This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: hcrafton1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.adams/9208.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Let me see if I can help clear this up. There are two men named Pleasant Adams, uncle and nephew. Richard Adams and Susannah Dawson were married in Virginia in 1787. They had 10 children, including two brothers Pleasant Adams and William Adams. The family moved from Virginia to Casey County, Kentucky sometime between 1800 and 1810, where they stayed until sometime between 1817-1820. It was most likely in Casey County that Pleasant Adams married Ruth Sutherland and William Adams married Rebecca Hodges. By 1820 the Adams clan had resettled in what is now the Kansas City area (Jackson, Clay, Ray counties). Pleasant and Ruth had 7 identified children, including your Rebecca Sutherland Adams. Apparently they ended up in Andrew County, Missouri, where is a probate record for Pleasant in 1848. The abstract reads as follows: "Adams, Pleasant, died intestate. Admr: James Garner. 18 Jun 1846. Sec. John Lumley & William Howard. Admr. testifies Pleasant Adams left four children: Lucinda Garner, Hanna {damaged} Rebecca English, and Susannah Smith, and two grandchildren, names unknown. Two resied in Andrew Co., two in Gentry Co., and the grandchildren in Clinton Co. MO. 18 Jun 1846" Source: Missouri Pioneers, Vol. 7 page 1. Evidently Ruth was already dead. Your Rebecca was still carrying the last name of her second husband, Henry English. William and Rebecca also had 7 identified children, including a son named Pleasant, who married Martha Patsy Powell. One of their daughters, Martha Frances Adams, married John Steven Dehart. Martha Adams and John Dehart are my great-great grandparents. There is a probate record for William Adams in Jackson County, Missouri in 1828. In 1845 several of the Adams children, including Pleasant (the nephew) resettled in Gentry (now Worth) County, Missouri. Their mother Rebecca is found in the 1850 census with two of her sons, living next to Pleasant and Patsy. I hope this helps. I'm doing some more research on this family next week. I'll be posting some more documentation in a few weeks. Jeff Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.