Hi all, In fairness to Sister Donnelly, in her "Colonial Settlers St. Clements Bay", for both the Knott and Cole families she clearly does not have Rebecca Knott/Cole as the daughter of Benjamin Gill. So we have to look elsewhere for that error. But does anyone know who Rebecca's parents really were? I originally had her as a Sheppey but I don't know where that came from. Help, anyone! Also I've seen her first husband as John and Francis Knott, Which is right? Cheers, Pete On 2/15/13 8:58 AM, John Dobricky wrote: > Hello. As always, thanks for the information. "Cousin" was used at > the time to be synonomous with our current usage of "niece" and > "nephew." Hope that helps. John D. > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:52 PM,<clark8178@comcast.net> wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Linda Reno"<lindareno@comcast.net> >> To: mdstmary@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:07:56 AM >> Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] KNOTT >> >> Jerry, >> >> Robert Cole was a nephew of Benjamin Gill, not his son-in-law. From all of >> the research that has been done, it appears that Benjamin Gill only had one >> child and she was Ann Gill who married James Neale. >> >> Benjamin Gill's wife was Mary Mainwaring a sister of Jane Mainwaring who >> married Thomas Cole and they were the parents of Robert Cole. >> >> Robert Cole married Rebecca, widow of Francis Knott (some say John Knott). >> >> Linda Reno >> >> --- >> >> >> >> >>