In his will probated in LC, NC, in 1803, Adam Eckard/Echert Named his 7 children and his "stepdaughter Mary Fry, wife of Nicholas Fry." N icholas Fry's wife was Maria Elisabetha Pabst, d/o Heinrich Pabst and Gertrude Kieffer. How did Maria Elisabeth Pabst become the stepdaughter of Adam Eckard? Any insight into this mystery would be greatly apprecciated. Charles Lail Catawba County