The following is an extension and correction of my earlier e-mail on the same subject. I feel more information is in order. Comments concerning information indicating that Kingsman DUTTON'S first married Anne ROUTH (1736) and then married Ruth WATSON (1756), who according to some information was 45 years old at the time and later bore five childdren, the last when she was 53 years old. According to the probate records of Chester County, PA., Kingsman DUTTON, who died in 1765, died without a will, but the County provided me with the following probate records of Kingsman's estate: 1. A Common Bond, dated 29th July 1765 (this is a correction from the 20th), signed by Anne DUTTON, Francis ROUTH, and Humphrey JOHNSON. A Francis ROUTH was Anne's father, but this may be another relative. This was a bond of 200 Pounds for the administration by Anne DUTTON for a true and perfect inventory of the property and credits of Kingsman DUTTON, due one year later (29th July 1966). 2. A True Inventory, dated 16th August 1765, signed by Richard DUTTON and Jonathan RICHARDS. This listed a total value of 77.17.10 Pounds for 31 items of Kingsman DUTTON"ss estate property, including a book of debts. 3. An Accompl (the exact spelling), dated 22 March 1768, signed by Anne DUTTON and one other. This is an accounting of Anne's payments on behalf of Kingsman DUTTON'S estate. The total value was 77.17.10 Pounds, including 24 payments to others, a retention of 14.5.5 Pounds for a "Widows thirds" (presumably by the wife and widow, Anne DUTTON), and a balance of 3.10.10 Pounds. There was an unusual payment of 24 Pounds "By Maintain of School of 2? Younger Children". Kingsman and Anne DUTTON'S two children were 10 and 11 when Kingsman died. Cope states that Kingsman DUTTON'S estate was sold by the Sheriff in 1768. There was no mention of Ruth WATSON or her five children by Kingsman DUTTON anywhere in these probate records These records indicate Kingsman's wife, Anne DUTTON, was the bonded administrator of Kingsman's estate. This seems to indicated that Kingsman was still married to his first wife, Anne (ROUTH) DUTTON, when he died in 1765. The LDS records indicate Kingsman died in 1765 and his wife, Anne, died in 1774. Cope indicates Kingsman died in 1765, and his wife, Anne, was still living in 1774. These records seem to completely discount a second wife for this Kingsman DUTTON, whose first wife was Anne Routh. Curt Rowe (curtrowe@ix.netcom.com) indicated in his e-mail of 10/29/99 that there were other KINGSMANS and KINSMANS in Athens County, Ohio. Maybe the second wife, Ruth WATSON and children, attributed to this Kingsman (whose first wife was Anne ROUTH), was the wife of another Kingsman DUTTON from Athens County, Ohio. Curt, in your e-mail of 8/28/88, was the Samuel DUTTON you mentioned that dictated a document stating that Kingsman DUTTON married a Ruth (not Mary as in my previous e-mail 11/1/99) WATSON a descendant of PA John and Mary (DARLINGTON) DUTTON, or could he have been a descendant of the Athens County, Ohio DUTTONS? Curt, my previous e-mail did not reach you directly because I had a typo in the address. But you received a copy through DUTTON-L@rootsweb.com. Any comments, anyone? Bob Dutton Bob Dutton