Hi All Its snowing outside. Happily, not inside! Some time ago I submitted an application to the Alden Kindred of America society (Mayflower) based on connections to John Alden via Samuel Pearce's (b 1733 in Mass. d 1793 in R.I.) wife Betty Simmons (b 1733, d 1783). Her parents trace to both John Alden and Richard Warren. Properly, the society needs good proof. I submitted all the stuff I had expecting the primary problem to be proof that my Samuel Pearce (b 1812 in N.C. d 1876 in Tenn.) who moved from N.C. to Tennessee around 1830 was the son of James Pearce (b 1765 in R.I. d around 1840 in N.C.) who lived in Camden County, N.C. All I could provide was the 1850 Tennessee census data that said he was born in N.C. and the some letters that Martha gave me that he wrote to from Henderson County, Tennessee to his brother in South Mills, Camden County, N.C. along with the shared family names. To my happiness, that was considered good enough. To my surprise, they did not accept that my James in N.C. is the son of the Samuel who lived in R.I. All I submitted was the documents that say that Samuel's son James moved to N.C. Properly, they say that this James could be one of the other James Pearces in N.C. I have the copies of 2 documents that Phyllis Pearce sent me. One says that James Pearce of Camden County N.,C. sold land in Warren R.I. from his father's estate to John Pearce in 1799 and that John lives in Warren R.I. However, the father is not named. The other says that Samuel Pearce the son of Samuel Pearce sold land in Warren R.I. to John Pearce who lives in Warren R.I. in 1796. I have good R.I. documents saying that Samuel (b 1733) had sons Samuel, John, and James. However, there are still some gaps from a Formal Proof aspect. Does anyone have any good data on the James that moved from R.I. to N.C.? WWP Linda & Warren Pearce Colorado Springs CO 80919-4821