On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 02:17:10 EDT ESnively@aol.com writes: > So it looks like this unusual name (in today's world anyway), > "Experience" > was either male or female. Is this correct or am I confused? Esther - It would seem so. I've seen a few other examples of unusual names used for both sexes. BTW, while we're on the subject of Experience Mitchell, you folks may know that for many years Mayflower lines from all children of Experience were accepted for Francis Cooke descent, but that has not been the case in recent years. To find out why see "Not All the Children of Experience Mitchell Are Mayflower Descendants" by Robert S. Wakefield, The American Genealogist, v. 59, pp. 28-31. Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, WWWR Roanoke VA, WCQV Moneta VA, WKBA WZZI Vinton VA, WKPA WLNI WLVA WZZU Lynchburg VA