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MELISSA THOMPSON ALEXANDER
ma.da(a)gte.net
edmonds, washington, usa
-----Original Message-----
From: Teddy Ronan [mailto:tronan@sccoast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 3:20 AM
To: MDSTMARY-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [MDSTMARY-L] Petition of Samuel Greenwell
I posted the following yesterday in a query about Martin FRENCH, then
promptly sat down to figure it out. I'll be danged if it makes any
sense to me. The numbers just don't seem to add up. Can someone help me
interpret. This is the best I could do:
Martin left no will: "d.intestate" (this is about the only thing I'm
sure of)
Brothers and sisters of Martin were: Mary French Greenwell (deceased),
James French, Raphael French and Ann French Yates (deceased). Each of
these siblings received 1/5 of the pot (4/5ths) Mary French Greenwell's
portion was passed to Samuel Greenwell (was he husband or son?). Ann
French Yates portion was divided into 6ths and passed to Ann's children
??? Ignatius, William, Martin (but he got 1/5), Eleanor, Barton,
Susannah. Where to Dorothy and George Cissell fit in? Also mentioned
are Eleanor French and John French who received the last 5th, heirs of
Ignatius (though not brother and sister of Martin??) This document
would also indicate that Martin left no children, is that a fair
assumption? Help me please, as this hugely impacts my siblings of
Martin, son of Ignatius.
"8/1/1804: Petition of Samuel Greenwell shows that a certain Martin
French
d. intestate on or about April 20, 1804 seized of "Twittenham", leaving
your petitioner, heir and representative of Mary Greenwell (deceased)
who
was sister to sd. Martin French and entitled to 1/5 part; James French,
a
brother 1/5 part; Raphael French, 1/5 part; Susanna Greenwell, Eleanor
Brown, William Yates, Ignatius Yates, Eleanor French, John French,
Dorothy
Cissell, George Cissell, and Barton Yates, which last mentioned five are
infants, his legal representatives. Eleanor French and John French,
heirs
of Ignatius French, 1/5; 1/6 to Barton Yates, heir; Martin Yates, dec'd
who
was one of the heirs of Ann Yates,dec'd, sister of the dec'd, 1/5; the
others 1/6 or 1/5 pt. to Susanna Greenwell, one of the heirs of Ann
Yates,
sister of the dec'd; Eleanor Yates, 1/6 of 1/5 of Ann Yates; William
Yates,
1/6 of 1/5 pt. of Ann Yates, sister of the dec'd; 1/6 of 1/5 pt. to
Ignatius Yates, of Ann Yates, sister of the dec'd; Dorothy Cissell and
George Cissell of Catherine Cissell, repres. of Ann Yates. Purchased by
Andrew Somerville, highest bidder. (SMC Land Commission Records, JH #5,
f.194)."