Hello John, Yes you are correct about John & Isabel McCormick Spence. We are keeping our eyes open for info on the couple. We have Johns and Elizabeths galore, and they give us the most trouble in sorting out. We came together as a group to try to tie up some loose ends then work backwards together. Currently we are making progress on James Spence and Burwell Spence. We know that there were older Johns in these families, and John who married Isabel could be one of the missing brothers. There was also a John Spence or two in Rockbridge Co. VA in the middle to late 1700's, and we keep an eye on them to pop up somewhere. Bruce Spence related to me that he hadn't met many Spences in the North, although there was a line of them in Massachusettes at one time. VA seems to be the origination place for most all of the Spence families. You find clusters of them here and there all over the country, and with diligent research I think they can all be traced back to VA at some point in time. They didn't seem to mind moving around either ! We have several people on the list who don't know where they belong YET. The southwest VA area seemed to be on the migration path, and several Spence lines passed through this area. Sorting out which line is the fun of this ! If anyone has any background info on John & Isabel McCormick, please post it to the group. You never know when you might have the little piece of the puzzle that someone else is searching for ! What you give will come back ten-fold !!!! Guaranteed ! Carolyn