Hi Jackie, >From what I see on Ancestry.com, it's claimed that Wilford Medley was the son of Philip Medley, Jr. and Eleanor Neale. Does that agree with your records? The will of Philip Medley, Jr. doesn't mention a son named Wilford. Linda Reno ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie King" <jking71@gmail.com> To: "Maryland St. Mary's" <mdstmary@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 11:11 AM Subject: [MDSTMARY] Moving William Rhodes > List - > > Over the years, a lot has been made of William Rhodes' claim to have > been born in Washington D.C. and its led many of us to create a first > unknown wife for Bennett (Benedict) Rhodes to account for the child > William. > > I've decided to delete the unknown wife and move William to what I > believe for a number of reasons are his proper parents and that would be > William Rhodes of Washington D.C and Ann Simms, making Bennett his uncle. > > That leaves me with one problem - who ARE Benedict Rhodes children? I > can only prove one that survived childhood and that would be Ann > Victoria who married Wilford Medley. I have read of another alleged > daughter - Nelly (probably Eleanor) who allegedly died young. While > that is very probable given her mother's name of Eleanor - I can't prove > it. And according to the censuses there should be yet another girl in > the family. > > There at one time should have also been at least another couple of male > children in the household. > > Did all of Bennet's children other than Ann die young or was he in the > habit of taking in the neighborhood and family waif's? > > I would appreciate any help with sorting Benedict's family or extended > "family". > > Jackie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message