Mary Shircliffe

1647 - Aft 1712  (> 66 years)

• Name	Mary Shircliffe
  Born	1647	England
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1712	St. Mary's County, Maryland
  Person ID	I002579	Tree1
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	John Shircliffe,   b. 1618, Whitly Hall, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire ,   d. Mar 1662/63, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Anne Spinke,   b. Abt 1620, England ,   d. Abt 1651, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age ~ 31 years)
  Married	Abt 1636	Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F01698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Peter Mills,   b. 1633, Amsterdam, Holland ,   d. 17 Mar 1684/85, St. Mary's County, Maryland - Probate  (Age 52 years)
  Married	1662	St. Mary's County, Maryland
  Children	1. Elizabeth Mills,   b. Abt 1667, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. Between 1725 and 1750, St. Mary's County, Maryland  (Age ~ 58 years)   2. Charles Mills,   b. 1669, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. 24 Nov 1716, St. Mary's County, Maryland - Inventory  (Age 47 years)   3. Peter Mills,   b. Abt 1670, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. 6 Jun 1744, St. Mary's County, Maryland - Probate  (Age ~ 74 years)   4. Nicholas Mills,   b. 1670, St. Mary's County, Maryland ,   d. 18 Mar 1728/29, St. Mary's County, Maryland - Probate  (Age 59 years)
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F01894	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	John Cissell,   b. Bef 1638, England ,   d. 6 Jun 1698, St. Mary's County, Maryland - Probate  (Age > 60 years)
  Married	1686	St. Mary's County, Maryland
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F01895	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Thomas Dant,   d. Between 1701 and 1707, St. Mary's County, Maryland
  Married	1699	St. Mary's County, Maryland
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F01896	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  === Research Notes from David Cissell For John Cissell there is no evidence ,that I know of, as to what his wife's madden name was. Similarly there are no records to indicate that he had a second wife. Linda Reno's notes under Mary Shircliffe suggest that she may have married 1st Peter Mills and secondly Thomas Dant [and so not John Cissell] As part of our DNA testing efforts, we have looked for matches with Shircliffe descendants and have found none. Dave Cissell Cecil-Cissell DNA Project Administrator === Linda Reno After much gnashing of teeth, etc., this morning, I have come to the conclusion that Mary Shercliffe, daughter of John Shercliffe and Anne Spink was married twice. She married first, Peter Mills and second, Thomas Dant. Colonial Settlers of St. Clement's Bay by Mary Louise Donnelly says Mary Shercliffe married second, John Dent. She also states that she was the daughter of Anne Goldsborough--the only wife of John Shercliffe and that the only way that Henry Spink would have been her uncle was if he had married a sister of John Shercliffe or Anne Goldsborough before he came to MD. She's wrong, wrong, wrong. Henry Spink was her uncle because her mother was his sister, Anne Spink. She did not marry John Dent or Dant, she married Thomas Dant. I had married Mary Shercliffe off to John Cissell (d. 1698) because she was listed in the 1707 rent rolls as owning 25 ac. "Poplar Neck" along with the sons of John Cissell. John Cissell's wife was named Mary, but I just don't think she could have been Mary Shercliffe as she had to have been married to Thomas Dant by 1688 and she was still Mary Dant in 1707 and in 1712. Here's the reasoning: 2/22/1675: Thomas Dant, Peter Peake, and William Didoll witnessed the will of Edward Clarke, SMC. 9/23/1680: Thomas Dant, St. Mary's Co.: "Peterborough", 100 ac., 9/23/1680 (including land for time of service of Thomas Coverdale of SMC)--Settlers of MD, Coldham. Will of Peter Mills, SMC 9/3/1684-3/17/1684-85. Wife: Mary (Exec.) home plantation. Daughter: Elizabeth, sd. plantation at death of wife. Sons: Nicholas and Peter 64 ac. "Minsterdam" and 150 ac. "Pomfret Field". To: Peter and William Howard sd. estate in event of death of wife and three children afsd. without issue. Wit: Clement Hill, Thomas Dant, John Barnard, Elizabeth Cooke. 3/18/1685: Admin. accts. of Peter Mills, SMC. Appraisers: Henry Spink and Richard Walker. Approvers: Thomas Dant and Arthur Thompson (Skinner). Admin. accts. of Peter Mills 4/9/1688; Adm., Thomas Dent (should be Thomas Dant). (Skinner). Thomas Dant died some time after 1701 and before 1707. The last record I found was dated 10/28/1695 when he and William Shercliffe were listed as appraisers of the estate of Henry Spink, Sr. I also found a record dated 3/20/1706 showing Thomas Dant on a list of persons who owed the estate of Robert Mason (Mason died in 1701). 11/22/1712: Mrs. Mary Dant, age about 65 stated that her father, John Shercliffe; her mother, Anne Shercliffe and her uncle, Henry Spink often said her father and uncle sold land to Edward Cotton (MD Chancery Records). 11/22/1712. Next we have the will of William Dant, who I presume was a son of Thomas Dant and Mary Shercliffe: Will of William Dant, planter, SMC, 1/31/1714-5/16/1715. To: Cousins, John Dant and William Mills and their heirs, "Poplar Neck" with land adjoining, 76 ac. "Anstruther", equally. If the sd. John Dant dies without issue, then to John Mills and his heirs. To: Brother, Peter Mills, Exec., and to cousin Eleanor Nevitt, personalty. Wit.: William Coade, Elizabeth Hooke, Stephen Vinall, Hannah Vinall. NOTES: John Dant would have a son of a brother of his. It wouldn't be John Dant born 1700 as that is his brother. William Mills was the son of his half brother, Peter Mills, Jr. and Frances Slye. John Mills is either the son of Peter Mills, Jr. and Frances Slye or of Nicholas Mills and Elizabeth Heard--not sure which one at this point. Cousin, Eleanor Nevitt was Eleanor Spink, dau. of his half sister, Elizabeth Mills and William Spink. Eleanor Spink married Francis Nevitt before 1712. "Anstruther", 30 ac., surveyed 4/29/1667 for Peter Miles (should be Mills) joining to Shercliffe's land. Possessor: Mary Dant. 6/7/1709: 32 ac. to William Dant from Charles Daft and wife, Elizabeth. (SMC Rent Rolls, 1639-1771). NOTE: Charles Daft was the second husband of Elizabeth Mills. ======================== Willan, Richard, 25th Oct., 1662; 5th Sept., 1663. To wife Mary, execx., dower rights. To Philip Willan, land. To daus. Eliza: and Grace, goddau. Mary Mills, personalty. Overseers: Capt. Luke Gardner, John Shercliff. Test: Patrick Forrest, Thos. Hatton. 1. 193.