Carole Malisiak wrote: > Hi Phyllis, ----------------------------------Snip------------------------------------------------- > On my list of questions, I forgot to ask what is a "Yeoman"? > My dictionary says, 1) a manservant to a nobleman, 2) an assistant to a > sheriff, and 3) a freeholder, below the gentry, who farms his own > ground. > Carole Hi Carole, In English genealogy records the term "Yeoman" usually means definition #3 above. Dick Dutton Researching my family tree! Trunk: DUTTON Major branches: ALLEN, BARTLETT, CUTLER, DOGGETT, DUNTEN, DUNTON, JENSON, LAKE, METCALF, PARTRIDGE, REYNOLDS, RICHARDS, SAWYER, SMITH, TRACY, TURNER. Minor branches: ADAMS, ALDEN, BALL, BLACK, BLANCHARD, BREWSTER, BRIMHALL, CARY, COLBURN, HATCH, HOPKINS, HYDE, KIDDER, PERKINS, WARNER, WILLIAMS. Smaller Limbs: ALGER, ANDERSON, CLARK, DAVIS, FRENCH, FULLER, HALL, HARRIS, JOHNSON, KNAPP, McMILLAN, MERRICK, MILLER, MOORE, NELSON PARKER, TUTTLE - And many more.