You would have to go back probably to the will of the FATHER to see what HE left and to whom. Here is an example of one of mine where 1/2 siblings were involved. All of Rawleigh's sons received a 500-acre plantation around Goose Creek with the proviso that "each must have children" In the will he names his children as Joseph Chinn, Thomas Chinn, Chidchester Chinn, Rawleigh Chinn, and Ann (Chinn) Shearman; his wife Easter Chinn, and his godsons, Charles, Christopher, and Elijah. NOW, his "godsons" were his boys by another woman, who he never married because I think there was never any formal divorce granted from his first wife..... who happened to be 1st cousins to the "mistress" and mother of the "godsons". Here is the portion of the will regarding his first wife... To his wife Easter Chinn she received no land or other property. "I order my executor to pay to Easter Ball 25 pounds or 4000 lbs. of tobacco per annum as per order of the General Court, provided that she has no right to title by land to her dower in my said estate." However between the time of her husbands death in 1742 and the making of her will, Aug. 2, 1749, (recorded May 10, 1751) she had accumulated property and slaves as she willed the same to "my granddaughter, Easter Sherman" who was named executor of the estate. She named her children, Joseph Chinn, Rawleigh Chinn, Ann (Chinn) Shearman, Thomas Chinn and "ye Heir of (son) Chidchester Chinn, deceased", and left them each one shilling. SOOO.... he basically was providing alimony of sorts to her but how she got her hands on property and stuff after he died in order to stick it in her will, we don't know. I would assume it was granted to her by the court. Now daughter ANN then willed her portions etc to her brother. It is correct that men took over the ownership of property willed to the women by their fathers etc. Women were not allowed to own property and if it was to be sold the woman had to appear and sign off on it. Any property, slaves etc given to a woman by the father with provisions that upon her death etc..... the husband or the executor would be the guardian and make sure it was carried out. But unless it was given to her outright and became the property of the husband if he outlived her, there was usually provisions by the father that upon her death it be sold and divided among her heirs etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: <patriciamorano@bellsouth.net> To: <PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 12:42 PM Subject: [PALANCAS] Re: Inheritance through "half siblings" > My guess would be that unless it was the father who was the parent of all > the children, not much chance of inheriting unless the husband died first > and the wife left a will. They still would have had to have the same > father. Inheritances without a will were through the man. He owned even > the wife's property at that time unless there were other documents to > support his letting her keep her property. This information is only from > what records and experience I have had with my own families I am > researching. Pat Morano > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Rricabee@aol.com> > To: <PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 6:23 PM > Subject: Inheritance through "half siblings" > > > >I verified that a half sibling of my ancestor died in PA without leaving a > > will. She left surviving her two full siblings. However, she also had > > many > > "half siblings", all of whom probably predeceased her, all of them having > > the > > same father but a different mother. She owned real estate, and died > > childless. My question is, will it be worth having someone check out her > > estate in > > the latter 1800's? My ancestor was a half sibling to her, and I want to > > know > > his other full siblings and their families and their names. Would the > > PA > > law of that time require a distribution to the surviving heirs of all the > > half > > siblings, or will it distribute 100% to the surviving full siblings > > only?? > > > > Richard > > > > > ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe first check and see if you are getting list or digest mode then e-mail PALANCAS-L-request@rootsweb.com or PALANCAS-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in message. >