Pat, Your absolutely right - I mistakenly noted that Capt. James Crews of Turkey Island "had relatives in the area". Indeed, to the contrary, the Virginia Historical Magazine (V.4., 1896-1897, p. 123) states that his heirs lived in England. According to this magazine, on "April 1, 1681, there is an entry in the records of Henrico, stating that as Captain James Crews died unmarried, administration on his estate is granted to Mr. William Sherwood, attorney for Rowland Place, Esq., who was attorney for Matthew Crews, gent., son of Francis Crews, deceased, brother of Captain James Crews, deceased, and to Lieutenant- Colonel Thomas Grendon, attorney for Sarah Whittingham, sole daughter of Edward Crews, brother to Captain James Crews. These heirs lived in England." As you noted in a message to David Harris, niece Sarah Whittingham may have been in Virginia at the time, but I can�t confirm or deny this. I would be interested to see what you have on this matter. In your message to David, you also questioned who "Margaret Crews" was. There is an interesting discussion on this in the website: http://www.cascade.net/~monalisa/gedcom/notes/carg3892.htm. The owner of this website speculates that Margaret Crews was the daughter of Daniel Llewellyn, and perhaps the deceased wife of Capt. James Crewes. This site also has a slightly different explanation for "Hannah (Crews)". You note that many "people believe that she was the sister of James and Edward, but some believe she was the d/o John Rowin". This website states that Hannah may have been the daughter of James Crewes (even though James Crewes� niece and nephew prevailed in their challenge to the will, claiming James died without issue). The website also cites another theory that Hannah was the daughter of William T. Sewell. Finally, this website mentions that there is more about James Crewes and his possible wife in "Genealogies of VA Families, Wm. & Mary Quarterly, Vol. II, pp 216-218", and more discussion on the connections between the Carters and Crewes in Glocestershire in "Giles Carter of Virginia, pp 104-105". I haven�t seen either of these documents, but they may be interesting to look up. Finally, in regards to your question on where I got the information on the James Crew who was an overseer on the plantation of Col. James Carter - it came from a book entitled "Calendar of (Virginia) State Papers, Vol. 6, pub. 1886". On pages 159, and 188-190 it describes the trial in Charles City County of a slave named Jack who shot and killed a James Crews, "overseer for Col. (Charles) Carter", in 1792. I�ve been trying to place this "James" - my best guess is that if he is related to the John Crew/Sarah Gatley family, he was the James born in 1750 (s/o John Crews and Sarah Crews) who married Ann Crew (d/o Ellyson Crew and Lydia Lead). If anyone has any information on this, please let me know. Thanks for your help. I hope that I haven�t confused matters more. Dan