Hello Debbie, Thank you for the message. That is one more of the mysteries in this can of worms. You see, my Jesse Thomas and wife Mary Howell were having son Job Howell Thonas in 1780 and son Phineas in 1781. The Jane Bowles in your message was married to a Jesse Thomas in 1781. ????? As you know, families in the olden times had many children. Brothers named boys after their brothers. Another of my surname searches has men named John Hodges. There were four in Abbeville, SC, at the same time during Rev. times. I have little faith in DAR records. the old Patriot Index had Mary Howell as Jesse's wife. The new Patriot Index shows 3 wives. Jessie's will calls his wife, Mary --. Thank you for your message Sometimes the truth is harder to find in Old virginia thanit is in the White House today! Al ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]