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

Margaret Nelson

Female 1689 - 1755  (66 years)


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  • Name Margaret Nelson 
    Birth 1689  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 28 Jun 1755  Charles County, Maryland - inventory Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11625  Tree1
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2024 

    Father Richard Nelson,   b. Bef 1666   d. 18 Apr 1709, Charles County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 43 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Female MNU Nelson,   b. Bef 1671   d. Abt 1705, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 34 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Bef 1687  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8023  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William Warden,   b. 1675, Elgin, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1735, William & Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland - Inventory Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage Aft 1713  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Richard Warden,   b. Aft 1713, Bryantown Hundred, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1774, Charles County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 59 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. James Warden,   b. Bef 1733, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1785, Fairfax County, Virginia - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 52 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F8026  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 William Lloyd,   b. 1680   d. 19 Jan 1753, Charles County, Maryland - inventory Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage Bef 5 Nov 1735  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8027  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
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      Margot Lloyd 59.93 CH £49.12.2 Jun 28 1755
      Appraisers: John Cole, John Sanders.
      Mentions: Jame Warden, William Warden, John Sowell.
      Administrator: Richard Warden.
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      Margaret Loyd 2.15 D CH £31.10.7 Jan 30 1756
      Sureties: Edward Foard, Samuel Gody.
      Distribution to: Representatives unknown to this Office.
      Administrator: Richard Warden.
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      Richard Nelson 30,278 1 CH £123.1.0 Apr 23 1709
      Appraisers: Mathew Sanders, John Sanders.
      Approvers: Margret Nelson (daughter), Alice Nelson (daughter).
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      Richard Nelson 32A,35 A CH £123.1.0 #35887 Oct 4 1710
      The amount of the inventory is equivalent to #29532.
      Payments to: Thomas Osburne,, Dr, Gustavus Browne, William Warden, Joseph Manning
      Legatees: Barbary Nelson paid to her husband Thomas Robins, Elinor Nelson, Margret Nelson, Alice Nelson.
      Executrix: Mary Gray, wife of John Gray.
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      William Walden 21.167 CH £103,6.6 Nov 5 1734
      Appraisers: Richard Price, Mathew Stone.
      Next of kin: John Jackson, Richard Warden.
      Administratrix: Margaret Loyde, wife of William Loyde.
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      William Walden 14.189 A CH £103.6.6 £135.0.6 Mar 3 1735
      Received from: Jonas Parker, James Murdock, Charles Sample, Daniell Wright, Mosses Bell, Robert Minion, William Millstead.
      Payments to: Mr. Fendall, Danniell Dulany, Esq., Samuell Hanson.
      Distribution to: accountants (1/3). Residue to: 7 children (unnamed, 4 are minors).
      Administratrix:Margaret Loyde, wife of William Loyde.
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      Charles County Circuit Court, Land Records, Liber D#2, Page 36 Apr 1713; Recorded at request of Mary Warder:
      9 Jan 1712/3; Deed of Gift from Mary Warder of Portobacco to her son William Warder; cattle and hogs; /s/ Mary Warder
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      Charles County Land Records 1790-1792; Liber K#4; Page 127. Notice & Depositions. Thomas Parsons, the heir at law of William Parsons decd, wanting to perpetuate the testimony of sundry witnesses respecting his descentage and title to a moiety of a tract of land called Cole, lying in Durham Parish in CC, which sd tract was originally devised by Richard Nelson to his daughters, Margaret and Alice (to wit) to Margaret, 117 acres thereof, adjoining to the east side of Christian Temple Manor, and 117 acres, the remaining part of sd tract to sd Alice, descending to Richard Warden, heir at law to sd Margaret, and the other, being the latter moiety, descended to William Parsons, heir at law to sd Alice and grandfather to the present Thomas Parsons afd. Sd Thomas Parsons gave the following public notice, which was set up at the courthouse door of CC, to wit, CC, Aug 2, 1790
      - I hereby give public notice that I intend to take the depositions of witnesses respecting my descentage and title to a moiety of land called Cole, lying in Durham Parish in CC, which I claim and now hold as heir at law to William Parsons, my father, decd, on this Aug 26, at the house of Thomas Thompson, my tenant on the premises. Signed - Thomas (.x his mark) Parsons.
