I've seen several entries for Grace Brewer(?) Mattingly Johnson and have come across another one complements of a Johnson family member. Apparently, after John Mattingly (d. 1744) died, his widow, Grace, married Peter Johnson. Peter died in 1747 and left a will naming several of John's children. In the following years multiple entries are made in the Administrative Accounts and the Perogative Court Abstacts for the disposal of his estate. They are as follows: Administrative Accounts: Administrative Accounts: Admin accts of Peter Johnson April 8, 1747 and May 19, 1747 Appraisers: M. Thompson and Richard Cooper Next of Kin: Thomas and John Johnson Exec: George Hayden Skinner (half brother of Grace Hayden) Administrative Accounts: Admin accts of Peter Johnson December 20 1748 Sureties: Clement Hayden, Richard Hayden Payments to: (among others) John Mattingly, guardian tohis brother, James Mattingly. Grace Johnson, guardian to Luke Mattingly and Joseph Mattingly orphans of John Mattingly Perogative Court Abstracts 174-1750: Peter Johnson 25.11 A SM 125.14.3 183.5.9 December 20, 1748 Sureties: Clement Hayden, Richard Hayden Payments to: (among others) James Hayden, Mary Johnson, George Graves, Priscilla Chesher, John Mattingly guardian to his brother, James Mattingly (due from estate of his father John Mattingly), Grace Johnson (guardian to Luke Mattingly & Joseph Mattingly (orphans of John Mattingly). Administrator: George Hayden Now, somewhere between Peter's will being administered by Grace Johnson and John Johnson and the administrative accounts being administered by George Hayden there seems to be a shift from the Johnson family to the Hayden family. Is the Grace Hayden that is cited, Grace Mattingly Johnson? And is her brother, George, administering the accounts? If so, then Grace wasn't a Brewer after all. Which leads us back to the question of how John Mattingly was the "brother-in-law" of Elizabeth Greenock. One point of interest - the turn "in-law" seems to be used in the 18th century to denote what we call "step". Perhaps John Mattingly was her "stepbrother"? If we have any linguistic scholars out there can you tell us when the modern meaning of "in-law" came in to use? Paul Mattingly Atlanta, GA