Hi Bill, Thanks for the replies. . . .Ralph Chittenden was the older of John Chittenden's sons, I'm descended from the youngest, George Chittenden. So I'm not too interested in following Ralph, although I've gathered some web information on him. I did have the link you gave for Miron and Pollys marriage and the Chittenden website, Thanks. Miron's daughter Sophia Burge referred to herself as a neice of the late Gov. Chittenden of Vermont. That Chittenden line is fairly well documented in a book by Talcott and my Miron isn't there, but the descendents of David Chiittenden aren't too well documented and we believe that was Miron's father. Unfortunatley the county courthouse there burned down in 1852 taking the vitals with it! So now I'm tracking obits and any other info on Miron that might mention his father's name. I'm thinking of seeing if I can interlibrary loan some of the newspapers for the places Miron lived and looking for info there. It would be an eye-killing exercise but seems to be the next stage. Thanks for your assistance, Lynn Hohler