Note 44 — NOTES TO PART I

35544 Rest claimed by the uncle (p. 188).--(See also note 43.) The uncle was the head of his sisters’ families and the guardian of their children, i. e. of his nieces and nephews. His eldest sister’s eldest son was his heir. He helped his nephews when starting in life, and assisted each in paying the marriage money for his first wife, and arranged for the marriage of his nieces.