In a message dated 98-03-14 20:11:51 EST, you write: << THIRD Generation: 4. William Lawes/Lawes/Law was born in 1677 in immigrated Westover VA. He was born about 1690 in...England? How was he born 1677 and 1690? are we talking about 2 Williams here? He was married to Mary Lawes in 1693 charles City co., Va. which would make him 4 if he was born 1690 England. I am not trying to be cute, just don't want to sent inaccurate information out when some one contacts me. >> Here is a note from Roger Boardman to me (Tony Wood) which I have treasured since I received it. Basically, it states that we do not have all of the answers yet and that more documentation is important to make definitive judgements. Inaccurate information is not intentionally false, just untested and unproven. We can all try to find the answers, and some answers we will never know. The following is excerpted from an e-mail message from Roger Boardman on January 2-4, 1998. I think most everybody is in reasonable agreement with the information back to John Laws (b. 1722) and that his parents were William and Elizabeth Laws. (There is some confusion over the names of a couple of his descendants' wives, but that's minor.) I did have the information about a headright being claimed for William Law in 1677. As I understand the system, that did not necessarily mean he arrived in the colonies in 1677, just that the claim to the land (50 acres per person) for bringing him over was made. He could have arrived earlier. I also assume that you have the information from the Charles City County VA order book for 1687-95 that shows four entries for a Wm/Will Law(e)s between 1692 & 1694. This predates our earliest William Law as he served on jury duty and that generally wasn't a position for a young man. One reference was to "Wm Lawes and Mary, his wife." I'll attach a text version to this message, just in case you don't have this. People claim that William Law married Elizabeth "Lawson," yet I have never seen a reference that shows her last name or the logic that supports the supposition. Interestingly, I have two pages photocopied from a book which has no title on either page that shows a John Law married an Elizabeth Lawson on 14 Nov 1748, daughter of John Lawson and Frances. Maybe a case of mixed identity? I haven't ruled out William Law of 1677 as a direct connection. I was just pointing out that there were several LAW(E)(S) in the colonies prior to the records of the earliest that we can connect to. I believe it is possible that the William LAWES that was headrighted in 1677 could be the same man as shows up in the jury duties in the 1690s. It's just going to take more research. Right now, that is a leap of faith. I need to get back to the library and look up those references in Cavaliers and Pioneers, all 3 volumes, as that was e-mail someone sent me 4 years ago that I filed for future work that I never started. Recorded in Bristol Parish (Henrico, Dinwiddie, and Prince George Counties), Virginia, 1716-1734 (Parish Register) I hope this helps some. Tony Wood