At 12:22 AM 9/2/01 -0600, you wrote: >something caught my eye. > >There's a mystery in this one. > >Thomas Smith, Jr. son of Thomas and Phebe (Arnold) >(figured out he was their son because no other Thomas matched the >husband of Abigail Aldrich) >and Abigail Aldrich (daughter of Moses Aldrich, the Quaker >Preacher and Hannah White) > >married 6 Apr 1732 Mendon, Worcester Co., MA and further >verified by Smithfield MM (Quaker) records. > >The mystery is: > >What happened to them since marriage. I don't seem to find any >trace of any children if any. Not sure where they were but there were children according to this: Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family by: Israel Wilkinson Davis & Penniman. Jacksonville, Ill. 1869. From Page 56: The following was found among the papers of Israel Wilkinson, Jr.: "Memorandum of the Children of Hannah Aldrich, widow of Moses Aldrich of the town of Mendon, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Abigail Smith, 4 children, 31 grandchildren and great grandchildren. Rachel Arnold, 12; Mary Flagg, 4; Hannah Mowry, 5. Mary Wilkinson, 3 children, 15 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren. Hannah Davis. Marcy Smith, 5 children, 21 grandchildren, 3 great grand children. In all 127--quite a multitude. Florence