Posted on: Fairfield Co. Ct Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ct/Fairfield/3241 Surname: Austin, Patchen-in, Dudley ------------------------- I hadn't ran across information on a 1777 raid on Columbia County. It may explain my difficulty in locating Stephen Austin's parentage. Do you have a text reference on it?