Hi Kathryn, First a gentle reminder, if you reply to the list everyone gains and someone else may have the answer or can add to the conversation. Second I don't have a William b. 1738 in my data. I checked some of the Perkins Press for him but didn't find him right off. If you can find access to this set you may find him there. It is a 22 issue set, 30pgs each, by Jennifer Perkins ISSN# 0898-1574 There are about 5 to 10 references to a William in each edition. That's 200+ lookups. Do you have a wife maiden name? that would be easier as it's only needed to check the index in each issue. Also if you can find a match with his haplogroup would be a good start. Be patient with the DNA it is only in it's fourth year of testing and just passed the 60,000 test kit mark at FTDNA. BTW I am willing to do lookups in the Perkins Press for non Perkins names, ie. spouses. Cole At 05:02 PM 4/19/2006, you wrote: >Hi Cole: > I saw your information on the Perkins mailing list > and wondered if you have any information on a William > Perkins,b.1738, New Haven, Conn. I saw his DNA markers and have a > match with him....however, he is elusive. The geneologies I've seen > place him in the family of Timothy Perkins which is wrong because > the DNA Haplogroup is different. I wondered if perhaps he isn't > from New Haven, Conn. at all? I know there's a William Perkins, b. > 1738 in Lynn, Mass. but he, also, isn't the one because he died > young at University and had no descendants. Do you happen to know > of this gentleman? I'd be most grateful for information. > Peace! > Kathryn E. Norman