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

John Marlow

Male 1726 - 1787  (60 years)


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  • Name John Marlow 
    Birth 27 Dec 1726  Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1787  Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10790  Tree1
    Last Modified 17 May 2024 

    Father Ralph Marlow,   b. Abt 1695, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1770, St. John's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anne Middleton,   b. Abt 1700, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1780, St. John's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 22 May 1717  St. John's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3023  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lydia Coghill,   b. Abt 1730, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1753, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 23 years) 
    Marriage Jan 1746  Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ralph Middleton Marlow,   b. 21 Sep 1746, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1779, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 34 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Smallwood Coghill Marlow,   b. 14 Oct 1749, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     3. Anne Marlow,   b. 1 Jul 1752, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F7171  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 May 2024 

    Family 2 Eleanor Dorsett,   b. 1723, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1787, Prince George's County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage Bef Oct 1754  Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Dorsett Marlow,   b. 24 Jun 1755, King George's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1790, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. John Marlow,   b. 3 Jun 1757, King George's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1809, Prince George's County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. William Marlow,   b. 15 May 1759, King George's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1815, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Amelia Marlow,   b. 1761, King George's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F7490  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 May 2024 

  • Notes 
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      Prince George's County, St. John's and Prince George Parishes Maryland State Census 1776
      John Marlow, 52: 22: 19: 17
      Elianor Marlow, 53: 15
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      John Smallwood, 87.124 PG £15.15.7 May 17 1765
      Appraisers: John Dunn, Andrew Gibbs.
      Creditors: Peter Wynn, John Harris, Jr.
      Next of kin: James Smallwood, Jr., John Smallwood.
      Administrator: John Marlow.
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      HUMPHREY, HENRY, Prince George's Co. 30 Jan, 1760; 28 Nov, 1760
      To wife, an equal pt. with her 7 children; that is to say 1/8 pt. of moveable estate.
      To son Henry, 100 A, land adjoining plantation whereon I live.
      To son John, 100 A., which I bought of Thomas Tenaly.
      To son Thomas Talburt, 50 lbs, currency to buy land.
      Daus: Eleaner, Sarah Ann, ElIzabeth, Deborah,
      Extx: Wife.
      Wit: Will Marbury, Jno. Marlow, Mathew Smallwood. 31.107
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      Folio 146 REBECCA MARLOW, spinster 08/02/1781 11/24/1781
      "being sick and weak of Body ..."
      Bequeaths to:
      1. Elizabeth Bayne --sister
      -to have a bed and furn.
      2. Samuel Hawkins Bayne --nephew
      -to have Negro man "Peter" with the condition that he allow his mother Elizabeth Bayne the sole use of the Negro for the term of her natural life --and should he refuse then the bequest is null and void
      3. Anne Middleton Marlow --niece
      -to have Negro woman "Sarah"
      4. Susannah Dorsett --sister
      -to have Negro boy "Jack"
      -to have the rest and remainder of the estate of whatever kind
      -named executor, and should the moneys from the hire of testatrix's Negroes prove insufficient to pay debts, then Samuel Hawkins Bayne, Anne Middleton Marlow and Susannah are to pay a proportionate sum out of the legacies given to them.
      Witnesses: John Harrison, Theodore Dorsett, John Marlow
      Then came: the three above named subscribers to the will
      Note: the testatrix signed the will with her mark
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      1752-1757 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber NN [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 118. At the request of Thomas Bayne and Elizabeth Bayne the following Deed was recorded May 5, 1753
      I Ralph Marlow, planter and Ann Marlow his wife in consideration of 5 shillings current money and likewise for the love and natural affection which we have and bear unto Thomas Bayne and Elizabeth Bayne his wife our truly and well beloved children and for other good causes us at this present especially moving have given two tracts, "Marlow's Chance" containing 100 acres and lying on the west side of Cabin Branch which falls into Piscataway main branch; and the other tract called "St. Thomas" containing 97 acres and beginning at the second tree of "Pinner". In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this April 24, 1753, Ralph Marlow, Ann Marlow in the presence of John Marlow, Randolph Hawkins and acknowledged before John Hawkins, Jr., George Fraser and at the same time Ann Marlow wife of Ralph Marlow relinquished her right of dower
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      1752-1757 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber NN [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 118. At the request of John Marlow the following Deed was recorded May 5, 1753
      I Ralph Marlow, planter, and Ann Marlow his wife, daughter of Capt. John Middleton who was a son and heir of Robert Middleton and Mary Middleton his wife, which Mary Middleton was daughter of Major John Wheeler; know ye that in consideration of 5 shillings current money and likewise for the love and natural affection which we have and bear unto John Marlow our truly and well beloved child and for other good causes us at this present especially moving have given all that tract called "Wheeler's Hope" containing 365 acres and beginning on the north side of a fresh that runs into Piscataway Creek near a great beaver dam. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this April 24, 1753, Ralph Marlow, Ann Marlow in the presence of Randolph Hawkins, Thomas Bayne and acknowledged before John Hawkins, Jr., George Fraser and at the same time Ann Marlow wife of Ralph Marlow relinquished her right of dower

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      Provincial Court Land Records, 1765-1770
      Volume 725, Page 201

