Pathtree@aol.com wrote: > > Merritt, > > Winscott was a common variation of Wainscott and the name was often > pronounced Winscott even in my day. Rebecca was a Roberts and her mother was > Sally Smith, daughter of Joseph Smith. Sally later married Isaac C. Wainscott. > Rebecca's father might have been Henley-she had a son named Henley Claxon. > > Barry Oh boy! Maybe you can help me straighten out my records. I have always shown Callisthenes Claxon as having two wives, both named Rebecca: Rebecca ROBERTS and Rebecca WINSCOTT. Various correspondants have disagreed about the order of the two wives. Here is the way I have it: First: Callisthenes married about 1806 to Rebecca ROBERTS, the daughter of Henry ROBERTS and Sarah SMITH. Sarah was the daughter of Joseph SMITH and Leannah. Sarah married (2) Isaac WINSCOTT. By his first wife, Callisthenes had six children: Mariah, William, Malinda, Sarah, James, John. These children were born over the 1806-1822 time period. Second: Callisthenes married, in 1822, Rebecca WINSCOTT. An extract from the Owen Co KY marriage register has "CLAXON, Callestiness to Rebeccah Winscot, March 25, 1822. Bond: Isaac Winscott. Letter of consent from Sally Winscot, mother of the bride. Married by Cornelius Duvall." According to the Owen Co death records, Rebecca was age 48 when she died in 1854, making her birth in 1805/1806. She would have been only 16 years old when she married Callisthenes, which is why she needed the letter of consent from her mother (Callisthenes was 36 in 1822). With his second wife, Callisthenes had seven additional children: Joseph, Charles, Nancy, Lucinda, Henly, Thomas, and Harrison. These children were born over the 1823-1837 time period. Can you provide any corrections to what I have above? Thanks for your help. Merritt