On Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 10:56:43 AM UTC-4, Eve McLaughlin wrote: > On 2014-03-27 12:48, Eve McLaughlin wrote: > > It seems a bit improbable, but it would fit all the > >>> evidence without having to suppose that John got confused while > >>> writing > >>> his will. > >>> > > > > I think -having now read the will of John Brassey, that the confusion > > lies in how it has been read -without allowing for the normal lack of > > punctuation. > > John gives legacies to his grandchildren, George, John and Mary > > Caswell, > > but does not mention Sir George as his daughter, > DOH - widower of his late daughter > > only his living > > daughter, Elizabethy Iles. > > However, in a group bequest of £10 each for mourning he lists > > "Sir George Caswell and his Lady > > my sister in law Mary widow of my late brother Thomas Brassey > > my sister in law Mary widow of my late brother William Brassey > > my son Nathaniel Brassey and his wife* > > my daughter Iles > > my granddaughters Mary Boddington and Hannah Boddington" > > > > I read these as being different persons - he has to label the two > > widows with the names of their late husbands to differentiate them. It > > would be extraordinarily strange to call the present wife of > > Sir George also a widow. > > * using the same argument, the wife of Nathaniel must have been his > > sister Elizabeth Iles! > >> > >> Thomas Brassey "Dyed the 15th. (of the) 12th. mo 1698 (15 Feb 1699 by > >> our calendar) of a fever as the Common Searchers Report and was buried > >> in Chaqs Ally ('Change Alley' in Cornhill, London)" > > > > And it would have been overlong for a second marriage, not to mention > > the presumed considerable age discrepancy between the Widow and Sir > > George. > > > > EVE > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > GENBRIT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message hello had your group seen this http://res.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/01/29/res.hgu117.full.pdf i guess Mary was the widow Milbourne (a family which fits the profile of the Lombard st crowd) maiden name Stanley? yet not connected 2 any who are in fabpedigree.com ? sincerely james waddell sudbury Ontario descent/ancestor of Samuel of Blackwater Clare 1708 -1804. probable relative of the Leominster(dam) crowd. Sir George Caswall adopted a son; perhaps Ms Brassey was previously married as well? or more probably Mary Milbourne Stanley had a son Thomas?