This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Matlock, Choate Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/nAz.2ACEB/494.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Philip, Do you happen to have a transcript of Edward's will? thank for the source for this. I had a note but did not know where this person had found the information. As far as Absolom... I don't think anyone really knows for sure who his father is. Personally... I think he was born out of wedlock and carrying his mother's name. But then that is just a feeling I have. If she had been married to a Matlock then it would have had to be Charles B. (if he exists) or Edward M. I think the wives of most of Luke Sr's children have been named whether hearsay or prove. Thanks Wanda