| Notes |
- WOODWARD, JOHN, Charles Co. 9 Aug, 1766
13 Sep, 1767
To wife Catherine Woodward, extx, and to her all my estate.
To dau. Mary Risen,, tract whereon she now lives, 18 acres and called the "Land of Ease"; also 34 acres adjoining being part of tract called 'Hudsons Disappointment" being all that which lies on that side of the branch called the 'Long Pen" next to her; also Negro woman Beck. And that day she the said Mary Risen shall offer to sell the said land it shall become the inheritance of my dau. Violetta,
To dau. Violetta McPherson all the rest of my land being tract of 50 acres called Molley's Chance' and remainder part of Hudson's Disappointment," being 53 acres whereon my house and plantation is.
To granddau. Sarah McPherson Negro girl Terra, Negro boy Lewis, cow, furniture.
Remainder of estate to be divided between my other two daus, Sarah Harrison and Lovereta Young. and my son In law, William Matthews and his sister Anne Brauletta(?), Wit: John Risin, Anne Shocklet, Anne Shaklet said she saw John Woodward sign the wIll.
Depositions taken at the request of William Risen who married Mary one of the daus. of the deceased and Joseph Mcpherson who married Violetta another dau. of the deceased, after having given due and timely notice to Joseph Harrison and George Young who married Sarah and Lucretia the other daus. of the deceased. MCW 36, 5
===
Prince George's County, Maryland Liber T#1
Folio 608 DOROTHY MARLOW, widow of Samuel Middleton Marlow 09/05/1805 10/08/1805
"being weak in Body ..."
Bequeaths to:
1. Elizabeth Fendall Marshall --niece (wife of Dr. William Marshall)
-to have the sum of $100.00
2. Elizabeth Beall McPherson --niece (daughter of brother Samuel Hanson)
-to have the sum of 30 pounds current money and the sum is to be deducted from the claim against her deceased husband's estate
3. Charity Fendall --niece (daughter of brother Samuel Hanson)
-to have the sum of $25.00
4. Samuel Hanson Beall --son of John Fendall Beall
-to have the sum of 5 pounds current money
5. Samuel Hanson --brother
-if testatrix's claim against Zachariah Cox can be recovered that to have I/5th part
6. Anne Middleton Beall --daughter (wife of Josias Fendall Beall)
-to have the remainder of the estate
7. Josias Fendall Beall --son-in-law
- named executor of the will and instructed that testatrix desires a "Tomb Stone be planted at the head of the grave of my Deceased Husband, Son, Grand Child and my own with Suitable Inscriptions"
Witnesses:
Robert A. Beall
Mildred Tench (mark)
Sarah Langley (mark)
Then came: Robert Augustus Beall
Note: the testatrix signed the will with her mark
===
Charles County Maryland Will Book AI-10, 1788-1791; Page 381.
Benedicta McPherson's Will.
I, Benedicta McPherson of CC, am sick & weak, but of sound mind & memory.
To my son Samuel Hanson McPherson - my Negro woman called Luce,
To my son Henry McPherson - my Negro man called Charles.
To my son Josias Hanson McPherson - my Negro boy called Romio and 1000 lbs of tobacco.
To my daughter Ann McPherson - my Negro woman called Nanny, and 1 black mare.
To my son Alexander McPherson - my Negro girl called Hannah & my Negro girl called Rose and my Negro girl called Cinthia.
To my grandson Henry Thomas McPherson - the 1st child my Negro woman Luce shall have.
To my granddaughter Ann McPherson - my Negro girl called Juliet.
The rest of my estate is to be equally divided among all my children before named.
Executors: my sons Samuel Hanson McPherson, Henry McPherson, & Josias McPherson, and my brother, Samuel Hanson Jr.
Signed Nov 12, 1789 - Benedicta (X her mark) McPherson. Wit - Henry Brawner, Sarah Moore (X her mark) Maddox.
Probated on May 31, 1790 by Samuel Hanson McPherson, acting executor, and by the oaths of both witnesses.
===
Charles County Maryland Will Book AI-10, 1788-1791; Page 378.
May 17, 1790. Then came Samuel Hanson Jr, one the appointed executors of the will of Benedicta McPherson, late of CC, decd, & refused to act as executor to sd Will.
Charles County Maryland Will Book AI-10, 1788-1791; Page 381. May 31, 1790. Then came Henry McPherson & Josias Hanson McPherson, two of the appointed executors of the Will of Benedicta McPherson, late of CC, decd, & refused to act as executor to sd Will.
===
Charles County Maryland Will Book AI-10, 1788-1791; Page 383.
On Jun 1, 1791, Letters Testamentary were granted to Samuel Hanson McPherson, acting executor; his securities were Walter McPherson & Archibald Johnson.
===
Charles County, Maryland, Inventories,1791-1797; Page 419. Samuel Hanson McPhereson - Inventory. Late of CC, decd. Jul 11, 1796.
Negroes: Colonel (about 43 years old), Cate (45), Lucy (22 her 2 children, Anne & Sophia), Sue (about 16 or 17), Wat (about 5), Sarah & child.
Total amount: £453.12.7.
Signed - Jos, Green, Richard B. Mitchel.
Creditors: M. Blair, John Ewd Ford.
Kin: J.H. McPherson, William McPherson.
CC, Jan 22, 1797. Then came Elizabeth McPherson and William Hanson McPherson, administrators, and made oath
Certified by Humphrey Barnes, Registrar of Wills.
===
1791-1793 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber JRM 1 [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 263. At the request of Josias Hanson McPherson the following Deed of Trust was recorded August 29, 1792
Indenture made August 16, 1792; Dorothy Marlow in consideration of 10 shillings current money paid by Josias Hanson McPherson as well on behalf of Samuel Hanson Marlow creditor of her has assigned unto Josias Hanson McPherson [in trust] Negroes Lin (35 years), Quomino (30 years), Jenny (8 years), Cassey (7 years), Harriet (6 years) and Sampson (3 years) for the purposes following; in the first place to pay Josias Hanson McPherson all costs and expenses which he may incur in the execution of this trust, secondly to pay Samuel Hanson Marlow the sum of 188 pounds 18 shillings and 4 pence, thirdly to return pay all such property that may remain and do hereby appoint Josias Hanson McPherson her attorney. Signed Dorothy Marlow in the presence of and acknowledged before Samuel Hepburn, John Smith Brookes
|
Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Aft 1768 - Bef 1805 (< 35 years)