Sonja Stalions wrote, >Is there anyone on this list that recognizes the above names? I am hopeful >they are my fifth great-grandparents. They supposedly sailed from Devonshire, >England on a Dutch boat in 1765, and my fourth great grandfather, John Wilks >II was born on that ship. He married Hannah (Nancy) Boardt in Herkimer >County, NY, in 1783, and had 12 children - my linage being from son Joseph >Pope Wilkes. I understand that a Lydia Pyle who lived with the R.J. Toups >family in Brookeland TX., was at one time seeking information of these same >people: Elizabeth Mead and John Wilks. If anyone has information on any of >this please contact me at SStalions@aol.com. Sonja Stalions Dear Sonja, I have a John WILKES, Sr., b. 1736, d. aft 1795 in Oglethorpe Cty, GA. Married June 4, 1758 in Loudoun Cty, VA to Elizabeth MEAD with 9 children. One of which is a John, b. 1775 in Bedford Cty, VA, d. abt 1836 in Yallabusha Cty, Mississippi. Married to Barbary NEWMAN, Sept. 1, 1795 John Engdahl