Dear Cousins and Friends, Quoting - At a "Meeting of the Inhabitants of portsm:o [i.e., Portsmouth, Rhode Island] November 30th, 1657" it was ordered that the following ten men should be given planting land on Hog Island (in Mount Hope Bay between Portsmouth and Bristol) for seven years: "Edward ffisher, Richard Sison [sic], John Tripp [Richard and Mary's daughter's father-in-law], John Anthony, ffrancis Brayton, Thomas Ginings, Ralph Earll junr:, John Archar [sic], Samuell [sic] Wilson, & John Baslie." [13] Quoting Footnote 13 - Brigham, "Early Records of Portsmouth [note 9], 80. The reference to the Hog Island planting land is found on p. 85 of the original Portsmouth Records, Book I, in the Rhode Island State Archives. These quotations are from the "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Volume 157, April 2003, page 103. The NEHG Society website can be seen at http://www.nehgs.org/. Membership isn't cheap, but it's worth every penny if you have extensive New England ancestry. I have found hundreds of well-documented ancestors by way of the "NEHG Register," as well as through its mail-order lending library, and in its library on Newbury Street, Boston. My best wishes for your holiday happiness and safety, David Arne Sisson