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

Joseph Chunn

Male Abt 1705 - 1765  (~ 60 years)


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  • Name Joseph Chunn 
    Birth Abt 1705  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 7 May 1765  St. Mary's County, Maryland - Inventory Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20167  Tree1
    Last Modified 24 Sep 2023 

    Father John Chunn,   b. Bef 1667   d. Aft 1733, Charles County, Maryland - inventory Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 68 years) 
    Relationship Adopted 
    Mother Muriel Tubb   d. Aft 1733, Charles County, Maryland - land Inventory Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Adopted 
    Marriage Abt 1688 
    Family ID F2872  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Morris,   b. Abt 1705, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1775, St. Mary's County, Maryland - Inventory Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Children 
     1. Female Chunn,   b. Abt 1719, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     2. Sylvester Chunn,   b. Abt 1758, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1841, Marshall County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 83 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Jane Chunn   d. Aft 1803, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F13282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Sep 2023 

  • Notes 
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      Mr. Joseph Chunn 88.84 SM £275.5.4 May 7 1765 Jun 4 1765
      Appraisers: Cornelius Barber, Zechariah Bond.
      Next of kin: Rebecca Barber, Mary Morris.
      Administrators: Catharine Chunn, Edward Barber.
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      Joseph Chunn 4.130 D SM £310.18.10 Jul 2 1765
      Sureties,: Thomas Barber, Henry Morris.
      Distribution to: Representatives unknown to this office.
      Administrators: Edward Barber, Catherine Chunn.
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      Thomas Morris 11,136 SM £143.,11.7 Aug 25 1725 Nov 2 1725
      Appraisers: Francis Clarke, Mathew Compton.
      Creditors: Luke Barber, Philip Key.
      Next of kin: Joseph Chunn, Catherine Chunn.
      Administratrices: Jane Price, Anne Morris.
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      John Price 11.377 SM £35.9.11 Apr 5 1726 Jul 7 1726
      Appraisers: William Jameson, John Clarke.
      Creditors: John Farnham.
      Next of kin: Joseph Chunn, John Branson.
      Administratrix: Elisabeth Price.
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      John Hayes 15.295 A SM £57.7.9 £10.2.10 Mar 3 1736
      Sureties: James Swann, Richard Edelen.
      Received from: James Swann, Samuel Keach, Elisabeth Daniel, Joyce Hanes, James Darts.
      Payments to: George Boyd, Leonard Clark, Henry Williamson, William Chessher,
      Philip Dorey, Joseph Chunn.
      Executrix: Anne Hayes.
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      Thomas Chambers 18.122 SM £35.7.10 Apr 8 1734 Apr 17 1734
      Appraisers: Joseph Chunn, Richard Wanright.
      Creditors: John Hunt, John Farnham.
      Next of kin: "only one minor'".
      Administrator/Executor: James Compton.
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      Jane Price 20.467 SM £40.18.6 May 27 1735 Jun 3 1735
      Appraisers: John Johnson Sothorn, James Briscoe.
      Creditors: Mary Wills, Phillip Key.
      Next of kin: Thomas Morris, Anne Lyon.
      Administrator/Executor: Joseph Chunn.
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      Jacob Morris 21.514 SM £78.16.5 May 3 1736 Aug 4 1736
      Appraisers: Robert Whitely, Joseph Chunn.
      Creditors: Baptist Barber, William Cheshire.
      Next of kin: Thomas Morris, Anne Lyon.
      Administratrix/Executrix: Elinor Morris.
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      James Forster 23.212 SM £28.12.3 May 16 1738 Jun 6 1738
      Appraisers: John Johnson Sothoron, Joseph Chunn.
      Creditors: Philip Key.
      Next of kin: John Briscoe, Jr., Elisabeth Briscoe.
      Administratrix/Executrix: Elisabeth Foster.
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      Shacklet, Michael, Charles County, 14th March, 1727; 6th April, 1728.
