Key Members can be found in the drop down menu entitled "Key Member"

 

In my own research I have found a resounding issue that our parents and grandparents worked hard at hiding from us all while growing up in this world.  We've all heard that, "The times were different back then, people were more God fearing" when our parents and grandparents would talk to us about their life times and the life times of their own parents and grandparents.  Fact is the resounded issue I have ran into time and time again is that the men and women of the 1400's - 1900's were marrying on average three (3) to four (4) spouses per lifetime.  That would easily surpass the national average of today's times.  Not only the Perrin family, but every family that I have ran across in my research, had marriages of three to four per person - per lifetime on average.  Considering that there were no electronic devices to keep one's mind entertained such as cell phones, televisions, computers, etc. and to be blunt, all those folks had to do was, "Drink, Fight and well you know" in those times.  And we're talking 8-10 children per spouse usually.  This means that the men were men and the woman were just as easy.  It was the colonial era and the want and need for change was so thick you could have cut it with a knife.  The Colonies presented opportunity after opportunity in a country that was wide open and ready to be tamed and the divorces and marriages were through the roof in search of that change as well.  We always think to ourselves thoughts like, "My grandmother and grandfather stuck with one another because that's what people did back then", but that way of thinking couldn't be farther from the truth.  You will find, in your research, that grandma and grandpa were married quite a few times and that their lists of children might just blow you mind ( of course they never told your parents hence why you never knew )

 

If you do the math and your ancestors were married, for the first time, in their 30's, 40's or 50's it's a sure fire bet that they had indeed been married to other spouses long before your direct bloodline came about.  I know you're saying, "Not my ancestors pal" in your head right now, but trust me the Colonies and the early American states brought out the "Drinking, fighting and you know what" nature of your ancestors.  They were gamblers, drinkers, fighters, opportunists and everything unwholesome kind of thing that you could possibly imagine even though you've heard otherwise.

 

Be prepared, in your research, to find out quite a few things you just didn't want to know about the so-called "God fearing" of yester year.

 

Your ancestors were just as human as you are and that religious great aunt you thought must have floated down from heaven on a cloud of glory was a hell raising wildcat just as full of piss and vinegar as anyone else at one time in her life .... Food for thought.