Re: Thomas Pollard confusion
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Re: Thomas Pollard confusion
Tina Wells 8/06/08
Well what a mess and I think I might add to it a bit!
I'd start with getting a copy of Mary Cavenah's 1793 will in Edgecombe County to see how the language reads.
The abstracts that I have refer to cattle and hogs given to Mary Womwell, Patience Taylor whose relationship is not given.But, per the 1791 Craven County will of Thomas Pollard, I would say they are her nieces.Next she gives cattle and hogs to a "cousin" Susannah Pollard.Then a "cousin" Thomas Pollard receives livestock and he is indicated as the son of Thomas Pollard, deceased.
Now, is she saying that her "first cousin" was Thomas Pollard Jr. the son of Thomas Pollard Sr. deceased?If that is so, then "cousin" Thomas Pollard Jr. is also her brother-in-law but he, too, would have been dead by the time Mary wrote her will in 1793 as he apparently died c1791 in Craven County.So she wouldn't have given something to her dead brother-in-law-slash-cousin Thomas Pollard.When was Thomas Pollard's 1791 Craven County will proven, by the way?
What makes more sense is that Mary Cavenah was referring to her neices and nephews (who may have also been her cousins) Mary Womwell, Patience Taylor, Thomas Pollard and Susannah Pollard who were all the children of Thomas Pollard (deceased Craven County c1791) and Memorial Cavenah.
We really need to see what the wording is in Mary Cavenah's will.
Looking at the information on Thomas Pollard, Sr. that you posted, it quotes (apparently?) a will or something in 1792 in Edgecombe County, NC.I wonder if that source is actually referring to the Thomas Pollard who wrote his will in Craven County in 1791.
Say Thomas Pollard, Sr. is a contemporary of Charles Cavenah and that Thomas Pollard, Jr. is of similar age as Memorial Cavenah.
Charles Cavenah
died c1756:say he was in his 60s so birth of 1690s or so.
Memorial Cavenah
say Charles was 30 when Memorial was born, so b: c1720s
Thomas Pollard Jr, husband of Memorial and of similar age
born: c1720s
died: c1791 age seventy-something so it's reasonable
Thomas Pollard, Sr.
say Thomas Sr. had Thomas Jr. when he was in his thirties so Thomas Pollard born around 1690s....same generation as Charles Cavenah.It makes little sense that Thomas Pollard would have lived to died in 1792 in Edgecombe County, NC.While it could happen, it seems more reasonable that
1.The source noting Thomas Pollard Sr. dying in 1792 is really referring to Thomas Pollard who married Memorial Cavenah.
2.Memorial Cavenah Pollard's father-in-law was not named Thomas Pollard.We have no indication of who the father of Thomas Pollard, husband of Memorial, was.At this point, with what we know, if anyone is called Thomas Pollard, Sr. it would be the one that left the 1791 will in Craven County and that Thomas Pollard, Jr. is the son named in that will.It kind of then goes back to Mary Cavenah's will and her reference to "cousin" Thomas Pollard.
Unless, of course, there really was a will of another Thomas Pollard filed c1792 in Edgecombe County?
So, that's it in my typical jumbled fashion!What do you think...it sounds like we're both saying the same thing.
I think my head hurts now, ha ha
Scott
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