Anne, We assumed that Polly is Piercy Kitchell's widow. She is not actually living with the Stone family, but next door. I don't know if that is what you meant? No, I don't know who her parents were. You remember when we met that I still thought she was Polly Fox, widow of a Butler. Which you told me that was an error perpetuated a long time ago, and that her maiden name was Butler. Maybe someone on the list knows something abt the Butler family? Carleen