> The ones that never marry, don't produce offspring, tend to get lost
 > over the years, unless someone makes a concerted effort to find
 > everyone... unless they are real characters, and show up in family
 > tales...  ;)

Got oodles of those in my family tree!  Shake it only gently and the nuts
start to fall out .

My favorite coot.  A younger son of the elder branch of the Corbet's (family
castles and all).  Made his living doing abortions.  Quite a rake, he got a
high class simpleton girl preggers and had to skip from england.  Landed in
NY area when most of it was a farm.  Used to own 5th avenue as part of his
farm.  Had 5 wives in 'the colonies' til he got caught.  Trapper and explorer
and definately not one you want to have 'recieved' as his later family would
have called it.

Fellow died in luxury with 4 of the 5 wives and kids in attendance at the age
of 90 or so.  Reputed to have married a 6th wife 3 years prior who showed up
with toddler but it was never proved, so they are not listed.

The next favorite was a pirate, I kid you not. Part of the crew of the
infamous 'Black Pirate'.  His wandering foot trails out someplace around Sint
Maartins.  Left a wife and 2 kids in Boston.  Suspicious notes that there may
have been others.

Then there is Robert the beast (so family records call him).  Yo have to go
way back for that one, around 1300.  Like'd 'em young.  Married apparently 9
times to girls age 11-12. Suspected of killing them when they hit 15 so he
could get a new younger one.  Extremely charismatic and girls lives were sold
cheap then.

I'd talk about Alberthic except this is a family echo.  Lets just say he was
sick.

  xxcarol
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