CONTENTS

RYURIK AND THE FIRST RYURIKIDS: Context, Problems, Sources   Norman W. Ingham and Christian Raffensperger   1

LEGALITIES AND STUBBORNNESS   13

THE TWO BAD MARRIAGES OF RUTH⁴ ALDRIDGE OF SMITHFIELD, RHODE ISLAND  Richard H. Benson   14

ON THE SUPPOSED ROYAL ANCESTRY OF JOHN¹ AP EDWARD, EVAN¹ AP EDWARD, AND WILLIAM¹ AP EDWARD OF PENNSYLVANIA   Stewart Baldwin   17

"AYE, BUT"   31

THE ENGLISH ORIGIN OF JOHN¹ BAISEY/BAYSEY OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT: Cousin of the Olmstead Family of Hartford   Leslie Mahler   32

MUCH DEMENTED—OR LAMENTED?    38

ANTHONY¹ AND GRACE (—) (HALL) WHITE OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS   Glade Ian Nelson   39

CARD-PLAYING AND "THE CORRUPTING OF TRUTH"   48

ENIGMAS #23: Was Capt. Rufus Gardner of New London, Connecticut, a Son of Capt. Christopher Gardner of South Kingstown, Rhode Island?   Roger D. Joslyn   49

OF NIGHTGOWNS AND CHILDISH MISAPPREHENSIONS   62

THE ENGLISH ORIGIN OF WILLIAM¹ DUDLEY OF GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT   Martin E. Hollick   63

THEATRICAL (AND ECCLESIASTICAL) SKULLDUGGERY   75

ONE WIFE TOO MANY? TWO WIVES TOO MANY? "How It Is and How It Was"  Ronald A. Hill   76

EDITORIAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS: Church Records l  "Modified Register" or "NGSQ Style"? l  Congratulations to Joe Anderson! l  The 2006 index and contents   78
 
BOOK REVIEWS  see list inside back cover   80
 

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