Hello, Through a round-a-bout way, I have obtained a Xerox copy of a home-made "family-history booklet" on a YOUNG family. The "line" written about goes: John YOUNG to Joseph YOUNG to James YOUNG to David YOUNG to Othaniel YOUNG to Israel YOUNG to Jonathan YOUNG to Abner Seth YOUNG to Earle Austin YOUNG to Winthrop Abner YOUNG (the author of the booklet). This line went from Eastham and Orleans, MA, to Providence and Smithfield, RI, to Scituate, RI, to Killingly, CT, to West Haven, CT. The author, Winthrop YOUNG, stated that there was a lot of mis-information on the YOUNG line described above. I have not read the document yet, but it looks like he spent many years doing the research. Winthrop died in 1997. He did list the current family members, but not their current locations. ...My research involves a DEXTER family of Killingly, CT. After 3 years of searching, I have finally found out which John DEXTER I was looking for. He was the one born in 1833 and the son of Marvin and Mary (ALLEN) DEXTER of Killingly, CT. Marvin and Mary only had one other child, Abby DEXTER, b1831, who married Martin CROSBY. John DEXTER married Mary Anna CLARK probably in 1855. Mary "Molly" had been born in ~1837 in Westport, MA. I believe they lived most of their married life in Killingly, CT. It has taken me a long time to find out if they had children. Just this winter I found out that they had a daughter, Clara Allen DEXTER, in 1857 in Killingly, CT. They had two other daughters who died young (Mazina at Age 2, and Evangelina at Age 14). I believe that Clara DEXTER married Abner YOUNG in 1877 in Killingly, CT. They had a daughter, Bertha, who died before Age 2. They had a son, Earle YOUNG, in 1882. Earle YOUNG married Mary BITGOOD around 1905. They had four children and moved to West Haven, CT. There is a major mystery involved with this family. Around 1889, John and Mary DEXTER left their home in Killingly, CT, to move to Melrose, MA. In 1892, while in their 50's, they adopted a baby girl. ... Winthrop YOUNG, their great-grandson, wrote his "family history" in the 1980's, and there was absolutely NO mention of this Adopted daughter. At the adoption, the baby, who had just turned 3, was re-named to Mary Anna Clark DEXTER. Her older sister (by way of Adoption), Mrs. Clara YOUNG, was over 30 years older than she was. From "family stories" it is believed that this extended YOUNG family knew about and visited the little girl. Unfortunately, in 1899, Mrs. DEXTER died, and Mr. DEXTER was sent to live in Tewksbury State Hospital, MA. So, at Age 11, young Mary DEXTER was ..orphaned.. again. She spent the rest of her youth in "Homes" in Boston, MA. She would grow up to become my maternal grandmother. Thank you for listening. Thank you for your time. Betty (near Lowell, MA) "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; one is roots, the other is wings." Hodding Carter, Jr.