I looked very briefly at the will of Benjamin Hawkins with wife Mary (possibly Carty?) who I think is sometimes referred to as Polly. I failed to write down the date, but I am pretty sure that it was 1841 in Orange County. In the will the following people are named: wife, Mary nephew Thomas R. Hawkins niece Mary Hawkins Sarah F. Coleman Josanna Marshall Matilda Marshall Coleman Marshall John Todd Charles Scott William Cole (decd) friend William C. Scott Can anyone help identify any of the above? In 1841, Thomas R. Hawkins would have been 43 years old. He did have a daughter named Matilda. So I need to look at the possibility that she had married a man with the last name Marshall. Thomas's wife, Matilda had already died when Benjamin's will was probated. Coleman Marshall had been named as a deacon when the Zion Baptist Church in Orange County was formed during a meeting in Brother Hawkins's home in 1813 in which both a Thomas and a Benjamin Hawkins were named as being present. So I think that Benjamin Hawkins and Coleman Marshall had been friends for many years when Benjamin died. Perhaps there was a family connection as well. OK just having asked my question has shown me some things that I can look at: Who did Thomas R. Hawkins's daughter Matilda marry? What was the relationship between the Coleman and Marshall family? Was there an Edward Pinkard in Culpeper County circa 1823? Thanks for listening to my thinking out loud and I would appreciate any input that anyone has. marsha in WV