The earliest source that I have found for the seeming mythological ancestors of Charles Dodson of North Farnham Parish in Virginia comes from this book. I have the index and about half of this book: Ege, Thompson P. Dodson Genealogy, 1600-1907. Philadelphia, PA: Deemer & Jaisohn, 1908. Page 4 of the above book does have a good clue: "Colonial Annals of Virginia mention 'Dodson's Plantation' in 1632." Some say this is a reference to the plantation of a John Dodson, who they list as the grandfather of Charles Dodson (c1649-c1704) of Rappannock County and North Farnham Parish in Richmond Co., VA. I do not see enough evidence at this time to establish Charles Dodson's progenitors--gg Pages 363-364 lists origins of early Virginia branches of Dodsons. It says: "The annals of Virginia record the name of a 'Dodson Plantation' in 1632. And the traditional story in a large and ______ widely scattered line of descendants is that their ancestor settled along the James River and was one of the early Jamestown Colony." "Descendants of the early Jamestown settler, from the various Virginia families of which traces are known, must have in the latter part of the century of their first settlement moved ___wly to the western portions of the State." "Among the earliest names positively known by descendants of a widely scattered family, as of the James River or Jamestown ancestors, are William and Jesse, and these most probably of the first or second generation from the original settler, as the following genealogical tables will show." (Note: The inside margin is very tight, so a couple of the words I cannot read on the photocopy I have, hence the blanks.--gg) Page 364 shows "A Jesse Dodson Line" starting with a Jesse Dodson, son of George Dodson, and grandson of Jesse, gt-grandson of the early settler of the Jamestown colony (name not given for the Jamestown settler). Page 366 lists Leonard Dodson, son of George, gson of Jesse, gt- grandson of the early Virginia settler. Page 371 lists Thomas Dodson, son of George, gson of Jesse, gt- grandson of the early Virginia ancestor. Page 392 lists William Dodson, son of George, gson of Jesse, gt- grandson of the early James River, Va. settler. William had a son named Jesse who settled in Warren County, TN. Jesse's children included 1) Jesse, 2) Elisha, 3) William, 4) Nimrod, 5) Sarah, 6) Tabitha. These descendants migrated into the Estanalle Valley in McMinn County, TN where they were active in the Baptist church. No documentation is given for any of the above. Much more is given on descendants in each of these lines. The do not show Charles Dodson of N. Farnham Parish in the lineage, but some of these names, especially the ones in Estanalle Valley of TN are listed in Rev. S. E. Lucas's 2-vol. book (see Rev. Jesse Dodson, b. 1752 who md. his cousin Ruth Dodson on pp. 42-44 of the 2-vol. book--this appears to be his family, but Rev. Jesse is son of Rev. Thos. Dodson and a gt-grandson of Charles Dodson of N. Farnham Parish, so the lineage in the Ege book does not line up with the lineage in the Lucas book. The connection to Jamestown is interesting, and these lineages may provide some clues for researchers, but they cannot be taken as fact. The above book also covers Dodsons in Maryland and Dodsons in Pennsylvania, and some unplaced Dodsons. There is also mention of 3 early Dodson settlers (2 brothers and a sister--John Dodson, b. March 1655; Mary Dodson, b. 11 Nov. 1664 md. Richard Boyes; Thomas Dodson, b. 19 Oct. 1669; md. Katharine Savill) who settled in New Jersey and were Quakers and children of a Daniel Dodson, b. ca. 1635 of Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England. These appear to be the ancestors of Dodsons in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. Sincerely, Glenn Gohr ggohr01@mail.orion.org