Hi! Nice to hear from someone who knows about Braintree, VT. That book you mentioned is what got me and my daughter started on studying our family. Francis Luce in the Stephen/Sophia Luce family tree in that book was my great grandfather. My grandmother was Emeline Cordelia Luce Rhoades - named it turns out after Francis Luce's youngest sister, also in that book. We are VERY curious about the "David Luce" who is mentioned as Stephen's father who apparently didn't stay in Braintree very long. Stephen was supposed to have been born in Braintree in 1809. There is a David Luce in the 1800 census in Barnard who might be the brother of Jonathan Luce who settled there. They came from Massachusetts. There is a David Luce of about the right age who died out in Spencer Co, INDIANA who might be "my" David. I am very curious about the family links before Stephen. I assume in some way there is a link to the widespead Luce family first in Martha's Vineyard. Sophia's parents were Joseph and Olivia Withington...they show up in the Rochester, VT census later on. Do you have more information about there people. My great grandfather Francis first married the widow of his older brother John, then much later married my great grandmother, Lydia Ann Springer in Canaan, VT. There was about a 30 year difference in their ages. It was interesting to find in the 1880 census in Canaan, VT - Francis listed among the millhands (age 40+) and Lydia as a TEENAGER listed with her family. They were married in 1882! No wonder I also like reading women's mysteries!! I would love to know anything more about the Luce family. Many of them were Civil War soldiers from VT I think. Thank you. Marjorie