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

Thomas Bates

Male - 1758


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  • Name Thomas Bates 
    Birth Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Mar 1758  Charles County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13996  Tree1
    Last Modified 18 May 2024 

    Family Mildred MNU Bates   d. Aft 1758, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9646  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 May 2024 

  • Notes 
    • BATES, THOMAS, Charles Co. mariner. 19 Aug 1755 28 March 1758
      To wife Mildred Bates, extx, all my estate.
      Wit: William Bowling, John Bowling, Richard Edlen. 30. 529
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      Contributed by: James Hughes

      URL: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/00000 1/000028/html/am28--546.html
      URL title: Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1732:1753Volume 28, Page 546
      Note:
      Schedule No 2.
      Charles County.
      At a Meeting of the Vestry of William and Mary Parish in the County aforesaid on the 8th Day of June 1752 at the said Parish Church were present - Page 483

      The Reverend
      Vestrymen: Mr Saml Clagett, Mr Thomas Cottrell, Mr Richard Smith, Mr Edward Ford, Mr Nathan Harris, Mr Charles Bruce
      Church warden:Mr John Marshall

      Who unanimously proceeded to regulate and assign the Pews in the sd Parish Church to the several Persons hereafter put down in the following Manner, the Numbers of the Pews to the respective Names put down, having Relation to the Numbers in the Platt hereunto annexed Viz.
      Pew
      To the honourable Richard Lee Esqr 1
      Mr Benjamin Fendall & his Son John 2
      Mr Wm Courts, Elizabeth Courts & Wm Penn 3
      Col George Dent and his Son George 4
      Richard Smith his Sons, and Thomas Cottrell 5
      Barton Warren and Edward Ford 6
      Charles Yates John Wilder & his Son John 7
      The Ministers Family for the time being 8
      James Latimore, Philip Jenkins, Jno Jenkins & Benj. Douglass. 9
      Atwick Fearson, Jno Farr, Geo. Scroggin & Benjn Thomas. 10

      Notley Maddox, Sarah Maddox, Anne Smoot & Edwd Smoot 14
      Joseph Joy, Judith Penn, and Notley Dutton 15
      Thomas Bates, John Douglass, John Hamil & Jane Penn 16

      Francis Posey, Harrison Musgrove, Charles John & Benj. Philpot. 18

      Authur Lee, Rebecca Howard, Jno Marshall & Richd Marshall 23
      Joseph Douglass, Nathan Harris, Mary Brandt 24
      Joseph Gwynn and Benjamin 25
      Mary Marshall, Henry Thompson, Posthumus Groves & Jas Plant. 26
      William Dent & Walter Hanson for their Tenants 27
      Moses Hubbart, John Cavin, Jno Wakefield & Saml Chunn 28
      Robert Yates, Charles Bruce & Robert Yates junr 29
      Barton Hungerford & his Sons 30
      Robt Mastin, Tyre Thomas, Widow Thomas & Richard Ratcliff. 31

      Thomas Hatton, William Cage Samuel Gody and John Chun 32
      Geo: Elgin Patience Posey, Jacob Andrew Minitree Wm Guy & Sarah Martin. 33

      No 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22 left in common for Tenants
      Others not being Freeholders.

      No 17 .....for such young Persons that may sing.
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      Charles County Maryland Land Record Liber Z#2, 1744-1753; Page 174. At the request of Thomas Bates, the following lease was recorded on Aug 17, 1747.
      Jul 7, 1747 from Geo: Dent of CC, Gent, to Thos Bates of Prince Georges County, Gent, for 60 £gold Virginia currency, the lease to sd Bates, during the natural life of sd Thos Bates and Mildred, his wife, and to commence from next Jan 1, a tract of land purchased by sd Geo Dent of Newnan Tomkins, being part of a tract of land called Tomkins Purchase, lying in CC, and bounded as by the deed thereof dated Aug 10r 1737, and a further agreement to the bounds dated May 14, 1742. Said parcel of land is supposed to contain about 175 acres. Thomas Bates agrees, within 19 years, to pay sd Dent a further sum of 25 £gold Virginia currency and the rents due to the Lord Proprietary on the premises. Also, Bates will shingle and finish the dwelling house on the premises, and commit no waste. If Thomas Bates survives his wife afd, and wants to leave the premises, then the same shall revert and vest in sd Geo Dent. Signed - Thos: Bates, Geo Dent. Wit - Robt. Yates, Arthur Lee. Ann, the wife of the said Geo Dent, released her dower.
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland Hundred - Wicomico: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 285-20: TOMKINS PURCHASE: 185 acres; Possession of - 185 Acres - Tomkins, Sarah: Re-Surveyed 20 July 1674 for Giles Tomkins on the North side Potomac River on the East side of St. Raphael's or Neale's Back Neck.: Other notes - Sarah Tomkins in right of John Tomkins, 150 Acres - James Howard from Newman Tomkins 3 Oct 1735,100 Acres - George Dent from Newman Tomkins 18 Aug 1737, Resurveyed into TOMKINS PURCHASE, 16 Sep 1735 folio 426,

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