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Re: Message for JC re Robert & Jane Kellys' wills

Many thanks for posting those wills, Kay. That'll save Karen a lot of time and effort. One of the pledges in Robert Kelly's 1861 will is given as William Gelling, and you've put "of Rosbran ? Marown." I wonder if this is actually "of Bawshen, Marown", in which case the pledge is William Sinclair Gelling.

When time permits, Karen, it would be interesting to know what you make of that word. I think that William Sinclair Gelling's son, Robert Hugh Gelling, subsequently married the Susanna Jane Kelly b 1851 mentioned in this will.

I hope your family birthday celebrations go well this weekend. Coincidentally, our youngest has recently had her 21st birthday, too.

Jean C