      This Indenture Tripartite made this tenth day of April in the Year Seventeen hundred and sixty seven Between Ralph Marlow of Prince Georges County Planter and Ann his wife of the one part John Marlow of the same County Planter of the second part and John Rogers of the same County of the third part Whereas for the docking barring and extinguishing all Estates Tail and Reversions and Remainders thereupon expectant and depending of and in the Land and Appurtenances herein after mentioned the said John Rogers as Demandant is hereafter at the request cost and charges of the aforesaid John Marlow to prosecute and sue forth out of his Lordships High Court of Chancery his said Lordships writ of Entry sur disseisin en le post against him the said John Marlow returnable and to be returned to the Provincial Court at Annapolis on the third Tuesday of May next whereby the said John Rogers is to demand against him the said John Marlow All that tract or parcell of Land called Wheeler's Hope lying in the county aforesaid and Beginning at a bounded white oak standing in the woods on the north side of a fresh run which runs into Piscataway Creek near a great Beaver Damm Running thence north and by west one hundred and fifty perches to a bounded white Oak standing by a Small branch thence west and by South one hundred and fifty perches to a bounded white oak thence south west and by south one hundred and twenty perches to a bounded red oak upon a Hill thence west one hundred and eighty perches upon a Hill to a bounded white oak thence South South west one hundred and eighty perches to a bounded white oak standing by the said run thence running as the run runneth to the first bound tree containing and laid out for three hundred sixty and five acres of Land with the appurtenances thereto belonging To which said writ the said John Marlow shall and will appear in his proper person or by his attorney or attornies lawfully authorized and vouch to warranty thereof the aforesaid Ralph Marlow and Ann his wife who shall likewise appear gratis in their proper persons or by their attorney or attornies lawfully authorized and shall and will enter into the said warranty and vouch over to warrant the same premisses the common vouchee who shall thereupon appear and enter into the said warranty and after Imparlance make default and such further and other proceedings shall be therein so that one or more good and perfect common recovery or Recoveries with double voucher shall and may be had suffered perfected and executed in all things according to the usual form of common Recoveries with double voucher for Assurance of Lands in such case used and accustomed Now this Indenture Witnesseth that for the setling and declaring the intent use and purpose of the said Recovery or Recoveries so to be suffered as aforesaid and for and in consideration of five Shillings Current Money by him the said John Marlow to the aforesaid Ralph Marlow and Ann his Wife in Hand paid the receipt whereof the said Ralph Marlow and Ann his wife do hereby acknowledge It is covenanted granted agreed and Declared by and between all the parties to these presents That the said Common Recovery or Recoveries so as aforesaid or in any other manner to be had and suffered and the Execution thereof from and immediately after the suffering the same or any other Recovery or Recoveries of the said mentioned premisses or any part thereof shall and is and are hereby intended to be and enure and shall be adjudged construed deemed and taken and is and are and was and were meant and intended and is and hereby are declared to be and enure and the Recoveror and Recoverors in the said Recovery or Recoveries named or to be named and he and they and his and their Heirs shall stand and be seised of the said tract or parcell of Land aforesaid and premisses with the appurtenances and every part and parcell thereof to and for the only proper use and Behoofe of him the said John Marlow his heirs and assigns forever and to or for no other use intent or purpose whatsoever In Witness whereof the Parties to these Presents have hereunto interchangeably set their Hands and affixed
      their seals the day and year first above written his
      Signed Sealed and Delivered Ralph R Marlow (seal)
      in the Presence of us mark
      her
      J Hepburn, Tho.s Sim Lee Ann + Marlow (seal)
      mark
      Jn.o Marlow (seal)
      J Rogers

      On the Back of the Aforegoing Deed was thus Endorsed viz.t

      Received on the day and year first within written of and from the within named John Marlow the Sum of five Shillings Current Money being the consideration money within mentioned to be by him paid to us his
      received by Ralph R Marlow
      Witness J Hepburn Tho.s Simm Lee mark
      her
      Ann x Marlow
      mark

      On the sixth day of May seventeen hundred and sixty seven came the within named John Marlow Ralph Marlow and Ann his wife and John Rogers before me the Subscriber one of his Lordships Justices of the provincial court and Severally Acknowledged the within instrument of writing to be their respective Act and Deed and the Land and premisses within mentioned with the appurtenances to be the only Right and Estate of the said John Marlow his heirs and assigns for ever according to the true intent and meaning of the same writing At the same time the said Ann being by us examined privately and apart from and out of the hearing of her said Husband declared she freely joined in the common Recovery within mentioned of the Lands and premisses within mentioned and that she did the same voluntarily and without being induced thereto by fears or threats of or ill usage by her
      said Husband or fear of his displeasure ^according^ to the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided Before me
      Recorded the 20.th May 1767 J Hepburn
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      1726-1730 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber M, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Page 25-28
      Memorandum from Charles, Lord Baltimore, to the justices Francis Marbury, Peter Dent, James Stoddert, Jr. and Zachariah Wade, Gent.; Capt. John Middleton seized of a parcel of land called Wheeler's Hope on 23 Nov last at court held at Marlborough Town before John Bradford, Gent; oaths to be taken regarding memory of bounds:
      Deposition of Francis Marbury, age ca 65 years; at request of Hillary Ball and Francis Clarboe about 20 years ago he laid out a tract called Brother's Delight belonging to said Ball, bounded by Wheeler's Hope
      Deposition of Francis Wheeler, age ca 50 years
      Deposition of Perman Walker, age ca 60 years; mentions Robert Middleton and John Middleton
      Deposition of James Wheeler, age ca 40 years; mentions Henry Ball
      Deposition of Michael Scandell, age ca 30 years
      Deposition of Anne Scandell, age ca 48 years
      Enrolled 1 Jul 1726

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