Hi, folks... I just subbed. I have reason to believe that the Scioto branch of Stockham, rooted in Joseph b. bef. 1814 arises this way, and I want everyone's help... George Stockham of Bucks County, PA, who had a will 1814, mentioned an illegitimate child, to whom he left some money in his death-bed will. Joseph, born from Mary Bedford, of Ohio. I find a Joseph Bedford and a Mary Bedford in Hamilton Co., OH, in the 1850 Census, but nowhere else. I maintain that she died, and he took the name of Joseph Stockham, finding his way to Scioto. I think he was a "surprise package" from George having a stint in the War of 1812... not such an unusual occurrence. Can anyone help a Virginian from New Jersey with Pennsylvania relatives find out this Ohio information? !:O> Vince -- *===========================================================================* *Vincent E. Summers, Chemist E-Mail: vsummers@nrao.edu * *National Radio Astronomy Observatory Phone: (804)-296-0210 * *2015 Ivy Road FAX: (804)-296-0324 * *Charlottesville, VA 22903 http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~vsummers * *===========================================================================*