In a message dated 12/03/2007 22:04:20 GMT Standard Time, victorj@sympatico.ca writes: Richard Roe - son and heir of Richard Roe of Ballsall Warwick, and descended from the family of Roe of Maxwell .........ran searches on these names/places and did not get very far, any ideas? Captain in Colonel Anthony Hungerford's Regiment, sent to Ireland in 1647 (then 7 is crossed out and in place the figure 1) to suppress the rebellion Hi Jane, Balsall (one l ) is a village in what was Warwickshire in England. This link will take you to one of the web pages with some history _http://www.cv81pl.freeserve.co.uk/balsall.htm_ (http://www.cv81pl.freeserve.co.uk/balsall.htm) Hope you find what you're looking for, Hazel (researching Irwins in Armagh, moved to Cookstown, Tyrone, then to UK) God put me on this earth to do so much. Right now, I am so far behind, I might never die!