Gary,

I have that the "First" Philemon Childers(no dates) and wife Mary Howard(no dates) were the parents of Thomas Childers (ca.1671-1735).
I also have in my notes that Thomas Childers was married to Mary Holmes and later Mary Milner.I have nothing on these two wives.
I did receive some of my information from Bill Davidson, so you may want to ask him about some of this. You will find him on the Message Boards. I do not assume all the information I get from other researchers is accurate, but make notes on who and where the information came from. I do know a lot about the Thomas's and their closer relatives, but the other surnames I am not positive about.....
Since my main concern was with finding out more on the Thomas line, I have not researched a great deal on the Childers and their other relatives.
As you know there is confusion(for me anyway) on some of the information on the Philemon Childers and the Abraham childers. There were too many of them!!!!
I guess you have been on the message boards and seen the Childress/Childers website?
Susan