Hello Barabara, You wrote: <I am seeking the parents and wife of Isham Purple b abt 1781 CT or possibly MA. The Isham genealogy states that a Chapman granddaughter of Thankful Isham married a Mr. Purple- no other info other than her daughter had married a Chapman who had 3 daughters.> I already sent you a couple e-mails privately, noting the location of an Abner Chapman in the same Crowley corner area of Millington Society, East Haddam, as the one Purple family. To leave a trail of bread crumbs to possibly be found by others searching your lines, I thought I'd better return to this mailing list venue. I "googled" your Isham Purple, using Metacrawler.com. I found a family history posted that seems to match your Isham and Phoebe (Rogers) Purple. Have you already contacted this gentleman? His posted story doesn't name Isham's parents, but maybe he knows the answers you are seeking. One excerpt is as follows: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/biographies/local/lyonmorgan.html Biography of Morgan Lyon by James William Lowry (You may contact Mr. Lowry at his email address: jwlowry@fuse.net .) From Chapter 1: <Isham Purple was a distant relative of Dr. Purple. A veteran of the War of 1812 who had served in Howe’s volunteer regiment from Connecticut, Isham Purple was married to Phoebe Rogers. They were somewhat younger contemporaries of Captain and Mercy Lyon, Isham having been born in 1781 and Phoebe in 1787. Isham and Phoebe moved from Connecticut to New York in the early 1820s and settled in the vicinity of Chenango County. They had at least six children: Dorothy, born about 1803, Daniel, born about 1811, Mary, born June 9, 1812, Martha, born about 1817, Louisa, born November 13, 1823, in Norwich, and William, born about 1825. The Purple family were farmers.> Norwich is named as a place of birth for Louisa. Realize that sometimes children would be recorded in whatever city was convenient, and not necessarily in the one where they were born. Just a thought. Anyway, I thought I would post this for what it's worth. I would check with him to see what he had for sources. It might bring you closer to your answers. Good luck in your continued searching. :-)