Jim: Are you still looking? Your John was John III. Beyond him is John II Douse 1721-1780 m Mary Unk -; John I Douse 1687-1725 m Jane Unk 1690-1725; Thomas Douse 1644-1703 m Mary Eatwell 1652-1704; (then another set of Johns)John II Dowse 1600-1670 m Sarah 1615-1644; and John I 1572-1624 m Margery Corvar 1577-1656. Note that the spelling of the last name changes from Dows to Douse to Dowse, which trips up a lot of researchers. Hope this helps.