melinda Pennington