Hi All: Recently someone posted info or query, forgot which, regarding Thomas Shaw Perkins. Saw on Ancestry Home Town Daily today this info from data base on Apprentices of Connecticut 1637-1900: P. 76: Johnson, Betsey, otherwise known as Betsey Edwards, bound to Thomas Shaw Perkins. Other Perkins listed were: p.102 Perkins, George E., born 06 Sept 1860, child of G. S. Perkins, bound to Case Lockwood & Brainart Co. of Hartford until age 21 to learn the trade of bookbinder and forwarder. p. 132: Thompson, Jirad, of Mansfield bound to Phillip Perkins of Mansfield until age 21, which will be on 31 Jan 1826, to learn the trade of husbandry. Ancestry's 30 day free data bases are found at: www.ancestry.com Karleene in Oregon