Hi group. You are doing a wonderful job, Eleanor. Maybe we should start over with an open mind on these two Ozments and forget family bibles and tradition for now and go strictly with documentation right now. We will forget about the Jr. and the Sr. part also and just go with what the records say. Lamar White of Utah has probably done more documented research on these early Ozments than anyone. Here is what he wrote in 1972: James b 1793 Richard b 1800 Alfred b 1805 We have not been able to find definite proof of the parents of these three brothers. They all listed their place of birth as North Carolina in the U.S. Census records. The only Ozment listed in North Carolina in the 1790 census was John Ozment. At that time he had one son under 16 years of age and a wife and three daughters. These children would all have been born before James, Richard, and Alfred. The first definite record we have of this family is in Wilson County, Tennessee, where James and Rebecca married sisters, Rebecca and Elizabeth Eddins (or Eddings), the daughters of William and Rebecca Chandler Eddins. There was a Rachel Ozment who married Robert Shannon in Wilson County in 1811 and Polly Ozment who married Hallam Sullivan in 1814. These could well be two of the sisters of James, Richard and Alfred. We hope with further research we will be able to identify the parents in North Carolina records. This is really the starting point on this branch for now. I hope to hear from the others, to add/detract/correct this. Sincerely, Lon Martin Amarillo, Texas