David Daniell wrote: >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; . . . " >[...] seems to be saying they are all related to my ancestor Wm >Irish! Not necessarily. It would still fit the above if Cook, Hodges and Irish were on different sides of the Fry family and not related to each other. Similarly (and I forgot this before <sorry>) they need not have been related to the Wykes if Fry and his sister(s) were half-siblings.

Thanks Cecilia, I think you are, again, quite right. David On Nov 4, 2007, at 2:29 PM, cecilia wrote: > David Daniell wrote: >> 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; . . . " >> [...] seems to be saying they are all related to my ancestor Wm >> Irish! > > Not necessarily. > > It would still fit the above if Cook, Hodges and Irish were on > different sides of the Fry family and not related to each other. > Similarly (and I forgot this before <sorry>) they need not have been > related to the Wykes if Fry and his sister(s) were half-siblings. > > ------------------------------- > 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