In a message dated 11/4/2006 7:04:51 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Mary Cooke was not married to the John Rickard born in 1652, son of Giles2, >but to his cousin John born in 1657, son of John. It is written >that this John >"probably married Mary Snow". Although there has long been speculation that Mary, wife of John^3 Rickard (Giles^2, Giles^1) was Mary Snow, daughter of William Snow and Rebecca^2 Brown (Peter^1), no evidence has been found to support that speculation and it has been rejected by the GSMD. Dale H. Cook Okay, I've got Mary Cook with parents, but I have a lot of John's and several Giles Rickards in my database. Could someone please provide the linege for the John Rickard that married Mary Cooke? At this point, I have no parents and don't want to hook him to any ol' John since Dale indicates he married a John who was a cousin. But which one? Christie Trapp