      To dau. Tabitha, entire estate. Bro.-in-law and sister, Thomas Taylor and Tabitha, his wife, to have charge of her and her estate until of age at 16.
      Test: Joseph Chunn, Thomas Taylor, Tabitha Taylor. MCW 19,369,
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      Thomas Morriss 24.18 A SM £188.3.3 £216.12.7 Jul 7 1747
      Sureties: Joseph Wood, Joseph Chunn.
      Received from: Joseph Pile, Mary Swann.
      Payments to: William Williams, Richard Wainwright, Philip Key, William
      Blackenbury, Baptist Barber, Thomas Higgs, Zacharia Bond, Edward Barber, James
      Compton, Edward Rein, James Stevens, Joseph Wood, Jane Hambleton, Robert Bird,
      William Cumming, Gilbert Ireland.
      Distribution to (orphans): Henry Morriss, James Morriss, Jane Morriss,
      Administrator: Henry Lyon (of Charles County).
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      Robert Clark 26.327 SM £81.6.5 Aug 21 1740 Aug 4 1741
      Appraisers: Joseph Chunn, Baptist Barber.
      Creditors: James Stephens, Philip Briscoe.
      Next of kin: James Clark, John Clark.
      Administratrix/Executrix: Eliza Clark.
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      William Lawson 18.322 A CH £313.11.7 £23.15.11 Oct 7 1741
      Sureties: Thomas Swan, Henry Freeman.
      Received from: Stephen Cawood, Robert Whitely, Andrew Minstree, John McKenny, Joseph Chunn, Barton Hungerford, Courts Keech, William Theobalds, Samuel Swann, William Williams, Thomas Ash, Thomas Higdon, Joseph Allen, John Harris, Jr., widow Nalley, William Smith, John Southern, Thomas Sinock, William Johnson, Richard Marshall, Hugh Dayley, Richard Shore, Benjamin Fendall, Joh
      Eaton, Jr., Richard Johnson, Joseph Ward, Nathan Harris, William Cumpton, Charles Courts, Philip Edlin, Richard Wainwright, Richard Maslin, William Scott.
      Payments to: Justices of St. Mary's County Court due to John Lewellin John Bigges, Anne Ebernethy, Daniel Dulany, Esq., Samuel Hanson, Mary Brown (servant), Walter Hanson.
      Mentions: widow (unnamed), 2 children (unnamed).
      Administratrix/Executrix: Mrs. Mary Shaw.
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      Charles County Land Records 1782-1786; Liber Z#3; Page 42, Sep 13, 1783 from Sylvester Chunn of Halifax County, Virginia, to Levi Chunn and Edward Garner (Gardiner) of CC, for 125 £, about 100 acres on the west side of Wiccomoco River, being part of a tract of land called Wiccomoco Fields, and whereof the sd Levi Chunn and Edward Gardner are now possessed. Also herein conveyed to Levi Chunn and Edward Garner is all sd Sylvester Chunn's right to the personal estates of Joseph and Catherine Chunn of St. Mary's County, decd, with full right granted to sd Levi Chunn and Edward Gardner to claim and demand and, if necessary, to bring suit for all property, goods, or chattels or any other part of the personal estate which may be due sd Sylvester Chunn from his right to any part of the personal estate of sd Joseph and Catherine Chunn. Signed - Sylvester (X his mark) Chunn. Wit - J Farnham, Ben"- Dyson (CC JPs). Recorded Dec 3, 1783.
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Wicomico: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 285-16: WICOMICO FIELDS: 500 acres; Possession of - 200 Acres - Contee, John : 200 Acres - O'Caine, Gerrard : 100 Acres - Warren, John: Surveyed 7 April 1666 for Thomas Smoote on the West side. this land was first taken up by Thomas Gerrard. Resurveyed by Smoote.: Conveyance notes - Included in Resurvey of WICCOCOMICO FIELDS, folio 444,
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Wicomico: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 444-464: WICOMICO FIELDS: 585 acres; Possession of - 585 Acres - Maddox, Notley; Courts, John; Groves, John; Penn, John: Originally so called, Notley Maddox, John Courts, John Groves, John Penn, 17 Feb 1741, beginning at a forked locust post now set up at the root of an ancient bounded oak, the beginning tree of the HILLS, patented to Notley Warren, John Courts, Lydia O'Caine, and Edward Smoote., 10 Sept 1744.: Other notes - {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.}, ,

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