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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND WILLS; Liber T No. #1; 1784-1789;
Folio 192 JOHN DUCKETT 03/03/1784 05/31/1784
"being sick and weak of Body ..."
Bequeaths to:
I. Isaac Duckett --son
Samuel Duckett --son
-to have testator's land whereon he now lives called "Batchelor's Delight" cont. 100 acres to be divided equally between them with the provision that they pay all of testator's debts
-Isaac to have testator's gun and Samuel to have testator's desk
-both named executors of the will
2. Lucy (Duckett ?) --daughter
-to have best feather bed and fum., and also best looking glass, I best pewter dish,
3 plates and I best basin, best iron pot, box iron and heaters, and I woolen wheel and linen wheel
-to have Negro man "Sampson" -to have choice of testator's horses
-to have all of testator's hogs, cattle, and sheep
3. Elizabeth Evans --daughter
Rebeckah King --daughter
Letisha King --daughter
Martha King --daughter
Charity Moore --daughter
-remainder of the estate to be divided among them
Witnesses: Nathaniel Wilson
Joseph Peach Elson
Benjamin Vermillion (mark)
Then came: Nathaniel Wilson and Benjamin Vermillion Note: the testator signed the will with his mark
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WARING, MARTHA, Prince George's Co. 8 Dec. 1752; 6 Jan. 1758
ChIldren: Sarah Duckett, wife of John; Francis, Basil and Thomas Waring.
Grandchildren: Ursula Burgess,
Dau,-in-law: Elizabeth Waring.
Ext Son. Thomas Waring.
Wit: John Cooke, Mary Nellson, Francis Willson, 30.423
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John Roberts 19-1/2B.117 A SM #2844 Sep 6 1699
Received from: Francis Grayham [Grayson], Christopher Williamson.
Payments to: Mr. Robert Mason, James Wood, Mr. Jacob Moreland, James Latch, John Gellum [Gillam], John Duckett,
Administrators Joseph Edwards,
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1789-1790 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber II [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 89. At the request of Stephen West the following Deed was recorded April 9, 1789
Indenture made April 9, 1789; Whereas John Duckett father of Isaac Duckett, eldest son and one of the devisees of John Duckett, late of PGCo, planter did on November 25, 1737 purchase of Francis Piles a tract containing 100 acres by the name of "Batchelors Delight" being part of "Maidens Dower"; and whereas John Duckett by his last will and testament bearing date March 3, 1784 did bequeath the land the now lived on to his two sons Isaac Duckett and Samuel Duckett to be equally divided. [this indenture witnesseth that] Isaac Duckett in consideration of 86 pounds 12 shillings and 6 pence hath agreed to sell to Stephen West his share of "Batchelors Delight" except that ½ acres resurved for a burying place. Signed Isaac Duckett in the presence of Mary Brookes, Thomas Macgill and acknowledged before John Smith Brookes, Rinaldo Johnson and at the same time Mary Duckett w/o Isaac Duckett relinquished her right of dower
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1706 - 1784 (77 years)