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BELT, HIGGINSON L B f 361 15 Jul 1786; 15 Nov 1788
Wife: Sarah
Son: John Belt - land
Sons: Carlton Belt, Higginson Belt
Dau: Beckey Peddicoart
Grandsons, sons of Greenbury Belt: Westley and Higginson Belt (under age 21)
Ex: Son John
Wit: H. Griffith, Joshua Griffith, Elizabeth Griffith
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BELT, LEONARD L C f 117 14 Sep 1793
L 1 p 266 20 Sep 1793
Nephew: John Belt, son of brother Higginson Belt - pt. of "Dann" where testator lives
Lucy Beckwith, relict of William Beckwith - pts. of "Paradise Enlarged" and "Magruder's Hazard"
Sister: Sarah Peddicoart
Niece: Althea, Dau of Sarah Peddicoart, Wife of William Selman
Rebecca Peddicoart, wife of Jasper Peddicoart
Elizabeth Beckwith, Wife of Samuel Beckwith
Brother: Joseph Belt
Henry Watson, Sr.
Mary Belt, dau of John Belt
John Watson, son of Henry
Ex: John Belt, son of Higginson
Wit: William Glaze, Edward Harding, Kinsey, Gittings of Benjamin
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Name: Gwen (Boyer) Bjorkman
Email: gwenbj@seanet dot com
Note:
Calendar of Maryland State Papers - The Black Books 703 IV, 159
1751 Mar 21 Petition for the erection of a new county from the area of Prince George's and Frederick Counties ... J. Offutt, Higginson Belt, ...
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24 May 1757 Frederick Co, MD Land Records F:243
Grantor: Higgenson Belt, Dorothy Belt
Grantee: Benjamin Prather
20L for 200 acres "Rogers Chance"
Wit: David Lynn, Charles Jones
Ack: Higgenson and Dorothy Belt
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3 Mar 1762 Frederick Co, MD Land Records G:405
Grantor: Richard Waters
Grantee: Higgenson Belt
Tract "Collins Folly," 30 1/2 acres located on Bare Branch of the Seneca
Witnesses: Thomas Prather, David Lynn
Ack: Richard and Elizabeth Waters
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20 Jun 1783 Montgomery Co, MD Records B:157-8
Inventory of Greenbury Belt Value: L122.12.6
Kindred: Higginson Belt, Caleb Penn
Creditors: Jacob Lamar, Elias Adgait
Appraisers: Henry Griffith, Henry Griffith, Junior
Adminstrix: Sarah Belt, his wife
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Charles Perry 21.383 A Page £582.16.7 £82.9.2 Aug 8 1745
The amount of the accounts also included £45.14.5 in sterling.
Received from: Thomas Conn, Thomas Crampton, George Tomlinson, Elisabeth Hall, administratrix of Henry Culver, executor of Robert Beale, Richard Waters, George Moore, George Atwood, Higginson Belt, William Murdock, Thomas Butler, James Lee, Ignatius Perry, Charles Chittam, Mr. Joseph Adams (merchant in London), Charles Rogers, James Biry, John Adamson, Benjamin Harris, James Lee, Sr., Samuel Beal, Grove Tomlinson, Rachel Harris, Benjamin Perry.
Payments to: Benjamin Perry, James Perry, Benjamin Perry (constable) for executing warrants on George Conn & Alexander Hall, Robert Chittam, Lord Baltimore paid to John Magruder per Ignatius & Nicholas Diggs, Dr. Spigg, Dr. John Robertson paid to William Beal, Mr. Peter Dent, Daniel Dulany, Esq., John Hepburne.
Legatees: Ignatius Perry (son) paid to James & Benjamin Perry & Nathaniel Wickham, Jr., Easter (sister) paid to Benjamin Perry.
Executrix: Rachel Pottenger, wife of Robert Pottenger.
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contributed by Shirley Middleton Moller
9. HIGGINSON BELT, son of John (3) and Lucy (Lawrence), is stated in a Family record of Julia Belt, dau. of John Lloyd Belt of Rock Hall, Dickerson, MD, to have m. 1st, Sarah Lawrence, b. c1714 in Page Co., MD, by whom he had Higginson and Carlton, and to have m. 2nd, Sarah Marshall. On the other hand, Zellow C. Belt states that Higginson Belt, Sr., m. Dorothy (nee Williams?), widow of John Rogers, and she was the mother of his children.
Higginson Belt was granted a tract named Spring Garden, near Laytonsville, in what is now MO Co., in 1738. Scharf's Wastern MD, P-
652)
The 1755/6 Debt Book of FR Co. states that he owned 250 a. Spring Garden, and 200 a Rogers Chance. {Western MD Genealogy, 7:132}
Higginson Belt took the Oath of Fidelity to the State of MD on 2 March 1778, in MO Co., before Elisha Williams {Brumbaugh; Revolutionary
Records of Maryland:10}
On 23 Feb 1781, through principles of conscience, he freed 14
Slaves.{B:41, cites MOLR A:401}
He d. leaving a will dated 15 July 1786, leaving household furniture to his wife Sarah, and the residue of his personal estate to his sons John, Carlton, and Higginson, and dau Becky Peddicord; also named dec. son Greenberry (who left two sons Westley and Higginson).
{MOWB B:361}
Higginson and Sarah were the parents of{B}: JOHN, possibly b. c1764; CARLTON; HIGGINSON, d. 1795 in FR Co.; REBECCA, m. Jasper Peddicord; and GREENBERRY, d. in his father's lifetime.
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Montgomery County Land Records, 1777-1781; Liber A1, Page 601. Discharge, recorded at the request of Higginson Belt. I, Higginson Belt of M, hereby set free from bondage, my 9 Negroes (the males when they arrive at the age of 21, and the females when 18 years of age), viz, Jack, age 17 next Mar 10, Milley, aged 8 years .. Sally, aged 8 years next Apr 15 .. Aimy, aged 5 years next Jun .. Lydia, aged 1 year next Sep 15, and , aged 1 year next Jan 14, and do for myself, my heirs, and executors and administrators, release unto sd Jack, Milley, Polley, Alley, Aimy, Jim, Solomon, Lydia, and Tom, all my claim as to their persons or to any estate they may acquire. Signed Feb 23, 1781 - Higginson Belt. Wit - Leonard Davis, Green Y Belt, Joseph Wilson*. Recorded Feb ..
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Montgomery County Land Records, 1777-1781; Liber A1, Page 602. Discharge, recorded at the request of Higginson Belt. I, Higginson Belt of M, hereby set free from bondage, my 5 Negroes, viz, Brister, aged about 40 years, Jack, aged about 38 years, Catheron, aged about 26 years, Nace, aged about 21 years, Belt, aged about 18 years. Signed Feb 23, 1781 - Higginson Belt. Wit - Leonard Davis, Green Y Belt, Joseph Wilson*. Recorded Feb 23, 1781.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Abt 1722 - 1788 (~ 66 years)