(Please excuse any multiple emails, since I was trying to let everyone know about this). Hi, I am very pleased to let you know that another great "find" has been made with the Andrews and Drumright families. A few months ago we were trying to learn more about Ephraim's daughter that married William Drumright. (This Ephraim is the son of William and Avis Andrews of Dinwiddie Co., VA). >From Ephraim's will (from a handwritten instrument, found in the files of the Williamson County TN courthouse Archives), we knew the names of his children: "Item. And all the rest of my estate both real and personal after my wife's decease or widowhood, I desire should be equally divided amongst my six children, to wit; George, Knacy H., Ephraim, Stacy, Elizabeth and Nancy, with the following exceptions to wit;...." and we also knew that William Drumright seemed to fit into the family in some way: "Item. My will and desire is that the price with the hire of one negro fellow named Tom that is now in the possession of George Andrews and William Drumwright, shall be taken out of their part of the estate, and the two hundred dollars that George Andrews paid the said Drumwright for Tom is to be subtracted out of the said Drumwright's part of said negro." Available data that we checked had conflicting information. The daughter Nancy was sometimes seen as the wife of Benjamin Bugg, and sometimes as the wife of William Drumright. After some digging, we were able to prove that "Nancy" was the Ann Andrews that married Benjamin Bugg. That left us with William Drumright appearing to be a son-in-law, but we weren't even absolutely sure about that. Ed Waller found the first clue. It was in Lunenburg Co. Deed Book 22, page 212. George Andrews of Lunenburg Co. (Ephraim's son) and William Drumright of Mecklenburg Co. appointed a lawyer, "each being lawfully entitled to a Legacy or child's part of the Estate of Ephraim Andrews and also the Estate of Ann Andrews, deceased of Williamson County and State of Tennessee." This supported the theory that William was a son-in-law, but what was her name? We knew that it wasn't Ann/Nancy (she married Benjamin Bugg). We knew it wasn't Elizabeth (she married John Young). That only left Stacy, but no one had any information about this daughter. Frances Harper, one of our most dedicated researchers, found the last piece of the puzzle! The Marriage License Bonds of Mecklenburg County, Virginia from 1765 to 1810 page 1 Allen, Gray & Molley Nance, 16 Dec. 1791, William Drumright sec. Notes from grooms brother Darling Allen, wit. Stacy Drumright & bride's father, Robert Nance, wit. Drury Allen. This is the first time we have seen William Drumright's name in the same document with a Stacy Drumright. This 1791 would have been before Ephraim wrote his will in 1807, and would be before William Drumright married Sally Gilliam Bradley in 1811. No previous marriage records were found for William Drumright, but we knew that he had a wife before Sally. His children were born long before that marriage. In addition to all the other evidence that he was a son-in-law to Ephraim Andrews, he named a son, Ephraim Andrews Drumright. We know Ephraim had a daughter, Stacy, and we couldn't find her married to anyone else. Now we do find a Stacy Drumright in a document with William Drumright. Given all the above, we think that Ephraim's daughter, Stacy, was the daughter that married William Drumright. For you Drumright researchers, William Drumright also married a daughter of William Bowen Jr. and Lucrecy. We know that she died before 1787, from the will of Hicks Bowen (Mecklenburg Co. Will Book 2, page 221). Her name has been reported as Nancy, but thus far, no documentation for this has been found. It would appear that William married #1 Unknown Bowen, who was deceased before 1787. #2 Stacy Andrews, daughter of Ephraim and Ann Andrews. She was alive in 1807 when Ephraim wrote his will. #3. Sally Gilliam/Gelleam Bradley, 24 Sept 1811, Mecklenburg Co., Va. We welcome your comments. Sue