Francis is the oldest, most documented and best known of the early Dover family. Poor man can't be the father of a legion of sons. Anderson is second, but THE most documented of the early Dover family. The rest of the family falls way short of the sunlight on this particular father and son. Bad deal for the majority of us! I think the thing about Francis and his brother Hezekiah that I wonder about the most is whether they are the only brothers in their family ...? Sure could see a John fit in here with them, plus a couple of others. If the only confirmed sons of Francis are Anderson and Johnson, when there are others .... just seems the same kind of omission "could" have occurred way back when that led up to the names in the 1934 letter. I've gone full cycle in my own thinking whether there is just one Dover family or not. If there is anyone on the DOVER-L who hasn't seen the 1934 letter, it's in the archives. Easier yet, send me an e-mail and I'll send the letter in a generic text file. Dennis