Sue, What's the answer to the question? A strong young man (broke?) or a (settled and substantial?) old man? I've seen both in my family. One of the happiest and longest marriages was one in which the husband was within a year of the age of the bride's father. Heaven help her had she married him while he was trapping beaver and scouting for the Army! I can't help but think that financial security meant a lot to a woman with children to feed. Maybe Sean Connery is preferable to Sean Penn, d'ya think? :--) George PS My point, of course, is that we have to be careful in making assumptions about these things. ---------- > From: bishop5@ix.netcom.com > To: CARPENTER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: Which Joseph married Judith Scott > Date: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 2:10 PM > > > I am more and more of the opinion that she married Joseph Junior. Think about > it. Women were scarce on the frontier. She could have had her pick. She was > a young widow with small children. Which would most women choose in that > circumstances? A strong young man? Or an old man with a large nearly grown > family. The records do not show which Joseph she married. And Joseph Junior > DID have a daughter named Judith. Many families named daughters after their > mothers but would he really have named a daughter after his father's second > wife? > > Sue > > > "It was said she held a grudge until it died of old age, > and then had it stuffed and mounted...." > David Weber >