> > >Sherlock Holmes 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 >> >On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:09:26 -0500, Huntersglenn <huntersglenn@cox.net> wrote: > 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. > On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:09:26 -0500, Huntersglenn <huntersglenn@cox.net> wrote: >I think you misread what was written. Not that X was the signer of the >will, but that X was between the ages of 14 and old enough to be dead >when X witnessed the will. >Cathy I think the point of the OP's question was: does X have to be 16 to witness a will? Or is 14 considered legally adequate for that purpose? She's obviously looking for records about X, she knows who X is, she obviously doesn't want to search an extra 2 years of parish records if she doesn't have to. Right, Cheryl?

Carole Allen wrote: >> >>Sherlock Holmes 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 >>> >>On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:09:26 -0500, Huntersglenn <huntersglenn@cox.net> wrote: >>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. >> > On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:09:26 -0500, Huntersglenn > <huntersglenn@cox.net> wrote: > >>I think you misread what was written. Not that X was the signer of the >>will, but that X was between the ages of 14 and old enough to be dead >>when X witnessed the will. >>Cathy > > > I think the point of the OP's question was: does X have to be 16 to > witness a will? Or is 14 considered legally adequate for that > purpose? She's obviously looking for records about X, she knows who X > is, she obviously doesn't want to search an extra 2 years of parish > records if she doesn't have to. Right, Cheryl? > Bingo. Thanks. Cheryl