Marilyn- Most interesting comments by the woman who discovered that will and wrote about it in 1929..Her study of Col. Jonathan was not deep enough to bring out the details but more of a fictional nature... It is all covered on pages 25 and 26 of the Col . Jonathan MS by Mitchell Hunt who researched it as late as 1996. Mitchell says, "there is no evidence that Col. Jonathan participated as a soldier during the Rev. War. By testimony of his son Daniel (who did serve in the War) most of the property except the house on Jonathan's farm was destroyed by the army of Cornwallis when it passed through that area on 6 Feb 1781, and Jonathan was taken prisoner but was soon released because he was old and infirm and Cornwallis didn't want to have his march burdened with an old prisoner. Son Daniel obtained release from his army service to look after his aged father who was near the end of his long career and died at his farm on Cedar Creek 5 Sept 1782, "in the 67th year of his age" per his gravestone in the Eaton Baptist Church Cemetery at Cana which was still standing and legible in 1951 and more recently checked in 1984. " In anticipation of this death, on June 18 1782 he wrote his will as you have outlined it in your message. Without going into detail--he had two wives before Margaret. He had 19 children and many grandchildren. It is all layed out very nicely in the Col. Jonathan Manuscript. His lineage goes back to Ralph of Long Island as you said. The entire family is outlined on the WEBSITE. I can provide you with whatever you need. Sandy in Lubbock