I checked the references for Thomas Joans, as Hempstead spelled it, and didn't get any clues, except there were and Old and a younger. Did not check just the surname though. Carolyn Smith MSmeal@aol.com wrote: The Joshua Hempstead Diary (written daily in NL from 1711-1758) and indexing thousands of names has the following Jones: Amos, Elizabeth, Ehraim, Henry, Jabez, Mary, Sarah, Thoas and about a dozen just "jones" - when I have more time I'll check out the references for you -Meg Smeal ==== CTNEWLON Mailing List ==== New London Co GenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctnewlon/ Archived List Messages: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CTNEWLON-L/ Create yourself a user name and password, and search! TARRAH CATTERY www.tarrahcats.homestead.com