It means "wife"...... Kathy In a message dated 2/2/03 9:56:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, Lewisly@aol.com writes: > Can anyone tell me what "relict" means on the following tombstone ? > > >>Hoyt, Harriet, relict of William, born May 11, 1786, died Oct 12, 1842 < > > < > > Thanks, > > Lynn > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I am accustomed to hearing malicious falsehoods about myself...but I think I have a right to object to libelous statements about my dog." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt Check out my genealogy web pages! http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/e/n/K-Fenton/index.html ~AND~ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=twigsandbranches Recycle yourself! Tell someone you want to be an organ and tissue donor!