Sorry about that!! Hit send before I wrote the reply! It's been a LOOOOONG day! Anyway.... Nancy wasn't the first-born child of Joseph and Elizabeth. They had a son on the 1790 census. I wondered about that until a found a list of official census dates (unfortunately, I can't remember where I found it) and it said the first Monday in August was the the first census date for 1790-1820. With that, their first-born son was possibly premature. Of course, we don't know how long it took to get around to complete the census, and I suppose it could have been a couple of months before they counted Joseph & Elizabeth and their new-born son. With that scenario, and given the marriage date for Nancy and William Green, Nancy was most likely the first born daughter. If born as early as 1791-1792, she would have been 17-18 when married. Certainly not unbelievable. And yes, William Gray was probably born 1797-98. He was 52 on the 1850 census and 83 on the 1880. Again...I don't think Joseph is the son of James Younger and Anna Nash. Gotta see some documentation for that! I do recall someone asking in general for documentation of James & Anna's children. Does anyone have a good list of their kids w/sources? Thanks, Nancy In a message dated 8/6/01 11:57:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jyg@kc.rr.com writes: << Nancy wrote: > Nancy's parents were married Feb. 6,1790. If Nancy were the first born then > maybe she did marry william in 1809. My data base does not give Nancy's > birth but does show her brother , William Gray Younger, being born in 1797. Oh THAT Nancy.... she was in my database all the time..... duh! Forgive me, my husband went on a 10 day trip and I am trying to keep my mind off being alone. I think afte this I am going to sleep! :) I have her parents as Joseph Younger (son of James Younger/Anna Nash) and Elizabeth Gray: >>