Hi, Looking through my "Virginia Wills and Administrations" book, there is a Morgan Lewis who died in 1677 (or would that have been when the will was written?). Anyway, if our died then, or not long after, this would have left Sarah time to marry Thomas, and have that oldest son, Thomas, in 1682-83. Has anyone seen a copy of Lewis's will? We really need to take a look at it, don't you think? I have a question, and perhaps there is someone more acquainted with wills, etc. who could give us an answer. If Morgan Lewis died young, and left an orphan, wouldn't his estate continue until the child was "of age?" For instance, IF Sarah had a child about 1675, that child would turn 21 about 1696. That's the year that the children were in court vs. Tho: Peddenton & Sarah his wife. I was wondering if the estate of Lewis could not be completed as long as the children were "orphans" (or underage). And it seems as though I'd heard somewhere that the way the children eventually got their legal inheritance once they were old enough, was to do it through the court system. Maybe there was no dispute between Sarah and her daughters, but that was just the way the transfer was made. I would love to hear if anyone knows about such things. I noticed that Thomas's estate (d. 1701/2) was not completely finished (as far as I could see) until 1707. I wonder if the three boys were finally of age by that time. This was an account of the estate of Thomas Pidington, deceased, and signed by Abbegell Middleton (mark). > Edward and John wished to be raised by their uncle, or more > likely, his wife, the sister of their mother, rather than their step mother > and her new husband. Wasn't Robert Andrews the one chosen as Guardian? And this is the man married to Ann, daughter of Morgan Lewis, deceased? Wouldn't Ann probably be Sarah's daughter by Morgan Lewis? And wouldn't this make Robert Andrews the husband of Thomas Pennington's half-sister? Gee, it's about midnight, and my brain is s-l-o-w. Sue