I just received from Missouri the death certificate of Henry Shipman, son of David & Mary Shipman. Henry's death certificate says his mother was Mary Davis, not Mary Fiester. This was a surprise--lots of DAR applications have been submitted saying that Godfrey Fiester's daughter Mary married David Shipman. Any idea how this tradition started? Maybe Mary FIester was David Shipman's first wife, and Mary Davis was his second wife?