Talk:Edward Digges
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[edit] False Assumption About Surviving Children
The following entry by 213.78.83.242,
"The division of the estate shows that only three children (William, Dudley, and Edward) were still living in 1692."
is not a valid statement. The fact that children were left out of a will or out of a division of an estate is not an indication that they were dead at the time. This is especially true in the 17th century with regard to married female children who were considered to be members of their husband's family.
I am asking for a consensus on deleting such conjectures from this article.
[edit] Not a Conjecture; Source is Cited
The statement objected to is not a conjecture. The cited source, John Frederick Dorman, is one of the foremost genealogists in the country. In addition to editing Adventurers of Purse and Person, 4th edition, he has edited The Virginia Genealogist since 1955. He can be presumed to have a sound understanding of the inheritance laws of 17th-century Virginia.
