Hi Pat, John, Frances and other researchers, My maternal line is: 1st generation [earliest] John MILLS [my 11 great grandfather]. 2nd generation Mary MILLS + ca 1616 James HAWKINS of Massachusetts. 3rd generation Ruth HAKWINS + ca 1658 John MARSHALL of Massachusetts. 4th generation Mary MARSHALL + John FAIRFIELD of Boston, MA. 5th generation Ruth FAIRFIELD + 1702 Samuel EATON. of Boston, Massachusetts. 6th generation Rebecca EATON + 1724 Nathaniel GOODWIN of Boston, MA, and Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 7th generation Rebecca GOODWIN + 1761 Thomas GOUGE, Sr. of Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 8th generation Jacob GOUGE + 1796 Mrs. Mary MERRITT PEET of Connecticut and Trenton, Oneida Co., NY. 9th generation Charles GOUGE + 1821 Sarah BARROWS of Barneveld, Trenton, Oneida Co., NY. 10th generation Charles M. GOUGE + 1850 Sarah WILCOX of Trenton, Oneida Co. NY. 11th generation Mary E. GOUGE + Edwin HUGHES of Utica, Oneida Co. New York 12th generation Edwin M. HUGHES born in New York + Esther CROSIER born in Southern Vermont 13th generation my mother HUGHES born in New York and living in Vermont 14th generation Jan Jordan born in Northern Vermont I have more information. Hoping you are a newly found cousin, Jan in VT From: <ChekWriter@aol.com> Pat Would be interested also in your family line down from John of Braintree, MA.