Diane, Digging a little further......... Susan's father, William D. LUDLOW is b. 1784 in Long Hill, Morris, New Jersy Died 1863 in Carthage, Hamilton Co., OH Parents: John LUDLOW & Sarah DEMUN No other information available about them. Susan's mother, Charlotte HAND is b. 1787 in Morris, New Jersey Death: 28 Feb.1846 in Hamilton Co., OH Charlotte's parents: John HAND b. 25 Oct.1764, Long Hill, Morris, NJ Sarah PRICE b. abt. 1766, Morris, NJ 10 other children listed for John & Sarah Sources: Title: A genealogy of the VANDEVENDER and related families Contact: Lee and Walt Vandevender whvande@sandia.gov If you sign on to ancestry.com with a username and and password you should be able to access this information for free and trace Susan's line back a couple generations. When the ancestry main page opens, Enter Susan Ludlow in the main search engine windows on line 1. Line 2, in the drop down menus for Country and State, click on United States and Ohio. Then click SEARCH When the next page opens, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the link: Ancestry World Tree entries. When that page opens, go to page 2 and the second name from the top you'll find Susan listed with her parent's names and William STURGIS as Spouse. It looks like you can follow the line back a couple generations for her. Will see if I can find anything on William. Marilyn