In a message dated 8/17/02 12:40:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, bpeoples@mindspring.com writes: > I'm wondering if anyone has assess to the book "This was the Life" by M. > M. Rice. This book has abstracts of the Judgment Records of early > Frederick Co. I'd appreciate a lookup under the name Dean, Deen, Dain, > Dene or a suggestion of how to locate the material when this book isn't > in my library in Raleigh. > Thanks in advance, > Beverly Beverly- I only find one reference in that book for any of the above-spelled surname variations -- and that is a reference to a Richard Dean. March Court of 1761: The Jury presents Richard Dean "for stealing one shirt, some knives and forks and one blanket from Edward Grimes -- and we also present said Grimes for compounding the said fellony in consideration of the said Dean's returning the said goods and giving his note for 30 shillings." Joan