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Now I feel somewhat silly and stupid....it sort of all makes sense. John Cave could have
been a very old man and taken a young second wife..this was quite common during these
times.
Also, people fogret that there were many religious wars being "fought out" on
the new Continent. I think it is interesting about the refrence that the Caves cannot
appraise the estate, and knowing that the Echols were Quakers, that John Mercer was
possibly a Quaker, etc..and this has something to do with the view of holding slaves,
etc.
But I have to stress that, to my knowledge, no researcher has taken the time to go to the
Caroline, Orange, Stafford, etc courthouses and see some of the other legal documents,
like estate appraisals, guardianships, lawsuits..which often tell of familial
relationships. Also church records, of whatever denomination, which are still extant but
unpublished..