ELAINE, THIS OUTLINES OF YOURS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT I HAVE FELT TOO, BUT I CANNOT DETERMINE THAT THE COMFORT WHO MARRIES ANN IN CC, OHIO IN 1834 IS COMFORT #3. WHAT IS YOUR THINKING TO DETERMINE THAT? HOLDCRAFTS ARE LIVING NEXT DOOR TO MY THOMAS AND COMFORT # 2 WOULD HAVE BEEN A BROTHER TO THOMAS, WHO WAS THE OLDEST OF CAPT. COMFORT'S KIDS, SO ARE YOU THINKING THAT COMFORT #3 WAS A NEPHEW OF THOMAS AND MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH HIM OR WHAT. I DON'T KNOW WHY COMFORT 2'S SON, COMFORT # 3, WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE AND ASSUME WE WON'T EVER KNOW FOR SURE. ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS NO DOCUMENTATION ON THOSE 2 MARRIAGES. I DO HAVE THE CERTIFICATE WHERE ABNER MARRIES ANN AND HE IS UNDERAGE. FAYETTE BRINGS PERMISSIOIN FROM REBECCA FOR THE MARRIAGE. WAS COMFORT 2 DEAD AT THAT TIME AND REBECCA, HIS SECOND WIFE, THE SURVIVOR?? NO, THERE IS NOTHING ON IT SAYING FAYETTE IS A RELATIVE, JUST SHORT AND SWEET PERMISSION FROM HIS MOTHER, REBECCA. SO, ABNER AND COMFORT COULD HAVE BEEN HALF BROTHERS. AND IS YOUR THINKING THEN THAT FAYETTE IS THE SON OF COMFORT 2 AND MARY MULKIN? THAT WOULD MAKE HIM FULL BROTHER TO COMFORT #3 AND HALF BROTHER TO ABNER, I GUESS. DID YOU DETERMINE ANYTHING FROM IROQUIS AND WHY HE WAS THERE? WHAT PUZZLES ME IS WHY CC OHIO. WHY ARE SOME OF THE FAMILY THERE AS MY THOMAS, OR SO I THOUGHT, WAS THE FIRST. I HAVE OFTEN THOUGHT THE NICKERSON'S GOT HIM THERE AFTER HIS WIFE'S DAD DIED (WAKEMAN) IN CT. (1814) JOSHUA NICKERSON WAS MUCH EARLIER THERE. I AM HOPING JJB CAN UNRAVEL SOME OF THE MYSTERY ON ANN AND ABNER VS. STEPHEN ABNER AND ALL THAT MESS. THERE ARE A LOT OF COURT CASES THAT MIGHT SHED SOME LIGHT, AND I HAVE ASKED JJB TO COPY SOME FOR ME. (FROM cc, INDIANA) THIS IS SO CONFUSING, AND JJB AND ALL NEWCOMERS MUST BE LOST WITH ALL THESE COMFORTS WHICH HAVE FOR YEARS MADE US 'UNCOMFORTABLE' BUT YOU HAVE OUTLINED IT WELL HERE, AND I HOPE IT IS CORRECT. I HAVE WONDERED IF THE COMFORT IS A FAMILY NAME AS THE HISTORY OF CC OHIO DOES MENTION IN ONE OR TWO LINES A 'MOSES COMFORT'. HAS ANYONE EVER TRIED TO FOLLOW THE COMFORT NAME TO SEE IF IT TIES IN SOMEWHERE WITH LUDS? OR IS IT JUST ONE OF THOSE NAMES LIKE MERCY, GRACE, TEMPERANCE, CHASTITY, ETC. I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS A GIRL NAMED COMFORT AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP. I WILL WRITE SEPARATELY ABOUT DAR. EXCUSE MY CAPS AS MY EYES ARE NOT GREAT. LOVE, DOTTIE