Hi. I am going through a long and somewhat complicated mid 18th century will and have a couple of queries re the meaning of words that I am hoping someone may be able to help me with. Firstly:- I have one sister in law referred to as 'widow' but then a second sister in law referred as 'relict and widow'; presumably 'widow and relict' means something different to just 'widow'. I have a vague memory that relict indicated a widow who had since remarried. Am I on the right lines? I have 'googled' but all it gives for relict is either widow or widower. Secondly:- I have one niece referred to as 'wife of..... ' and yet another nice referred to as 'now wife of......' Does the word 'now' in this context have a particular meaning?.. With many thanks, Robin 9107.
Hi Robin The only vaguely helpful definition I could find online is this one - Definition: a widow, a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again - from http://genealogy.about.com/library/glossary/bldef-relict.htm - interestingly the reverse of what your memory was telling you! I would guess that the 'now' indicates that she was previously married to someone else. Christine Jackson SFHG 397 ________________________________ From: ROBIN COATES <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 7:10:34 AM Subject: [SFHG] Meaning of words in 18th century will. Hi. I am going through a long and somewhat complicated mid 18th century will and have a couple of queries re the meaning of words that I am hoping someone may be able to help me with. Firstly:- I have one sister in law referred to as 'widow' but then a second sister in law referred as 'relict and widow'; presumably 'widow and relict' means something different to just 'widow'. I have a vague memory that relict indicated a widow who had since remarried. Am I on the right lines? I have 'googled' but all it gives for relict is either widow or widower. Secondly:- I have one niece referred to as 'wife of..... ' and yet another nice referred to as 'now wife of......' Does the word 'now' in this context have a particular meaning?.. With many thanks, Robin 9107. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message