Hello, Still working on my WILKINS mystery, I did a search for "Edward WILKINS, Maine" and am finding some old postings of mine (with responses). One researcher told me that I should check out the "1771 Massachusetts Tax List" and see if I can find the WILKINS name mentioned in "Maine." I never followed through with that. So, I just did a Google search for "1771 Tax List" and am finding some interesting sites: http://www.jstor.org/pss/2121705 http://guides.library.umass.edu/content.php?pid=9449&sid=90929 http://www.narafriends-pittsfield.org/nehgs_state_cens.htm http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/services/73_people_locators.asp Scroll down to find information here: http://www.archive.org/search.php?sort=creator&page=1&query=((contributor%3A%22Boston%20Public%20Library%22%20AND%20format%3Apdf)%20AND%20-mediatype%3Acollection%20AND%20firstCreator%3AM)%20AND%20(format%3Ajpeg%20OR%20format%3Ajpg%20OR%20format%3Agif%20OR%20format%3Apng) Here is a Google / Book of interest: http://books.google.com/books?id=KRDZBysr5cwC&pg=PA780&lpg=PA780&dq=%221771+Direct+Tax+List%22&source=bl&ots=2x1XP8cS4I&sig=mSSWlqRvOLh_bOM-tX0EFmnsO3U&hl=en&ei=z27PSefZHd_MlQfGmq3ICQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result FYI: Because of my "concrete-block wall" ancestor, Samuel WILKINS, I am interested in the several WILKINS men who moved from MA to "Maine" in the 1700's. And, I am interested in Samuel's descendants in Washington Co. and Aroostook Co., Maine. There is information in the archives of the Lists on the different men I have found out about. Samuel lived in Unity, ME, in the 1810, 1820, and 1830 census. And, a researcher told me that that was formerly: the "Twenty-Five Mile Pond Plantation." No one knows where Samuel was born, supposedly in "Maine" and who his parents were. My "educated guess" is that his father was William WILKINS from Middleton, MA, who moved to "Maine" ~1775-1780, and that's when Samuel was born. Unfortunately the census taker couldn't find William and he didn't show up in the 1790 census; I believe he was there up to 1800. I also don't know where Samuel married ~1800. Have a pleasant day. Betty (near Lowell, MA) (Unfortunately for me, the 1771 tax list was before Samuel was born, and it was before William moved to Augusta / Pittston. And, the other WILKINS men who moved north moved later than that.)