Beth, Back on 30 Jul 2002 you wrote a message to Ruth Compton in which you stated that a Fred Loveless had found a marriage date for Benjamin McMakin and Tabitha Loveless of Mar 1843. You did not have a source for this marriage. Have you been able to confirm this date and obtain a source? If this date is correct, then Tabitha was 41 years of age when she married Benjamin and she is not the mother of Benjamin's children. According to the census records, Benjamin had the following 5 children: 1) Sarah b: 1828-1829. 2) John b: 1831. 3) Joseph b: 1837-1838. 4) Benjamin b: 1839. 5) Mary b: 1841. The 1830, 1840, 1850, and 1860 census records all seem to be pointing to the same woman as Benjamin's wife, which implies that Benjamin and Tabitha were married in Burlington County, New Jersey before 1829. -- Jack D. Lovelace