In a message dated 9/5/2000 7:48:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time, aloux@compuserve.com writes: << Is the Kingston immediately north of Plymouth the Kingston referred to in the following: John Washburn (1597-1671) and wife Margery Moore (1588-1635 Plymouth) He died in Bridgewater (Kingston), MA John Washburn (1620-1686) and wife Elizabeth Mitchell (1628-1645) died Bridgewater (Kingston), MA Many thanks. Art, I have always been under the impression that the Bridgewater that you are referring to is the one about 12 miles (more or less) NNE of Plymouth. Since The Standish Museum is in East Bridgewater, I have always assumed it was there for a purpose -- that being that Standish had something to do with the founding of that settlement. The "History of Bridgewater" and a few other books can give you tons of information, if you have the time to get to them before you leave. Since most of the tombstone in that period were slate, most of them are quite weathered and most cemeteries have signs that forbid the making of tracings or rubbings to read the stones, so you may want to look into a battery powered blacklight which will do the same, but without the contact. Each area has the cemeteries well cataloged, so the information is all on file, "if" a person has the time. Good luck! Mac