In a message dated 05/31/2000 11:36:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, smickley@ptd.net writes: << John TUTHILL was possibly the son of John and Temperance SMITH, m. abt. 1752. his sister was Freegift TUTHILL living in Orange County in 1734)>> Yes, your John is a son of JOHN and TEMPERANCE (SMITH) TUTHILL. FREEGIFT TUTHILL was definitely MALE, (as were all others of the same given name). << Who were Temperance SMITH's parents?>> Temperance was a daughter of JAMES SMITH and JERUSHA TOPPING. <Does anyone have more information on Ebenezer Holly?> From "Proceedings to determine boundaries of the Wawayanda and Cheesecocks Patents", Independent Repulican Printing Company, Goshen NY 1915, p. 17: Ebenezer Holly, of Wawayanda, age 87 (in 1785), "came here with his father in April 1715." Therefore, Ebenezer was born approximately 1698. Unfortunately, his father's name is not stated, and it doesn't say WHERE they came from. Happy hunting, Jeannie-ology : )