People have tried to say that Dorothy Durham's maiden name was SMOOT, but more likely it was GILBERT. Dorothy was the mother of Mary Durham who married Thomas Dodson, Sr. (b. 1681) son of Charles and Ann Dodson of N. Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA. Lancaster Co., VA. Inventories and Wills 1690-1709, Vol. 8, p. 105, 106. An abstract of this deed is found in: Dodson Family, ca. 1780-1940. This is a microfilm of ca. 1,000 items all on 1 reel located in the Manuscripts Section of the Tennessee State Library and Archives, and which is available through interlibrary loan Also in: The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History and Genealogy of Their Descendants, by Mrs. Sherman Williams and Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1989, p. 1411 Here are the highlights: Alice Stretchley of St. Mary's White Chappel Parish, Lancaster Co., Aug. 29, 1701. Lists daughters Ann Fox & Catherine Heal; sister Dorothy Durham; cousin Mary Dodson; son-in-law Capt. William Fox; Ann Fox's father, Jno. Chin; Ann Fox's father-in-law Jno. Stretchly; son Rawleigh Chin.; sister Tomazin Marshall; sister Dorothy Durham; cousin Mary Dodson [actually Alice's niece & Dorothy Durham's daughter--but this is how colonial people would sometimes refer to this relationship-- not a niece, but "cousin."--gg] It is obvious that Alice Chinn-Stretchley, Tomazin Marshall, and Dorothy Durham are sisters. But who are their parents and what was their maiden name? Their mother appears to be Mary GILBERT. I don't know if GIlbert is their maiden name or if the mother remarried later in life. I also have a note that Tomazin Marshall's husband was probably Abraham Marshall.--gg Glennn Gohr ggohr01@mail.orion.org