RECENT FIND OF MY LINK TO CAPE SABLE ISLAND AND THE MAXWELL FAMILY AND ALSO G G GDANDPARENTS OF NICKERSON FAMILY, THERE WERE SEVEN SIBLINGS OF JOHN AND WELTHY , SO IF MY GREAT GRANDFATHER HAS SEVENTY ODD PROGENY HERE IN EASTERN MASS., I IMAGINE THERE MUST BE HUNDREDS MORE... AND THIS IS JUST MY FIRST SUCH SEARCH. P.S. MAYBE ODD IS NOT A FAIR CHOICE OF WORDS, BUT IT DOES SEEM O.K. IN THIS CONTEXT.