While entering information to my Marston file from two different sources - The Marston Genealogy and The History of Nottingham, Deerfield, and Northfield - two questions came to mind. Before I make any assumptions, I'd like everyone on this list to comment on whether you agree or disagree with my comments. In the History of Nottingham, etc., p. 425, there begins a 7-page coverage of Daniel Marston's background. It states, "Three brothers came from England, and settled at Hampton, N.H. The family of Marstons in Deerfield sprang from Daniel, the son of one of these brothers." The article goes on to say that Daniel "Deceased in ye year 1757 in the month of November a Friday at ye eleventh about eight of the clock in the evening at Harvord in the Province of the Mearcsityes Eraged, at the house of John Taylor, Innholder. Aged 50 years." Comment: The calculated birth date here for Daniel would be 1707, far too late to be the son of the Marstons who came from England to New England in 1634. I checked with the Marston Genealogy and found a Daniel who was born 13 Sep 1708, s/o Simon (1683-Bef 1735/6) and Hannah Marston. Simon was the s/o Ephraim and Abial (Sanborn) Marston; Ephraim was the s/o Thomas Marston, b. 1617 in England, and Mary Estow. Thomas was the s/o William Marston, Sr., b. in England about 1592 and came to Salem, MA in 1634. I believe that the Daniel above, b. 1708, is the same as the one referred to in the Deerfield section, who was an officer in the French and Indian war. Comments? If anyone would like the rest of the story on Daniel or his descendants, please let me know. The other question arose as I crosschecked the VR information in the Marston Genealogy with the Hampton, NH Vital Records. So many of the dates did not match that I stopped entering. What I think happened is that the author of the Marston Genealogy did not convert the dates from the old dating to the new dating, i.e., the Marston Genealogy had Samuel Marston, b. 8 July, 1661. The Hampton, NH Vital Records had 8th of 7th Mo. 1661. Since in the old dating system March was the first month, the 7th month would have been September. This kind of error is throughout the Marston Genealogy. I just wanted to alert you to that and seek your concurrence with what I suppose happened. Comments? Maryellen Mcanfora@aol.com