Its possibly the same Tandy Dix, but its 52 years later! Maybe a son of his?? ----- Original Message ----- From: Brownie MacKie <BMacKie1@compuserve.com> To: <YOUNGER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [YOUNGER] Re: Will of John Ferguson > >From Ancestry: > > Va Marriages: TANDY DIX NANCY BURKE 11 June 1822 Essex > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wilma Norton" <wilma@softcom.net> > To: <YOUNGER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 5:38 PM > Subject: [YOUNGER] Re: Will of John Ferguson > > > > > > Here is the will of John Ferguson: > > Will of John Ferguson 1769. Records of Essex County. Tappahannock, > > Virginia. Will Book 12. 1762-1775. p382. Dated 22 April 1769. > Probated > > 16 April 1770. Refers to wife Sarah, to son Josephall, to son James, to > son > > Thomas, to son Benjamin, to daughter Anne Jones, to son-in-law and > daughter > > Joseph and Elizabeth Ryland, to son-in-law and daughter Thomas and Jail > > Ryland, to son-in-law and daughter Benj and Katherine Haile and their > > children, to daughter Amy Garnett, to daughter Sarah Grigging (name also > > appears in will as Griffin), to grand-daughter Sarah Younger, to > son-in-law > > Tandy Dix, to grandson John Younger. Executors, wife Sarah, friend Mr. > > Joseph Burnett and son-in-law Thomas Ryland. Witnesses Hugh Wilson, John > > Croxton, James Wilson, William Roane. (Source: FTM CD#187, VA > Genealogies > > #3, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. II, King and Queen County, Records > > Concerning 18th Century Persons, 5th Collection, The Learning Co. Inc.) > > > > My QUESTION: > > Why are the two Younger grandchildren listed as "to grandaughter Sarah > > Younger, to son-in-law Tandy Dix, to grandson John Younger"? IF these two > > grandchildren are children of one of his daughters who married a Younger - > > why is Tandy Dix separating them? It would seem more likely he would name > > them together if they were brother and sister -- I wonder if maybe TWO of > > his daughters married into the Younger family? If so, evidently both the > > father and mother are deceased as he didn't name a son-in-law Younger. OR > > possibly the Sarah Grigging married first to a Younger, and after his > death > > married Mr. Grigging (or Griffin) and the granddaughter Sarah Younger is > her > > child. Which still leaves us with grandson John Younger. Another GUESS > is > > that maybe an unnamed daughter married a Younger, she had a son John > > Younger, she then remarried to Tandy Dix who was raising this John, and > then > > she died, leaving Mr. Dix as step-father to her son. ALL conjecture of > > course, but the separating of the two Younger grandchildren has intrigued > > me. > > > > Wilma > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Brownie MacKie <BMacKie1@compuserve.com> > > To: <YOUNGER-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 9:20 AM > > Subject: Re: [YOUNGER] Another Alexander; and John and Mary > > > > > > > I do not think that Thomas married Sarah Ferguson. I think some other > > > Younger did. If Thomas married Sarah Ferguson, why did he not name John > > and > > > Sarah Younger as his children in his will as John Ferguson named them in > > his > > > will as his grandchildren? > > > > > > > > > > > ==== YOUNGER Mailing List ==== > > If anyone knows what would make a good line for this area. Don't hesitate > to e-mail > > > > ============================== > > 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.) > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >