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Ancestry/Genealogy

OnionPatch

(6,251 posts)

8. Well, maybe.

Reply to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 15, 2013, 11:45 PM

Apr 2013

David Brownlee lived for a good couple decades after this record, so he didn't have a widow at the time. Miller...hmmmm, the man he owed ran a grist mill for awhile. $120 would have been a lot of cornmeal in 1842!

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Help deciphering a probate record [View all] OnionPatch Apr 2013 OP

Amercement Act? watrwefitinfor Apr 2013 #1

Well, I can't get my scanner to work, or I would post it. OnionPatch Apr 2013 #2

Ok, I have a new printer/scanner! (Boy did I need one!) Here's a scan of the document. OnionPatch Apr 2013 #3

Could it possibly be "Wives Act"? Spider Jerusalem Apr 2013 #4

Thanks, I'll check into all of those. OnionPatch Apr 2013 #5

Well, maybe. OnionPatch Apr 2013 #8

Just thinking out loud... madinmaryland Apr 2013 #9

Yes I think they are saying that. OnionPatch Apr 2013 #10

One thing I did come across last when I did a little research into it, was madinmaryland Apr 2013 #11

Oh, there's tons of info on the Brownlees out there. OnionPatch Apr 2013 #12

Could it be possible that it is referring to the mercer's account? A mercer is also known as madinmaryland Apr 2013 #6

He was a wheelwright. OnionPatch Apr 2013 #7

A convenient reference you can download free csziggy Apr 2013 #13