Al, the bk could not have been printed in 1747 if Worth Ray was the author. As far as I know he just died in the 1950s. Regards, Bettye >J. Thomas of Wisconsin, >You may want to look at a book by Worth S. Ray, >"OLD ALBEMARLE AND ITS ABSENTEE LANDLORDS" >It was printed in 1747 and reprinted recently. On p. 607, >a section is called, "The Thomas Family of Virginia and >North Carolina". I do not see specific answers to your >questions, but it might help. The first was John to Isle of >Wight in 1609. They seem to have come from Wales. >That may be the reason your will is hard to read. >Al Metts > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > >