Posted on: VanBuren Co. Ia Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/VanBuren/1273 Surname: ------------------------- Van Buren Co, Douds IA is where David and Fear ( Beaumont) Doud d. Both were b. Lebanon, CT Fear the dau. of Isaiah Beaumont (1757-1837) & Fear Alden (1780-1836) Fear Alden <dau.of Andrew Alden and Rebecca Stanford Andrew Alden, son of Andrew Alden & Lydia Stamford/Stanford Andrew son of Capt. Jonathan Alden & Abigail Hallet Capt. Jonathan Alden son of John Alden and Priscilla Mullens who both were b. in England. John Alden was the 7th signer of the Mayflower Compact. Fear BEAUMONT ancestors starting with the immigrant from England: William> Samuel>Samuel> William> Isaiah> Fear Soources: "David & Fear Beaumont Doud and their Descendants" compiled by Mrs. Mae Godfrey Gladson & Mr. Lloyd Godfrey, 1968, copy in Keosauqua Public LIbrary, Iowa. They quote from Vol. VI Compendium of American Genealogy. If you want more details by snail mail contact me. - Betty