Hi Rich, Thanks for listing the children of Thomas and Sarah (Smith) Burch/Birch. I did have them born at Bellingham (I descend through Abigail, born 5 December 1728, who married there in March 1751 John CROOKS). It's the parentage of Thomas and Sarah that have me stumped. I considered that my Thomas might descend from Thomas Birch of Dorchester who had a son Jeremiah (Pioneers of Mass). My thought is that Thomas named his first son Jerimah and often that is the name of the paternal grandfather. But....have not really done all my homework on this family and need to sit down with the Dorchester records to see if they yield any more information. Jan