If anyone could help me with this Margaret C. I'd appreciate it. She is thought to be the daughter of John Fish (1789-1864) and Susan Abernathy (1801 - ?). The information I have is as follows: Margaret C. (as is given on her marriage bond) married Newton Jasper Mayhew, the son of William and Anna Mayhew. Newton Jasper was a cousin of Moses Mayhew, who married Rebecca Fish, Briant Fish’s daughter. Wilburn Fish, the oldest son of John, and bondsman at Newton Jasper and Margaret C’s wedding, married Margaret E. Mayhew. Obviously the Fish and Mayhew families got along pretty well; maybe too well for Margaret C’s good. Margaret C. is not in the 1850 Census but there is a suspicious four year gap between Sydney and Eliza, where there was, as usual, only a two-year gap between the first children. Margaret C. would have been the first-born daughter. If you look at the 1860 Census for Iredell County, NC, Margaret C. and Newton have a daughter, Mary, who is 9 years old. The census was taken on 28 June 1860. Margaret C. and Newton were married in Catawba County on 7 June 1851. If Mary’s age is correct, Margaret C. was pregnant with Mary when she married, perhaps “great with child.” Also, Margaret C. is not mentioned in Susannah Abernathy Fish’s last will. You see where I’m going. Based on this evidence, I believe that Margaret C. was disowned by her family because of Mary. I know that Margaret C.’s last child, Martha Florida was not Newton’s child, because he had died of disease in the Civil War four years before her birth. Martha was also my great grandmother and her illegitimacy is common knowledge in my family. So the question is, was Margaret C. the daughter of John Fish? Thank you very much for your patience and any help.