In a message dated 1/19/00 8:38:13 PM Pacific Standard Time, WValadybug@aol.com writes: << Generation No. 2 2. JOHN2 CRAWFORD (JERIMIAH1) was born 1793. He married MATILDA. More About MATILDA: Census: 1850, Rockingham Co. VA Children of JOHN CRAWFORD and MATILDA are: i. JANE3 CRAWFORD, b. 1828. More About JANE CRAWFORD: Census: 1850, Rockingham Co. VA ii. HENRY CRAWFORD, b. 1821. More About HENRY CRAWFORD: Census: 1850, Rockingham Co. VA 4. iii. LAWRENCE CRAWFORD, b. Abt. April 1831, Rockingham Co. VA. iv. CASIE CRAWFORD, b. 1834.>> The generation above does not appear correct to me. I believe that Matilda was NOT the MOTHER of the children Jane, Henry, and Lawrence. I believe she was the SISTER of Jane, Henry, and Lawrence. (I suspect she was also the sister of a Casse (Catherine) in the 1850 census and a Sarah J. in the 1880 census). In the 1850 census Matilda's age is given as 33. Henry is 29. Jane is 22 and Lawrence is 18. Matilda is not old enough to have had children ages 29 and 22. It's possible for her to have had an 18 year old, but I do not believe that is the case here. I believe is it more likely that Lawrence is her brother. (Also it's important to note that both Henry and Catherine are identified as brother and sister in the 1880 R'ham census. There is an additional sister mentioned in 1880, Sarah J.) I suspect that John Crawford (who was 57 years old in the 1850 census) was the FATHER of Matilda, Henry, Jane, Lawrence, Catherine and Sarah J. One could make a case that Matilda was a second wife, much younger than her husband, and that the children mentioned in the 1850 census are the children of an unknown first wife, but I believe it is far more likely that she was his daughter given the following important clue (found at http://member.aol.com/CrawfordNet/rockingham.htm in the Rockingham County Death List extracted from court house records): Crawford, Matilda died 5-9-1880 in Rockingham, age 62, cause dropsy, born in Rockingham, d/o John and Polly, source of info, Jane Crawford, Sister. This leads one to think that John was married to a gal named Polly. It also identifies Matilda as a DAUGHTER. I would also suspect that wife Polly died before 1850 because there is no record of her there or in subsequent census records. It would still be premature to link this family up though without further research. Good luck in your research. Linda