Hi - I have watched the Maupin list for a couple of years but have never contacted you. I descend from John Downey Maupin/Elizabeth Richardson. My father worked on this line for many years in the 1970's and had a lot of errors due to the similarity of names in the families. I started collecting Maupin information but stopped when I was told that John Downey Maupin was the illegitimate son of Leah Downey. I am now working on this line again. My line from John Downey Maupin is his son, John Maupin/Mary Ann Taylor who came to Oregon in the 1850's with some of her family. I live in Oregon and like to research the early Oregon families; our State Archives has many documents available for genealogical research at a very reasonable price. Joanne Thomas North Bend, Oregon N7wry@aol.com