Good luck, a friend of mine has a grandmother who was Martha Sayers but went by Morice or Morris, I am thinking her middle name. On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:23:16 +0300 "Lilly" <malik@scs-net.org> writes: > Anita, > Thanks for the idea. I am prepared for any Lambert female, married > in 1768, > NYC to a Brouwer/Brower. > > Since her actual marriage license says Perkins Lambert, and the 4 > baptism > records at > RDC say Perkins, I think the name is Perkins. > But, her great grandson, wrote it was PERKES when he charted the > family line > in 1868, and his own father would have been alive and living nearby, > so that > spelling came from her own Grandson, presumably. > > Perkins is a English surname, also PERKES is an English surname. > I would have to stick with Perkins, as I have 5 official records > which say > Perkins. But those 5 might have got it wrong, or even she herself > was using > a variation of the original birth name given by her parents? > > What I NEED to find, is a male Lambert line, having a daughter in > the > 1740-50 time frame, which might fit the bill. Especially if that man > was > living in NYC at 1768, the time of her marriage. > > Since the GREATEST concentration of Lambert names is found in New > Jersey, I > am thinking she was from New Jersey ROOTS, but had moved to NYC, > and > happened to marry a NYC man, Johannes Brouwer (of the Adam Brouwer > line out > of Brooklyn). > > Need to find a LAMBERT researcher, who has a ggod database of > Lambert names > in NJ, to pinpoint who may have gone to NYC in the 1768 time frame. > > In 1790 census, there were only 2 men named Lambert living in NYC, > one was > Michael, the other George. Since George Lambert lived in the WEST > Ward, > this is the same neighborhood that Johannes Brouwer and Perkins > Lambert > lived at. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anita G Clayton" <rclaytonsr@juno.com> > To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 2:55 PM > Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Lambert > > > > Lilly, > > > > My thought would be that Perkins is really her middle name. Maybe > she > > was named for a (fictional) Mary Perkins and the family called > her > > Perkins instead for some reason. So be receptive to > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > This mail list is archived at: > http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER > > ============================== > New! OneWorldTree. Building Trees. Connecting Families. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13970/rd.ashx > > >