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From: Pat Oliver <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Fw: Pittman and Wall DNA project
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 16:57:14 -0500
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> Hello,
> I have recently been infomed that 3 Pittman
>males match 25/25 with my Wall line.
> I really don´t understand how 2 different
>surnames could match 25/25 , unless there was
> an illegit. line on my Wall side. The weird
>thing is, these 3 Pittman men trace their lines
>back to
> Captain Thomas Pittman who died in Surry CO
>VA abt 1670´s. Thomas Pittman refered in a deed
>in 1660´s that Joseph WALL was his son in law.
>Step son in the 17th century usually meant, Step
>son. Any help on this?
> Best regards,
> Teresa Stuart de Rios
>
>

Teresa,
A question: Assuming the Captain Thomas Pittman
who died in Surry CO VA abt 1670´s was the same
as the Thomas Pittman in the 1660´s deed, was
Joseph WALL referred to as the son-in-law or the
step-son? You mention both. These days the terms
step-son and son-in-law have commonly understood
meanings but I don't know if they are the same as
then. Could, for instance, have either term in VA
ca 1660s have referred to an illegitimate child?

Patrick
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Pat Oliver


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