Dave Thanks for the quick reply. My only interest in Charity is as a possible mother to my William, but since I do not know who his father was for sure, I'm shooting in the dark. Every census has that William was born in NC so the marriage of John & Charity 18 Jan 1774 is the most likely but early since William was born around 1802 the birth record I found in the Family Data Collection Database at Ancestry has a William born to John and Charity on 5 Oct 1798. It is entirely possible that William came from another Mills line all together, but so far the only births of a William I have found in NC are to John & Charity, Aaron E & Charity, Mordicai & Charity, Aaron & Charity and William & Lydia Perkins Mills. The surname of the above mentioned Charity's is Mendenhall. What I need is to find something that links William to a Mills line in NC and so far I have had very little success. Trudy Let me know if there is a specific Charity that you have an interest in - There are three Charity Mendenhall's In the John Mills Sr. b. ca 1688 line and two married into the Mills family, They marriages are; Marriage on 18 Jan 1774 New Garden MM, Guilford Co., NC H I p562. Aaron Mills and Charity Mendenhall. They had a son named Mordecai b. 31 Jan 1775, but he died in his 20th year. Marriage on 19 Dec 1795 Lost Creek MM, Jefferson Co., TN H I p1109 John Mills and Charity Mendenhall Marriage on 25 Jan 1792 Springfield, NC William Stanfield and Charity Mendenhall, This couple moved to Clinton Co. OH in their later years. This may be the right Mills line and maybe not. let me know if any further information will help. Dave Mills Visit my Webpage: http://worldconnect genealogy Rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=grondman1933 Please note: message attached