Person:Mary Hawkins (29)

From the will of her father, William D. Hawkins,- my daughter Mary Ann Stroud (now Mary Ann Potts) I will and bequeath the sum of $200 to be paid by my executors in two payments of $100 in two years afterwards for which they are required to have her own receipt if living. If not it shall be put to interest till her children come of lawful age for their use. The will stated that if she was not living at the time of her legacy payment, the amount shall be granted to her children. This may mean that she had at least one Potts child in addition to her son Francis Stroud, and/or there are other Stroud children not yet discovered.

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2.   Recently a Bible entry has been discovered that gave a listing of birth information concerning the Strouds. The listing is as follows:
   
   Births
   
   *Francis Stroud Feb 10, 1833
   *Sarah Emily Stroud Jan 5, 1834
   *Henry Martin Feb 19,1861
   *Anna Mary Jan 24, 1864
   *Mattie Jones Stroud Aug 8 (not clear 8), 1865
   *Henrietta May 23, 1868
   *Francis Charles Oct, 1872
   *John Stroud November 20,1824
   *William Stroud July 31, 1829
   *Sarah Stroud Nov 20, 1829
   *Fancis Stroud Feb 16, 1835
   *Hosea Stroud Nov, 21, 1837
   *Henry Stroud 24, 1839
   *Robert Stroud, May 20, 1842
   *Martha Jones Stroud July 1844
   *Mary Stroud, August 16, 1846 ( 6 is not clear)