MARY TARLETON HUGHESWEDS ROBERT NAPIER JR.
I know that it has been an accepted fact for years that Mary Tarleton Hughes (born circa 1696), supposed daughter of Jesse Hughes and Sarah Tarleton, married Robert Napier Jr., son of Capt. Robert Napier (Va), son of Dr. Patrick Napier.
To anyone's knowledge is their a document that proves that (1) Mary is the daughter of Jesse Hughes and Sarah Tarleton and (2) that this is the woman who married Robert Napier Jr.
Yes, I have seen the will of Robert Napier Jr.that says "wife" Mary. To my knowledge there has been no marriage record found where it stated Mary Tarleton Hughes. There were two deeds from Robert Napier to Mary Napier withwitnesses a Robert Hughes and also Robert Walton and another with just Robert Hughes. Is the assumption that Robert Napier Jr.s wife was a Hughes by names of her siblings (which some of them she named her own children) and by the fact that a Robert Hughes was witness to a deed only?
If anyone in the Hughes family that Mary was the daughter of Jesse Hughes and Sarah Tarleton and did indeed wed Robert Napier Jr., I would be ever grateful to see it. I've been researching the Napier family for years and I always went on the assumption but it just hit me that I have never seen any proof and have just gone along with the tide that it was so.
Sure would like to hear from somebody. Thanking you in advance.