John, Thanks for the response. I am quite confused about this family. I am looking for the William Perkins who was father to Adam Perkins, born 1767 in Burke Co., No. Carolina. The William of 1715 married Sarah Lawrence about 1752. (Was he married before?). This William's parents were Richard and Mary Sherwill. So who was William of 1731? In trying to trace the family back to source, I have Thomas Perkins, born 1582 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, Eng. But I'm not sure this is correct, as all the emigrants from the Hillmorton Perkins seem to have gone to Ipswich in Essex Co., Mass. instead of Baltimore Co., MD. Any light you can throw on this will be much appreciated. Virginia Leighty > [Original Message] > From: john thompson <john_thompson-@msn.com> > To: <PERKINS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 7/9/2005 5:33:55 PM > Subject: [PERKINS] RE: PERKINS-D Digest V05 #50 > > Virginia > > I have in my files William Perkins, son of Richard II amd Mary born 1715 and > William Joshua aka Jock Perkins born about 1730. In those days I often find > the middle name is the prime name in use and the first name may be repeated. > > Hope this helps > > John Thompson > > > > ==== PERKINS Mailing List ==== > Are your PERKINS out of Illinois, Maine, North Carolina or some other neat place? Tell the Perkins List about it! There is Family behind every tree here! > Our Perkins List Home Page: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sonyapl/ > http://pages.prodigy.net/kathycorriher/EP/EP.htm > Have a Great Perkins Day > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx