Jean I just found my answer waiting in Limbo and decided to send it along. There were 5 children given bequests by Ann Reeves, sister of Mary, so maybe they were her 5 children????? I'm not sure of the accuracy; however, this was hashed and rehashed a year or two ago on the Mattingly forum and I have Ignatius III with 2 wives. each with 5 children; with Mary Daft, the 2d wife married on 26 Dec 1801, and mother of Edward, Elizabeth, Mary Rosetta, George Sylvester, and John Barnett. That does not sound too logical for the sister of the first wife to be giving to the children of the 2d wife. Charley In a message dated 8/1/2003 9:11:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jeedwards@bluecrab.org writes: > > I just obtained a copy of the SMC administrative accounts of Ann Reeves (GC > #4, p 42,43, dated 15 June 1847); it's a bit hard to read so I may have a few > transcription errors but it appears that Ann was a sister to Mary Reeves, > wife of Ignatius Mattingly; she left her assets to 14 nephews and nieces -- > children of her five siblings (James Reeves, Mary Mattingly , Elizabeth > Williams, Lydia Barber, and Jane Bradburn). Here is the way it appears in the > account: > > Distribution as follows to wit: > > To William Reeves, a nephew of the deceased and son (of) James Reeves who > was a brother of the decd 1/4 of 1/5 To Ann Reeves a niece of the decd > 1/4 of 1/5 > To Elizabeth Reeves a niece of the deceased 1/4 of 1/5 > To Matilda Reeves a niece of the decd 1/4 of 1/5 > > To George S Mattingly a nephew of the decd and son of Mary Mattingly who was > a sister of the deceased 1/5 part of 1/5 > To John Mattingly a nephew of the deceased 1/5 of 1/5 > To Maria Hayden a niece of the deceased 1/5 of 1/5 > To Rosetta Edwards a niece of the decd 1/5 of 1/5 > To Catharine Brookbank a niece of the decd 1/5 of 1/5 > > To Johnathan Williams a nephew of the deceased and son of Elizabeth Williams > who was a sister of the deceased 1/6 of 1/5 To Alexander (not sure of > this one) a nephew of the decd 1/6 of 1/5 > To Thomas Williams a nephew of the decd 1/6/of 1/5 > To Edward Williams a nephew of the decd 1/6 of 1/5 > To Elizabeth Williams a niece of the decd 1/6 of 1/5 > To Mary Barber a niece of the decd 1/6 of 1/5 > > To Edward Barber a nephew of the decd (and) a son of Lydia Barber who was a > sister of the decd 1/2 of 1/5. To John Barber a nephew of the decd 1/2 of > 1/5 > > To Edward R. Bradburn a nephew of the decd who was a son of Jane Bradburn a > sister of the deceased 1/2 of 1/5. To Ann Bradburn a niece of the decd > 12/ of 1/5 > > We know from the will that Ignatius Mattingly had 10 children; does this > mean that the other 5 children could have already been dead by 1847? and does > this support the theory that Mary Reeves was mother to all 10? Does anyone > have more light to shed on this? thanks. Jean Edwards >