I have another question... See the entries below.. Do we know who William Tate (II)'s mother is? Is it Mary Beaty??... Mary and Jane who married these two different William Tates (father/son) were sisters.. Was William Tate (I) that much older then his wife Mary that his son would be old enough to mary his Aunt? Or has there been an error made here and what I have as two different Williams (I) & (II) are really the same person who married sisters? Please help.. I want the record file tobe right... Nelda William Tate father of William who married Jane Beaty ®997 Spouse: Mary Beaty Birth Date: Between 1785/1805 Father: Hugh Beatty (1751-1835) Mother: Jane Beatty, Maiden Name Unk. (1767-1829) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ William Tate (II) Place: son of William Tate who m. Mary Beaty ®997 Spouse: Jane Beaty Birth Date: Between 1785/1805 Father: Hugh Beatty (1751-1835) Mother: Jane Beatty, Maiden Name Unk. (1767-1829) Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin, IBSSG Beatty descendant line #005 Beaty collateral line #10 Graves descendant line #231 Digin up bones at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ _________________________________________________________________ Dream of owning a home? Find out how in the First-time Home Buying Guide. http://special.msn.com/home/firsthome.armx

Hi Nelda, Oddly enough, I know the following information about English law but not about American: In 18th cen England, a man couldn't legally marry his wife's sister - no, not even after his wife died. ;) You might want to check and see if that prohibition existed in the state in question (the southern states in particular frequently relied on English legal precedents during the colonial and early federalist period), might help shed some light on the issue. Just a thought. Michal "Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right, by these we reach divinity." John Donne