Hello John. Haven't heard from you in a while and am glad to see that you are still monitoring the List. I have a question that may seem stupid. I notice that you mention the name, Isaac "Newton" WILHITE. I have a BROYLES line that has had me stumped for a couple of years. It seems that this line used the middle name "Newton" in almost all the male children. Some branches even giving all male offspring the same middle name. This branch/line is now concentrated in Loudon and Monroe Counties of Tennessee. I have interviewed members of the families and they know next to nothing about their heritage. All I have been able to find out is that the branch originated in Washington County, TN, (or so they think), some members moving to VA and WV, then back again to TN. What interests me is that, since the WILHITE/WILHOIT families so often intermarried with the BROYLES family, is it possible that Newton is a family name from a female line that happened to have members marry into both the WILHITE/WILHOIT and BROYLES families? Or could one such marriage between a WILHITE and NEWTON, or between a BROYLES and a NEWTON, have been the start of the "Newton" middle name? If we could find out where the name NEWTON came from, maybe we could find a new starting point for this research. Tracing one BROYLES line, I have found at least one male in every generation with that middle name, back for 4 generations. I may be "catching the wind in a net", but what else is there to do when the research has reached a dead end? If I could find a "Newton" connec- tion, maybe I could tie in these particular BROYLES branches to the main GERMANNA tree. Yer Cuz, SgtGeorge WILHITE List Administrator At 22:46 12/28/97 -0600, [email protected] wrote: >>Hi Gary, > >Been gone most of Christmas Holidays. Will give you a quick answer as I have it. >Isaac Newton Wilhite b. 12 Feb 1842 Roane County, TN d. 17 Feb 1921 the son >of Isaac and Susanna Harris Wilhite md 24 Feb 1866 Franklin County, IL Eliza >Ann Dorris b. 1851 TN In 1880 they were living in Cave Township Franklin >County, IL. >Isaac married 2nd Elizabeth J. Deering but they apparently had no children. > >Thank's for all the additional information concering Isaac. > >Now trying to get caught up. Hope everone had a very Merry Christmas. > >Happy New Year! > > John