> > > I have a court record, from Isle of Wight Co, VA in the 1600s, > which states that Luke Kent was the son-in-law of Robert Edwards. I > have been told that the term "son-in-law" did not mean then what it > means now. Does anybody know what term son-in-law meant in the > 1600s? Son in law had two meaning, the husband of the your daughter or your step son. Deborah Byrd