Dear Harris Hunters who are linked with the Overton family of colonial Virginia You may want to explore this website for some information. Take everything with a grain of salt and try to check it out--difficult to do if you are really busy. _http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapittsy/Overtongen.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapittsy/Overtongen.html) My reservation: I would question whether the Overtons of around the Pamunkey River are linked with the General Overton of England. Overton is NOT an uncommon name in England. It is also a place name. I have found the surname Overton also in Northern Neck Virginia--I think in the Northern Neck land grants. Whether they were related families, I have not discovered. I have some notes on Overton family of Virginia, which are NOT conclusive--not written in stone--which I hope to share with you from time to time. They are lengthy as I have struggled with the *tales* about this family, and I will have to send information in installments. Rootsweb does not allow attachments nor long e-mails. *Overton* is a given name in some of my immediate family, as it was a middle name for the son of Carlisle Harris Stoner's son [Carlisle was daughter of Overton Harris, who died 1827 in Madison Co., KY], and that name has been given to a lot of Carlisle's grandchildren and great-grandchildren and so on down the line!!! E.W.Wallace **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)