----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 1:11 AM Subject: Re: [VIA-L] interesting tidbits > In a message dated 12/1/2002 6:59:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > And the last known record of > > Amer being alive was 1716 when his land was processioned. > > Edna, > After reading what was in "Men of Matadequin" regarding heirs, etc. the > Parish records for Amer appear to me to mean: > > 14 Mar 1711/12...Amor Viah and George Turner - overseers. Obviously Amer was > still alive at this time. > > 17 Mar 1711/12 ..order to procession the land which included the land of Marg > Via. > To me this means Amer was deceased. > > 3 April 1716..order to procession the land which included Mary Via. The > return says that processioning was done and referred to the land of Amor Via. > This seems to indicate that the youngest child was not of age, so the estate > was not distributed yet and remained the land of "Amor Via." > > There were no processioning records for the Amer precinct for 1719 and none > for his lands until 1731 when William shows up in the same precinct Amer had > lived in. So this could mean the youngest child came of age between 1719 and > 1730. Then when the processioning records started in 1731 William was there. > > Now I wonder if this could reflect who the eldest was William or Robert? Interesting. I guess it depends on whether the laws of primature (I think I didn't spell that right.) were being used. I know I may have asked this before, and if I have, please forgive me, since currently I'm definitely not at my best, both mentally and physically. Lots of meds. Anyway, has anyone traced and verified the line of Robert Via, William's brothe? Sue, muddling around with the bad headache and mood swings due to prednisone dosages > > Judy >