In the book: "Plymouth Colony""Its History & People" 1620 - 1691 by Eugene Aubrey Stratton Page 360: John Stockbridge was born in England ca. 1608, and at age twenty-seven he sailed for New England on 17 June 1635 on the BLESSING with his wife Ann, twenty-one and son Charles, one. NGSQ 74:111 Page 365: In 1635 he (William Vassall) sailed aboard the BLESSING, at age forty-two with his wife Ann, age forty-two...... NGSQ 17:56; Deane, Scituate, p. 366; Pope I find no other reference to the BLESSING in any of my other Plymouth / Mayflower books. RE: >The Rehoboth mentioned was a settlement in the Plymouth Colony (now >Plymouth, Massachusetts). Rehoboth was first settled about 1643 and >1640 is my time period of interest. Rehoboth is a town now 7 miles east of Providence, R.I. in Bristol County, Mass. -- Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy - Research Service Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070-2601 http://www.dittmar.net/fred Member: Association of Professional Genealogist Mail List Administrator: MAPLYMOU-L@rootsweb.com DITTMAR-L@rootsweb.com CANNING-L@rootsweb.com DITTMAN-L@rootsweb.com Genealogical Assistant & Board Member Oklahoma Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs