What if Elizabeth AKINS, wife of Lewis AKINS, was actually a dtr of Francis MANN, Jr.??? BUT, was disinherited because she married Lewis??? She wouldn't have been mentioned in Francis MANN's Will, but she would have inherited her child's share when her mother, Mary MANN, died in 1785...then Elizabeth died right after that. Lewis would be obtaining his 'dower' rights from his deceased wife's interest in the open probate of Mary MANN back in VA. It's the old, 'who died first' senario. Right?? Just some more thoughts.... CAT PATRICK GUDAITIS wrote: > By now, you have had time to view the Will I transcribed. Now I > would like to concentrate on some specifics about it. > Notice there is no daughter mentioned in the will. I don't believe > he had a daughter who lived to that date, 1768. > The son whose name would have appeared in the obliterated portion > at the bottom of page 13 is likely Samuel Mann. I have found a couple of > references to him and Jessie Mann in the Order Books. > I wish to make a possible correction to my transcription. I think I > may have been wrong on the lines pertaining to Mary when she was made > executrix. That line may have read that she relinquished her portion of > the will in favor of her "thirds." This may have given her a far greater > advantage in under the law. > You must notice that the portion of the estate allowed Mary would, > at her death or widowhood, be divided up among the heirs. That is > important! And, would require another inventory made at her death. Thus > the 1785 inventory (recorded 1786). > That poses a question. If it was Lewis' wife that held an interest > in the estate of Francis Mann, why in heavens name did Lewis wait until > 1789 to demand it? I differ. I believe that Lewis' interest in the > estate of Francis Mann rested in Mary Mann. Those "certain promices" > made by Page Mann to Lewis were in the event of the death of Mary. That > occured in 1785. Promices broken by Page made Lewis take the steps he > did in ensuring his rights as a son of Mary. I suppose there was the > usual correspondence between two parties of the day which took several > months to arrive. Letters unanswered may have led Lewis to take the > steps he did. > Please post your thoughts. > Godspeed.....Patrick -- Carol Ann "Cat" Tindell Jacksonville Beach, FL C.A.T.'s Southern Genealogy: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~catinjax/ Reasearching: AKINS, BERRY, BOWERS, BROOKS, DANIEL, JOHNSON, ROBERTS & WOOD{S}