Re: Arms and Deerfield, Massachusetts
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Arms and Deerfield, Massachusetts
Jerald Johnson 4/18/07
Your William Arms and Abigail Woodworth are listed in "A Genealogical Record of THE ARMS FAMILY in this Country" on pg. 43, under Families that bear the name of Arms, but cannot be traced to the regular line of descendants from the original William Arms".
Your William is the son of Thomas Perkins, who was said to have changed his name to Arms.The story goes that he jumped ship in Boston in 1765 and changed his name from Perkins to Arms to help avoid capture.
So if this genealogical record is to be believed, then your Arms line switches to Perkins at this time.
Go to books.google.com, and do a search for "A Genealogical Record of THE ARMS FAMILY in this Country".The entire book is available there.
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Re: Arms and Deerfield, Massachusetts
Jerald Johnson 2/18/08