In a message dated 1/19/98 5:17:53 PM, hgdonald@leo.infi.net wrote: <<Does anyone know who the MARY BIRD (mentioned in this will) married? My ancestor James Armstrong married a Mary (Mollie) Bird, and his eldest daughter married Alexander Mebane, Jr. Could this be the Mary he married? Helen Gant Donald MS LOUISE T OVERTON wrote: > > Orange County, NC > Will Book D > Page 155 > > JAMES BIRD..will written 24 October 1793...proved August Court 1805 > no wife mentioned > "Youngest son Thomas all my land I now possess" > "the whole of my children saying Richard, Empson, Thomas, Sarah, Mary, > Susanna, and Catherine each to share and share alike in moveable estate > > Exe: sons Richard BIRD and Empson BIRD > Wit: Alexander MEBANE, James MEBANE Jr > >> Hi Helen and all, The Mary mentioned in James Bird's will was Mary Bird Graham, second wife of John Graham of Orange/Alamance County, North Carolina. Your ancestor, Mary, who married James Armstrong, was most likely the sister of James Bird, Mary Bird Graham's father, judging from the generation factor. Mary Bird Graham was my ancestress. John Fox Winston-Salem, NC