I was able to look at Charlotte's probate file this week and was surprised to note two bequests. Charlotte willed the 40-acre farm to her brother Robert. However, she left $10 each to "Edward Durrant, son of Martin Durrant, deceased" and "John Durrant, son of Thomas Durrant, deceased." Both men acknowledged receipt of the bequests.
Edward Durrant was married to Susanna Smith who was Robert Hales' sister-in-law. John Durrant seems to have no connection to the Hales family. The Thomas Durrant family arrived in Waupaca via Nova Scotia. The Martin Durrant family was living in Onandago County, New York in 1850, arriving in Waupaca County sometime before the 1860 census. Could it be that the three Durrant families in Waupaca County were all related in some way?
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