Has anyone looked at the putative wives of Peter Waples of Indian River, Nancy Thoroughgood and Margaret Rowe? Peter's will of 1785 does not mention a wife. Rufus Waples' Genealogy lists an unknown first wife; Margaret Rowe as second wife; children William, John, Benjamin, Joseph, and Nancy with the first wife; and Margaret, Littleton, Mary, Jane, Elizabeth, and Peter with Margaret Rowe. (Rufus was the great grandson of Peter.) Nancy Thoroughgood is given as the first wife in several genealogies. But I have not turned up any documents attesting to either marriage, or any Thoroughgood or Rowe documents that might hint at Thoroughgood or Rowe families in Sussex around 1700-1750 Nancy or Margaret might have belonged to. The birth dates and order of the children (except for Peter, from the 1850 census) are mostly unattested as well, so the order of the marriages seems speculative, as well as which mother the children belonged to. His daughters married Bartlett, Oliver, Hazzard, Lewis, Hall, and Waples. Alan Bell, Boulder, Colorado

Alan,   As for the first wife of Peter Waples, and mother of children John, William, Thomas and Joseph, see the will of John Disharoon, extracted in pertinent part below. John Disharoon of Worster [sic] County Stepney Parish, being about or near 78 years of age, made his will 19 March 1754, devising to my two grandchildren namely John Wapells and William one negro boy named Jack between them both and to their heirs and my will is that if please God that before my aforesaid grandchildren comes to age to receive this legacy that the first named above John Wapells shall receive the aforesaid negro Jack from my Executrix into his care untill his brother William comes to age also and that negro shall be their full part of my estate and shall claim no more; to my son in law Petter Wapels one shilling sterling and no more; to Thomas and Joseph Waples; (MD 29:229; Worc JW2:134). Peter Waples is a brother to my ancestress Mary who m. Joseph Derrickson and his first name unknown Disharoon wife is a sister to my ancestor William Disharoon. Peter's brother Paul lived in Baltimore Hundred of Somerset County, where he shows on the tax lists until 1739; that last year his next neighbor was Paul Thoroughgood.  On the 1734 debt book for Somerset County, Paul Waples held 500 acres of Piney Point, 50 acres of Swamp in Fellowship and 200 acres of Abigail's Chance, all in Baltimore Hundred. I'm not familiar with these tracts and I suspect they are now in Sussex County, DE. Becky ________________________________ From: Alan Bell <Alan.Bell@colorado.edu> To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 6:51 PM Subject: [LDR] Wives of Peter Waples (1708/9-1785) Has anyone looked at the putative wives of Peter Waples of Indian River, Nancy Thoroughgood and Margaret Rowe? Peter's will of 1785 does not mention a wife. Rufus Waples' Genealogy lists an unknown first wife; Margaret Rowe as second wife; children William, John, Benjamin, Joseph, and Nancy with the first wife; and Margaret, Littleton, Mary, Jane, Elizabeth, and Peter with Margaret Rowe. (Rufus was the great grandson of Peter.) Nancy Thoroughgood is given as the first wife in several genealogies. But I have not turned up any documents attesting to either marriage, or any Thoroughgood or Rowe documents that might hint at Thoroughgood or Rowe families in Sussex around 1700-1750 Nancy or Margaret might have belonged to. The birth dates and order of the children (except for Peter, from the 1850 census) are mostly unattested as well, so the order of the marriages seems speculative, as well as which mother the children belonged to. His daughters married Bartlett, Oliver, Hazzard, Lewis, Hall, and Waples. Alan Bell, Boulder, Colorado *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message