In a message dated 7/9/2004 9:00:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Other lines include Washburns through Connecticut (Molly, wife of Stephen Orcutt, who fought in the Rev. War -- she descended through Solomon of Bridgewater and Tolland CO.), and Cushman's (Lydia who was dau. of William Cushman and married Stephen Orcutt's father Daniel).. Always looking for cousins Steve Donahue Steve, I have the same Stephen ORCUTT & Molly WASHBURN line in my genealogy that you mentioned. I have done alot of studying on this along with another person who is also studying this line because I have not been able to sufficiently prove it for a Mayflower line through Lydia CUSHMAN to Isaac ALLERTON and Degory PRIEST. So far there is nothing that we have found that is conclusive that Stephen ORCUTT b. 175_ in Stafford, CT, who married Mary (Molly) WASHBURN is the son of Daniel and Lydia (CUSHMAN) ORCUTT. There is alot of stuff out there that lends support to Lydia CUSHMAN as Stephen's mother, but it is all secondary -- nothing primary that we have found. I believed the information on Daniel & Lydia as Stephen's parents for a long time, but I found Stephen ORCUTT's birth record in the Stafford, CT vital records listed as follows: "Stephen Orcutt Son of Calem and Mehitabel Orcutt was Born May 26th 175_." There was a typo in the VRs and it should have been Caleb ORCUTT (rather than "Calem"). Caleb ORCUTT was married to Mehitable HARVEY, and he was s/o William ORCUTT II & Hannah SMITH. There are also probate records from the Town of Stafford on microfilm at the CT State Library in Hartford, CT that show that following Caleb's death in 1758, his sons Stephen, John, and Job were minors and guardians were assigned to them. In Stephen's case, David Orcutt was assigned as guardian of Stephen ORCUTT in 1860 when Stephen was "about five years of age." In 1769 probate records, Seth JOHNSON became Stephen ORCUTT's guardian -- Stephen being "aged about fourteen years." Perhaps David ORCUTT, the former guardian, died. If there is any better primary documentation out there I would love to know of it. Thanks Roger