Hi Bill, The only Sherwoods that I've ever heard were in Virginia that long ago is the family of Philip Sherwood, b. c1638, d. c1684, Rappahannock Co, VA. Jack Thompson informed the Sherwood List some time ago that Philip's wife was "Sara", and that he may have been from Somerset, England. (See "Tyler's Quarterly Magazine", Jan. and Apr. 1942, an article entitled "Philip Sherwood's Daughters", by John Nicklin.) Philip could be the Philip Sherwood born in Bath, England, in 1638, and the Elizabeth or Mary of whom you write may have been his daughter or neice. I have a note that Philip may have married Martha Pendleton. Also, Phil Sherwood, in a post to the Sherwood List on 3 NOV 1999, added some insight by pointing out that the IGI for England gives several references to a Philip Sherwood in Bath. To quote Phil: "Births in 1580, 1622 & 1638, but no baptisms!" Phil went on to say, "To find the baptisms, if they have survived, you would need to search a number of parish registers for Bath which may be deposited at Taunton or Bristol Archives. In the 18C there was a Sherwood at Bath who was a Physician & notable Catholic recusant." By the way, if anyone can track down the magazine article that I cited above, and it's not too long, can you please post it to the list or to the Sherwood Rootsweb site? Thank you! Kind Regards, Geoff Geoffrey Sherwood Towaco, NJ, USA demidave@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.