In a message dated 9/24/1999 3:59:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Don't know if he is mine or not. Does he descend from Samuel Jr. and his son Benjamin? >> Abner probably is a son of William Paxton and Hannah Abbott, but to date, I know of no one that has been able to confirm that. Anybody out there care to wade in on this? Mark Thomas