This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TUWBAIB/599.1 Message Board Post: Dear Mamie, I do have a clue, but it may lead somewhere. In my Whittington line there were a string of Richards starting in Va, in 1700. Richard I 1700 Va., Richard II 1748 Va. had a son Richard III born about 1770-80. There seemed to be a fascination for the name Richard. My line branched off with Richard II's son Solomon. Ray