Hi Gary, Thanks for answering my query. In a message dated 2/12/06 11:35:58 AM, gar3131@msn.com writes: > Just a little note:  Pinckney may be the proper spelling of Ulysses middle > name.  There is a Wilder family in Massachusetts with some notable members of > the judiciary (Marshall Pinckney Wilder, father and son) who could possibly > have a connection.  The elder Marshall P. Wilder was President from 1868 to > 1875 of the New England Historic Genealogy Society, as well as the organizer > of the first United States Agricultural Society in 1852. > Ulysses Pinkney Richardson was the judge of the Orphans court in Frederick Co., MD and he went by the name Pinkney and spelled it that way. I don't know where the name came from but it could possibly be a family surname. Thanks for mentioning this possibility since one never knows. > I think you might have meant that James A. Richardson's death date was > 1937, rather than 1837? > I meant to type a death date of 1910. Sorry about that. Thanks, Deb