OK so let's see if this works now. I have recently received the information we've been seeking. Here is a letter just sent to me from the Author himself of the article we were waiting for by James R. Hancock. Greetings Brewster cousin: As historian for the Kentucky Mayflower Society I researched the two Anna/Anne Lees for a fellow member. Though the main purpose of the MD 59:1 article was to confirm that Hancock Lee had two (2) daughters, the half-sisters Anna and Anne Lee, I strongly agree with your assessment that Allerton Newton was in-fact the son of Sarah Allerton and her first husband, a Mr. Newton. Find attached pertinent pages from Mr. Dorman's incredible work Adv. of Purse and Person, which provide good explanations for this conclusion. Particular attention is called to footnotes 34 (page 652) and 52 (page 654). The fact that Isaac Allerton made the bequest to grandson Allerton Newton and to the children of his daughter Mrs. Travers, but not to the four children of John and Mary Newton, is very strong evidence in favor of this conclusion. And it is also important that Sarah Allerton was almost age 30 when she m. Hancock Lee. Given the marital customs of the day she would have most likely had a previous husband. When the obvious makes good sense I tend to stay with it. In this case, it's my view that those who think that John and Mary Newton were Allerton's parents, should bear the burden of showing the evidence that Isaac had a daughter Mary. I don't see it. May I add that Mrs. Merrick and Mr. Dorman agree on this matter. And as the preeminent Virginia genealogist, Mr. Dorman has researched these families for over 40 years, and most capable of drawing the best conclusions. I stand by him! James R. Hancock NOW from the actual text/footnotes which I can't paste here so I will retype. [34] Early accounts, following Charles F. Cochran, "Early Generations of the Newton Family of Westmoreland County, Virginia, "VXXXVI, pp. 298-302, XXXVII, 87-90, identified another daughter, Mary, who married John Newton, both dying 1699-1700, to account for Isaac Allerton's naming a grandson Allerton Newton in his will. More recently, Barbara Lambert Merrick, "Important Allerton/Brewster Connections," The Mayflower Descendants, XLII, pp. 117-23, suggested that since Isaac Allerton devised land jointly to grandson, Allerton Newton and daughter Sarah Lee, a more reasonable interpretation would be to identify Allerton Newton as Mrs. Lee's son by a previous marriage. Since Sarah was in her late twenties when she married Hancock Lee, a prior marriage is possible. Isaac Allerton bequeathed 1000 pounds of tobacco to Allerton Newton and to each of the children of his daughter Mrs. Travers, but made no such bequest to any of the four children of John and Mary Newton, that number being established by the will of John's father John Newton, 19 Aug. 1695-28 July 1697 (Westmoreland Co. Deeds & Wills 2, pp. 104a-106a). The omission of the eldest son, William Newton, has been explained because as heir-at-law he had already inherited a considerable estate, but the absence of a bequest to his brother Thomas Newton (identified in Richmond Co. Order Bk. 6, 1711-16, pp. 125. 142, 236), if they indeed were Allerton grandchildren, is surprising when all the identified Virginia grandchildren then born received bequests. Evidence to establish that Isaac Allerton had a daughter Mary and that it was she was mother of grandson Allerton Newton is lacking. [End footnote] [52]Merrick, loc. cit. The principal objection to acceptance of Mrs. Merrick's thesis that Sarah (Allerton) Lee had a first marriage to ______ Newton is that there is no readily identifiable Newton of that generation who could have been her husband (see Cochran, loc. cit.) It should be noted, however, that Sarah Allerton was aged nearly 30 when married to Hancock Lee, much older than customary for a (1) marriage in this period.[End footnote] So, short of any further documents where Allerton Newton states for certainty that he was the son of Sarah or for the lack of any actual birth record of any kind naming the parents I believe the subject is closed. It appears to me based on everything I've read anyway on both sides of the fence that the correct conclusion is here in this article and references/footnotes/sources. There is more proof that he WAS Sarah's son than Mary's and as stated by Mr. Hancock... the burden shifts to anyone to show evidence that Isaac even had a daughter named Mary. Mere conclusions by way of proximity of nearby residences don't hold water. Janean Janean D. Ray Office Manager Legal Defender Office One Cascade Plaza Suite 1940 Akron, Ohio 44308 PH. 330-434-3461 FX. 330-434-3371