<< From: Richard Brooks <rbrooksa@pacifier.com> <Fortunatus Dodson was born ca 1771 in VA and died in 1864 in Carrollville, <TN. His father was probably David Dodson (1740-1816) and his mother was <probably Elizabeth Dodson (1745-1820). <Fortunatus married Frances Hanks on 23 Sep 1793 in Halifax Co., VA >Hi Richard and All, >Would this Frances Hanks be Frances, daughter of Moses Hanks and Agatha >Dodson? Regards, Karen Trouvat Yes, Karen, one in the same. Silas Lucas' book says no one has found record of Fortunatus and Frances' children but gives some assumptions. Adin Baber's book The Hanks Family of VA etc., lists no children at all. The Genealogy of the Hanks and allied Families by Gladys Hanks Johnson says, that Fortunatus already had a large family when he married Frances and doesn't list them, but also says that it was not known if Fortunatus and Frances ever had any children. I find this interesting in that Fortunatus would have only been 22 years old when he married Frances, so I don't see how he could have already had a large family ?!! -Richard- rbrooksa@pacifier.com ------------------------------------------------------- Education is what you get when you read the fine print; Experience is what you get when you don't! -------------------------------------------------------