Thank you Katherine, Yes, I re read the '06 thread recently and I have all the info you listed and more. William C. Parrow, Esther and Edward's only surviving child by the time of their deaths, was my great grand father. I just thought I give it another try for the parents of Esther and Edward. I did learn about the French connection from reading the this site on rootsweb and thought maybe some one knew more. I also thought had Esther's genealogy 'done', and now I think it is far from done as perhaps Mason was Masson , French and not English as I had believed....so starting over with her. Thank you for responding, Kaethe