Kathleen, Your subject search is quite interesting as I have been trying for years to find the exact connections. I am descended from John Peterson - ca 1730 who settled in Duplin County before 1750. He was married at least three and maybe four times eventually fathering at least 14 or more children. To date, I have not connected John Peterson out of the Duplin/Sampson County area of North Carolina but have recently noted that one of his wives may have been Martha Barret.