You know I absolutely adore Dr. Batten, but his books are not indexed....There are just tons of Creeches in this book. Seems like the Battens married lots of Creeches and Pittmans. Have you ever checked to see if there is a Creech list on Rootseb. I know there is a Pittman and Beverly contributes regularly for that list. I will check more thoroughly later, but a hurried scan doesn't show a Robert Batten that fits this niche or an Amos Batten. I still haven't connected my Betsy Batten m. to William Brown in 1826 or my Ailcey Batten m. to Simon Brown in the 1870s to this bunch either!! Let's both keep looking!! Carol .. Carol P. Martoccia .. 903 East Fifth Street .. Greenville, NC 27858 .. Pridgen Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6297 Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl LISTMANAGER FOR PRIDGEN ROOTSWEB LIST AND FOR NCWILSON ROOTSWEB LIST