This is a long shot... but I have a one or two generation gap I can't seem to fill in one of my ancestors. Rebecca Towne's great-grandson Samuel Bowden (Rebecca -> Sarah --> Samuel -->Samuel, who married a Sarah Twisden. I can trace her back to her father Samuel Twisden born in 1676, probably Isle of Shoals, NH, and died October 5, 1743 in Marblehead. I then have a gap, where the next Twisden I find is another Samuel born May 13, 1627, Kent, England and died August 21, 1693, in New England (location uncertain, I believe he died in Maine or the Isle of Shoals). I'm almost certain that the two Samuels are either father-son or father-grandson, but I have yet to find a shred of evidence supporting this (other than the fact that there only seems to have been one or two Twisden families in New England at the time). Any help would be appreciated, as my next step will then be to trace the elder line back to England, and (hopefully) start making the connections there. The reason I'm so intrigued by the Twisdens, is it seems to be a surname on the verge of extinction (though I have found references as far back as the 13th century to it in various snippets of information). Perhaps the most notable Twisden I found seems to be a Sir Roger who was a signer of the Virginia Charter. (I think it was Sir Roger... I don't actually have all the data open in front of me) And it was actually my research into the Twisdens and my Bowden lines that led me to Rebecca Nurse ("Why on EARTH is this Nurse woman showing up so often? OK, I've gotta look into this in more detail...." ) I realize this borders as being off topic, but as the two lines DO intermix a generation or two down the road I figured it was worth the risk of asking.... - Jody Roberts - -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.user1.netcarrier.com/~jroberts ICQ UIN 1362302