Re: possible Skipwith maternity of Elizabeth (Dale) Rogers

Peter W. Pesterhaus III wrote:
At this time, if a
woman's parent died, and she received property, whether by will or
intestate estate, it became the property of her husband.

Not always. It would depend on any entails upon it. Some properties remained the wife's, some (most) were the husband's, only in right of his wife.
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