Marilyn The information which I copied begins at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=erastes&id=I39683 The sources are listed there as well. Frank ******************* >Frank, > >Where, specifically, did you find this information on Rootsweb? What are >the names and URL's of the website(s) where you found the information? >Did the people who posted the information give any sources from which >they obtained the information? > >Knowing where and how you found the information will help others go back >to that place. Once there, they may find information that will lead them >in the direction to verification. The process of verifying and resolving >conflicting information can lead to new discoveries. And there are bound >to be conflicts in every family. As more and more researchers are able >to compare notes over the internet, mistakes in the assumptions of >earlier researchers are going to surface. > >In my posting last night on the family of Deacon Paul Peck, I mentioned >the Genealogy Dictionary by James Savage. Some of the names and dates >you mention below, were also given by Savage along with many other names >that were not mentioned in the Barbour book. The focus of the Barbour >book is families who lived in Hartford. Savage's work covers a much >wider geographic area. The library was closing, and I had only a few >minutes to look at the Savage material and make a few notes on the >differences I saw. > >Someone may also want to check the following book: "Hale, House, and >related families : mainly of the Connecticut River Valley" by Donald >Lines Jacobus, originally published in 1952. Jacobus is the person who >started the genealogy journal, "The American Genealogist", and one of >the original members of the Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc. I >haven't looked, but it is very possible you may find some information on >Martha Hale in that book. > >When reading about the early families, it is not unusual to find the >wife of one early settler is also the sister of another early settler. >The relationship just is not obvious because they are adults who married >in England and have families of their own. > > >Happy Hunting, >Marilyn >CT