      On Aug 26, 1790 came Joseph Green, deputy sheriff of CC, and made oath that he set up at the CC courthouse door, the original notice, on Aug 2, 1790. Signed - Dan Jenifer*.
      The following persons met on Aug 26, 1790 at the house of Thomas Thompson on the premises, to wit, Mrs. Mary Peale Bussell and John Parsons, her younger son, and Thomas Parsons, on his own part when the following depositions were taken, in the presence of CC Justice Daniel Jenifer The deposition of Mary Peale Bussell, late the widow of William Parsons decd, aged 47 years, says that afd Thomas Parsons is her eldest son by William Parsons, her late husband, by whom she had 3 other sons younger than Thomas afd, to wit, John, now present, and David and Joseph, both decd, that her sd son Thomas was 22 years old on this Aug 12, that her late husband, William Parsons, was the eldest son of William Parsons, who was the eldest son and heir at law to David Parsons, who married Alice, the daughter of Richard Nelson, by whom a moiety of a tract of land called Cole, was devised by her father, Richard Nelson, and from her the same descended to William, the father of her late husband, and from him to her husband, from whom it descended to the afd Thomas as heir in law, who is now in possession of sd moiety of land. Signed - Mary Peell Bussell. Wit - Dan Jenifer*_
      The deposition of James Peale Bowie, aged 44 years, or thereabouts, says that Thomas Parsons, now personally present, is the eldest son of William Parsons, whose first and only wife was this deponent's sister, Mary Peale Bowie, by whom sd William Parsons had 2 other sons younger than sd Thomas (to wit) John, now present, and David and Joseph, both decd, that Thomas Parsons afd was 22 years old in Jul last or Aug this present month, that William Parsons who married this deponent's sister) was the eldest son of William Parsons, who was the son of David Parsons, from whom a moiety of a tract of land called Cole, descended from father to son until it came into the possession of the present Thomas, as heir at law, on which moiety, this deposition is taken. Signed - James Peel Bowie. Wit - Dan Jenifer*. Recorded Aug 27, 1790.
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      Charles County Land Records 1790-1792; Liber K#4; Page 135, Sep 3, 1790 from Thomas Parsons of CC, planter, to General William Smallwood of CC, for 7800 lbs of tobacco, all that part of a tract of land in Durham Parish in CC, containing about 117 acres, being one moiety at the southernmost end of a tract of land called Cole. Cole was originally devised by Richard Nelson to 2 of his daughters (to wit) Margaret and Alice, that is to say, 117 acres thereof adjoining to the east side of Christian Temple Manor, of sd tract Cole, to Margaret, the wife of William Warden, and 117 acres, being the moiety (hereby intended to be conveyed) and the remaining part of Cole to Alice, the wife of David Parsons, from whom the moieties afd of sd tract respectively descended as follows, the first, as afd, to Richard Warden, heir at law to sd Margaret, and the second moiety as afd, to William Parsons, heir at law to sd Alice, from whom sd moieties respectively descended, the first mentioned, to Elijah Warden, heir at law to the sd Richard, and the 2nd to William Parsons, heir at law to the 1st mentioned William, from whom the moieties afd respectively, descended, the 1st to Asa Warden, only brother to the sd Elijah, who died unmarried without issue, and the 2nd moiety to Thomas Parsons afd and party to these presents and heir at law to the last mentioned William, the 2nd moiety being the land hereby conveyed. Signed - Thomas (X his mark) Parsons. Wit - Rich Barnes*, Henry Barnes*. Mary Peel Bussell, mother to the above named Thomas Parsons, relinquished her right of dower. Recorded Sep 4, 1790.
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      Charles County Land Records 1790-1792; Liber K#4; Page 135. Sep 3, 1790 from Thomas Parsons of CC, planter, to General William Smallwood of CC, for 7800 lbs of tobacco, all that part of a tract of land in Durham Parish in CC, containing about 117 acres, being one moiety at the southernmost end of a tract of land called Cole. Cole was originally devised by Richard Nelson to 2 of his daughters (to wit) Margaret and Alice, that is to say, 117 acres thereof adjoining to the east side of Christian Temple Manor, of sd tract Cole, to Margaret, the wife of William Warden, and 117 acres, being the moiety (hereby intended to be conveyed) and the remaining part of Cole to Alice, the wife of David Parsons, from whom the moieties afd of sd tract respectively descended as follows, the first, as afd, to Richard Warden, heir at law to sd Margaret, and the second moiety as afd, to William Parsons, heir at law to sd Alice, from whom sd moieties respectively descended, the first mentioned, to Elijah Warden, heir at law to the sd Richard, and the 2nd to William Parsons, heir at law to the 1st mentioned William, from whom the moieties afd respectively, descended, the 1st to Asa Warden, only brother to the sd Elijah, who died unmarried without issue, and the 2nd moiety to Thomas Parsons afd and party to these presents and heir at law to the last mentioned William, the 2nd moiety being the land hereby conveyed. Signed - Thomas (X his mark) Parsons. Wit - Richd Barnes*, Henry Barnes,. Mary Peel Russell, mother to the above named Thomas Parsons, relinquished her right of dower. Recorded Sep 4, 1790.

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