Just catching up on old mail and I saw Jon Kukla's query. I have a 17th-century example from George Washington's family. His great-grandfather John "wedded a twice-over widow, Anne Brett, and when Anne died, he married her sister, the already thrice-married Frances Appleton." I'm quoting from my own "Imperfect God," page 28. You'll find a fuller treatment in that section of the round-robin of marriages that culminated in GW. The Washington men often seemed able to find women of property to lead to the altar. Henry Wiencek To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html