Hello, List! I'm new to this list, so I thought I'd put in my two cents worth. My great-great-grandfather, Abner PIERCE, was b. 8 Feb 1792 in Massachusetts, the son of Abner PIERCE and Huldah WILCOX. The younger Abner married Betsey DEWEY, probably before 1823. I have further information on Betsey. Their children were: Sarah Elizabeth PIERCE, b. 1823, married her first cousin, Levi S. PIERCE, son of Samuel PIERCE, brother of Abner the younger. Marielle/Mariette PIERCE, b. 1825, married her first cousin, Herschel Wright PIERCE, also a son of the aforementioned Samuel PIERCE. Helen PIERCE, b. about 1829, married Frank D. LOCKWOOD Jane PIERCE, b. 17 Feb 1832, d. 5 Sep 1888 in Washington, DC, or northern VA, married Joseph Sackett HART (my great-grandfather) 29 May 1853 in Dundee, Yates Co., NY Dewey PIERCE, two different sources list his death as 1862 and 1869 Ralph Lanning PIERCE, b. about 1837, married Mary COOK Huldah PIERCE, b. 1841, believed never to have married Abner PIERCE, the younger, moved to northern Virginia sometime before the Civil War. He shows up on the personal property tax records for 1861 in Fairfax Co., VA. I believe he died in the spring of 1862. I'd like to find out more about his life in VA and when and where he died and is buried. Thanks for any help anyone can offer. Bev Researching: DUVAL(L) (Baltimore, MD); CORNELL (PA>MD); BRADY (VA>MD); DASHIELL, WHITE, SIMPKINS, WALLACE (Eastern Shore, MD); PIERCE (NY>VA); HART (England>PA); MASON, ADAMS (VA); MILLS, DAY (Montgomery Co., MD); STIMMEL (Germany>MD>PA); KELLER (Germany>NY); MARTIN, SNYDER (Clearfield Co., PA); SAGAR, WHEELER, BENTLEY (NY) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.