What a great post by Dean Sanders! How refreshing to see references to town finance and probate records. Here at long last are Sherwood references that I have never heard mentioned before - not even by the early Sherwood genealogists - William Lounsbury Sherwood, Mary Sherwood Hale, Andrew Sherwood, Beatrix Carlson, et al. That's not to say that they didn't come across these records, only that to-date I have not heard mention of them. No question about it, the most intriguing tidbit is the "Thomas Sherwood from Slapton" quote. I will check out the SEABROOK board and try to contact whoever provided the quote. The reference to the TURNEY's is interesting. The parents of the Turney sisters who married Stephen and Matthew, sons of Thomas Sherwood the Immigrant and his second wife, Mary, were Benjamin TURNEY and Mary ODELL. I have heard that Benjamin Turney hailed from Salford, Bedfordshire, or Husborne Crawley (parish of Soulbury), Bucks, so I'll be curious to see what evidence there is for Slapton as their home. Are you in England, Dean? How did you learn of the town finance and probate records? Kind Regards, Geoff Geoffrey Sherwood demidave@juno.com Towaco, NJ, USA ________________________________________________________________ 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/tagj.