I have some information on some earlier Kirks tracing back from Mecklenburg to Lunenburg to Brunswick. If you can give me more info on your William, I might be able to pin down the family or line he came from. The Kirks married into the Bowen and Vaughan families. There was a William Kirks who was son of Samuel Kirks and Edith Bowen, but he was born much earlier than the one you're looking for. The name Singleton is also interesting. Robert Singleton m Polly Thompson 30 Dec 1795 Mecklenburg Co. That was her name according to the marriage record. But she was almost certainly Polly Thomason, daughter of John Thomason and Mary Bowen since they sold Bowen land. I don't know if Edward Singleton was one of their children or not. The Bowens, Kirks, Thomasons were near neighbors in NE Mecklenburg, and the Kirks and Thomasons are known to have married into the Bowen family at least once. You'll find some info at http://members.nbci.com/fcharper/bowens.html but I have more that I haven't had time to put up yet. If you can send me more info on your William Kirk - wife, children, close contacts, etc - I might spot something that will help. Lisa Hutchinson wrote: > Hello; I am trying to find the parents of William KIRKS who was born in VA in abt 1817. I found Kirks in Mecklenburg, Franklin, and Dinwiddie Counties. I am hoping that someone else may know of his parents and siblings. He migrated to TN and settled in Calloway Co., KY by 1850. Also, there is an Edward SINGLETON (wife Martha A.) also from VA that may have been related to William. Both men were shoemakers. Edward was born abt 1813. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! > Lisa Kirk-Hutchinson > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > VAGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp