At 22:57 02/03/2009, you wrote: >Chris, Peter, and fellow cyber cousins: >Although someone else may beat me to this, I thought I would just >post the information that the name Lyman Beecher (1775-1863) is >famous in the United States as the name of the father of Harriet Beecher Stowe. >... Wendy, Well spotted! The parents of our Lyman Beecher Sackett must have been followers, or even acquaintances, of the original. Our LBS married in India between 1866 & 1870. If this was as a young man, he would have been born in say 1845. I don't see any Lymans in our database that would fit, so I think we're looking for someone so far undiscovered. No Lymans appear in the UK births index, which started in 1837. Lyman may have been born in India, but it would seem more likely that he was born in the US into a God-fearing family who were fans of Lyman Beecher. It may be conjectured that he went to India as a missionary. Regards, Chris