The year is 1709. The place is the NA Colonies, Province of Maryland. X signs a will as witness; the estate is probated in 1710. Am I on safe ground if I assume that means X was between the ages of 14 and dead? Or did he have to be 16? I'm looking to establish a Born-Before date here to narrow down the number of parish registers I need to look at. Cheryl

singhals wrote: > > The year is 1709. The place is the NA Colonies, Province of Maryland. > X signs a will as witness; the estate is probated in 1710. > > Am I on safe ground if I assume that means X was between the ages of 14 > and dead? Or did he have to be 16? > > I'm looking to establish a Born-Before date here to narrow down the > number of parish registers I need to look at. Cheryl: How do we know that X is X and not Xx with the same name? Is a relationship listed? (Just wanted to be clear--VBG) ecunnningham@att.net

ecunningham wrote: > singhals wrote: > >> >> The year is 1709. The place is the NA Colonies, Province of >> Maryland. X signs a will as witness; the estate is probated in 1710. >> >> Am I on safe ground if I assume that means X was between the ages of >> 14 and dead? Or did he have to be 16? >> >> I'm looking to establish a Born-Before date here to narrow down the >> number of parish registers I need to look at. > > > Cheryl: How do we know that X is X and not Xx with the same name? Is a > relationship listed? > (Just wanted to be clear--VBG) > ecunnningham@att.net > (G) To be honest, I don't give a hoot WHO he is, just how old he is. (g) Cheryl

singhals wrote: > > The year is 1709. The place is the NA Colonies, Province of Maryland. > X signs a will as witness; the estate is probated in 1710. > > Am I on safe ground if I assume that means X was between the ages of 14 > and dead? Or did he have to be 16? > > I'm looking to establish a Born-Before date here to narrow down the > number of parish registers I need to look at. > > Cheryl Hi Cheryl, If X signed the will as a witness then X would be alive at the time of signing the will as a witness and could be alive long after the will was probated as X was a Witness and was not the person who the will was for as they are a witness to the person whom the will was for and that person would have signed the will as well. X the witness to the will could have been the Law firms clerk. So do not Ass U Me anything. David

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:34:26 +1300, Sherlock Holmes wrote: > X the witness to the will could have been the Law firms clerk Highly unlikely; A law clerk would undoubtedly be able to sign his name. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" Life goes quick and it goes without warning Bombsite Boy - The Adverts

"Sherlock Holmes" <hawke_eye_david@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:1203132461.63824@ftpsrv1... > singhals wrote: >> >> The year is 1709. The place is the NA Colonies, Province of Maryland. X >> signs a will as witness; the estate is probated in 1710. >> >> Am I on safe ground if I assume that means X was between the ages of 14 >> and dead? Or did he have to be 16? >> >> I'm looking to establish a Born-Before date here to narrow down the >> number of parish registers I need to look at. >> >> Cheryl > Hi Cheryl, > If X signed the will as a witness then X would be alive at the time of > signing the will as a witness and could be alive long after the will was > probated as X was a Witness and was not the person who the will was for as > they are a witness to the person whom the will was for and that person > would have signed the will as well. > X the witness to the will could have been the Law firms clerk. > > So do not Ass U Me anything. > > > David Well I thought it was funny anyway... Graham

"singhals" <singhals@erols.com> wrote in message news:grOdnf5apZ4r2CvanZ2dnUVZ_v6rnZ2d@rcn.net... > > The year is 1709. The place is the NA Colonies, Province of > Maryland. X signs a will as witness; the estate is probated in > 1710. > > Am I on safe ground if I assume that means X was between the ages of > 14 and dead? Or did he have to be 16? > > I'm looking to establish a Born-Before date here to narrow down the > number of parish registers I need to look at. > > Cheryl http://mdcourts.gov/lawlib/ This would be a good place to ask what the legal age was in 1709. Or write to a Maryland congress critter, or the state's law library.