It appears that these data in the LDS Ancestral File submitted by ELIZABETH B SEVISON might be your man. ========================== Family Group Record FamilySearch™ Ancestral File v4.19 Husband's Name Thomas JAMES (AFN:JLMV-R9) Born: 29 Jan 1716 Place: Philadelphia, Pa Died: 1761 Father: Thomas JAMES (AFN:JLMV-PX) Mother: Sarah (AFN:JLMV-Q4) Wife's Name Mary THOMAS (AFN:JLMV-J3) Born: Abt. 1720 Place: <Philadelphia, Pa> Children: 1. John JAMES (AFN:JLMV-ML) Born: Abt. 1750 Place: , , North Carolina 2. Thomas JAMES (AFN:JLMV-NR) Born: Abt. 1752 Place: , , North Carolina 3. James JAMES (AFN:JLMV-LF) <<<<<<<<<<< Born: 1748 Place: , , , North Carolina Died: Oct 1796 Place: , Duplin, N.c. 4. David JAMES (AFN:JLMV-K8) Born: 1745 Place: <, , , North Carolina> =========================== At 07:00 AM 6/22/2006, you wrote: >From: "Gwen Boyer Bjorkman" <gwenbj@seanet.com> >To: JAMES-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: James James will 1793/1798 > >Does anyone know who this is? Are they in the James DNA test? > >Will of James James, 1793, Rowan County NC > >WILL of JAMES, James >WRITTEN: January 24, 1793 >PROVED: 1798 > >The 24th day of January AD 1793 I James James of >the County of Rowan in the State of N. Carolina >Yeoman being of sound mind & memory thanks be to >God for the same do make & declare this my last >will & test: in manner following Principally & >first I recommend my soul unto the hands of God >who gave it & my body to the earth to be buried >in a decent & Christian manner at the discretion >of my executor herein named not doubting but >that I shall receive the same again at the >general resurrection & as Touching such worldly >estate as it has pleased God to bless Me. I give >& dispose of the same in the following manner & >form. Imprimis my will is & I do order that all >my just debts & funeral charges be paid & discharged. >Item I give & bequeath unto Elizabeth my well beloved wife all my personal & >moveable estate, to enjoy her heirs & assigns >forever, likewise I give & devise >unto Elizabeth my wife half the plantation I now >live on to have & enjoy during >her natural life. >Item I give & bequeath unto my nephew James >James son of my brother James the plantation I >now live on being half plantation after my >decease & the other half after the decease of my wife Elizabeth. >Item I give & bequeath unto my nephew James >James son of my brother John James, one hundred >acres of land part of hundred acres, late taken >out of the office, to be divided State line, my >nephew James James is to have the end being >Wosrealer land, to be held & enjoyed by my said >nephew James James his heirs & assigns forever. >Item I give & bequeath unto my niece Catharina >Williams daughter of my brother John James one >hundred acres of land being the other part of >two hundred acres, late taken out of the office, >to be held & enjoyed by the said niece Catharina >Williams her heirs & assigns forever. >Item I give & bequeath unto sister Rachel Shoels, children, the sum of twenty >shillings, Pensilvania currency to be paid in two years after my decease. >Item I give & bequeath unto my brother Thomas >James children, the sum of twenty shillings, >current money of Pensilvania to be paid in two years after my decease. >Item I give & bequeath unto Elizabeth Aron >children the sum of twenty shillings >Pensilvania currency to be paid in two years after my decease. My loving wife >Elizabeth, & my nephew James James is to pay my >just debts & legacies; also I do appoint sole >executors of this my last will & test: hereby >revoking all every former wills by me made >confirming this to be my last will & test. >In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & >seal the day & year fixed above written in the presence of us. >George Gentle, Isaac Harris >James James seal >... >-----Original Message----- >From: JERRY RATHMANN [mailto:RATHMANN305@msn.com] >Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 11:34 AM >To: Gwen Boyer Bjorkman >Subject: James James will 1793/1798 > >Gwen, > >I was cleaning out my documents and ran across >this. You may already have it but I could not be >sure. > >jer