Jim there is a reason why these articles are being published in the various formats. They are old and no longer protected by copyright. My experience has been that they are helpful as guides only. I have seen some really bad genealogy when folks take as fact these various old accounts of families without backing them up with solid research. I think I may have seen this account of the family but the one in David Avants Some Colonial Families Vol. 3 is much better. The best way to put together a family is by reading the records. In the case of the Underwoods the will of John Upton the second husband of Margaret (?) Underwood, Upton, Lucas. Pp. 38-40 Last will & Testament of John Upton, Gent. In the Name of Go Amen I Capt John Upton of the Isle Wight County in Virginia Gent being sick of body but in perfect Memory do ordain this as my last Will and Testament in Manner and form following …ƒƒirst I committ my soul …whence it came to be decently …of my Exectrix hereafter names…And my Soul to God hoping for … my Lord & Savior …for Such worldly Goods as God in his …upon me. I bequeath and Devise in manner and ƒƒorm ƒƒollowing, Imprimis, Item I give .. bequeath unto my Eldest Son John Upton all that Tract of Land being part of it in the Tenure of John King, James Begnall, & Nicholas Morris, Containing in the Whole Eight Hundred fifty Acres of Land, and if the Said John Upton dies before he Comes to the age of One and Twenty years then I give and bequeath the Said Land Unto William, Elizabeth, Sarah, Margarett Underwood to be Divided as followeth (Vizt) Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret Underwood each of them A Hundred Acres and the remainder unto William Underwood. Item I give bequeath unto my Said Son one Mare fole and one Cow with Calfe, being upon the Probate of my Will sett apart for him with their Increase. And if it shall happen that my Said Son dies before the age of one and Twenty the sd Mare fole and Cow their Increase to be Equally Shared amongst my Daughter in Law Elizabeth, Sarah, Margarett Underwood, Item. I give and bequeath William Underwood, Elizabeth, Sarah & Margarett Underwood, that tract or parcell of land running upon this side the freshett near Ambrose Bennetts Containing ƒƒifteen Hundred Acres of Land Except and allways reserve out of this Land Three Hundred Acres which Mr. N?? Bracewell hath. Item I give and bequeath unto William, Elizabeth, Sarah and Margarett Underwood all my Land at Rappahannock what Shall be hereafter made good upon my right they to be possessed with it after my wifes decease, for the rest of my Estate Goods Chattels, tennaments, ? ? Tenemts Heridiaments whatsoever here in Virginia or England where after my Debts Legacies and funerall rights were discharged. I give Devise and Bequeath the Same unto my very Loveing and Welbeloved Wife Margarett Upton whome I constitute ordain & make Sole Executrix of my last Will and Testament. And I do heartly desire make my Loveing friends Mr. Georg e ƒƒewdeon William Underwood and James Taylor Clerk my overseers there to See this my Will performed. Likewise I give ordain my Executix be give each of my Overseers a ring of Twenty shillings Sterling price. Likewise ordain [?] Williamson the wife of James Williamson to be ?? of in my Land at Rappahannock with these …Item I give unto Elizabeth Underwood .. & pillon Cloth to be delivered at the day of Marriage Furthermore I do by these…Last Will In Witness I the Said Capt John Upton have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Sixteenth day of January Anno domino His to be understood that what Land … I have of in the Tracts of ƒƒifteen Hundred acres upon the freshett by Ambrose Bennetts is [??] upon Condition and the reminder Divided as before provided ~~~ John Upton In addition to the children named here there was a daughter who married a Williamson who was dead by this time. That family was also in the Rappahannock. You take this will, and Elizabeth Butler's and Margaret Lucas and you get a clear picture of the Underwoods all from documents. Margaret R. Amundson, CGsm is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified associates after periodic proficiency evaluations.