Since I started all this with my question about the "2nd Ch., E. Haddam", I thought I'd check my new reprint of "The Sterling Genealogy", 1909, by Albert Mack Sterling for Cone, Graves, and Clark. There are many, many Cones in this two-volume work, since the family intermarried a ton with Sterling people. A long footnote gives the Cone ancestry on pp. 361-362: "Daniel Cone, one of the original properietors of Haddam, Conn., d. there Oct. 24, 1706, aged 80; m. Mahitable, 4th dau. of Jared and Alice Spencer of Hartford, Conn. His son Daniel, b. in Haddam, Jan. 21, 1666; m. at E. Haddam, Feb. 14, 1693, Mary Gates, b. in Haddam, Mar. 16, 1674; d. at E. Haddam, May 12, 1742. He d. there June 15, 1725. His son George, Bapt. in E. Haddam, July 16, 1709; m. Jan. 31, 1733, Mahetable Emmons, b. 1709; d. July 6, 1796. He was a farmer at E. Haddam; d. Aug. 8, 1793. His son Sylvanus, b. at Millington, Conn., Aug. 16, 1735; m. June 26, 1760, Sarah Ackley, b. 1744; d. in Millington, Jan. 20, 1788; m. 2d, Feb. 2, 1792, Charity Kellogg, b. at E. Haddam, Feb. 2, 1750; d. Jan. 29, 1813. He d. there Jan. 20, 1822. His son Eleazer b. Dec. 28, 1765; m. Nov. 15, 1787, Rebecca, dau. of Barzilla Beckwith of Lyme, Conn., b. in Lyme, Dec. 22, 1767; d. at W. Granville, Apr. 18, 1848. They settled at W. Granville, 1790; he d. there Nov. 22, 1831. Their son Sylvanus m. Clarissa Sill, dau. of William and Jemima (Sterling) Sill (no. 671 [in Sterling Genealogy]). "Nathaniel Cone, son of Daniel, 1st, of Haddam, b. there in 1674; bapt. in Middletown, Conn., June 6, 1675; m. E. Haddam, Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Graves) Hungerford, b. in New London, Conn., 1679; d. in E. Haddam, Sept. 25, 1753. He d. there 1732. His son Nathaniel b. there Jan. 19, 1712; m. Dec. 5, 1745, Mary Graves, b. there in 1727; d. there June 10, 1772. He d. there Apr. 15, 1790. Mary Graves, b. there in 1727; d. there June 10, 1772. He d. there Apr. 15, 1790. Their sons Oliver and Benjamin m. Anna (No. 162) and Rachel (No. 172) Sterling respectively." The footnote then goes on to discuss James Cone, son of Nathaniel, grandson of Daniel, and James' 1st wife Grace Spencer, 2nd wife Mary Graves, 3rd wife Eunice Spencer. Daughter Polly m. Marvil Sterling and dau. Anna m. Sterling Graves. The 1909 version of The Sterling Genealogy should be available at any large library with genealogical holdings. The Newberry Library in Chicago has it, as well as several books on the Cones and Spencers. Rachel (Sterling) Cone, No. 172 mentioned above, is the sister of my direct ancestor James Sterling, both children of Daniel and Demas/Damaris (Morse/Moss?) Sterling of East Haddam and Lyme. Many in Rachel and James' families wound up in Athens Co., OH 1818+. The Daniel Sterling who married Jedidah Gates 1792 is a brother to Rachel and James. There is also about one column of Clark/Clarkes in the index to these volumes, the earliest being a Sarah Clark, dau. of George Clark of Milford, Conn. who m. Reynold Marvin, Jr. This line connects to the Ely family and then to the Sterlings in 1699. I do not find Starling Clark in the index. Linda Kmiecik