Thank you very much for your response. You have been very helpful and informative. I finally found the Winthrop site that placed Thomas Beard in Salem in 1629 I've included the notes from the site: http://members.aol.com/WinthropSQ/salem1.htm "The Residents of Salem The First Town of the Massachusetts Bay Commonwealth From Original Records up to the Year 1651 Part 1 of 4, being residents whose surnames begin with the letters A, B, C, or D. This table contains information gathered from J.B. Felt's "Annals of Salem" 2nd edition, 2 vols., Salem, 1845. Felt's sources were the original colonial records, many of which have since been lost. BEARD, Thomas Mr. arrived with Rev. Francis Higginson and the GCMB fleet, 1629" Are you familiar with this source and its reliability? Again, I appreciate the time you have spent in helping me sort out my family. Mike Baird