Nancy, It is easy to sit at your keyboard and suggest maybes and possibilities, but I am confused as to why you find it so necessary to ASSUME that the information was incorrect. Why not just accept it as part of the "proof" of the likelihood that TJ was the father of Madison Hemings. Apparently, Madison believed it, told it, and others who spoke with him believed it as it was told. The descendents of Madison apparently believe it. Why is it so hard for you to accept? Anne Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/apembert http://www.educationalsynthesis.org ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html