This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Adams, Bryan, Crews, Jewel, Power Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CI.2ADEB/5889.5870.1.1 Message Board Post: Doris: I am interested in your line. My research shows that Joshua Adams with wife Ursula [Borum] b 1777 in Halifax Co VA, later of Cherokee Co NC with children Beverley, Martin, Banester, and Nipper is the eldest son of Nipper Adams b ca 1745 @ Prince William Co VA. Although there has been much speculation, and a lot of incorrect information, it appears that this Nipper Adams was orphaned at a young age and that he may have been the son of an older Nipper Adams of PWCo, a descendant of John Adams of early Northumberland Co. Another descendant of that same John Adams was named Abraham Adams. He was not born in NC, but in Virginia, although he migrated to Rowan Co NC in app 1772. Some of these relationships have been proved by DNA testing. I am interested in your line. We are currently trying to find a link to one Hosea Adams born in AL or Georgia ca 1826 who is a DNA match to this family. Would like to share information. Margaret Wells