Just a thought, don't believe everything in Mrs. Abbott's book on the Fergusons. There are many, many errors. Just keep an open mind. I corresponded with Mrs. Abbott for many years, until her death. I descend from Richard Ferguson and Verlinda Triplett. Mrs. Abbott always insisted that there was no way I could descend from Richard Ferguson. She was adamant about that, even when I sent her my information. You just could not convince her. She said my Grandmother, Minerva Josephine Kendall, daughter of Larkin Leroy Kendall and Leah Waters, could not be descended from Richard Ferguson. But Leah Waters was the daughter of Joel Waters and Rebecca Ferguson. Rebecca Ferguson was a daughter of Richard Ferguson. I need to go back in my files and find the letters from Mrs. Abbott, and post them on the Wilkes site. I have some from James Larkin Pearson also. Right now I am having to deal with wet manacular degeneration in my eyes. I am having injections of the cancer drug, Avastin, in my eyes. Let's hope it works, as I have a lot more research to enter in my database. I would like for you to post a copy of the will also. Thanks. Nina Cobb Ninajcobb@aol.com