Aha! I thought. Lombard and Whitney in one message could mean something [Carolyn Branagan]. I dug through my records, but I have no Samuel Lombard/Lambart hiding there. Bryant/Briant Morton and Thankful Parker had at two children who married Whitneys: Jabez Morton who married Lucy Whitney and her brother Phinehas who married Anna Morton. Thankful Parker was the daughter of Rebecca Lombard and Benjamin Parker. Since I have a pretty good handle on the Lombard family, at least in Rebecca's direct line, I can say that Samuel is not closely related to Thankful. This is probably just a distraction, but even red herrings sometimes are interesting. Mike Poston Rockville, Maryland