Ms. Gemmill: Thank you so very much for answering my post. I have a xeroxed copy of the out of print "Gustine Compendium", by Nancy Gustine Courson Weaver. She died in Sherman, TX about 200 miles from where I live. The Gustine line I'm trying to work on is not documented in the Compendium. Here's what I have - but can't prove! Amos Samuel Gustine, Jr, sixth child of Samuel Gustin and Abigail Shaw (brother of the Lemuel you mentioned), b. 1726, New Salem, Essex Co., MA., d. Unknown. Bef 1750 m. Patience Gardiner, d/o David Gardiner and Martha Youngs, b. 1726, d. ? After 1791 she ? m. a Bunker and moved to OH with several Bunker children and her Gustine child. Child: John B. Gustine, III, b. 1760, Lynn, Essex Co., MA, d. 21 Apr 1858, Richmond, Jefferson Co., OH. m. Mary Blair, Abt. 1760, near, Philadelphia, PA, d. 19 May 1849, Richmond, Jefferson Co., OH. Children: 1. Amos Gustine, Hon, b. 1789, PA, d. 03 Mar 1844, Jerico Mills, Junita Co., PA m1) Ann Wood m2) Francisca Blair Hamilton. Both marriages in Mifflintown, Junita Co., PA. 2. Rebecca Gustine, b. abt 1790 PA m. John B. Freeborn 3. John "Jack" Gustine, Jr, b. 1790, Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA m1) Ann Rodgers m2) Sarah Tomlinson 4. Lemuel Gustine, b. Aft. 1793 5. William B. Gustine, Abt. 1800, Mifflin, Junita Co., PA, d. Abt. 1855, Desota, Clarke Co., MS m1) 21 Apr 1821, Hardin Co., KY Ann Lyons m2?) 07 Jun 1832, Amite Co., MS, Susan Jones, m3) abt 1838 Julia B. Knight 6. Elizabeth Gustine, b. Abt. 1804, Junitia Co., PA. m. Joseph Nesbitt It is interesting to note that most of Amos' siblings were born in Saybrook, CT while he and one other were born in MA. There is mention of Hon. Amos in the Compendium and it states that John B. and Mary Blair are his parents. The compendium does not even note who John B's parents are or if there were other children. Perhaps if the family had stayed put and not moved the records could be found. Quite a few of Dr. Lemuel's children and grandchildren did end up in Natchez. Three brothers were noted physicans there. Hopefully I'll be able to solve this puzzle one day...... Tom Hoot -----Original Message----- From: Arlene Gemmill [SMTP:agemmill@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, February 05, 1999 12:43 PM To: thoot Subject: GUSTINE in Carlisle Tom: There was Lemuel Gustine who bought my grandfather Thomas Porter's lot #187 in Carlisle 1801 and died 7 Oct 1803, probably in that same house. You know there is a book about you guys? SOURCE: Gustine Courson Weaver THE GUSTINE COMPENDIUM (Powell & White, Cincinnati, OH 1929) Dr. Lemuel Gustine b. 1749 in Saybrook CT., settled in Wyoming Valley abt 1769 and m. 1774 to Susannah Smith who d. 1778. He wrote Articles of Capitulation at the Wyoming Massacre in 1778, then built boat out of old cabin and escaped with 15 people down the River to Hanover. Two of 15 were his young daughters, one of whom died of exposure on the trip, the other m. 1792 to Rev. James Snowden, first minister (Presbyterian) in Harrisburg. After his escape Gustine settled in Carlisle where he was a distinquished physician and married again to Mary Parker and had several sons and daughters, most of whom moved to Mississippi. Arlene Gemmill looking for PORTER; GEMMILL; KIRKER; PERRY