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John Jones 64.281 CH £6.4.6 Feb 11 1758 May 11 1758
Appraisers: Henry Haislip, Sr., John Cornish.
Creditors: Bay Smallwood, Jorge Flangen.
Administrator: John Davis.
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Watson, William, Prince George's County, 20th Jan., 1743; 20th July, 1743.
To son William, land belonging to test, by a bond given him by his bro. James,
To wife Elizabeth, extx., dwell. plan., at her death to pass to son Benjamin.
Test: Geo. Gibbons, Henry Lee, John Davis. MCW 23, 21
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Davis, Edward, Sr., planter, Charles Co. 9th June, 1736; 21st July, 1736.
To son Henry and hrs., 10 A. of "Davises Hazard," adj. to land confirmed to him by deed of gift.
To son Edward, the elder, and hrs, land where he now lives, being pt. of "Davises Hazard," and "Birds Head."
To son David and hrs., 50 A. of "Davises Hazard'-' and "Davises Addition."
To sons John and Richard and their hrs., each 50A. where he lives.
To son Peter and hrs., 50 A. of "'Birds Head," adj. to land of Richard Davis.
To son William and hrs., 50 A. of "Birds Head."
To son James and hrs., pt. of "Wittan Enlarged," adj. to lands of John Pastan, Sr., and William Ward.
To son Edward, the younger, and hrs., 50 A. of "Wittan Enlarged;" and personalty.
To son Thomas and hrs', 'residue of "Wittan Enlarged" and personalty.
To son Luke and hrs., 100 A. of dwelling plantation, "Birds Head," with plantation after decease of wife and personalty.
To daus, Anne and Elizabeth and their hrs., residue of real estate; and personalty-,
To daus. Susannah Burch (Birch) and Mary Gardiner, personalty.
To children, viz,: Henry, Edward, the elder, David, John, Richard, Peter and Willam, 1s. each.
To wife Mary, extx., residue of personal estate during life, at her decease to be divided equally among children, viz.: James, Thomas, Luke, Mary Gardiner, Edward the younger, Anne and Elizabeth,
Test: John Harrison, Thomas Pettit., Peter Seallary, MCW 2l. 635.
20 June, 1736. Oath of John Clarke, one of the witnesses to will of Lawrence Taylor late of Baltimore County, dec'd., at instance of Abraham Taylor. Will recorded v. 19., f, 323, Md. Cal. Wills-, V. 6., Page 52. 21.638,
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Edward Davis, Sr. 22.71 CH £101.13.8 Aug 14 1736 Oct 6 1736
Appraisers: John Chunn, John Dison.
Next of kin: Henry Davis, Edward Davis.
Executrix: Mary Davis.
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Charles County Land Record Book O#3, 1765-1770; Page 562. Feb 17, 1769 from John Davis Sr of CC, planter, and Edward Davis Sr of Fairfax County, Virginia, to George Dyson of CC, planter, for 93 £, part of a tract of land called Davis' Hazard, lying in the Tarrast now the head of Piles Fresh in CC, containing about 93 acres. Signed - Edward (4- his mark) Davis Sr, John (A his mark) Davis. Wit - John Winter*, Robt Horner*. Alse Davis, wife to John Davis, acknowledged this deed. Recorded May 13, 1769.
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1772-1774 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber BB 3 [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 80. At the request of Thomas Boteler the following Land Commission was recorded August 27, 1772
Memorandum that on the special petition of Thomas Boteler preferred to the justices of Prince George's County, Maryland on the 4th Tuesday in November in the 21th year of our Dominion and so forth for a land commission which was issued on January 2, 1772, in these words, to wit, Prince George's County Court, Maryland Frederick Absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Province of Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltimore and so forth; to Messrs William Newman Dorsett, John Dorsett, Trueman Skinner and Levin Covington of PGCo Gentleman, whereas Thomas Boteler is seized of two tracts called "Londonderry" and "Renchers Adventure" and preferred his petition in writing to our county court held at Upper Marlborough Town for a commission to examine evidence to prove and perpetuate the memory of the bounds of the said tracts of land. Therefore, we command you any three or two of you to examine all witnesses or persons concerned touching their knowledge of the bounds of the said tracts. Witness John Cooke, Gentleman, Chief Justice, August 29, 1771 issued January 2, 1771, Thomas Sim Lee, Clk
We the subscribers commissioners appointed by PGCo court to examine evidences to prove the bounds of to prove the bounds of "Londonderry" and "Renchers Adventure" we intend to meet on June 8th next. Witness our hands and seals this April 24, 1772, Levin Covington, Trueman Skinner
James Watson, Sr. aged 77 years standing at a stone near a small gum tree deposeth that went with him to Thomas Tucker to get him to show them the bounded tree of "Londonderry" and the said Tucker showed them a stump where they now stand and said it was a boundary of "Londonderry" and they begun there to run out the land for Thomas Lawson.
Charles Boteler, Sr. aged about 70 years at the same place deposeth that Roger John Sawser and Thomas Tucker proved the place where he now stands to be the beginning of "Londonderry" and "Renchers Adventure".
Thomas Tucker, Sr. aged 60 years at the same place deposeth that his father Thomas Tucker proved part of a stump at the place he now stands to be the beginning of Londonderry.
David Davis, Sr. aged about 60 at the same place deposeth that he applied to Roger John Sawser because he wanted to know where the beginning tree of Londonderry stood in the said Sawser came to this place where he now stands and look for the tree but could not find it. This deponent then going to another boundary it being a small stone at a place known by the name of 'The Pond' deposeth that he told Roger John Sawser that he knew the bound tree of Londonderry that it stood in the pond and Sawser told him there was a bound tree of "The Forrest" stood in the pond and and this deponent told him he did not believe it. Sometimes after this deponent told his uncle John Davis' wife what Roger John Sawser had told him and she said there is as a bound tree of the "The Forrest" stood in the pond and at her father William Cater told her of it.
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1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland Hundred - Newport: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 372-75: DAVIS HAZARD: 200 acres; Possession of - 200 Acres - Davis, Edward: Surveyed 24 July 1694 for Edward Davis beginning a bound White Oak of Henry Norris' and near the land of John Bayne: Other notes - 50 Acres - Henry Davis from Edward Davis; 12 Nov 1716, 60 Acres - Henry Davis from Edward Davis; 14 Feb 1734,
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Abt 1691 - Aft 1769 (~ 79 years)