In a message dated 9/26/01 6:41:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Dear Bill, > I have a John, b. 9 Jan 1649, christened 16 Feb 1606, at Thurleigh, > Bedford, England, died either 1693 or 1698 (I couldn't decipher the last > digit) in New Haven. Is this who you were looking for? Richard is the > 7g-grandfather of my husband, Tom Mitchell. How are you related to him? > > I have Richard's wife as Dennis GOODYEAR, born about 1624 in England, > died 1707 in New Haven. Dennis is one of those given names that used to > be feminine and masculine, but is now masculine in our society. Dunno > why!! In Latin it is Dionysia, female, and Dionysius, male. > > I hope you are a new cousin!! > > Best regards, > Nancy Mitchell Hi Nancy, We definitely are cousins - Richard Sperry was my 8th great grandfather. BTW, I think you have some dates mixed up - you show John's b.date as 1649, but his christening date as 1606. Was that 1606 christening in Thurleigh of his father, Richard? I have Richard's death date as 1698 per "Families of Ancient New Haven" by Donald Lines Jacobus. Many thanks for your information, esp. the fact that they were from Thurleigh - I didn't have that. If there is anything I can do to help you with your research and cousin-search, please let me know. Bill Coley