In a message dated 3/3/2002 4:47:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, TEbel2888@aol.com writes: << My 2nd grt uncle Armistead Bruce REEDS was b. 1777 >> Charlene, My 3rd grt grandfather was ARMISTEAD BRUCE, b. ca.1765 in Amelia County and died ca. 1838 in Chesterfield Co., VA. He mar. Martha Hatcher 21 Dec 1794. With those names ... wonder if Armistead Bruce could be an uncle or some other relation to your A.B.R.? Armistead may have been popular but Armistead BRUCE? Karen