Hi Sherry & Listers: The world famous �General Tom Thumb� was born, 4 January 1838, as Charles Sherwood Stratton, son of Sherwood Edwards Stratton and Cynthia Thompson, of Bridgeport, CT. He was a descendant of several Fairfield families: Sanford, Hull, Sherwood, Sturges, Hanford, Edwards, Stilson, Barlow, Dorman, Johnson, and Stratton. Let me know if you have any questions about your lineage connection to him. Regards, Bob Hull ===== Robert E. Hull "Saratoga Bob" For genealogy help check my website: http://hometown.aol.com/saratogab/myhomepage/heritage.html