William, this is great research! I have found only one Henry of John so far, Henry d 1873 son of John Mattingly b. June 1,1773/ Onea Honor Arnold, but they are in Allegany County, MD, and this Henry died in 1873. We don't have when the Will was proved, do we? He could have signed it in 1858 if he was determined not to get caught short with not having one made after his second marriage and prenuptial agreement. This is the Cezar line, I think. JB > I have become intriqued with the issue of who was Henry, the son of > Zachariah Mattingly, Jr. I, like most folks, carry Henry as born about 1810 > and married to Jane Rebecca Burroughs on 8-20-1839. This may be inaccurate > information. A booklet by Theodore L. Brownyard and recently sent to me by > Tom Hubscher (a descendant of Henry Mattingly), raises the possibility that > we have the wrong Henry. There were two on the census of 1850; one in St. > Mary's County and married to Jane and a 2nd in Charles County and married to > Eliza. This Eliza was Elizabeth Sophia (Dent) Higdon, whose first husband > was Benedict L. Higdon. What really leads me to believe this Henry of > Charles County was actually the son of Zachariah Mattingly, Jr. is mention > of the following deed (which I have not yet seen but hope someone may have > at their disposal or can locate): Charles COunty Deeds GWC #2, page 37, > made 30 November 1864 by Ignatius Pike which conveyed the tract of land > called "Sarum or Old Sarum" (about 1,000 acres) to Zorah S. Mattingly, > Benjamin H. Mattingly, and Ann C. Mattingly, children and heirs of Henry > Mattingly, deceased. In the deed, Henry is called "Henry of Zac" meaning > son of Zachariah. The Henry of St. Mary's County is referred to as "Henry > of John". I don't know which John yet. > > The writings of Mr. Brownyard also contain transcribed copies of the wills > of the Henry above, and Zachariah, Jr. (will proved 1-17-1837). Judith has > already posted the will of Zachariah and I will post the will of Henry > tonight on a separate post. > > > ==== MATTINGLY Mailing List ==== > <Z>WELCOME TO THE MATTINGLY GENEALOGY GROUP<Z> > We also have the [email protected] > Your Host Website http://www.angelfire.com/or/matney > Rootsweb Host http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/m/a/MATTINGLY/ > To Unsubscribe or contact the List Owner [email protected] > mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >