Hi Michael, What primary evidence do you have that Beard came here in 1629? We do not see him until the 1640s. George F. Sanborn Jr., F.A.S.G. The Great Migration Study Project New England Historic Genealogical Society Michael Baird wrote: > Thomas BEARD, one of the first two shoemakers in the MA colony, came to > Salem. MA in 1629 with the Higginson & Skelton Fleet. Mr. BEARD was > made a freeman 10 May 1643 and soon afterward purchased an estate at > Strawberry Banke from Nicholas Shapleigh. Seeking information on Thomas > BEARD's family and descendants. > > Michael Baird > > ==== NHROCKIN Mailing List ==== > Send messages to the list to the "To" address found above in THIS message. > To send commands (subscribe/unsubscribe), insert -request between the L > and the @ in the address. Send only the command. > Proverb for the millennium: Don't byte off more than you can view.