Lynn, Do not despair you are doing a great job! .The first job of any genealogist s to chek out any information that is sent to tem against he records sent to them. your initail instincts are correct ... much of what was posted does not match with generatons being confused especially the women. The mother of John Law born 1722 we think is Elizabeth Lawson. Therefore, her birthdate could not be 1733(this may be a cousin). Once you figure that out, you know not to enter that date in any record. From what I see that was sent to you on the Lawsons, the Lawson data does not match unless Tony is saying that Sarah Cockerham is not the mother of John b.1722 children and that he married his cousin(?) Elizabeth Lawson. The marriage date for John Law and Sarah Cockerham could not have come from Wingfield's marriage bonds for Franklin County because Franklin County was not formed until 1786. I am still trying to tie down the source for this date of Nov. 1748 although it does fit in most of the data that we have on the Laws. What I do is print any notes out so that I can check the Data against what I find in primary sources. I ususally keep them ,just because they do not fit into the puzzle at present does not mean that it won't later. Keep on asking those questions! Susan