Hi Everyone I need some advice since I'm practically brain dead right now from looking at censuses and other microfilms all day, hahaha. Background: Rhoda Manchester, widow of Epaphroditus Lavare and James Clarke, was born in Westport, MA, Dec. 1800, to Gilbert Manchester and Mary (unknown) according to her gravestone and hard copy death certificate. There is no birth cerfiticate to be found but both of Rhoda's marriages are listed in the MA Vitals to 1850, Westport. Gilbert and Mary were listed as being from Little Compton, RI. I am trying to prove that the Mary in question is actually Mary Tompkins, daughter of Micah, and granddaughter of Sarah Pabodie Coe. I cannot find a will for either Gilbert Manchester or Mary Tompkins Manchester. Facts: Mary Tompkins is listed in Little Compton Families as a sister of David Tompkins in David's will. "To sister Mary Manchester, widow, 20 dollars. To Arnold Levere, son of Rhoda Levere, widow, my shoe bench, shoe making tools, lasts and all appurtanences. To sister Rhoda Waldron a cupboard in her possession, then to Rhoda Clark, daughter of Gilbert Manchester, deceased." Rhoda Clark and Rhoda Lavare are the same person. From reading this will, one could easily presume that Rhoda was a niece of David Tompkins. Little Compton Families states, and I have seen the references in person, that Mary Tompkins Manchester died in Oct. 1855. In fact, the full reference states the date as Oct. 29, 1855, age 92 yrs, 8 mos., and Mary is listed as the wife of Capt. Gilbert Manchester. The 1855 Westport, MA, census has Mary Manchester, age 92, living with her daughter Rhoda Clark, and grandsons Arnold and William Lavare (228-277). With no will from either Mary Tompkins Manchester or Gilbert Manchester, and only Gilbert's full name on Rhoda's death certificate, would I have enough proof from the above to show that Rhoda Manchester Lavare Clarke is the daughter of Gilbert Manchester and Mary Tompkins and therefore a Mayflower descendant through John Alden and Priscilla Mullins? Karen Flanders Eddy