>a labor of love. Ok, here is the info I have from Harter's book: John Brady >signed the marriage bond as "John Bready," on July 30, 1805. John >Bready/Brady is my gggggrandfather and he was quit a itchy footed guy. He >grew up in Berks Co. Pa., moved to Pendleton Co. for about 7 years, and then >to Randolph Co. Va after the death of his wife in about 1806, and finally >Lewis Co. where he died in 1850. I've been luck enough to find a signature >of his in Berks Co. on a document from his fathers will. His father died >when he was 16yrs old. And then another signature from 1842 in Lewis Co. >Va.. It would be great to prove further if I had this in between time >signature to lock my proof together. > >Thanks so much for responding! >Cara Mary Harter's book "Marriage Bonds of Pendleton County" (1979), page 19: on 29 July 1805 John Bready and Barbara Lochin witnessed the consent of George Loch for his son John Lough to marry Hannah Smith. This does not imply that John Bready was married or had a wife. A John Brady did marry in Pendleton County on 17 April 1828 (Marriage Record 1:22). Nedra Nedra Dickman Brill, Certified Genealogist [email protected] Registrar, Oregon State Society DAR Regent, Portland Chapter, DAR Historian, Henckel Family National Association Coordinator Pendleton County, WV, [email protected] CG is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license after periodic evaluations by the Board. http://www.bcgcertification.org/