I am trying to find the parents, dob, and pob of a Silas HARVEY who m. Dorothy CUSHMAN probably in Littleton, NH or Waterford, VT on 16 Dec 1801. Silas and 2nd wife Lucretia ? are found in the 1850 Caledonia Co., VT Census. A Silas Harvey is noted to have "notarized" several deeds in Kirby between 1837 and 1840 - not certain this subject Silas was in fact this Justice of Peace. Dorothy CUSHMAN was the 8th child of Paul CUSHMAN and Anna PARKER. I have seen family history data that state this Paul Cushman was b. 7 June 1741 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA; m. Anna Parker (b. 29 May, 1747 in Bradford, MA) on 14 Oct 1766 in Freetown, Bristol Co., MA; and Paul d. Feb 1808 in Bath, Grafton Co., NH. Other children listed for Paul and Anna are : Joshua, Clark, Paul, Parker, Ezra (d. young), Anna, Mary (Polly), Ezra, & Eusebia. The following is pretty much what I know about Silas and Dorothy : SILAS HARVEY was born Abt. 1778 in MA?, and died 5 May 1855, age 77 yrs, in Waterford?, buried in Waterford, VT . He married (1) DOROTHY CUSHMAN (b. 2 Jan 1782 in Charlestown, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire; d. March 1841, Barnet Twp, Caledonia Co., Vermont, USA) on 16 Dec 1801. He married (2) LUCRETIA ? (HARVEY) Aft. Mar 1841. Children of SILAS HARVEY and DOROTHY CUSHMAN are: i. STEPHEN HARVEY, b. 3 Jul 1802, Waterford, Caledonia Co., Vermont. ii. JOSHUA HARVEY, b. 27 Apr 1804, Waterford, Caledonia Co., Vermont; d. 20 Sep 1897,Luray, MO iii. TRYPHOSA HARVEY, b. 16 Apr 1806, Waterford, Caledonia Co., Vermont iv. FREEMAN HARVEY, b. 25 Feb 1808, Waterford, Caledonia Co., Vermont v. CAROLINE HARVEY, b. 17 Jan 1810, Waterford, Caledonia Co., Vermont vi. LUCY HARVEY, b. 26 Oct 1811, Waterford, Caledonia Co., Vermont vii. SARAH HARVEY, b. 22 Jul 1813, Waterford, Caledonia Co., Vermont viii.CATHERINE HARVEY, b. 13 Feb 1815, Waterford, Caledonia Co., Vermont ix. EZRA CUSHMAN HARVEY, b. 17 Nov 1819, Barnet Twp, Caledonia Co., Vermont x. ANNA HARVEY, b. 25 May 1822, Barnet Twp, Caledonia Co., Vermont xi. RICHARD PARKER HARVEY, b. Abt. Aug 1824, Barnet Twp, Caledonia Co., Vermont; d. 19 Sep 1897, Barnet Twp, Caledonia Co., Vermont 1850 Caledonia Co. Census Page #78 Silas Harvey age 72 Farmer Born MA Lucretia Harvey age 57 VT, Caledonia Co., Kirby Twp - Vol 2-Deeds 1835-1846 Page #81 12/6/1837 Riley Harvey purchased land before Silas Harvey, J of Peace Page #102 2/22/1838 and 2/24/1838 Silas Harvey , J of Peace 11/16/1840 Silas Harvey, J of Peace Thanks for any help you can give. Bill Harvey [email protected]