HI, The answer to this question may never be answered. I would like to communicate with some in depth Gardiner/Gardner researchers on their findings. I am referring to Jane Gardiner O'Bryan who married Peter O'Bryan and both died in the 1790s in Prince George's county. I never questioned Jane's name or spelling since this is what came down from my great grandmother who was Jane's granddaughter. Last year I was able to take a story handed down to me and put it with findings of a long time O'Bryan researcher to figure out Peter's father John Bryan from Charles County had been raised by Col. John Bane of Charles county and Peter O'Bryan died in Prince Georges county in 1793. I was told another story by my great aunt who was up in years when she told me this. She said my great great grandmother had come from a wealthy, staunch Catholic family and her father was a prominent judge where they lived. When she married my great great grandfather her family felt she was marrying beneath her and she was marrying a non Catholic Irishman. For this reason her family disowned her and wrote her out of their will. I have been able to prove this never happened to my great great grandparents, Elizabeth Kincheloe & William O'Bryan of Kentucky. However I do wonder if my great aunt confused her generations. Could Jane have been the one disowned by her family (the Gardiners) for marrying a non Catholic (Peter O'Bryan)? Bare in mind Peter's father John was Irish, raised English and non Catholic and Peter wasn't Catholic either? My question is, "Is their a Gardiner existing during the 1730s - 1750s, staunch Catholic, and a prominent judge in Charles county?" We also know Lewis O'Bryan was William's only "known" brother and he was born in 1759 and William in 1763. I have even questioned if Jane was Peter O'Bryan's only marriage???? Jamey McLoughlin ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17080) http://www.pctools.com/ =======