Rowzee is not an ancestor of mine, but I have 2 notes on him that may be relevant to a search for his parents: First, the family Bible of Mercer Garrison (in 2000 in the possession of descendant Pamela Garrison Dabney) says that Rowzee's name was William R. Rains. Unfortunately, I do not have any idea where Pamela lives, or an address from her; I got that from a Garrison researcher. This agrees with what you have about the initial W and may help you to find him in old records. Second, there is a posting from last month on this list: Tim Raines <ProfitInc@aol.com> wrote to the Stafford list in June 2002, "I can go back to Selden Benjamin Raines, B. 1810 in Stafford, but have no info further back. Possibly was part of larger family with brothers Rowzee & Adam?? Had a son Robert T in 1855 who moved to Fredricksburg and was a miller. Selden apparently a farmer." You and Tim might want to compare notes. More information about Rowzee's children is available on the Stafford County site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~vastaffo/ Best, Laura