Believe me, Richard, I would love to fit my Thomas in your tree. Unfortunately, I have never had any info on his parents. His son, John, was apparently born in Londonderry in 1787, which is the only refererence we have found to him in Ireland. An old family story says that somebody went back to Ireland to see the old family homestead probably in the late 19th century, and found 40 houses built on the family's 40 acres. I wish I knew more. We've been trying to find somebody to connect to Thomas for years. . . Bob