Deb
Hopefully he did reach 21 and recieve his share. He may well not have got hers and looking at the will I am sure he would not.
to the Boy on attaining the age of 21 & to the daughter on attaining that age or being married & in the event of the death of either or both their share to lapse into residue.
Of course we are yet to find Dunan Dunbar Taham or his son Duncan John Tatham!!
Rereading the story of the Dunbars I wonder if there is any possibilty that they went to Scotland at some stage to the family holdings there? It might explain why they don't appear to show up in English records.
Other things also arise in rereading the whole article: where does
The youngest was his brother-in-law's son, Marmaduke John Tatham fit in.
Did another sister marry a Tatham also?
from your first post ;
Duncan Dunbar Tatham was born 20th March 1824 to Poplar surgeon Christopher Tatham and his first wife, Justina Dunbar Tatham. Justina was the sister of Duncan Dunbar II, a shipping magnate who was apparently the Ari Onassis of the time. DDT was the second child of three, and the only son.
Oh I see son from a second marriage perhaps.
And how wonderful it would be to be able to have access to
some 33 of his ships logs and taken extracts from 20, all between 1858 and 1861.
to look for mentions of the Tatham families.
Robyn
