Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Thomas Adams

Male Aft 1726 - 1776  (< 48 years)


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  • Name Thomas Adams 
    Birth Aft 1726  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 13 Aug 1776  Charles County, Maryland - inventory Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11006  Tree1
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

    Father Benjamin Adams,   b. 1706, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1758, Charles County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Hester Smallwood,   b. Bef 1694, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1762, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1726  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6589  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
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      Thomas Adams 124.20 CH £63.15.6 Aug 13 1776 Sep 5 1776
      Appraisers: Leonard Clements, William Barnes,
      Creditors: William Hanson, Thomas Smallwood.
      Next of kin: Leonard Adams, Anne Wheeler.
      Administrator: James Adams.
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      Thomas Adams 74.47 A CH £63.15.6 £16.4.7 Mar 25 1777
      died by accident.
      Sureties: John Ward, Thomas Smallwood (son of Thomas Smallwood).
      Payments to: William Stone, William Hanson, Anne Wheeler.
      Representatives (siblings): accountant, Ignatius Adams, Anne Wheeler, Mary Adams, Elisabeth McCoy (formerly Elisabeth Adams, dead, represented by her son John McCoy), Virlinda Brooks (formerly Virlinda Adams, dead, represented by her son Charles Brookes).
      Administrator: James Adams.
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      ADAMS, BENJAMIN, Senr., Charles Co. 14 July 1756 13 Nov 1758
      To wife Easter Adams and Thomas my son all my personal estate except hereafter mentioned.
      To son James Adams, horse and apparel.
      To son Leonard Adams, 20 she
      To dau. Anne Wheeler, wife of Thomas Wheeler., 20 sh.
      To dau. Verlinda Brooke wife of Charles Brooke,, bed.
      To dau. Charity.. mare colt
      To son Thomas, plantation whereon I now live& wife, extx.
      wit: jos. Johnson, Anne Johnson, Barbary Shaw.
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      Benjamin Adams 3.50 D CH £52.10.0 Sep 8 1760
      Sureties: Thomas Wheeler, Archibald Johnson.
      Executors: Hester Adams, Thomas Adams.
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      Benjamin Adams 62.32 CH £72.4.0 Jun 24 1756 Sep 4 1756
      Appraisers: Alexander McPherson, Sr., Thomas McPherson.
      Creditors: Henry Barnes, Ignatius Mitchell.
      Next of kin: Benjamin Adams, Sr., Thomas Adams.
      Administratrix: Elisabeth Adams.
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      Benjamin Adams, Jr. 5.41 D CH £84.15.3 Sep 2 1767
      Sureties: Thomas Adams, Archibald Johnson.
      Distribution, to: Representatives unknown to this Office.
      Administratrix: Elisabeth Hudson, wife of William Hudson
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      GARNER JOSEPH, Charles Co.,planter 5 June 1771 8 Jan 1774
      To son Benjamin Garner, bed, furniture, pot, frying pan, chair, cow and calf.
      To son William Garner, cow and calf.
      To dau. Elizabeth Bobo, 3 barrels of Indian corn.
      To son Joseph Garner, sow and pigs.
      To son Francis Garner, 10 shillings,
      To dau. Sarah Garner, Negro wench Rachel, Negro girl Dinah, bed and furniture, 2 cows and calves# 2 ewes and lambs, horse bridle, saddle.
      To granddau. Anne Gray, Negro girl Elizabeth,
      To sons Hezekiah Garner and Mathew Garner,, tract "Williams Purchase" where my 2 sons Benjamin and Charles Garner live to my above two sons,
      To son Charles Garner, ex., dwelling plantation,
      To son John, Charles, Hezekiah and Mathew Garner.
      wit: Dan'l. McPherson; Archibald Johnson; Thomas Adams.
      William Garner, heir at: law approved of the probate. 39.614

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      Charles County Land Record Book O#3, 1765-1770; Page 54. Bill of Sale, I, William Hudson {Hodgson} of CC, do assign to Archibald Johnson of CC, for 60 £of such money as the law prescribes, which money is to be paid to the orphans of Benjamin Adams decd as soon as they come of age to demand it, for that sum or more, the afd Archibald Johnson and Thomas Adams entered jointly into bond for to the Commissary of CC, for which I deliver 1 Negro woman and her child to sd Archibald Johnson. If, however, I save harmless sd Archibald Johnson, then this bill of sale to be void. Signed Apr 23, 1766 - William Hudson. Wit - John Stromatt, John Posey Jr. Recorded May 10, 1766

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