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== Virginia, 1642, NY 1721-1759 – Widows, Wills and Dower Rights == | == Virginia, 1642, NY 1721-1759 – Widows, Wills and Dower Rights == | ||
I thought it was interesting reading the wills of men. The order of recipients in the wills caught my eye. The majority of the men left their belongings first to their sons, his daughters next, followed by the wife. In very few cases was the wife mentioned first and in them if the wife married someone else the law would decide what she would receive and she would receive very little of the estate. - Amy Van Ness | I thought it was interesting reading the wills of men. The order of recipients in the wills caught my eye. The majority of the men left their belongings first to their sons, his daughters next, followed by the wife. In very few cases was the wife mentioned first and in them if the wife married someone else the law would decide what she would receive and she would receive very little of the estate. - Amy Van Ness | ||
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| + | The wills aren't all too surprising... sons, daughters, then wife. Typical. My question is how were wills left? Was there a person they were given to in town or did they just keep them handy at the bedside? - Christine | ||
== Women’s Estates, Mass, 1664, NY 1747-1759 == | == Women’s Estates, Mass, 1664, NY 1747-1759 == | ||
