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Subject: Re: [MDCECIL] Pre-1675 Cecil County Wills
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 12:34:16 EST


Carol:
The events of 1676/7 that you mentioned are the sequel to the story.
Why di John Wheeler Sr. take the unusual step of cutting his son Samuel out of
his inheritance? My interpretation, based solely on the contents of the
deed, is that there was a serious rift in the family. Mary's renunciation of
1674, together with Samuel's witness thereof, suggests to me that Samuel took her
side in the dispute. There is evidence that John Wheeler's third son Anders,
not mentioned in either the will or the deed, went to live in the Wicaco area
near Philadelphia, taken there (in my opinion) by his mother (or stepmother)
Mary. John Wheeler Jr. soon (12 Mar 1676/7) sold the Wheeler's Point property
to his brother-in-law Nicholas Allome, and is also believed to have moved to
Philadephia.
Another reason I would like to see the actual will is that it seems
odd to me that John Wheeler's will was published in 1670, yet he was still alive
in 1676. If the will was not probated until after his death, believed to
have occurred in 1677, it should have appeared in the Cecil County records.

Arlen

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