I also have an instance in which the young man in question--probably a widower--DEEDED (yes, it's in the deed book) his three very young daughters to a neighboring family. However, in later marriage records they used their father's surnamename so it wasn't difficult to trace them once we had the deed. We assume he died shortly thereafter--at least he simply disappears from local records and hasn't surfaced elsewhere so far. 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Cynthia McDaniel<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
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  Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 6:43 AM
  Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] How Old?


  Your scenario of the father giving up the infant to a sympathetic family is
  extremely plausible.  My grandfather did that with his youngest son after
  his first wife died.  The family had not been able to have children and had
  lost a son recently.  In fact, he promised the family that even when he got
  back on his feet, that he would not take the son away from them and the
  child grew up as their child even after he married his second wife, my
  grandmother. 

  Cynthia McDaniel


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