Alice, Thanks for your suggestion about Weeden as a given name for my WILCOX ancestor. Someone on the main RIGENWEB list also suggested that and I have been unable to find a connection so far, but I have found 2 SWEET marriages to WILCOX men that I'm trying to follow. I have Orrie SWEET married to Daniel WILCOX approx. 1809 and Mahala SWEET married to "Mr." Wilcox approx. 1806. Both of these SWEET women were sisters and daughters of Jesse SWEET and Huldah WHITFORD and the marriages took place in E. Greenwich RI. Weeden WILCOX migrated from RI to NY to Lorain County, OH, first appearing there on the 1830 Census. According to Lorain County cemetery records for his daughter, Hulda Ann was b in 1811 and his wife was named Mahala, so I was excited when I found these Sweet/Wilcox marriages. So far however, I haven't been able to identify the "Mr. Wilcox" and there are many Daniel Wilcox. I am very encouraged by your post and others on the list today. I think I'm beginning to look in the correct place. Thanks again, Richelle