This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CI.2ADEB/6727.2.1 Message Board Post: My Edwin (middle name John) was born to William Adams and Mary Ann Semmance in 1866 in Aston, Birmingham. Edwin was not an uncommon name at the time and I'm wondering whether your Edwin is part of the same family? My Edwin went on to marry Kate Stacey and they had a son called Edwin David Adams in 1889. If you need more information let me know....equally I'd be fascinated to see how your edwin links in with other Adams peoples.