This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/iJB.2ACE/651.1.2 Message Board Post: I have traced William and his wife Mary Magdeline back to 1755 in NC . They also had a son named Beverly who died and his children were raised by Claiborn. I think it was William Claiborn, Jr. I'd have to go back and check. Son German was a renound educator in Guilford County, Chatham Co, and Wake County. William Sr., was evidenly a Justice of the Peace, or court official since his name is on a lot of deeds and things as witness.