Thank you Liz, I will delete the term quarter horse in my research. I got the quarter horse info. from a very old letter written by the great granddaughter of Thomas. She wrote that her grandfather (grandson of Thomas) brought his quarter horses to Canada in 1818 in the hold of an old sailing ship. He did arrive in Canada in 1818 and was quickly in business. I have always wondered about that as her grandfather had an annual horse race on his land in Port Hope. It was a big deal according to a 1851 newspaper article, with about 1500 people attending which was a whole lot of people for that area. The reason I wondered is that her grandfather and his sons owned and ran a stage coach line and a Inn/tavern. He probably used his stage coach horses in the race but I don't know for sure. JBletch