Or -- one was the son of an older sister & brought up as the parents' son, Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: rosemary@high-forest.co.uk Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nivard Ovington wrote: > That is certainly a thought but a while back there was discussion on one > list of a family in circa 1750 who had five sons, all named William and > three lived to marry and have a family of their own > > Perhaps the parents really liked the name <g> or perhaps it was a bet :-) > > Or they had a really rich relative named William ? <vbg> > > Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > > >> What most likely happened was that the elder William was very ill and >> not expected to live when his mother had her next son, so he was >> called William. When the elder William survived after all, the family >> had two sons living named William. >> >> -- >> Charani (UK)

Not unless the vicar went along with it. The girls were having illegitimate babies AND having them baptised AND shown as being "single woman" (or other phrases!). Both Williams claimed the same father on their marriage lines - though that would be the case if they were "absorbed" to hide illegitimacy. It was just a set of circumstances I had to accept and live with! My connection is through one of the illegitimate children anyway <bg> But I suppose the theme of all this is to NEVER accept anything you find without exploring the possibilities of it being a "cover up", deliberate or otherwise. Family history is full of oddities... Jacqui ----- Original Message ----- From: Rosemary Probert To: warwick@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [WAR] A Nickname Or -- one was the son of an older sister & brought up as the parents' son, Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: rosemary@high-forest.co.uk Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nivard Ovington wrote: > That is certainly a thought but a while back there was discussion on one > list of a family in circa 1750 who had five sons, all named William and > three lived to marry and have a family of their own > > Perhaps the parents really liked the name <g> or perhaps it was a bet :-) > > Or they had a really rich relative named William ? <vbg> > > Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > > >> What most likely happened was that the elder William was very ill and >> not expected to live when his mother had her next son, so he was >> called William. When the elder William survived after all, the family >> had two sons living named William. >> >> -- >> Charani (UK) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.30/1125 - Release Date: 11/11/2007 21:50