While searching for my ggrandfather, Charles Densmore Wells, last Saturday at the Library of Virginia census files, we ran across three Samuel Dinsmore/Densmores in the 1840 census for Washington County, VA. My gggrandmother was Elizabeth Densmore/Dinsmore. Charles D. Wells born March 6, 1845 in Richmond, VA according to the death certificate of his eldest daughter. Washington County, VA is close to Tennessee--southwestern VA. My searches have been very frustating. Perhaps you can help me. Barbara Thacher At 01:24 PM 1/18/99 -0800, you wrote >I am very curious as to whether the 1758 date given as the marriage date >for Adam and Elizabeth is "guess-timated" or documented somewhere. >While it seems likely that this might be the time period, I have never >found an actual record. Also, it is possible that Samuel, the son of >Adam and brother to James, may have been the eldest and born abt 1757. > >Another Dinsmore researcher tells me that this Dinsmore line was also in >Virginia and that the family went back and forth a great deal and does >so to this day. Does anyone else have information along these lines. >We are researching the Samuel Dinsmore line. He was the son of Adam and >Elizabeth and married Elizabeth Nichols King. The descendants of Samuel >and Elizabeth were in TN, Laurel Co., KY, Daviess Co., MO, WA, and ID. > >Kay Lou Dinsmore > >