Will try again to connect with someone who might have some definitive information on the parents of Rice MEREDITH who lived in Albemarle and Amherst counties of Virginia in the late 1700s. He died before October 1779. He was married to Margaret UNKNOWN and had at least one child - a daughter Ester who married Leonard BALLOU. I descend from Ester and Leonard. A pure guess is that Rice was the son of lawyer James MEREDITH, but no clue whatsoever. Thanks for any help. Charlie Weaver, Winston-Salem, NC