That must have been an earlier research because by the time it got to me, she placed William/Mary Watkins in Thomas' family. That's probably not an unusual occurrence. We all make changes as new and different components of research come to us. I'll try to find the time to ferret out the court records that would attach William/Mary Watkins to Thomas. If it doesn't storm again today I'm going out of town for a bit but no doubt I will get back to the List shortly Brownie MacKie wrote: > Margarette Hutchins did this research, and in her report placed Thomas's son > William with Patience. So it had to be the William in the will. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wilma C. Hillman" <hillman@one.net> > To: <YOUNGER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 7:40 PM > Subject: Re: [YOUNGER] William/William > > > > > What verbage in the will of Thomas made you think Thomas was referring to > the William who married Patience? > > > > Brownie MacKie wrote: > > > > > The William, who married Patience[surname?], who received Thomas's > > > carpenter's tools in Thomas's will, is the only "documented" son of > Thomas. > > > And Thomas named only one William in his will. > > > > > > So... > > > where did William, who married Mary Watkins come from, and who were his > > > parents? > > > > > > ==== YOUNGER Mailing List ==== > > > For a place To Store and show pictures of your ancesters, goto > www.ancientfaces.com (If anyone has a problem with this little ad, let me > know.) > > > > > > ============================== > > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > > > your heritage! > > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > > > > ==== YOUNGER Mailing List ==== > > For a place To Store and show pictures of your ancesters, goto > www.ancientfaces.com (If anyone has a problem with this little ad, let me > know.) > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > ==== YOUNGER Mailing List ==== > For a place To Store and show pictures of your ancesters, goto www.ancientfaces.com (If anyone has a problem with this little ad, let me know.) > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library