No you haven't tripped over your fingers and embarrassed yourself, {{{{{Shirley}}}}, and yes I would like the whole book typed up, please, in your spare time... <iii iiii> <----this is my just fallen off the turnip truck grin; [the {{{{...}}}}} is a cyber-hug.] I don't know what to ask first. As it is I get the Shenandoah posts in digest form, so my 'Eureka !!!' is doubly-delayed. I need to spend a good deal more time working out the data you already sent, but I wanted to rush off a Thankyou! If Sam (d. 1815 in Bedford) is indeed, the son of an Alvin & Sarah Rust Claytor with antecedents in Virginia, this has just got to be a parallel line perhaps with a common ancestor; my ggggggg-grampa Sam Clayton (christened 30 Sep 1689-died bef 16 Aug 1735) who m. Elizabeth PENDLETON lived near Tappahannock in Essex Co. - a hop-skip across the river from the first Thomas you list in Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co. Va. Would Sam's father Sam & Susannah (probably MORRIS) Clayton be their common ancestors? This Sam died abt 1702 & Susannah d. 6 Nov 1710 at the home of her daughter Mary, who had married Robert Coleman (1682-1748). One of the first surprises in your work was the GOFF surname which shows up in Crawford County, Illinois, where my CLAYTON branch settled before coming to Green County, Wisconsin and after a generation in Bourbon County, Kentucky. I don't know Shirley, I have collected a number of things that just don't fit in my direct CLAYTON line, but do seem to have some connection. Offhand, a "Coleman CLAYTON/CLAYTOR" or two, three? which may or may not be directly related as my Shenandoah County Saml Clayton, jr.'s brother was actually named Robert Coleman Clayton. I'm making myself dizzy.. Cynthia, in sweltering Wales, Wisconsin. >This is not my line. So, I may be tripping over my fingers and embarrass >myself. > >I have 2 pages of Claytors indexed in a family book.