They included one woman whose three children had died in childhood and another woman who during the study re-married and acquired a stepson.
Additionally, after 1720 there were some transmissions to stepsons.
He loved his family fiercely, two daughters and a stepson, six grandchildren and charming and talented sons-in-law.
Beginning in the early eighteenth century, stepsons also feature as headship successors.
Five had a child living between 15 and 50 miles away and one woman had a stepson living between five and 15 miles, seen less often than monthly.
When followed over time we see that such second husbands continued farming and handed the headship over to their stepsons when they were old enough to be in charge.
The partner of a stepson may well have been a nurse.
As a birthday present to his stepson, he threw him out.
