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a. Note:   Rebecca was appointed guardian of her minor daughter Abigail 12 Dec 1787 after John's death. An old English law of the time forbade a man to marry his wife's sister after her death and declared that any children of such a marriage would be declared illegitimate. Such was the case with Abigail. John's sisters and brothers sought to keep his sizeabole estate from going to Abigail upon his death on the basis of her illegitimacy. Before the case could be settled, however, Abigail had died at about the age of 6, and the major share of the estate then went to Rebecca.
  Decendants of Robert Linnell by Rachel L. Wynn, pa. 244.


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