Hi Listmates and probably cousins, I have been stumbling around for sometime now trying to locate the parents/family of my LUCINDA SHERWOOD. I now believe that I have found them and want to post to the List so that future researchers might not have to go through what I have to locate this ancestor. Based on the 1870 MI census data, I put her date of birth as about 1801. Lucinda m. RUFUS HERRICK c. 1825 in Wayne, Steuben Co., NY, where they are found on the 1830 census images online. I'm still looking for their marriage record. Lucinda appears to be the daughter of JOHN HUTCHINSON SHERWOOD and JEANETTE HENDERSON. Though she is not listed among their children on the LDS site, I'm basing my thoughts on the following criteria: The LDS site lists John H. Sherwood with 10 kids including a set of twin daughters, no Lucinda among them. However, at least two of John's children were deceased prior to the 1820 census and son, ANSON SHERWOOD, was married and head of his own household in 1820. The 1820 census shows 8 kids in residence. Add the 2 deceased children and Anson to that total and that brings John's total to 11. Judging from census records placing Rufus and Lucinda nearby in 1830, Lucinda is very likely the eleventh child. Plus, the birthdates listed for John's children allow room for Lucinda as is and even more so if she were part of another set of twins. John and Anson Sherwood appear next door to one another in the 1820 census for Wayne, Steuben Co., NY. They are the *only* Sherwood families in the area at that time: JOHN SHERWOOD, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 0, 0, 1 ANSON SHERWOOD, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 ... and 8 doors down is... DANIEL HERRICK, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 The 1830 census for Steuben, Wayne Co., NY finds John H. Sherwood only 2 doors away from NATHAN HERRICK, father of Rufus who is husband of Lucinda Sherwood: JOHN H. SHERWOOD, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0; 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1. Rufus and Lucinda are not far distant, living near his brother, DANIEL HERRICK and family. Rufus is listed in the 1830 Census for Wayne, Steuben Co., NY along with wife, 1 male under the age of 5, one female under age 5 and one female between the ages of 5-10. He is 8 doors down from DANIEL HERRICK. Rufus removed to MI about 1838-1840 probably settling in Washtenaw Co. So, while I realize that it's not absolute proof, it's a pretty solid case of circumstantial information and, unless more convincing proof is uncovered to the contrary, I am listing my LUCINDA SHERWOOD (1801- aft. 1870) as a daughter of JOHN HUTCHINSON SHERWOOD. It would also appear, again according to census records, that Lucinda remarried to a man named WILLIAMS at some point between 1850 and 1860. She appears, at age 69, with the new last name and living with her son, NATHAN HERRICK, in Salem Twp., Washtenaw Co., MI in the 1870 census for that area. Granted, the 1870 census records her place of birth as MA but this is not conclusive. John Hutchinson Sherwood was born in MA. Lucinda wouldn't be the only record I've uncovered that listed an incorrect place of birth. Best, SueB