Hi all, Thanks, Annette, you are right. We do need to keep talking but I'm so far away from knowing where my HOUGHTON line cam from. I have interest in David HOUGHTON who shows on the 1830 and 1840 Census for Vershire, Vermont as a possible father to my great grandmother Melissa. Did he die before the 1850 Census or did he move to Illinois and then die? I'm searching for more about him. I find the person (Mrs. Elizebeth Houghton) that I hope was his wife married to Timmons in 1848 in Illinois. 1850 Illinois Census shows Timmons family including Melissa HOUGHTON, George W HOUGHTON, David HOUGHTON, and Sarah HOUGHTON. Anyone know about David of Vershire, VT.? Nancy Nichols