>I am curious about your Root family from MA to Chenango Co. Do you happen to know if any of them married into the Parker family? My ancestor John Parker b abt 1775 in either MA or RI married a woman named Mary (last name unknown) and they first appear in Chenango Co. abt 1799. The reason for the question is the name Edward LaVerne. There are several of them in my family and I am trying to break through a brick wall here. >  >Karen in Big Pine Hi Karen, There were Parker marriages in or around Chenango Co. However, if you include earlier ones in MA, I suspect that there were lots of Root-Parker marriages, more than I'd want to look up. Daniel M. Root b 16 Sep 1799 m Esther Parker (dau of Oliver Parker) in Coventry, Chenango Co. Isaiah Root b ca 1790 d 1824 m Elisabeth PARKER, lived in Greene and Cayuga Co Almira A. Root b ca 1835 m1 Dana Gibbs m2 Duncan Parker of Coventry charlie