I hope I haven't missed a post here, but the one situation I've been more likely in my truly limited experience to see the wife's name is if the husband sells the land, and there is a court record showing that she relinquished her dower rights, as any alert purchaser would have required. I have in my possession only about 12 deeds, all for Baughs/neighbors in land in Henrico/Chesterfield on the Appomatox around what is now Ashton Creek (my Cathole). None of them have a wife's name. There are at least 20 more deeds affecting that property and next door neighbors before 1750 that I don't have. Best Regards, Janet (Baugh) Hunter
The question usually is not whether the names of wives appeared in the deeds of husbands, it is whether or not by reason of her death before him, by court entry, by a separate oath, or by an assent being appended to the deed, that wife did in fact agree to the sale. Then too, a few colonies/states did not provide identical "widow's shares." So remember, the question could NOT arise unless the wife outlived that husband and brought the matter to the attention of the court sitting in probate. Said another way, if she predeceased him OR if she otherwise was provided for by her kids or someone else, the matter of her dower interest in those lands purchased and sold by her husband during marriage (coverture) almost never would arise. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: <jleehunt1@aol.com> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 11:08 AM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Re: Land Sales/Dower Right Relinquishment | I hope I haven't missed a post here, but the one situation I've been more | likely in my truly limited experience to see the wife's name is if the | husband sells the land, and there is a court record showing that she | relinquished her dower rights, as any alert purchaser would have required. | | I have in my possession only about 12 deeds, all for Baughs/neighbors in land | in Henrico/Chesterfield on the Appomatox around what is now Ashton Creek (my | Cathole). None of them have a wife's name. There are at least 20 more | deeds affecting that property and next door neighbors before 1750 that I | don't have. | | Best Regards, | Janet (Baugh) Hunter | | | ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== | VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb | | | ============================== | Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp | |