From the Minutes of the Council and General Court May 8 1626: "y't is ordered y't Sara Maycock for fower servants brought over in the Abigaill 1622 upon the accompt of Mr. Samuell Maycock shall have two hundred acres of lande to be take upp by her in any place not formerly taken upp." I've just realized that if this land was being granted to Samuel Maycock's widow, it would surely refer to her as "Mrs Sarah Maycock" or "Mrs Samuel Maycock". The widow of a man who had been a gentleman, a scholar, a reverend, and a council member, would surely be spoken of as "Mrs Maycock". I have not seen the original source. There is always the possibility that it has been mistranscribed. If not -- if it really does refer to her as "Sara Maycock", then to me that seems strong confirmation that they were referring to the child, Samuel Maycock's daughter and heir. It then follows that she was indeed the Sarah Maycock who later became the wife of George Pace and the mother of Richard. One final point: someone raised the question of why Richard would refer to his mother by her maiden name but using the title "Mrs". I believe this was the natural thing for him to do. He could hardly refer to his deceased mother without any title, and as has been noted, "Mrs" did not inevitably denote the married state. Thank you all for your patience. For me it has been well worth thinking this through. Even though none of it can be proved, I now have a much clearer picture of events as I believe they must have occurred. Ellen Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com