Hi Here are the relationships as we currently see them: Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM3 ARRINGTON (BENJAMIN2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1730, and died December 1790 in Halifax Co., VA. He married CATHERINE STONES Abt. 1754 in Lunenberg, VA, daughter of RICHARD STONES and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN. She died 1790 in Halifax, VA. Children of WILLIAM ARRINGTON and CATHERINE STONES are: 2. i. JOHN R.4 ARRINGTON, b. January 03, 1757, Lunenburg County, VA; d. November 26, 1837, Halifax County, VA. ii. WILLIAM ARRINGTON. 3. iii. RICHARD R. ARRINGTON, d. 1790, Halifax County, VA. Generation No. 2 2. JOHN R.4 ARRINGTON (WILLIAM3, BENJAMIN2, WILLIAM1) was born January 03, 1757 in Lunenburg County, VA, and died November 26, 1837 in Halifax County, VA. He married (1) UNKNOWN Bet. 1777 - 1778. He married (2) SUSANNAH VAUGHAN April 30, 1790 in Granville, North Carolina, daughter of JOHN VAUGHAN. She was born March 20, 1778 in Halifax County, VA, and died September 30, 1872 in Halifax County, VA. Children of JOHN ARRINGTON and UNKNOWN are: i. BENJAMIN5 ARRINGTON, b. Abt. 1778; m. FANNIE HUNT, January 28, 1799, Halifax County, Virginia. 4. ii. EDMUND ARRINGTON, b. 1782, Halifax County, VA; d. December 15, 1865, Peakesville, Bedford County, VA. 5. iii. RICHARD ARRINGTON, b. 1783, Halifax County, VA; d. October 28, 1838, Halifax Co., VA. iv. SARAH ARRINGTON, b. Abt. 1784; m. JOHN JONES, November 24, 1808, Halifax County, Virginia. v. WILLIAM PARHAM ARRINGTON, b. 1788, Halifax County, NC; d. December 14, 1841, Bedford County, VA; m. DOSHIA KERNE, December 15, 1823, Bedford County, Virginia. Children of JOHN ARRINGTON and SUSANNAH VAUGHAN are: vi. EMILY MILDRED5 ARRINGTON, b. Abt. 1811, Halifax County, VA; m. NATHANIEL VASSAR, December 30, 1830, Halifax County, Virginia. vii. JOHN ARRINGTON, b. Abt. 1803, Halifax County, VA; m. ELIZABETH JONES, August 24, 1825, Mecklenberg County, VA. viii. MARTHA ARRINGTON, b. Abt. 1815, Halifax County, VA; m. (1) CHARLES ARRINGTON; m. (2) HARMAN THOMPSON, December 22, 1836, Halifax County, Virginia. 6. ix. ROBERT ARRINGTON, b. Halifax County, VA. x. SAMUEL ARRINGTON, b. Halifax County, VA. 7. xi. THOMAS ARRINGTON, b. 1792, Halifax County, VA. xii. NANCY ARRINGTON, b. 1794, Halifax County, VA; m. JAMES DRAKE, 1814. xiii. ARCHIBALD ARRINGTON, b. 1795, Halifax County, VA. 8. xiv. MARY ANN ARRINGTON, b. May 29, 1802, Halifax County, VA; d. December 05, 1891. 3. RICHARD R.4 ARRINGTON (WILLIAM3, BENJAMIN2, WILLIAM1) died 1790 in Halifax County, VA. He married (1) NANCY GRIFFIN, daughter of JOHN GRIFFIN and SARAH PARRISH. He married (2) CATHERINE CARTER December 26, 1786 in Brunswick Co., VA. Children of RICHARD ARRINGTON and NANCY GRIFFIN are: 9. i. RICHARD5 ARRINGTON, b. Abt. 1785, Halifax County, Virginia; d. February 16, 1837, Halifax County, Virginia. ii. LUCY M. ARRINGTON, b. Halifax County,VA; m. JOHN F. ROBIN. There is pretty strong evidence that William Arrington and Catherine Stone are the parents of Richard (father of Richard and Lucy M) and John Arrington. Tax records show them together. Elizabeth Stone (Catherine's mother), deeded to her grandson Richard Stones Arrington, after her death, 222 acres of land adjoining Lussana Griffins. If Richard dies without lawful heirs then land goes to her grandson, John Arrington. John and wife, Susannah, sold this land to Stephen Vaughan 2-25-1805 and noted it "...was the same tract willed me by my grandmother." Rick Arrington believes tax records support the premise there were three sons of William: John, William, and Richard. Since John said he was born in Lunenburg and I have a note showing Catherine Stone and William Arrington were married in Lunenburg, we went to Lunenburg. We didn't find the marriage records but a note in the records book said many records of that time are missing. We did find in 1763 that William Arrington was ordered, along with others, to help John Cargill clear a road from Wade's Ferry to the Courthouse. We also found that William Arrington served as witness for several people in Lunenburg, also during 1763. Since we believe William Arrington's father may be Benjamin Arrington of Isle of Wight, we checked documents in Isle of Wight. Records of the time are scarce, but we did find where William Arrington left a will naming his son, Benjamin Arrington. A Benjamin Arrington with wife Hannah owned land in SouthHampton area until he sold it 29 June 1763. I'm not sure if this is William's son or William's grandson (John's son). Need to do more checking. Have not found anything naming William as Benjamin's son. We did not visit Mecklenburg where William lived for awhile and where John's wife lived for a short time after John died. If anyone finds anything at Mecklenburg that might help us, please let us know. Also, if anyone has any other hints, please let us know. Thanks. Lee