hi Cecilia, Thank you for putting me right. Does this make sense now? a majority of them were his very near relations by blood or alliance, Mr. Wyke being Mr. Fry's own nephew, Mr. Irish married his neice, and is also his relation in blood, Mr. Cook and Mr. Hodges are his cozin Germans ; which if I shou'd have openly mention'd wou'd have been accusing them of partiallity; . . . " this is what I know including that imputed from the above passage: FRY(e) - William Frye a member of the Council (brother of the wife of Edward Wyke so uncle of the next) [can any other arrangement fit? I think not.] WYKE - George Wyke a son of Edward Wyke 1682-? sometime lieutenant- governor of the Island [I agree with your comments. Also Sarah and George might have same father but different mothers] IRISH - William Irish, abt 1690-1725 spouse of Sarah Wyke, abt 1708-1748 d/o Edward above. Widowed she married Col. Samuel Martin COOK and HODGES - first cousins to William Frye (= cousins german) and so the same to Wyke? Because, it seems to me, all the relationships are to Wm Frye, the man in trouble. I know this is not quite the way you analysed it but do you now disagree with any part of it? This is quite important to me - the statement seems to be saying they are all related to my ancestor Wm Irish! Sorry to be a nuisance. cheers, David On Nov 3, 2007, at 2:05 AM, cecilia wrote: > David Daniell wrote: >> " . . . Upon which I suspended the said Fry from setting any more in >> . . . . . . > FRY is uncle of WYKE, not nephew. > > COOK and HODGES would be related to WYKE, first cousins to his mother > so first cousin once removed to him. > > If Sarah Wyke is a child of Edward Wyke, it is possibly that WYKE is > also, or Sarah and WYKE may be first cousins with their mothers being > sisters, nee Fry, who married two (one each) men named Wyke that need > not have been brothers, but (given the size of the community) were > probably related. > > There is no indication above how FRY and IRISH are related. I think > it likely to be more distant than first cousin once removed, or it > would have been spelled out, unless the point was felt to have already > been adequately made. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message