Jane MNU Higdon

- Aft 1762

• Name	Jane MNU Higdon
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1762	Charles County, Maryland
  Person ID	I067230	Tree1
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2021

  
  

  Family	John Higdon,   b. Bef 1733, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. Aft 1775, Charles County, Maryland  (Age > 44 years)
  Married	Bef 1759	Charles County, Maryland
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2021
  Family ID	F31253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  === Charles County Land Record Book G#3, 1756-1761; Page 299. Jan 23, 1759 from John Higdon {Higdon) and Jane (Jean), him wife, of CC, planter, to Leonard Boarman of CC, planter, for 60 £sterling and 6000 lbs of tobacco, a parcel of land in CC, commonly called Higdons Chance, bounded by Bowlings Plains, Dogwood Fortune, containing and laid out for about 280 acres. Signed - John Higdon, Jane (IA her mark) Higdon. Wit - Jno Winter, James Nivison. Recorded Mar 14, 1759. Mar. 1762 - John Higdon, Jr., of Charles Co., planter (wife Jane waives dower) deeds to Thomas Contee, of Charles Co., for 3000 pounds of crop tobacco, part of a tract of land in Charles Co. called "Noe's Desart," bounded by a tract of land called "Betty's Delight," and a tract of land called "Strife," a tract of land called "Calvert's Hope," containing and now laid out for about 50 acres. Signed John Higdon, Jr. Source: Charles Co., Md. Land Records, Liber L No. 3, p. 119. Dec. 1775 - Maryland Patent Records. A patent was issued in Dec. 1775 to John Higdon, Jr. for "Higdon's Chance," in Charles Co., Md., containing 280 acres. Source: Coldham, Peter W., "Settlers of Maryland, 1766-1783," p. 74 (citing Maryland Land Office Records, Liber BC51, p. 287 (certificate) and Liber BC49, p. 482 (patent.)) Comment: The documents cited might show where this land came from and what it consisted of. John and Jane deeded this land away 16 years before the patent was issued.