..................twice married woman.............. 6. Abigail was the problem. Her marriage, as Abigail Wetmore, to Ephraim Seward is found in Durham, Connecticut, 1743 but no birth of an Abigail Wetmore in that area roughly sixteen to thirty years earlier is evident. One possible explanation was she was married before, and indeed Jabez and Abigail Wetmore were having children in Durham up to 1740, but no marriage of this couple was found. Durham deeds solved the problem of Abigail's identity: In 1775, five day before his death, Jonathan Wells of Durham conveyed land there to his daughter Abigail, wife of Ephraim Seward. When Ephraim Seward and his wife Abigail sold the same property four years later, she was again described as Jonathan Wells's daughter. That Abigail was first married to Jabez Wetmore is proved circumstantially through chronology, naming patterns, and the associations between the families of her children by both husbands. Every genealogist tackles women's identity problems differently, depending on the time period, locality and ethnic group. This is why it is so important to read case studies; one of these strategies may work for you. All of the above cases prove that you just never know what record will reveal the information you need to identify a woman. Leave no stone unturned!! But once you have exhausted the genealogical sources, don't stop there. Thus far, you have completed only the first step in the recipe for researching and writing about your female ancestors. Now it's time for step two, where you combine your genealogical research with information you'll find in women's social histories... Further info in her book.... ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com