I have been trying to figure out the dates on my GGGgrandmothers will and testament and need some help from someone knowledgeable in interpretation of a will from the early 1830's. I have uploaded the 2 page will and listed below is the link. Have also uploaded the 6 page testament - links below. I have numbered every place in each of the two documents where dates appear (excluding inventory items). Listed below are the corresponding numbers with "my explanation" of what that date means. I am looking for input...can you confirm my explanation or correct me. I really appreciate any help you can provide and thank you for your input and expertise. As a side note, you may have to download into your own image program if the image is too small for you to read. Will - document pages 68 and 69 http://home.windstream.net/smith27/Will/Will68-69.jpg Testament document pages 450 through 455 http://home.windstream.net/smith27/Will/Test450-451.jpg http://home.windstream.net/smith27/Will/Test452-453.jpg http://home.windstream.net/smith27/Will/Test454-455.jpg My explanation of what each date means: 1. (will) 28 April 1835 - this date was the last entry on the previous will. The paragraph preceding the beginning of Charlotte McKenzie Donald's will. Also possible the same as 4a-b below. 2. (will) 17 May 1834 - date the will was written 3. (will) 9 May 1835 - ????????? 4a-b. (test) 28 Apr 1835 - this begins the testament for Charlotte McKenzie and is the date the writer, Alexander Brown, provided the inventory to the court 5 (test) 23 May 1834 - date of death Rev James Donald or....is this the date Charlotte died? 6 (test) 27 Apr 1835 - date the inventory was totaled ie. as of date 7 (test) 20 May 1834 (assume "last" means previous year?) date the will was executed 8 (test) 23 May 1834 - date of death of Charlotte McKenzie Donald (same date as James Donald - no. 5 above) 9 (test) 27 Apr 1835 - date Alexander Brown depones the death date of Charlotte McKenzie ie date sworn under oath 10 (test) 4 May 1835 - date inventories received and stamped 11 (test) 4 May 183? (probably 1835) date the 4 inventories were received - one of which was Charlotte McKenzie I also have another question... Why is the numbering different on the testament? For example, the first page shows 450 at the top left but 453 on the bottom left. Why wouldn't page 450 always be 450? Or...were three pages inserted in the whole document at some point and all the subsequent pages had to be renumbered? Thank you so much for any help you can provide. Barbara P.S. to Anne Burgess...you were so very helpful in finding their children...care to have a go at this???