A single reference: "Typical of many other entries is one from a North Carolina record stating that upon the petition of Henry Bonner, praying that the estate of Deborah Whitby, his 'now wife,' be taken out of the hands of her guardian, Dennis Macclennon, it was ordered that the guardian deliver unto the petitioner all the estate of Deborah his wife." From _Women's Life & Work in the Southern Colonies_ by Julia Cherry Spruill, at 357. There is no citation given. Marilyn