In a message dated 12/18/2005 5:02:45 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, VA-SOUTHSIDE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: -Message: #6 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 21:16:32 -0500 From: "Westview" <westview@brookneal.net> To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <00cf01c60379$10c35240$f7a2fe41@computer> Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Explanation Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Paul, Marla, et al, I have an early example from Maryland of "son-in-law" being used for a step-child. In 1690, John Boreing of the Patapsco Neck in eastern Baltimore County died leaving a widow, Anne, and four minor children: a daughter and three sons. Shortly thereafter Anne married their neighbor, John Ferry. Captain Ferry died in 1698 and in his will he directed his friend Charles Merryman to oversee the upbringing of his "sons-in-law John, James, and Thomas Boreing." I found this item while working on an archaeological report I researched and wrote a decade ago but I recall it quite vividly since it was the first time I had ever run across the usage. It is found in Baltimore County, MD Will Book 1; I don't recall the page number, but I can probably track it down if anyone is desperate for the citation :-) Kathy My husband descends from a Violet Boring (sp varies) who m. John Swanger, b. ca. 1781. Violet's family line lived in Maryland before going to NC.. Do you have more information on the Borings? Thanks, Ellie Swanger
Good example, Kathy. Thanks. As mentioned, though rare in the law reports, in wills and other materials there were a number of situations in which, now and then, labels of sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, etc. were used where the relationship was by law or affinity, and not by consanguinity. Genealogy without documentation is nothing. Paul Drake JD Genealogist & Author <www.DrakesBooks.com> 931-484-9129 ----- Original Message ----- From: EllieSS@aol.com To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 1:17 PM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Re: VA-SOUTHSIDE-D Digest V05 #213 In a message dated 12/18/2005 5:02:45 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, VA-SOUTHSIDE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: -Message: #6 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 21:16:32 -0500 From: "Westview" <westview@brookneal.net> To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <00cf01c60379$10c35240$f7a2fe41@computer> Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Explanation Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Paul, Marla, et al, I have an early example from Maryland of "son-in-law" being used for a step-child. In 1690, John Boreing of the Patapsco Neck in eastern Baltimore County died leaving a widow, Anne, and four minor children: a daughter and three sons. Shortly thereafter Anne married their neighbor, John Ferry. Captain Ferry died in 1698 and in his will he directed his friend Charles Merryman to oversee the upbringing of his "sons-in-law John, James, and Thomas Boreing." I found this item while working on an archaeological report I researched and wrote a decade ago but I recall it quite vividly since it was the first time I had ever run across the usage. It is found in Baltimore County, MD Will Book 1; I don't recall the page number, but I can probably track it down if anyone is desperate for the citation :-) Kathy My husband descends from a Violet Boring (sp varies) who m. John Swanger, b. ca. 1781. Violet's family line lived in Maryland before going to NC.. Do you have more information on the Borings? Thanks, Ellie Swanger ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== Rootsweb Acceptable Use Policy forbids posting copyrighted material which you do not own to Rootsweb Lists. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/206 - Release Date: 12/16/2005