Basil, Thanks for your quick reply. Hopefully another Pierce Lister will see this and can help me. George ----- Original Message ----- From: <BPercy@aol.com> To: <PIERCE-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <gpierce@olg.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:46 AM Subject: (no subject) > Hi George, > > Don't know that I can be of assistance to you. Most of my Percy family and > descendant research has been in Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York, > and migration patterns seem to have followed a more northern route. > > The only thing that jumps out to me is your father's middle name. I have only > seen the Benoni name used consistently in one family, and that is the one > that traces back to John Pearce (mason). I know members of that family > migrated > south to North Carolina. Perhaps someone with ties to that family line would > know whether there is any Maryland connection. > > Good luck, > > Basil > >