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

William Bladen

Male 1671 - 1718  (47 years)


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  • Name William Bladen 
    Birth 27 Feb 1671  Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 7 Aug 1718  St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel County. Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 9 Aug 1718  St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel County. Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10078  Tree1
    Last Modified 18 May 2024 

    Family Anne Van Sweringen,   b. 1680, St. Marys City, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1727, St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel County. Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 48 years) 
    Marriage 1696  Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Anne Bladen,   b. 1696, St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel County. Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1775, St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel County. Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Thomas Bladen,   b. 1698, St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel County. Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1780, Layton Grange, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F3267  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 May 2024 

  • Notes 
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      William Bladen 1.324 AA £1274.2.7 Nov 27 1718
      Servants mentioned: Sanders, Eliza Bradley.
      Appraisers: Alexander Warfield, Stephen Warman.
      Next of kin: Anne Bladen (widow).
      Mentions: Mr. Charles Hammond.
      Administrator: (name not given).
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      William Bladen 2.177 SM E98.4.0 Dec 15 1718
      Items in St. Mary's County.
      Appraisers: James Bisco, Vitus Herbert.
      Next of kin: Joseph Vansweringen.
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      William Bladen 2.176 AA £35.0.3 Aug 6 1719 Aug 10 1719
      Appraisers: Alexander Warfield, Stephen Warman.
      Administrator: Mr. Benjamin Tasker.
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      William Bladen, Esq. 2.184 QA £248.12.1 Mar 23 1718
      of Kent Island.
      Appraisers: Alexander Warfield, Stephen Warman.
      Administrator: Mr. Benjamin Tasker.
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      William Bladen, Esq. 2.185 AA £226.19.9 Mar 23 1718
      Appraisers: Alexander Warfield, Stephen Warman.
      Mentions: Anne Bladen (widow).
      Administrator: Mr. Benjamin Tasker.
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      William Bladen, Esq. 4.32 A AA £1274.2.7 Nov 24 1721
      A second inventory was cited in the amount of £98.4.0, for items in St Mary's County.
      A third inventory was cited in the amount of £248.12.1, for items in Kent Island.
      A fourth inventory was cited in the amount of £226.19.9, for items in Anne Arundel County.
      A fifth inventory was cited in the amount of £35.0.3, for items in Anne Arundel County.
      Received from: Thomas Rencher, Samuell Harvy, Col. Holland, Mr. Sennett, Gov. Hart, Mr. Bladen, widow Mercier, Richard Snowden, Mr. Michael Howard. List of debts: Capt. Robert Noble, Capt. Stephen Crosfeild, Mr. Falconer per Mr. Thomas Bladen in London, Capt. Edward Forrester, Capt. Edward Peters, Mr. Gerrard Hopkins, Mr. Benjamin Mackall, Capt. Bushell, Col. Thomas Addison, Col. William Holland, Francis Hardisty, Richard Harrison, Mr. Daniel Dulany, James Batterson.
      Payments to: Henry Lowe, Esq., John Hart, Esq., Capt. Cuthbert Swaddle, Robert Ungle, Esq., Mr. Lowe for Mr. Richard Bennett, John Rousby on account of George Plater, William Pattison, Samuel Harvie, Thomas Holmes, Dorothy Rogers, Richard Bickerdike, Jane Burnell, James Gordon, James Govane, William Chapman, Hugh Kennedy, Stephen West, Capt. Richard Coward, Mr. Amos Garrett, Robert Jubb, Samuel Dorsey, James Batterson, Henry Carter, Thomas Worthington, Thomas Sapington (bricklayer), Robert Hall, Thomas Bordley, Esq., John Robson, James Hatchings, Christ. Granger (cooper), Lawrence Bveret, Henry Hilliard, William Young, William Hook, Joseph Hill, Margaret Smith (widow & administratrix of John Smith), William Slatter, Philemon Lloyd, Esq., Mr. Dulany.
      Administrator: Mr. Benjamin Tasker in right of his wife Ann Tasker (daughter).
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      William Bladen, Esq. 7.306 A AA £2008.8.5 £460.12.11 Mar 23 1725
      He died in August.
      Received from: John Navarre, John Oldham (administrator of Thomas Lewis), attorneys of Governour Hart, Nathaniell Baker, Mr. Howell, Nathaniell Horsey, Robert Ungle, Esq., Robert Dansie.
      Payments to: Robert angle, Esq., Frances Shorter (administratrix of James Campbell, Samuell Young, Esq., Charles Carroll, Esq., Mr. Thomas Bordley, Mr. Amos Garrett, Mr. Charles Carroll, Richard Brickies, Lawrence Gary, Vachell Denton, executor of Charles Carroll, Esq., Alexander Warfield.
      Mentions: Mr. Steele, Mr. John Beard.
      Administrators: Benjamin Tasker and his wife Anne Tasker (daughter).
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      William Bladen, Esq. 22.165 Mar 11 1736
      List of tobacco received from: Philip Feddeman (late sheriff of Dorset County), Math. Wright (late sheriff of Queen Ann's County), Benjamin Waile (late sheriff of Somerset County), Abell Vanburkeloo (late sheriff of Cecil County), Simon Wilmer (late sheriff of Kent County), Roger Larimore (late sheriff of Cecil County), James Vanbeber (sheriff of Cecil County), Benjamin Pearce, Edward Wright (late sheriff of Queen Ann's County), Abraham Downs (late sheriff of Calvert County), William Fitz Redmond, John Dorsey (late sheriff of Baltimore county), Edward Hall (sheriff since sheriff of the same county), James Haddock (late sheriff of Prince George's County), William Clayland (late sheriff of Talbot County), Robert Jones who married the widow of Nath. Wright, James Presbury of Baltimore County, Stephen Warman (sheriff of Ann Arundell County), Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer (sheriff of St. Marys County).
      Administrator/Executor: Benjamin Tasker.
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      James Shaw 3.7 A Page £45.10.6 £30.17.10 May 12 1720
      A second inventory is cited in the amount of £37.3.9.
      Received from: Mr. Jonathon Scarth.
      Payments to: Pattrick Hepburn, James Slack, Simon Nickles, Edmond Purcell, Thomas Griffin, James Perry, Basil Waring, William Bladen, Esq., Thomas Bordley, Esq,, Patrick Hepburn, Joseph Newton, Mr. Christopher Thompson.
      Executrix: Margret Shaw.
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      Historic Graves of Maryland and the District of Columbia By Helen West Ridgely, National Society of the Colonial Dames of America;

