----- Original Message ----- From: Janice Taylor To: doreatr@rbnet.com Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 2:28 PM Subject: Purdum This is my Brickwall: I have never been able to find the surname of Mary, who was the first wife of Benjamin Purdum who died in Loudoun Co. His will names his sons Jeremiah (who married Mary__? and had daughter Priscilla who is my ancestor), and John who had evidently left home. The will of Benjamin Purdum, proved in Loudoun Co. in 1812, also mentions... "Thirdly - I will and bequeath unto my former wife's sister Lydia Jeans ("J" is questionable) or her heirs the just sum of one hundred dollars to be paid in twelve months after my decease. Fourthly - I will and bequeath unto my former wife's sister Deborah Bradock or her heirs the sum of one hundred dollars to be paid also in twelve months after my decease." I am also descended from one of the brothers of Benjamin Purdum who remained in Frederick/Montgomery Co., MD, so I have quite a bit of information on the family. The wife of Jeremiah Purdum is also unknown - does anyone have that information? Janice Beall Taylor jlbtaylor@verizon.net