In a message dated 7/7/2008 8:21:15 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: In them Matthew III/Jr. has been listed equally as born in 1773 and 1786. His marriages are as equally divided as to who he married first, Mary Bishop or Margaret Sherrill. I doubt we may ever know for sure. I think that research has mixed up the Mathews after Mathew and Lucy Dickerson, and it is a mess. Kasia **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)