Oh heck. All my fine calculating is wasted then because I started from the wrong date. I thought it was 1622/3! Ellen Rebecca Christensen <rchristen@sbcglobal.net> wrote: In July 2002, I posted a message to the list with a time chronology of events while trying to determine the order and time placement of events with reference to the old calendar system. The original posting is here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/PACE/2002-07/1027306113 but I am including the time chronology below, again. I once again wrote all of the months down on paper and counted - I count 34 months between the date of the massacre on 22 March 1622 (actually 1621/22) and January 1624/25 when Sarah Maycock was a child of 2 on the muster. Technically, a child is still 2 years old until reaching 36 months, although we also know census records are not *always* exact. March 22, 1622 - Jamestown Massacre (Samuel Maycock died in the massacre) July 13, 1622 - It took 4 months for news of the massacre to reach England. July 29, 1622 - It was ordered that some ordinance be sent to Jamestowne for the colonists' protection March 25, 1623. "George Sandys wrote that the plague which followed the Indian massacre had been twice as fatal as the massacre itself" February 16, 1623 (also listed as February 16, 1623/24) List of the Living and Dead completed - List of the living and those who had died since April 1623 January 1624/25 - Muster, or census, ordered by the crown was taken It appears the muster dated 29 January 1625 which lists the child Sarah Maycock [age] 2 born in Virginia is 29 January 1624/25. Rebecca MAC wrote: I don't know the exact date the Indian massacre occurred, but don't forget to factor in the calendar change. Until Sep 1752, Britain used the Julian Calendar (i.e. Old Style) and the year changed on March 25, not Jan 1. Thus a child born 24 March 1622 would be but one day older than one born 25 March 1623. M.A. Causey ==== PACE Mailing List ==== Check out the Pace GenConnect Boards where you can post or peruse Pace Bibles, Obits, Bios, Deeds, Wills, Queries, etc. Bookmark this URL: http://boards.ancestry.com ==== PACE Mailing List ==== Be sure to check the Pace Family Genealogy Forum at http://genforum.com/pace/ and the Pace Network at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pace Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com