Hi Barbara and list, Yes, I can confirm that the Thomas SIMS who m. Harriet EXELL was indeed the son of James Sims and his wife Maria nee ROSE. Thomas and Harriet later emigrated to Australia. Their descendant Peter Sims has written a book about Thomas' Australian descendants. Thomas had a sister Fanny/Frances who m her first cousin James Sims and settled in St Mary Bourne. Their daughter Ann m Charles HUNT of Ecchinswell (subject of many of my messages on this list!). Charles and Ann were my husband's great-grandparents. Dorothy O.