I must have missed something here. The only probate record I know of is a very brief abstract of the will (not the will itself), entered in the Chester Co records by the clerk. It mentions only wife Barbara and "brethern". No mention of "son and sons". If there's another document out there, it would be great news for all of us. Does someone on the list have a copy? We need to be careful about assuming that an Orphan's Court means that there were children involved. At some times and places, Orphan's Courts functioned as the primary probate court, although I don't remember ever finding that to have been the case in Pennsylvania. The age of majority for men in Colonial Pennsylvania was 21. I don't know what it was for women. -----Original Message----- From: kashmir [mailto:kashmir@potlatch.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 7:41 PM To: HOWERY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HOWERY-L] For Leonard Howry--Wolrick Howry Hi Leonard and the rest of the listers, Thanks for posting this info. It puts a different light on the question of his will and whether he had children or not. Maybe Justin will respond to this mention of orphan in the probate record. Does anyone out there have any other info on Ulrick/Wolrick/Woolrick Howry's will? Judie > > Wolrick's probate is written in a hand that is difficult for me > to read. However, there is a mention of "son & sons" and the > Chester Co. Orphan's Court. > > I wonder if the reference of "son & sons" could mean son and > sons-in law. Surely the reference to an orphan's court means > that an heir was a minor. Wonder at what age one was considered > to be a minor in 1724. > > Maybe someone on the list can help us out.