I've found a number of wills in which grandchildren with still living parents were mentioned--especially if they had names of the testator or his/her spouse, or names of their parents. Since I have no real idea (only guesses based on possible naming traditions) of what Isabella named her daughters, or the name of the third son, I was hoping Andrew and Isabella had used some family names that might get such mention in her parents' will. It was an just an idea based on other wills I'd seen in many other families. Cecilia -----Original Message----- From: ncorange-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncorange-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of rlmlfm@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:56 AM To: ncorange@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCORANGE] Collins and Hastings families: mid 1700's to early 1800's. Wills of Andrew Collins and Henry C. Hastings Sr.? Sue's statement about grandchildren not being mentioned in a will unless the parent who would have been the heir is deceased is correct.? Henry Hastings gave his daughter Margaret Adams one dollar to her and her heirs forever and he gave the same to his daughter Isbell (spelling in?transcribed will)?Collins, his daughter Elizabeth Watson, his daughter Ester Thompson, and his son-in-law Thomas Crabtree.? He gave more to his sons James, Joseph, John and William and to his daughter Mary Hastings.? Henry gave his daughter Mary Hastings a note for fifty dollars payable 1 Jan. 1814?to be given to his grandson John Young.??John Young was the only grandchild mentioned in Henry's will, apparently Henry had a daughter who was married to a Young, the daughter was deceased by the time that Henry wrote his will on 10 May 1812,?and?John was their son.? There were no slaves mentioned in his will. Linda -----Original Message----- From: Tony & Sue Skay Abruscato <sueskay@sbcglobal.net> To: ncorange@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 2:12 pm Subject: Re: [NCORANGE] Collins and Hastings families: mid 1700's to early 1800's. Wills of Andrew Collins and Henry C. Hastings Sr.? At 11:03 AM 2/19/2008, you wrote: >It's interesting that Henry Hastings didn't mention any of his six >grandchildren by Andrew and Isabella (Hastings) Collins Normally grandchildren would not be mentioned unless the parent who was the an heir to the estate was deceased. At that time, the children would inherit their parents share of the estate. Sue ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.8/1287 - Release Date: 2/19/2008 10:55 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.8/1289 - Release Date: 2/20/2008 10:26 AM