Hi, Tom. This is in regard to your post about Robert Curtis and Edward Corlew. I have not seen any documentation of the date and place of the marriage between Edward Corlew and Katherine Curtis, but I feel Edward and Robert's wills pretty well establish that the marriage was indeed a fact. Below are transcripts of Edward's will and inventory. Don't be thrown off by the apparent spelling “Corlee.” As noted recently in another reply to your post, the name was spelled all sorts of ways. Often, it was spelled multiple ways in the same document! As you correctly noted, Robert's will mentions his daughter, Katherine “Corley.” I have no doubt that this is Katherine Corlew. I don't know why Robert only mentions one grandchild. Anyway, here is the will and inventory of Edward Corlew: *LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF EDWARD CORLEW* In the Name of God Amen I Edward Corlee of the Parish of Yorkhampton in the County of York being sick and weak but being in my perfect sense & memory & knowing the mortality of all men do by these presence make my last Will & Testament as followith Viz. First I bequeath my Soul to Almighty God who gave it hoping through the merits of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to have free pardon & remission of all my Sins & Offences & to be an Inhabitor of everlasting life. Secondly I bequeath my body to be decently buried in the Earth by the direction of my Executor. & Thirdly my worldly Estate which God has made me steward of here on Earth as followeth: “Viz: I bequeath all my land to be equally divided between my three Sons Christopher Corlee John Corlee Edward Corlee as followeth my Son Christopher land to begin next to his brothers John, at a mark’d sorell & mark’d sasafras to a mark’d red oak to a mark’d holly tree my son John to begin at a mark’d cedar at the head of a spring branch to a mark’d pine from thence to a mark’d red oak runing to a pond that divided and the plantation whereon I live fulfilling those former bonds to my son Edward Corlee to them and their heirs lawfully begotten of their bodies for ever but in case either of the brothers Christopher John Edward should desire to sell their part to each other that then the buyer shall be entitled to that part to him & his heirs lawfully begotten of his body forever but never to sell to any other person but to remain in the generation of the Corlees forever. “Secondly I give to my son Edward one bed & furniture belonging to it. Thirdly to my daughter Elizabeth Wooten one bed and furniture belonging to it. Fourthly to my daughter Sarah one bed and furniture belonging to it after my wife’s decease. Fifthly I leave my Cart and Sheares to be in my Son Christopher’s possession to be for the use of my wife & the rest of Sons belonging to the land & when the Sheare are killed to be equally divided between my wife and my children. Sixthly my great coat & my cane I leave to my son Christopher Corlee. Seventhly my coat of dueoy & breeches to my son John Corlee. Eightly I leave the rest of my cloathes both linen & wollen to my son Edward. Ninthly all the rest of my Estate I lend the use of to my well beloved wife Catherine Corlee during her natural life & after her decease to be equally divided between my Children. And lastly I do constitute & appoint my well beloved wife Katherine Corlee & my son Christopher Corlee my whole & sole Executors of this my last Will & Testament as my hand this 23rd day of December 1728. The will was signed in the presence of John Chapman Junior and Rich Bellamee.” Signed with his mark “E”. INVENTORY OF ESTATE OF EDWARD CORLEW, JANUARY 17, 1731/2 A true Invitore of Mr. Edward Corlee [Corlewe] deceased Estate To three old Beds & three old ChistsTo one brass Kittle and one old weaving Lume To 2 Iron pots & one Table To 8 old Chears & 13 pound of feathers To one Iron easel & some old Books To 2 small posnits & 13 lb. of Cotton To one old brass Kittle & one brass Candil Stick To one spinning wheal & one Chaine to one spice mortar & one paile To one old spining wheale & one mans Saddel To one brass Skillet and one brass Skimer To seven puter dishes & fore plates to 26 spoons one bason 1 pronger To one dripen pan & one frow and spit To one puter Tankeard and one box Iron To one frying pan & stone Gug To 21 hedds of Hogs young & old To nine Sheep & nine head of Cattle To a parcel of earthen whear one narrow Ax To one dish 3 Plates - 6 Spoons To 2 or 3 old Books Chris. Corlew his mark At a Court held for York County Janry. the 17th. 1731/32 The above Inventory was presented in Court & is admitted to Record. Test. Phi: Lightfoot Cl. Cur. My line of descent from Edward Corlew is Edward>John>John>Phillip>James>William>John>Frank>Elvin>Gary (me). In 2005 I published my book, “Corlew Genealogy – Descendants of Edward Corlew of York Co., VA. www.lulu.com/Corlew Gary Corlew gcorlew@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:30:06 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [CORLEW] Katherine Curtis and Edward Corlew > To: <CORLEW-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1307481815.555124@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: TomACaulley > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.corlew/134/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I see several researchers have Katherine Curtis, daughter of Robert Curtis > who died ca 1716 in York Co, VA, married to Edward Corlew. > > Does anyone have documentation of this marriage? > > I have found a will for Robert Curtis where he names his daughter Katherine > CORLEY and grandson John CORLEY, which seems to contradict the stated > marriage with Edward CORLEW. > > > I found no records of any CORLEWS in or near YORK Co, VA. > > Any Ideas? I welcom any documentation anyone can provide. > > Tom Caulley > >