>an added item, thomas day married polly mathews 5 Apr 1821, so birth date >for Samuel would jibe, joe Except that he married MARY Matthews. <g> I'm sure it is the same. Perhaps they called her Polly? I've never seen that though and she is my ggggrandmother. Again I note that they didn't spell Matthews the way the Matthews family did. Do you have book of Pike County, OH, marriages? Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com Logan County, ILGenWeb, coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Downing Lucas query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Lucas