Hello, Henrico, For many, many years, I have been searching for information on John Hitchcock. Here is what little I have: John Hitchcock, b. England, lived Richmond City. Wife, Maria Frazier Son: JRW Hitchcock, (my ancestor), who went to California with the Madison Mining Co. on the Glendale, in 1849 On John: "He is listed as a trustee for the Virginia Baptist Education Society and as a member of the first Board of Managers for the Virginia Baptist Seminary from 1832 to 1836. He is also listed as a member of the Virginia Baptist Book and Tract Society. But there seems to be no obituary." (From a letter from the Virginia Baptist Historical Society.) His name crops up in an article on the Virginia Baptist Seminary in the Virginia Baptist Register, number 10, 1971, pg.477, but with no information about him at all. 1830 Census for Richmond City has him: 1 male under 5, 1 between 15 and 20 yrs, 1 between 30 to 40 years, 1 female between 5 and 10 years, and one between 20 and 30 years. The little boy would be JRWH, born 1825, the parents, and two mysteries. The 1840 census has only Maria Hitchcock, with 2 females between 15 and 20, 1 between 20 and 30, and one between 40 and 50. JRWH would have been at school, the Dunlora Academy/Virgnia/Richmond Baptists College/Seminary, but I cannot find that in the 1840 census. Did John die? Run off? Go to the shops when the enumerator came? Any help at all would provide great joy to the California descendants of his son, JRWH. Thank you, A. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.