Hi Belinda, Interesting to see your message on the list. Thomas USHER & Hannah MESSITER were my 3x gt grandparents. I have done a lot of research into the line from Thomas (senior) and have a fair bit of info on him. I know quite a lot about one of the two sons that went to Australia, Jabez USHER, and am in close touch with a cousin,one of his descendants, whom I have met twice in Oz, also have met another Jabez descendant. I know less about Samuel USHER the other son of Thomas who went to Australia, and his line. Also somebody put a load of incorrect info on the internet , linking Samuel to the wrong parentage, which eventually came around to my attention and took a bit of disentangling. Another contact in Oz had a tree which seemed to combine a few different Usher families in quite a creative way, but the dates didn't fit! He included your Richard USHER in this tree, so it would be good to get it accurate from a true descendant of Richard. I will be happy to swap info. The timing is not brilliant as we are going away tomorrow for a week of family celebrations for my mother-in-law's 90th birthday.I shall be away from the computer after midday tomorrow. On my return I will be back on the case. Regards, Nina