Re: Your post:
http://boards.ancestrylibrary.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=..."The problem when generations name their sons after themselves is that the Williams blur together centuries later! Very confusing for all of us sorting through the documents.
I have William I b.1634 [the immigrant to VA in 1658] married to Elizabeth [Eliz. as mentioned in his will]
his son William II b.1658 in Accomack married to Mary Ripley 1677. His birthdate sourced via their marriage record.
their son William III also married to a Mary [surname unknown] they had a daughter Martha/Margaret b.1695. I have a note that they may have had a daughter named Mary however I cannot source that.... and so it remains a note. I have Martha as married to Cornelius Reynolds.
It is also confusing because William I died in 1717 just before his son William II in 1719. Both dates sourced from their wills taken when on "death bed". There is no way to reply.
If you have copies of these wills, could you please post them here? It would be greatly appreciated by many researchers.
Mary Nelson Pazur
marynpazur@comcast.net