Have been doing some research on Queens Co., NY, folk on the NYC mailing list so thought I would share it all with you too. Recently I realized that Ann Wilkins (my 4x great grandmother), daughter of a NYC merchant Jacob Wilkins and wife of George Stanton, had married second Hewlett Kissam of Flushing, Queens Co., NY, and had more children. There are two records on line for her marriage 26 Mar 1796, one in Manhassett Dutch Reformed Church and one in Presbyterian Marriages in Jamaica, LI. Someone has suggested two marriage ceremonies. ? The Stantons belonged to Trinity Episcopal Church in Manhattan. Many places on the web state that Hewlett had married Sophia Hunt on 25 Mar 1796, but this is impossible as she was only six years old then. Her tombstone is in the Flushing Cemetery. THE KISSAM FAMILY IN AMERICA by Edward Kissam gives both wives (wrong marriage dates) and a list of children: Sophia, Wilkins, Eliza, Mary, and Jane for first wife; Minerva, Augustus Hewlett, and Susan Emily for second. No sources. I have found no sign of Sophia and Wilkins Kissam's existence. I do believe Ann might have named a son for her surname but think that if there were a Sophia, she would more likely be the daughter of the second wife. I also think that Augustus might be Ann's son (tombstone gives 1813-1884 dates) as her only surviving brother (who died then in 1814) was named Augustus. Unfortunately Augustus Kissam named no daughters for either Ann or Sophia. On the Internet I have found no records for either Ann's death or Sophia's marriage to Hewlett, and this is what I am still seeking. The census records are complicated. 1800 shows Hewlett, Ann (aged about 30 then), three girls under ten and a boy under ten. These could include a combination of her Stanton children and new children by Hewlett, nothing conclusive. Or the Stanton girls (b 1888 and 1890) and boy (b 1892) could be living with other relatives. Still, four new children born in the first four years of Ann and Hewlett's marriage seems a stretch. By 1810 both Stanton daughters are married. Hewlett is 45. There is a boy aged 10-16, so not a Stanton. This might be Wilkins Kissam. There is a woman aged 16-26, too young for Ann, now about 40. Perhaps this is Sophia, 20, already married to Hewlett, plus girls Sophia (10-16) and Eliza, Mary, Jane, and Minerva (-10). HOWEVER, in about 50 New York newspaper announcements relating to legal complications following the death of Ann's father, Jacob Wilkins of Manhattan, in 1809, Ann (Nancy) Kissam is reportedly alive. In one of the first she is listed as wife of "Hulett" Kissam. Afterwards, from 1810-1813, Nancy Kissam and Augustus Wilkins, her brother, are sought so that legal papers may be delivered to them. These are found on line in EARLY AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS (up to 1820) accessed through a subscription to the NY Genealogical and Biographical Society. Nancy is variously said to be in Worthington, MA, Vermont, Washington, MA, and Connecticut. If this is so, then we assume that Hewlett has not yet married Sophia Hunt. But perhaps none of this is true, Ann is dead, and Hewlett and Sophia are married. By the 1820 census, Hewlett is 55, and the oldest woman, 26-45, is surely Sophia, aged 30. The boy under 10 is Augustus Hewlett Kissam (1813-1884 on his tombstone in the Flushing Cemetery). The girl 16-26 is probably Eliza. And the four girls 10-16 could include Mary, Jane, and Minerva. Many households included hired boys and girls from other families. Eliza (b ca. 1800-1848) and Mary (1803-1890) marry Anderson brothers from Lyme, CT, in 1821, and are documented in ELY ANCESTRY as being the daughters of Ann and Hewlett. Census records give good information about them, and they are buried in the Ely Cemetery in Lyme. I could find less on Jane Kissam Lowerre and Minerva Kissam Walters, nothing definite on the censuses. Information on the husbands is from the Kissam history. I assume Jane was married by 1823 as she was baptized at St. George's church in Flushing as an adult that year; and Washington or Wellington Lowerre, son of Watson and Jane, was baptized in 1830. They appear in a Cox family history. Sophia Hunt Kissam remains a mystery except for her tombstone and her appearance, living alone, on the 1850 and 1860 censuses in Flushing. Somewhere someone states (no source) her father was Thomas Hunt (more suggestion that Augustus was not her son). There was a Thomas Hunt from Eastchester who married Elizabeth Field the year before Sophia was born. [1788 Novem. 16, Thomas Hunt of Eastchester & Elizabeth Field of Flushing ] He died in 1812. Please understand, before you begin Google searches, that I have been working on Ann Wilkins for over 20 years and have a lot of information from censuses, books, gravestones, vital records, War of 1812 records, and the Internet. My database http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=winspeare&id=I2472 from Jacob Wilkins (hit Register in blue at top to get a descendency) will allow you to see what I have already collected from microfilm, mail, many visits to NYC, newspapers, and now the Internet. For some reason, the Kissam and Ely family histories do not show in the sources--am trying to rectify this. The Wilkins family of Flushing, NY, descends from Ann's brother, William Wilkins, who died before the end of the 18th century. On some of the same census pages one can see his grandson, Wm H Wilkins, and Ann's (?) son, Augustus Hewlett Kissam. Ann may have met Hewlett while visiting her brother in Queens. Any ideas welcome. Elizabeth Knowlton