Paul, These Whites, Terrells & Adams are mine. I have found no documented evidence that Judith Adams had a middle name of Lewis. Her mother was Mourning (it is thought to be Lewis) and some researchers have posted this second name for Judith, to "prove" it was. This has caused a lot of errors in this research. John Martin White was the only child in that family to have a second name. There was a son named John White, born before him, who died young. Martin was his Mother's surname. All his sisters had nick names or pet names and were listed that way by his father Jeremiah White in his Commonplace Book, which he used as a Bible. Hope this helps, <smile> Grace S. Green

Thanks so much, Grace; as I said, the names were offered by M. N., who likely has read your note. :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: GLSGAB@aol.com To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Re: middle names Paul, These Whites, Terrells & Adams are mine. I have found no documented evidence that Judith Adams had a middle name of Lewis. Her mother was Mourning (it is thought to be Lewis) and some researchers have posted this second name for Judith, to "prove" it was. This has caused a lot of errors in this research. John Martin White was the only child in that family to have a second name. There was a son named John White, born before him, who died young. Martin was his Mother's surname. All his sisters had nick names or pet names and were listed that way by his father Jeremiah White in his Commonplace Book, which he used as a Bible. Hope this helps, <smile> Grace S. Green ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== Rootsweb Acceptable Use Policy forbids posting copyrighted material which you do not own to Rootsweb Lists. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.0/50 - Release Date: 7/16/2005

Grace is correct: I have found no documented evidence >that Judith Adams had a middle name of Lewis. Her mother was Mourning (it is >thought to be Lewis) and some researchers have posted this second name for >Judith, to "prove" it was. The Bible record -- albeit written by her husband Micajah Clark and not her father, Robert -- shows ONLY "Judith Adams". I think until one actually sees the full name written by the parents or the person, one needs to take some of these Colonial period "given / middle / surnames" with a large grain of salt. Also one shouldn't assume what a middle initial stands for. I have one gr-grandparent where the author of a genealogy assumed the initial "P" stood for Peter when in fact it was the surname of his maternal grandfather -- Peyton. Linda Linda Sparks Starr lsstarr@pilgrimage.us http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lksstarr