It looks as though one of my old problems surfaced again ... I transposed some numbers. It should be 3631-William not 3136-William Thurmon E King <thurmonking@juno.com> wrote: >Chris: > >One observation concerning Weygant's claim of the marriage licence for >Richard Sackett and Margery L. Sleade and your question as to whether it >would have been Margery L. Crego if she had been married to Stephen >Crego. > >In the account that Weygant (p. 339-340) gives for 3136-Col. William >Sackett's marriage it is stated that he married Anna Sisselberger in >Washington, D.C. in 1862. However, the marriage record her name is given >as Anna Modio and in her "Widow's Pension Declaration" her name is given >as Mrs. Anna Amodier. Although we have not found the Sisselberger >connection it would appear that Weygant had information the the maiden >name of Mrs. Amodier was Sisselberger and used her maiden name rather >than her married name. > >This COULD be the situation here. > >On the other hand, in other instances Weygant made it clear that spouses >had been previously married. > >How is that for creating muddy water ? > >Thurmon > >On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:48:29 -0000 "Chris Sackett" <chris@sackett.org.uk> >writes: >> Blanche, >> ><CLIPPED> >> >> According to Weygant, Richard Sackett & Margery L Sleade obtained a >marriage >> licence on 11 May 1699 in NY City. We have not had sight of this >licence, >> but if Margery had been previously married to a Stephen Crego then >surely >> the licence would have been in the name of Crego rather than Sleade? >> ><CLIPPED> >> I do not know the answer to the problem you pose. On the face of it, >> it >> would appear to me that Josiah Crego and Josiah Crego Sackett were >> distinct >> individuals, the latter being named in honour of the former. >> >> Chris > > >==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== >Tried the RootsWeb Archives and Search Engine on the Web yet...? > http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/lists/ > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > -- Thurmon Accurate Information Is Our Goal. __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455