I've posted his service record under biographies on the GenConnect board. So far, he doesn't connect to my NYC Dewhurst family. I think he is part of the Staten Island line. They had tinsmiths - and a business in downtown Manhattan. Terry /Glen Rock, NJ See the post at: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/dew/DewhurstBios