Hello Everybody, I can tell you that this has been the greatest thread for me. I haven't done a whole lot of research on these lines. My surnames as well as me are all from the South. When my 4th great grandmother Harriet Ruggles Gold married Elias Boudinot the Cherokee Indian in 1826 Cornwall, CT that was my entry into the Northern states. John Talcott and Dorothy were the 4th great grandparents of Harriet Ruggles Gold. Let me ask y'all, "What do you think of the source below which states that Dorothy was a Smith?" I've not read everything so I may have overlooked perhaps that Dorothy Mott was married to a Smith then to John Talcott. Would someone also explain to me what is the history behind the, Submission To The King's Authority Recommended. Thanks to all of you very much:) Helen GradashY@aol.com New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 23, 1869, Library Ref. 929.14 N 532 (Typed as it was in the book) VI Submission To The King's Authority Recommended. To the Hone(rd) Gen(ll) Court Gent(m) Vpon the reasons which haue been layd before you, with many more that might be giuen, we doe declare that we do verily belieue it is for the Aduantage of this Court, Freely; and voluntarily to sumbmitt yo(r)selues to his Ma(ties) disspose, and not to begin or hold any further Suites in Law with his Ma(ties) which in noe wise can be expected will promote o(r) profitt or wealfare. And for o(r) own parts, we doe declare, and desire you would take notice, we are for an answering his Ma(tis) expectation, by a present submission, and are against all further prosecutions or engagements by Law Suites in opposition to his Mat(es) known pleas(r) for o(r) submission. 30th March 1687. John Talcott [Note 4] John Allyn Sam Talcott Note 4. John Talcott was one of the most prominent men in Connecticut, in his day, and figured largely in the military history of the colony. He was the eldest son of John and Dorothy (Smith) Talcott, who emigrated from England in June, 1632, with their two children, John and Mary, and settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts, where another son, Samuel, was born about 1635, and soon after the family removed with the "great emigration" to Hartford, where the elder John became a man of consequence. The younger John, the signer of the petition, was made an ensign in 1650 and a freeman of the colony two years later; in 1660 he was a deputy to the General Court; and in 1661 promoted to the rank of captain. In 1665 he was chosen a magistrate, and was several times re-elected; he was also chosen treasurer of the colony in this year and continued in office till the spring of 1676, when he resigned his position to take the chief command of the army of three hundred and fifty men which the Assembly ordered to be raised for the defence of the country against the Indians, with the rank of major, and through out the war rendered efficient service. From 1669 till the breaking out of Philip's war, Major Talcott was often a member of the Congress of the New-England colonies. He married first, Octo. 29, 1650, Helena Wakeman, who died June 22, 1674; for his second wife, Novem. 9, 1676, Mary Cook, by both of whom he had a large family. At the time of his death, which occurred July 23, 1688, he held the rank of lieutenant colonel. He left an estate of about £2000.