Hi, Joan~~ What info do you have on William Asa PERKINS?? My brick wall is also in Mississippi---Tippah county---Jesse Mercer PERKINS Our PERKINS ended up in Texas, too. Our DNA shows a link to the PERKINS in southern Mississippi and Virginia, but don't know how we are linked. Jesse born in Alabama. Would appreciated any info as I keep hitting my head on that "wall". Martha Mason, gggranddaughter of Jesse Mercer PERKINS