Posted by NJ Horsley on October 22, 2000 at 00:14:36:
Seek birth record of Thornton Provens, Sr. Born between 1800
and 1815, suggest 1809-1812. Surname also spelled Province,
Provence,Provins,Provin,Provvins,Provvens,Provines. Do not
know parents' names or this wouldn't be neccesary. Seek any
other descendants of his. I am told that the first of my
ancestors in America was either Asa Provens or John Provin
[s]. That would be before the Revolutionary War. Like 1780
or so. Please email njhorsley@skyenet.net, if you have
ANY DATA, even if spelling is Purviance or Provence. Found
a Provence in New Mexico, recently. Also seek headstone
inscriptions, old photos, tin types, any letters, absolutely
anything I can obtain for this search.