The Barclift family, William, his wife Elizabeth and sons William, Thomas and Michael came into Perquiman County, North Carolina prior to 1689. Little more than 2 months after the elder William Barlift's will was brought to probate, the younger William married Ann Durant, Daughter of George and Ann Durant. From that union sprang numerous descendants. This book has stories, genealogies and pictures of many of these descendants up until 1990.