In a message dated 4/24/02 8:04:11 AM, [email protected] writes: << My "brick wall" is definitely in CT. Most likely Middlesex County. James C. Bowe was born in CT in 1798. The next news I have of him is his marriage to Sarah Day McCahan in Botetourt Co., VA on 09 Sep 1814. >> Whoa! This makes him only 16 marrying in a place FAR removed from the usual distances people traveled to court and marry in this time period. Do you know for sure that the person born in CT in 1798 is the same person marrying in VA in 1814? It would also be rather unusual for a boy of 16 to marry. Perhaps you have some reason for connecting the people in the two events, but I'd look with some skepticism on this being the same person without *very* solid evidence. Dona Ritchie