Grandson can mean grandson-in-law Vickie tells us

Vickie has posted the will of Daniel Gaines in which he calls John
Smyth his "grandson" as well as "grandson-in-law." Since these terms
were interchangeable in 17th century Virginia, anybody who is using a
document in which the term "grandson" is used to demonstrate your
relationship must conduct research to show that "grandson-in-law" is
not intended. If you don't, I'm going to have Todd Famerie lecture you
on good genealogical standards. If Vickie feels like it, she might
tell us even more about Daniel Gaines.

Sincerely,

The Management

(Oh! I'm sorry. I forgot I wasn't the moderator.)

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