      In St. Anne's Church, Annapolis the following inscriptions are found :

      In Memory of William Bladen Esq. Who died the 9th of August Anno
      Domini 1718 in the 48th year of his Age.
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      Charles County Land Records, Liber C#2 Page 216
      7 Feb 1710; Recorded at request Col. Philip Hoskins:
      6 Feb 1710; Indenture from Edward Ford, cordwinder, and William Bladen, late of Temple, London, but now of Annapolis, Esq.; for 9,000# tobacco and 10 dollars; a tract called CHRISTIAN TEMPLE MANOR in Mattawoman on the south side of Piscataway River; containing 1,000 acres; /s/ Edward Ford, Elizabeth Ford; wit. John Smoot (mark), Paul Burras (mark); 6 Feb 1710 Edward Ford and Elizabeth his wife ack. Deed
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      Charles County Circuit Court, Land Records, Liber D#2, Page 62
      7 Oct 1713; Recorded at request of Philemon Hemsley:
      30 Apr 1713; Indenture from William Bladen of the City of Annapolis in Anne Arundel County, Gent., to Philemon Hemsly of Queen Anne Co. and Mary his wife; for 5s; 50 acres at th head of Wicomico River; /s/ W. Bladen; wit. Samll. Young, Tho. Machemara, Edmd. Benson
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      Charles County Maryland Circuit Court Records, Liber H#2, Page 24
      22 Dec 1716; Deed of Bargain recorded at the request of Francis Goodrick:
      3 Jul 1716; Indenture from William Bladen of Annapolis, Esq., to Francis Goodrick, Jr., planter; grant dated 20 Sep 1715 for tract called Beach Neck of 2,000 acres; for £100 part of Beach Neck containing 480 acres; /s/ W. Bladen; wit. Wit. Story, Michll. Marten, John Smith; 3 Jul 1716 William Bladen and his wife Anne ack. deed; 6 Nov 1706 Francis Goodrick paid alienation
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Port Tobacco: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 317-114: BEECH NECK: 1000 acres; Possession of - 500 Acres - Lynes, Philip: 500 Acres - Rozer, Notley: Surveyed 17 Dec 1663 for William Heard on the East side of the main fresh of Port Tobacco Creek (in dispute between Philip Lynes & Notley Rozer, half this is Philip Lynes.): Conveyance notes - 480 Acres - Francis Gooderick Jr. from William Bladen Esq; 3 July 1716, 1000 Acres - Resurveyed into BEECH NECK 20 Sept 1715 folio 387,
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Port Tobacco: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 387-68: BEECH NECK: 480 acres; Possession of - 278 Acres - Jeremiah Chase (sp?): 122 Acres -Ralph Faulkner: Patent issued to Walter Pye assigned of Notley Rozer for 480 acres being Moiety of BEECH NECK beginning at the bound White Oak the beginning of DURHAMS FREEHOLD, pat 10 July 1715: Other Tracts Mentioned: DURHAM FREEHOLD; ; ; {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.}, 480 Acres - Ralph Faulkner from Walter Pye; 9 Mar 1736,278 Acres - Jeremiah Chase (sp?) from Ralph Faulkner; 19 July 1749,
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Port Tobacco: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 387-69: BEECH NECK: 480 acres; Possession of - 480 Acres - See Notes: Patent issued to William Bladen Esq for 480 Acres being the other Moiety of BEECH NECK beginning at the bound gum tree the beginning of said BEECH NECK (pat10 July 1715 ): {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.}, 165 Acres - Daniel of St. Thomas Jennifer from Benjamin Tasker & Edward Neale; 27 May 1752,

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