Hi again, Kathy has brought up a good subject. It has brought to mind another thing I've thought about. Because I have so many ancestors who arrived in the MA Bay Colony in the 1600's, I have read that at least some of them were - rich ! Or, at least they had enough money to buy a large piece of land ! Or, a large house and property ! Etc. For example, James KIDDER, seems to have done this. And, even while raising 12 children with his wife, Anna MOORE, he was still able to buy property and have money. And, his sons seem to have had a lot of money as they lived in large, expensive houses in the area. And then the grandsons had large, expensive properties in the area, and 3 of them in New Ipswich, NH. And, for many descendants this situation existed through the 1800's. But, then Calvin left NH at Age 18 and traveled with other families up to New Brunswick. We have no way of knowing how he spent the next 15 years (1784 to 1798). So we don't know if he had money. His only son, born one week before he was killed in a boating accident, grew up in New Brunswick and was a "woodsman" / "lumberman" but did he inherit any money? We have no way of knowing. The son, J. Calvin (1799-1891) lived his married life in and near Calais, Maine, and, as far as I know, all 3 of his sons who survived to adulthood - never had too much money. So, the money that existed back in New Ipswich, NH, never came down to them. And, in New Ipswich, Reuben KIDDER had vast properties and large houses, and several thriving businesses. His homes were full of expensive items and some "KIDDER memorabilia." How many generations down did that "family money" come down? We'll never know. And several of those "KIDDER items" have been "lost." There are probably many stories among researchers where people in the 1600's and 1700's had "MONEY" but the descendants in the 1900's - didn't know about it ! And never saw any of it ! Betty (near Lowell, MA)