I have recently looked at two wills. The first in 1728 is for Thomas EDMONDS in Colwinston. It lists a second wife, Joan; there are also three children listed and they appear to be grown. The following year there is a will for another Thomas EDMONDS, also in Colwinston; and I think this is the son of the first Thomas, which son was appointed executor of the first Thomas' estate. His will lists his mother-in-law, Joan EDMONDS, along with a brother and sister with names consistent with the first will as well as another brother and sister, who also appear to be grown. He does not list a wife which would bring with it a mother-in-law as we use the term today. Is it logical to think the use of the term mother-in-law would really mean stepmother? JoLynn Barneck

Certainly son-in-law could mean stepson. This is not uncommon in census records. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff & Jolynn Barneck" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 3:31 AM Subject: [GLA] Use of the term mother-in-law in 1729 >I have recently looked at two wills. The first in 1728 is for Thomas >EDMONDS in Colwinston. It lists a second wife, Joan; there are also three >children listed and they appear to be grown. The following year there is a >will for another Thomas EDMONDS, also in Colwinston; and I think this is >the son of the first Thomas, which son was appointed executor of the first >Thomas' estate. His will lists his mother-in-law, Joan EDMONDS, along with >a brother and sister with names consistent with the first will as well as >another brother and sister, who also appear to be grown. He does not list >a wife which would bring with it a mother-in-law as we use the term today. > > Is it logical to think the use of the term mother-in-law would really mean > stepmother? > > JoLynn Barneck > -- > > To send to the list send to [email protected] > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > This site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be > found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/hicks.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message