Gordon Snead wrote: It has been awhile since I have been working on my Pearce line and am still trying to validate the parentage of my 5th great grandfather Nathan Parce. From all records I have, his parents should be Ephraim Pearce, (son of Nathan Pearce and Abigail Spink), and Phebe Manton, but there is nothing to validate his parents. From what I have learned from other Parce descendants, Nathan removed the 'e' from Pearce and became Parce at the time of his marriage to Rebecca Chase. (She was Quaker and Nathan was Baptist, and one had to convert for the marriage to take place.) It is believed, to please Rebecca's family he agreed to convert, and this caused a rift and that the family apparently wrote Nathan out of their lives. I have been unable to connect Nathan to Ephraim and Phebe, but everything seems to suggest that he was his father. I have found the names of the children of Nathan Pearce and Abigail Spink and have the three brothers of Ephraim (Benoni, Nathan Jr. and William) and each of them had a son named Nathan, evidently in honor of their father. In addition, a sisiter, Pheobe Pearce, who married Charles Dyer, IV had a son named Nathan. I would find it difficult to believe that Ephraim would not name one of his sons Nathan, and so honor his father in this way. If there is anyone on the Pearce line that connects with any of the other children of Nathan and Abigail Spink Pearce I would enjoy hearing back from you. The sons of Nathan and Abigail were: Benoni Pearce m. Mehitable Walker A son Nathan born to this family Nathan Pearce, Jr. m. Elizabeth Culver A son Nathan born to this family William m. Chloe Cary and m. Lydia Birdsall, who bore a son Nathan Ephraim Pearce m. Phebe Manton Children I have listed as born to this family are: Samuel, William, Joseph Borden, Anna, Mehitable, and John Pearce, and additionally Nathan Pearce (Parce) should fit into this family. The daughters I have found are the following: Sarah Pearce m. Richard Stafford on 6/2/1745 Abigail Pearce m. Jonathan Truman on 7/7/1751 Susannah Pearce m. William Potter abt 1758 in Pawling, New York Margaret Pearce m. William Potter (unsure if this is same gentleman) Pheobe Pearce m. Charles Dyer IV children born: Nathan Dyer, Benjamin Dyer and Susannah Dyer. If anyone is descended from Sarah, Abigail, Susannah or Margaret Pearce, and has information on their children, would love to hear back from you, expecially if there is a son Nathan born to these families. With all the Nathans born to this family I would find it difficult to believe that one son would not give honor to his father and not name one of his sons after him. Thanks for anything anyone can offer to help find Nathan's parents. Holly M. Snead [email protected]