I too am descendent of Reuben and have also stalled at Waightstill. My grandfather was Robert Thomas Hartley -- Joseph Larkin -- Elbert Joshua -- Thomas Jefferson -- Reuben -- John Richard or John -- Waightstill. He just passed in April at age 88 and had been looking for clues to Waightstill for as long as I can remember (he posted on one website in 2001 at the age of 78. Smile.) The story froby taloggins - Shropshire England Queries