To Jill, Richard, and List, Your query brings about a question of my own. John was 31 in 1776 which leaves him time to have done considerable fathering before he died in 1781. Since he was a Captain in the British army and was killed in the skirmish with Capt.Roebuck in Union District, is it possible that there are military records of any sort left by the British? I have heard of our record keeping but have never come across the issue of British records. If so, then might not spouses or children be listed in such records? I'm out here but can do no more than ask more questions. I think I will write Bert and see what he thinks. Anne