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TOGA NEWS Volume III, Issue 1, January, 2003

This might be a good time to introduce you to the following information. Here is an excerpt from a book entitled The Dana Family in America, page 320.

STEPHEN 5 DANA (William,4 William,3 Benjamin,2 Richard 1), born Worcester; baptized there, at First Church, Nov. 7, 1779; died June 6, 1834; married Apr. 14, 1807, BETSEY MARIETTA FOSTER (sister of his brother William's wife), born Providence, R. I., June 7, 1788, died Apr. 9, 1870, daughter of Hon. Peregrine and Polly (Parkman) Foster.
He was a farmer and large landowner. Res. Belpr‚ and Newport, Ohio.

Children, born in Newport:
 i. SERAPH DWIGHT,6 b. July 29, 1808; d. Sept. 13, 1869; m. Nov. 1, 1832, Colbert O'Neal of Belpre, b. Culpepper, Va., Jan. 15, 1805, son of John and Judith (Suttle) O'Neal.

So let's recap what we have:

• Margin notes from a book saying Joseph, Colbert, and Betsey are siblings

• The Bennet O'Neale letter saying his father moved to Culpeper County, Virginia, got married a second time, and fathered six children, three boys and three girls, that ended up moving to Ohio.

• Census data showing John O'Neal living in Culpeper County, Virginia.

• A marriage record from Culpeper County, Virginia, showing John O'Neal married Judith Suttle.

• Census data showing a widowed Judah O'Neal living in Culpeper County, Virginia, with six children who's ages match those of Joseph, Colbert, Ezra, Betsey, Mary, and an unknown girl of the right age.

• An excerpt from a book claiming the parents of Colbert to be John O'Neal and Judah Suttle, and therefore, the parents of Joseph and Betsey.

• The rather dubious census information showing that Judith may have married James Russell

• Census data showing a Judah Russel living with Colbert and his family

Ron O'Neal, December, 2002