Hi All, For those of you that got one of the various copies of the chart, there is one abreviation that was explained to me while in London. It is "d.s.p." It stands for a Latin phrase which means "died without surviving issue." For example, the John that we were wondering about being MA John (he wasn't) had a single daughter by his second wife (first wife was childless) but both mother and daughter died in childbirth. Therefore, John had no surviving (still living) issue when he died. The more I look at that chart the more questions it raises. Dick Dutton Researching my family tree! Trunk: DUTTON Major branches: ALLEN, BARTLETT, CUTLER, DOGGETT, DUNTEN, DUNTON, JENSON, LAKE, METCALF, PARTRIDGE, REYNOLDS, RICHARDS, SAWYER, SMITH, TRACY, TURNER. Minor branches: ADAMS, ALDEN, BALL, BLACK, BLANCHARD, BREWSTER, BRIMHALL, CARY, COLBURN, HATCH, HOPKINS, HYDE, KIDDER, PERKINS, WARNER, WILLIAMS. Smaller Limbs: ALGER, ANDERSON, CLARK, DAVIS, FRENCH, FULLER, HALL, HARRIS, JOHNSON, KNAPP, McMILLAN, MERRICK, MILLER, MOORE, NELSON PARKER, TUTTLE - And many more.