Message Board Response I am also looking to make a Douglass connection beyond the George Douglass in our line. That George, born abt 1747 in N.K. married Annis Austin, dau of John Austin & Mary Sweet. Her birth abt 1744. Both George and Annis died in Bristol, R.I. 5/8/1823 and 11/26/1836. They had eight children, Parvis, Mahala, Amey, Joanna, Henry, Glenn, Martha and Stephen, all of whom died in Bristol. All of my information is what can best be described as "a work in progress". Parvis married Martha Sherman. Their first child Annis Austin, 10/28/1805, b. in So. Kingstown, married Joseph Northup, son of Christopher and Martha Briggs both of Exeter. The last child of Annis and Joseph, Eleanor, who married Emile Berard, was my grt-grandmother. Their first child, Florence Eleanor, married James Patrick Barry. Parvis and Martha had 10 children. My Douglass cousin who lives in Rehoboth (I am originally from Warren, R.I., adjacent to the Rehoboth and Swansea, Mass. state line) has a possible belief that the father of the George mentioned here, was also George and married a Mary Hathaway, of the Mayflower line of Hathaway, which of course remains to be confirmed, if at all, or at least until we find the connection to the right George Douglass. Since there were others with the two "s" Douglass name in south county during that time, there would have to be a strong possibility that they were connected. In addition to my cousin, I have confirmed all of the births and deaths at the Bristol, R.I. Town Hall on a number of my annual visits, as well as supporting info on their deaths through obits in the early Bristol newspapers. I am also a member of RIGS, however the value of that membership is yet to bear fruit. In addition to the Douglass line and connected by marriage, other names to be included to mention a few are, Arnold, Barry, Berard, Briggs, Chase, Coggeshall, Crowley, Gayton, Keating, Lawton, Northup, Potter, Maguire, Mc Cann, Pierce. If anyone would like to contact me off list at jebarryaz@juno.com or jebjmb@ earthlink. net I will be happy to share whatever information we have at present. Jim Barry Phoenix, Arizona ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com