Hello, all. In my work on some of my wife's Maine ancestry, I seem to have gotten back to a couple named James Hodgkins and Deborah (__) Hodgkins, who were having children in Poland ME in the 1780s and 1790s (from a transcription of early Poland VRs in the NEHGR). Among the children of this couple was a son named Chipman (although my wife is descended via a different son, one named Israel). At least I think it's Chipman; occasionally a census record has it as Whitman, although it mostly shows up as Chipman, as in the NEHGR transcription. Assuming that the name is indeed Chipman, I naturally wonder if mother Deborah's maiden name was Chipman, in turn making me wonder if she was a Howland descendant via Hope (Howland) Chipman. I have some indications that the Hodgkinses of Poland and that area may have come from Essex County MA, but I have not been able to find a marriage of a James Hodgkins and a Deborah in the Essex County VRs, nor have I been able to find the birth of a Deborah Chipman in those same VRs. Does anyone have access to a Chipman genealogy that might show a Deborah marrying a James Hodgkins sometime around 1780? Even knowing of a Deborah born around, say, 1760 would be helpful; I could use that information to pursue her father's probate record to see if it names a Deborah Hodgkins. Suggestions appreciated as always. Thanks. Ruy Cardoso __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com