OOps I mis-wrote. ... I did not mean to ask if Mary Morehead listed as sister had married Thomas Massie. ERROR. I know better. ... I meant only the question about Mary Wheatley, sis of Joseph as the Mary who m'd John Morehead Jr. ..... Then John Morehead Jr & Mary Wheatley had a Marry Morehead who m'd Thomas Massie. SORRY. Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Starks" <sstarks@tampabay.rr.com> > Jim, I am so glad you posted this. You have cleared up at least 2 > questions > for me. > James Wheatley's Mary is one of them. > >NO.. !! MEANT TO ERASE.. Is the "Mary Morehead" you list as sister of >Joseph Wheatley the one who m'd Thomas Massie, b. abt 1742-1745.? ERROR. > * Do you have these siblings of Joseph Wheatly as the children of George > Wheatley & Mary Henry? > .. If so, then the Mary Morehead with the bequest from Joseph Wheatley, is > the Mary Wheatley who m'd John Morehead Jr. > * John Morehead Jr & Mary Wheatley had a daughter, Mary 'Molly' Morehead, > who m'd Thomas Massie, b.abt 1742 - 1745. > ... After Mary 'Molly' (Morehead) Massie's death, Thomas Massie, m'd Dolly > (Farrow) Graham, widow of Duncan Graham. > > After the death of John Morehead Jr, a George Morehead was the > administrator > of his estate. After many years, he sued to settle the squabble over this > estate. This suit was valuable to separate the children of Thos Massie & > Mary (Morehead) from the children of Thos Massie & Dolly (Farrow). > > Thanks, Shirley Starks > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Ball" <jd_ball2001@yahoo.com> > >> I'm fairly confident now that Mary Dodd, d/o Nathaniel Sr. and Sarah, >> married >> Joseph Wheatley. There were no children from this union. He died about >> Dec >> 1795 >> and she remarried to Browner Dowdall 13 Dec 1796 and removed to Culpeper. >> Joseph >> left his entire estate, sans the widow's dower, to his brothers and >> sister: >> George, *Mary Morehead*, John, James, William, and Daniel. Meanwhile, >> Joseph's >> brothers, James and John died and the lawsuits began. Lots of Bills in >> Chancery >> (which weren't available when I started doing this). James Jr. was the >> administrator for both his father and uncle Joseph. I believe he was the >> one who >> was married to Mary Martin which I apparently confused with Mary Dodd. >> >> Mary (Dodd) Wheatley-Dowdall was deceased by 1815, probably in Culpeper. >> Her >> brother James Dodd was the husband of Leanna Wheatley, d/o John. Yes, he >> was >> party to the lawsuits. The six siblings to Joseph as mentioned above >> where >> children of George Wheatley Sr. >> >> Cheers... >> Jim >> --- >> Please visit "The Ball Family of Carter's Run" >> http://www.ballsplace.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFAUQUI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message