What was the date of the will? Might she possibly have omitted Mary due to the fact that she was married already? Carol At 07:18 PM 9/20/2002 -0400, Jpsnidow2@aol.com wrote: >I do think that your Martha Wilmouth Williams probably WAS the dau. of James >Mastin Williams/Ann Elsa Motley. I'll have to dig through my notes to see >what I have on the Shelton connection. > >The one problem I have though, is your "Mary Elizabeth D. Williams" being the >sister of Martha W. The date is okay (1821) as James Mastin Wms. Jr. & Ann >Elsa Motley were married in May, 1820. But in the will of James' mother, >Wilmoth Walker Williams, she specifically mentions her grandchildren >"children of my son James M Williams-James M. Williams, Martha W. Williams, >Alice Williams, Mary Lemuel Williams, William D Williams, under 21". > >My research is slow (as time allows) but ongoing and I will certainly keep >you posted. Good luck with the computer problems. May you be back up and >running 100% soon! ~Jane > > > > > > > > > > >==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== >List web page: http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/lists/WILLIAMS.htm >Your WILLIAMS listowner - Carol >C-H <cch@netdoor.com> http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/