Hi, Ed, The world was pretty small in the early days and there wasn't a large pool of possible spouses to choose from. In my line I have some cousins marrying: Robert Piatt (1830-1883) s/o John of Daniel of John of Jacob of Regnier m. his cousin Catherine Canby (1828-1888) d/o of Robert of Daniel of John of Jacob of Regnier; they were the parents of my great-grandfather Dr. Louis H. Piatt of Boone Co., KY. Elise Greenup Jourdan ----- Original Message ----- From: "ed pyeatt" <ned_ludd@webtv.net> To: <PIATT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 2:55 AM Subject: Re: [PIATT] Elizabeth Hannah Piatt, brn 1828 > Anita - > Brothers marrying sisters, etc. may > not be so far fetched, after all. In the > Pyeatt (Piatt) lineage we find, about > 1700, the brothers, Jacob and Thomas > Pyatt marrying the Hull sisters, Mary and > Mercy, respectively. Then, in about 1790, > the Pyeatt brothers (Maj.) Jacob and > James married the Finley sisters, > Margaret and Catherine, and emigrating > as a group to (what is now) Arkansas > in 1810. Then we find the son and daughter of (Maj.) Jacob and Margaret, > John and Mary marrying Martha (Patsy) > Carnahan and her brother, Samuel. > The grandsons of (Maj.) Jacob and > Margaret, John, Andrew (my ggf), and > their nephew, Peter, marrying the > daughters of Thos. H. Tennant, > Margaret, Miranda (my ggm), and > Nettie Tennant. These marriages > span the family history from New England > to North Carolina to Arkansas. > On my mother's side, we have my > gf, C.H.Roberts wed to Alice Hay, > who bore him the first four of his eight > children. She died in 1910, following > the birth of my uncle, Chas. Roberts. > C.H. Roberts then married Alice Hay's > sister, Ninnie Lou Hay. I suppose that, > should Ninnie Lou (Hay) Roberts have > died, Clyde H. could have married the > remaining Hay, Flora. > I doubt seriously that these were > all that isolated, as marriages went, > and may still happen. There was strength > in numbers in the past, and the group > loyalty would be enhanced by sibling > marriages. In fact, that is probably > still the case. Don't discount it as a possibility, the evidence is > right there, in the family history. > Keep searching, and be prepared for > pleasant and interesting surprises. > Ed > > > > ==== PIATT Mailing List ==== > The PIATT mailing list archives can be searched at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/PIATT-L/ > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >