In a message dated 11/11/2005 8:51:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: My maiden name is Hamblin and I am a descendant of James Hamblin (son of Giles Hamblin of E. Anglia, England). I appreciated your tree including his son John, then Abigail then John who married Jerusha. Do you know the name of any of John and Jerusha's sons? I know they had a daughter Lydia. My father was James Edward Hamblin, and his father was Byron Foote Hamblin, and his father was Levi Hamblin. I just don't know how Levi and John connect. Also do you have any birth and death dates for the Hamblins? I know James arrived in Barnstable,Mass in 1639 and that Levi lived in the mid 1800's. Hi Jackie, Always glad to meet another cousin! The Hamblins are a prolific lot. As a matter of fact, I have a friend and distant cousin here in Pennsylvania named John Hamblin, and it turns out we grew up a mile apart in good old Rhode island. Most of my Hamblin research comes from Amos Otis" "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families", a wonderful book although not infallible. I see you have James as the son of Giles. This is news to me, although Otis mentions a Giles, a ship captain who is assumed to be the brother of James, so it sounds logical. Can you give me your source? Otis says that John and Jerusha had a son John in 1743, before they had daughter Lydia, and"probably others." Also there is no mention of a Levi Hamblin in the index, so I can't help you here. Do you know where your Levi was born, and when? Charles I Bearse Morrisville PA To Be Remembered May Be The Secret To Immortality