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Will of William SMOOT, planter, of Charles County, Maryland. 9 Nov 1726 - 18 Nov 1726.
To son Thomas, personalty; to be in charge of Mark PENN, ex., until 21 yrs. of age, and to receive 2 yrs. schooling.
To son William, personalty; to be in charge of John WILDER until 21 yrs. of age, and to receive 2 yrs. schooling. Sd. WILDER to receive with son William half what remains.
Test: Thomas MORRIS, Elizabeth WEEDEN, Thomas HAWTON. 19.12.
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William Smoot 11.824 CH £30.13.7 Mar 3 1726 Mar 15 1726
Appraisers: Robert Yates, William Hawton.
Creditors: Thomas Smoot.
Next of kin: Barton Smoot, Thomas Smoot.
executor Mark Penn
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Newman adds that Mark PENN was named executor of William SMOOT’S estate, that his will was presented to the court on November 19, 1726, by Mark PENN as the executor, with Matthew DUTTON and William CAGE as his sureties; and that the inventory of his personal estate was taken on March 15, 1726/27, and appraised at £30.13.7 by William HAWTON and Robert YATES, with William BARTON and Thomas SMOOT signing as next of kin and Thomas SMOOT as greatest creditor.
http://www.usgennet.org/family/smoot/book/007.html
[John Smoot (1686 - 1728)
John Smoot maintained his seat at "Wicomico Fields" where he died intestate during November 1727/8. The inventory of his personal estate was taken in April 1728, with James Smith and Lydia Smoot signing as the kinsmen. Mark Penn and Alexander Hanna were the greatest creditors. At this date the widow had married John Groves who, as administrator, certified to the inventory, stating that his wife, Posthuma Groves, relict and administratrix of John Smoot' deceased, was "not capable of riding at Present". Mark Penn and William Hawton were the bondsmen for the administrators. At a subsequent rent roll of Charles County, John Groves held a portion of "Wicomico Fields" for the orphans of John Smoot.
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1703-1707 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber Z [TLC]; Page 256
Recorded at request of Barton Smoot:
12 Mar 1705; Indenture from John Bennitt, planter, and Mary his wife, to William Smoot and John Nathan Smoot; for 3,000# tobacco; by his will Capt. Thomas Smoot, dec'd, gave a parcel of land to William and John Nathan Smoot; John Bennitt and Mary in pursuance of said will and their agreement with sd. Thomas Smoot do assign to William and John Nathan a tract called Skipton; bounded by Saunder Simpson, Thomas Coker, John Cofer, and John Caine; containing 200 acres; /s/ John Bennitt (mark), Mary Bennitt (mark); wit. Samll. Hanson, George Godfrey; ack. in open court 12 Mar 1705/6; Barton Smoot paid alienation on 200 acres of land for use of James Heath, farmer on the Western Shore
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Abt 1688 - 1726 (~ 38 years)