thank you, Wilfred, good to have the information and nice to have it in the list archives also, for the next person who needs to sort out which Benjamin is which Candy ------------------ "ABIGAIL HOPKINS (Giles (2), Stephen (1)) b. Yarmouth in Oct. 1644; d. prob. Eastham." "She m. Eastham 23 May 1667 WILLIAM MERRICK, b. prob. Duxbury 15 Sept. 1643, as rec. by Plymouth Colony on Eastham register; d. Harwich 30 Oct. 1732 in 90th yr. Bur. Brewster Cem.; son of William and Rebecca (Tracy) Merrick; he m. (2) after 22 April 1691 Elizabeth (___) Snow, wid. of Jabez Snow." (page 23, see source below) "BENJAMIN MERRICK b. Eastham in 1674; d. prob. Harwich bet. 13 Aug. 1743 and 24 May 1749." "He m. (1) Rebecca Doane; dau. Of Daniel Doane of Eastham and his unidentified first wife." (etc.) (page 91) Source (Silver Book): John D. Austin, F.A.S.G. "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Six, Third Edition, Stephen Hopkins" (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001) Hope this helps, Wilfred ______________________________