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John's will indicated he had 3 different families by 3 differentwifes. Children are posted
as listed in the will but dates andduplicate names cause problems that need to be sorted out.
Also, ifBette remarried after John's death, how could wife Polly survive himas the will says?
Could the will actually belong to another John? A descendant said John was a shoemaker with 8 children by Elizabethbut the list doesn't agree with the ones here. Residences & events: Rowan Co, NC. The family settled there during the Rev War period,having migrated from Ireland. 1839 Scott Co, IL. John was assessed for 29 1/2 acres and was listedas being over 50 yrs old. There were no Daily families left in Scott Co by 1850. There wereMcGuires though. |
| 1839 tax records said he was over 50 and tax records support that.However some descendants have his birth year as late as 1817. |
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Some descendants say he died before the birth of his last child in1837 in Washington Co, IN
but his will was dated 6/20/1839, witnessedby Joseph Bowen & Ruth Daly, was probated 6/5/1840
in Scott Co. Heirs included only the 3rd wife and her children so perhaps the otherchildren had already received their inheritance. The will specifiedthe children of each wife but some might have been step-children. |