Forwarded to the list on behalf of Elreeta Weathers (who is a member).
Karon,
My sources for the Jan., 1663/4 marriage date--
1. Meyer, Virginia M. and John Frederick Dorman, Editors,
"Adventures of
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Purse and Person, Virginia 1607-1623 -3rd edition--page 564
This is the quote from Meyer and Dorman--and it says they were
married =
BY not ON 5 Jan., 1663/4
Okie doke. Thanks. I'd almost bet that Marty picked up the day/month from
this source and then the earlier year from assumptions, but we need to ask
him.
In the paragraph about Francis Slaughter:
"...His widow married (3) BY 6 Jan., 1663/64, Col. John Catlett of =
Rappahannock County and (4) 1672, The Rev. Amory Butler....." The =
reference for the third marriage is Rappahannock Co. Record Bk. 1656-64,
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p. 326.
2. Avant, Jr. David A.. Lt. Col. USARF (Ret.) "Some Southern
Colonial =
Families," Vol. 1, p. 100=20
Avant gives a marriage date of 1657 on p. 100.
Avant gives the marriage date of prior to 5 (not 6th) Jan., 1663/64
on =
page 170.
Avant - "Some Southern Colonial Families, " Vol. 3, p.
613---BEFORE 5 =
Jan., 1663/4.
By the time Vol. 3 (Southern Colonial Families) was in the works, Avant was in
contact with Fred Dorman and with George King who were providing him feedback
for Vol. 3. [King papers at VA Historical Society].
I had not noticed that John Catlett, Jr. was born in 1658!
I would agree that about 1657 is a more realistic marriage date.
Has anyone besides me wondered if there was an older son John (i.e. 2 sons
named John; not unheard of in that time).
How did Stubbs come up with that date? The girls' (Elizabeth and Sarah) ages
are based on their coming of age to receive their share of their parent's
estates. I can't remember if John's [John II] is recorded in the records of
Old Rapphannock/Essex Co. or not. (Am thinking it was...)
Francis Slaughter, Sr. 2nd husband of Elizabeth (Underwood) Butler,
made
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his will 1656/7. Francis was living as late as 3 Aug., 1657, he was
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listed in Rappahannock Co. Record Book, 1656-64, pg. 34. In his will he
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named his wife, Elizabeth Underwood (Taylor) Slaughter, his =
mother-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Upton, and his brother{-in-law,} Humphrey
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Booth.
-- so I would disagree with a marriage date to John Catlett in 1654.
Yep, I'd agree with that, too, based on Francis SLAUGHTER's will. (I don't
think I've studied it.)
Please make the correction about the marriage date for Elizabeth =
(Underwood) Butler to John Catlett, Sr. to about 1657.
I am not sure that I understand the correction about=20
""(Elizabeth Underwood was one of the step-daughters of Capt. John
> Upton of Isle of Wight County...)". =20
What you had posted in the original "Pt. 5 message" showed Elizabeth UNDERWOOD
as a step-daughter of Capt. John UNDERWOOD. (I presumed a typo after all the
typing you'd done.).
I cannot find my copy of Rigsby tonight --so I am sending a summary
of =
the information I have about Elizabeth's mother--Margaret (__?__) =
(UNDERWOOD) (UPTON) LUCAS. I am sending it as a Word document -- =
Und4201-- so you will have all of the documentation--endnotes.
The Word document was dropped by the RootsWeb filter for attachments, so it
wasn't received by me nor by the list (as you intended). [The filter looks as
if it actually tried to convert it to HTML].
Elreeta, if you don't mind, would you try sending the Word document to me
offlist. And if you want, you or I might try converting it to text and
posting in 2 or 3 parts to the list. (Will the endnotes convert intact?). I
think the message size restriction on the list might've rejected the
information in the Word attachment had it made it that far in the filtering
rules at RootsWeb.
Thanks,
Karon