I have also found in a lot of old wills, that sometimes not all the surviving children are mentioned because the father may have provided for them, in the form of land or money at a previous time prior to his death. A lot of times you'll find an earlier deed of gift that the father has filed with the court. Hope this helps. Sue At 11:56 AM 2/19/2008, you wrote: >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