I have now pulled out the notes that led me to ask this question -- in the 1600s GW's great-grandfather, Col. John Washington, married his sister-in-law. After his first wife, Ann Pope, died in 1668 he married (ca. 1669) a twice-married widow, Anne (Gerard) Brett; and when Anne died, John married her sister in 1676, the already thrice-married Frances (Gerard) Appleton. Henry Wiencek ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html