Cousins, I too come from a long list of Daniels. I found the present Daniel in White Hall to be very friendly and easy to talk with - but I don't have any contact numbers, etc. I have been meaning to write and tell you that we spent my 70th birthday (Hallo"we'en, 2005) in Williamsburg. My older daughter, Mary Ellen, was here from Munich, Germany. I was showing her the Cole-Talliaferro house where the Gabriel Maupin's lived (diagonally across from the Burton Parish Church) and I took her around back to show her the Maupin Cemetery and the gravestones for the two boys who were killed in a horse accident - one of which was a Maupin. The plot had been cleaned up and the two gravestones were missing! That afternoon we went to the Rockefeller Library and I asked about the cemetery and the librarian was able to find a diagram of the cemetery showing how the gravestones were arranged (and it agreed with what I remembered) and the names on the gravestones. I had already told them that they were missing. I also spoke with a guide in the Library and she suggested I write a note that she would pass on to the 'Curator of Williamsburg.' Several weeks later I got a letter from the Curator and she said that the gravestones had been moved out of the "Cole-Talliaferro" cemetery to another small cemetery down the street where, I believe, the Maupin's had a 'tenament' or 'tenements.' I have not verified this - and I'm not even sure where this other cemetery is exactly. I will look into this in our traditional visit - usually at Thanksgiving time. I think most of you know that there is now a small sign telling when Gabriel Maupin operated the Market Square Inn. The sign is on the left corner as you face the Inn from the Duke of Gloucester St.. But there is no indication that the Maupin's occupied the Cole- Taliaferro house though it is in the records at the Rockefeller Library. I am not sure but it seems to me that Williamsburg is quick to acknowledge the owners of property in the late 19th century with plaques, etc. - perhaps because they are more likely to find their kin and get donations from them to help with the activities of the town. Finally I have a plausible theory of how the Maupins helped unite the 13 colonies and foment the Revolution! I see the Maupins generally close to the action throughout the last 300+ years - but not necessarily in the very center of the action. Like 'Tough' Daniel at Valley Forge - and Matt.... Best regards to you all, Tom Kitchens