Dear Cousin Diana I was so excited to get your thread I accidentally said in my response to drop the thread when I meant Please dont break the thread. This is all new to me and Im afraid Ill loose touch. I do have lots of info. on paper but none at all in person and Im dying to know the tiniest thing. GGgrandfathers Laurence name is also found with a w even on deeds and things. He was a widower and our gggrandmother Mary was his 2nd wife. Im obcessed with following up on Anns little children. Im trying to find a message board for info. on our gggreat cousin Capt. Vanhorn Weems but not sure where he served. Please lets keep in touch. Ann