I had a case where I was trying to find if this daughter belonged to aa certain family. She was left out of the will because she was married before she was 21. The thinking that the husband would take care of her. She was the only daughter. Lynn Sewell -----Original Message----- From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pat McArtor Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 7:24 AM To: brethren@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRE] Age of Majority 3rd time SEE BELOW: 4) Would a guardianship be sought if the father was widowed but still alive? Not typically because legal order when a mother died is Father > minor children and Female Adult UNmarried > Father's Spouse > Adult Children, and if Adult Married then also her husband (because "she" was incapable of signing legal contracts). If the Father died, it was minor children and Female Adult UNmarried > Father's Spouse > Adult Children, and if Adult Married then also her husband (because "she" was incapable of signing legal contracts). Either way, Kids must be taken care of till age 21 (males) and most unmarried females continued to live at home so then the widow could apply for an upkeep allowance (if the Estate remained unsettled). Based on SW PA research and I welcome other people's comments on what I've written here. OFTENTIMES IN OHIO, IF A WIFE/MOTHER HAD RECEIVED AN INHERITANCE FROM HER FATHER AND THEN DIED, HER CHILDREN WERE SET UP WITH A GUARDIAN TO PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS IN THAT ESTATE. THAT ESTATE/MONEY DID NOT PASS TO THE HUSBAND/FATHER. p ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In general, married women were usually unlisted in their fathers' wills when their husbands were alive. The wills usually listed the husbands' names instead. It was pretty much common practice back then. -----Original Message----- From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lynn Sewell Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 10:03 AM To: brethren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRE] Age of Majority 3rd time I had a case where I was trying to find if this daughter belonged to aa certain family. She was left out of the will because she was married before she was 21. The thinking that the husband would take care of her. She was the only daughter. Lynn Sewell -----Original Message----- From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pat McArtor Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 7:24 AM To: brethren@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRE] Age of Majority 3rd time SEE BELOW: 4) Would a guardianship be sought if the father was widowed but still alive? Not typically because legal order when a mother died is Father > minor children and Female Adult UNmarried > Father's Spouse > Adult Children, and if Adult Married then also her husband (because "she" was incapable of signing legal contracts). If the Father died, it was minor children and Female Adult UNmarried > Father's Spouse > Adult Children, and if Adult Married then also her husband (because "she" was incapable of signing legal contracts). Either way, Kids must be taken care of till age 21 (males) and most unmarried females continued to live at home so then the widow could apply for an upkeep allowance (if the Estate remained unsettled). Based on SW PA research and I welcome other people's comments on what I've written here. OFTENTIMES IN OHIO, IF A WIFE/MOTHER HAD RECEIVED AN INHERITANCE FROM HER FATHER AND THEN DIED, HER CHILDREN WERE SET UP WITH A GUARDIAN TO PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS IN THAT ESTATE. THAT ESTATE/MONEY DID NOT PASS TO THE HUSBAND/FATHER. p ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The wills I have from Maryland and VA/wv usually have daughters. Pre-1900s. Beverly Sent from my iPad On Feb 18, 2014, at 11:08 AM, "Dwayne Wrightsman" <dwayne55@comcast.net> wrote: > In general, married women were usually unlisted in their fathers' wills when > their husbands were alive. The wills usually listed the husbands' names > instead. It was pretty much common practice back then. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Lynn Sewell > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 10:03 AM > To: brethren@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BRE] Age of Majority 3rd time > > I had a case where I was trying to find if this daughter belonged to aa > certain family. She was left out of the will because she was married before > she was 21. The thinking that the husband would take care of her. She was > the only daughter. Lynn Sewell > > -----Original Message----- > From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Pat McArtor > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 7:24 AM > To: brethren@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BRE] Age of Majority 3rd time > > SEE BELOW: > 4) Would a guardianship be sought if the father was widowed but still alive? > > Not typically because legal order when a mother died is Father > minor > children and Female Adult UNmarried > Father's Spouse > Adult Children, and > if Adult Married then also her husband (because "she" was incapable of > signing legal contracts). > > If the Father died, it was minor children and Female Adult UNmarried > > Father's Spouse > Adult Children, and if Adult Married then also her husband > (because "she" was incapable of signing legal contracts). > > Either way, Kids must be taken care of till age 21 (males) and most > unmarried females continued to live at home so then the widow could apply > for an upkeep allowance (if the Estate remained unsettled). > > Based on SW PA research and I welcome other people's comments on what I've > written here. > > OFTENTIMES IN OHIO, IF A WIFE/MOTHER HAD RECEIVED AN INHERITANCE FROM HER > FATHER AND THEN DIED, HER CHILDREN WERE SET UP WITH A GUARDIAN TO PROTECT > THEIR INTERESTS IN THAT ESTATE. THAT ESTATE/MONEY DID NOT PASS TO THE > HUSBAND/FATHER. > p > > > ------------------------ Search the Archives > at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------ Search the Archives > at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message