In a message dated 4/26/2006 3:54:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, snape@cix.co.uk writes: >Could it not be that she was the mother of John Dashwood's previous wife. So that the maiden name of John Dashwood's previous wife was also Dashwood? This is almost like a real-life genealogical puzzle (such as one might find in a census return, perhaps?). Ron S Oh, dear, no, Ron. You must be referring to my Baggott line which conspired to confuse me by having Baggotts marrying Baggotts! I thought Mrs. Dashwood referred to John's wife, and was not the name of his mother-in-law. Then again, they could be related to my Baggott line. :) Cheers, Lois