R. Bruce Willstaedt, It looks like The R. in front of your name may be an old tradition. See below. Have more Van Eps info on these and others including a Caterina m Arie Banta. These are from Schenectady County, but appear to connect to Saratoga. Abraham( Johannes) Van Eps bp. 15 Oct 1738 m(2) R. Deborah Viele bp 28 Jan 1750. Children: from first marriage to R. Margarita Veeder Margarita bp 7 Feb 1763 Prob. Benjamin from second marriage to R. Deborah Viele Neeltje b 12 Aug 1769 Deborah bp 29 Dec 1771 m Hillebrandt Banta Jan Thompson [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.