Fairfax County Book: Implied Marriages of Fairfax Co.Va. What years does this book cover??--Wilma M.(Cowsar)Brown A TUNNELL (not Gunnells) researcher.of Fairfax Co.Va..P.S.Looking for descendents of "Lady"Ann(Howard)& Wm.Tunnel (b.1702-03)in France.They resided nr,Fredericksburg, Spotslvania Co.Va.from 1731 to 1755.They moved to near Herndon,Fairdax Co.Va.in1755 but left in 1788 to go to Tn.I figure they had 12 to 13 kids and that 8(names unknown)stayed there !! Maybe all females.

Let me jump in here and explain the term "implied" marriages. The minister's returns for early marriages (pre 1853/54) in Fairfax County are no longer extant. As a way to determine the names of people who were married, archives Connie Ring read orders, wills, deeds, chancery papers, and misc. things filed in Drawer X (kinds of an original name, wouldn't you say?). From these documents, Connie extrapolated assumed marriages. As an example, when David Dogood devised to his daughter Priscilla Purple in his will, one can imply that Priscilla was married to a man with the surname Purple. In Peter Purple's pension application, if his wife's given name was Priscilla, there is a fairly good chance that Peter Purple was married to Priscilla Dogood. I found a wonderful implied marriage that is not recorded in Loudoun (where we have early ministers returns). These names are In a subpoena in a chancery file, Exr of George Gregg v. Abraham Dawson & Timothy Hixon, 1813-004. "We command you to summon Amos Dawson, John Palmer and Elizabeth his wife and William Dawson heirs of Abraham Dawson deceased." Now, because I'm an old school teacher who can't give away answers, you tell me the maiden name of John Palmer's wife.... Happy New Year, Marty Hiatt, CG ----- Original Message ----- From: <Grannywmb@aol.com> To: <VAFAIRFA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 12:02 AM Subject: Re Does this book IMPLIED Marriages in Fairfax Co cove rfrom 1750 to ?? > Fairfax County Book: Implied Marriages of Fairfax Co.Va. What > years > does this book cover??--Wilma M.(Cowsar)Brown A TUNNELL (not Gunnells) > researcher.of Fairfax Co.Va..P.S.Looking for descendents of > "Lady"Ann(Howard)& > Wm.Tunnel (b.1702-03)in France.They resided nr,Fredericksburg, Spotslvania > Co.Va.from 1731 to 1755.They moved to near Herndon,Fairdax Co.Va.in1755 > but left in > 1788 to go to Tn.I figure they had 12 to 13 kids and that 8(names > unknown)stayed there !! Maybe all females. > > >