Shelley, at the moment there is no verified information on who the parents of Charles Dodson born 1649 are. He is the oldest confirmed ancestor on this line. You may receive information from others that Charles is the son of a Jesse, who is the son of a John Dods or Dodson who was in Jamestown in 1607. Believe me, it cannot be proved, because I've tried. There was a John Dods in Jamestown in 1607, he was a soldier/laborer aboard one of the first ships. He survived until the first census was taken in 1624, at which time he was listed with a wife Jane, age 40 at that time, and NO children listed. I really don't think he had any, no records exist of any land transfers or will or estate records. That fancied lineage does appear on LDS charts, so it gets wide circulation, but IT HAS NO documentation at all. Just wanted to warn you not to just accept what you will surely be told. If someone can back anything up on a parent for Charles Dodson, I would love to see it. Just for the records, there is a Thomas DODSON emigrant into VA in 1643, whom I suspect, without any proof, to be the father of Charles. This information I found in the book Early Virginia Immigrants by Greer. Happy hunting, Gene in FL