Apparently we are related. I grew up in Red Creek. My mother was Dorothy Dates Houghtaling. Her parents were Chester and Etta Saunders Dates.My grandfather, his siblings, and my mom and her siblings were all born in Sterling. Chester's dad was John T, Abraham W. was his father and William was his father. William was married to Margaret Monforte, daughter of Peter.Jacobus was William's father. I have quite a bit of info. from a cousin who has worked hard on the Dates genealogy. It goes back to around 1696.You can email me.