Hi Bruce. the question of Bennie's (aka Hiram Benjamin) identity seems cleared up, but I may not have been clear about Thomas in my original email to you on Jan 6th. Thomas Ephraim is the son of Hiram Baker Knowlton. That makes him a cousin to your great-grandfather, Charles. Charles' father Aratus was Hiram's brother. Both were sons of Ephraim Hiram Baker Knowlton- henceforth referred to as EHB (by me anyway). Kari