In a message dated 1/8/2003 5:29:07 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > The story about Margaret Via's family being the gardners for the Maupins is > not true, I believe it was chanaged and referred to Marie Hersent Maupin's > second husb and Thomas Crease who was a gardner at the Governor's Palace > and at William and Mary College. Recently I corresponded with William and > Mary college and they verfied the fact that Thomas did indeed work there > beginning in 1726 after the Governor died with whom Thomas had came from > England in 1722. > William, I just can't imagine where or how the lore got started that a Via was a gardner for the Maupin's. Generally there is at least a shred of truth in these stories. But I can't figure this one out. If Thomas didn't start gardening at William and Mary until 1726 Margaret Via and Daniel Maupin were married before that as their children were born in the early 1720's. (Gabriel Maupin I believe was born about 1720). And for Gabriel to disapprove of Daniel's marriage that disapproval would have had to have been before 1720 when Gabriel died. So there is a span in there from about 1711/1716 until 1720 when a Via could have gardened for the Maupin's but it would have had to have been for Gabriel Maupin and not Thomas Crease. From the Vestry records it is unclear to me if Amer died 1711 or closer to 1716. William Via does not show up in processioning records until 1731 in Hanover County. And when he does show up he appears to be on the land of Amer Via. So I suppose anything's possible. Were the younger children sent to Williamsburg? If so why? Robert was in the processioning records in Hanover starting in 1715..... Judy