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1788-1791 Charles County, Maryland Will Book AI-10 [TLC]; Page 45.
John Thomas Sr's Will.
I, John Thomas of CC, am weak of body but of sound and disposing mind and memory. Firstly, I want all my just debts paid.
To my grandson John Bruce, and son of my son Nathan, and the child which my son William's wife Elizabeth is now great with - to be equally divided between them, all my land lying on the NW side of the main road from the lower end of a tract of land called the Ware, and up to the main Road to where a gate formerly stood, near the foot of a hill and from thence to the east side of a spring called the white Marsh spring where a large poplar formerly stood, from thence to a white oak, being a boundary of the afd tract, thence to a tree of sd tract, lately killed by lightning. If any of the afd grandchildren dies without issue of their body lawfully begotten, the survivors to possess the whole.
To my sd grandson John Bruce - 1 Negro girl called Lett and her increase.
To my wife Mary - the rest of my lands.
Executrix: my wife.
Signed Jan 2, 1789 - John Thomas.
Wit - G. Adams, John Beavin, John Billingsley.
Probated on Feb 9, 1789 by the oaths of John Beavin & John Billingsley, two of the witnesses.
From the best information, John Thomas, the heir at law, is a resident of the state of Pennsylvania & was not present when the above probate was taken.
To Mr. John Muschett, Regr of Wills - my son William Wilson Thomas waits on you with my late husband, John Thomas' will, which will I stand to. Signed Jan 28, 1789 - Mary Thomas. Wit - John Beavin.
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THOMAS, JOHN, Charles Co. 30 Apr 1756 9 July 1757
To eldest son John, tract called "Ware," and my sword and kane two Negro boys,, Peter and Simon.
To son Leonard, tract called "Bowling Green" 200 a., Negro man Ben and Negro man Jacob, 1/3 flock of sheep.
To son James, Negro Nacy, Maartha, 1/3 flock of sheep,
To son William all other land, provided he pay to three brothers, John, James and Leonard, each 2000 pounds of tobacco.
To son William, two Negro boys named Charles and James given In compliance with a letter sent by me to Thomas Reeves his wife's father upon the point of marriage betwixt my son William and his dau.
Whereas my dau. Jane, wife to Edward Swann is deceased, therefore give to my grandau. Elizabeth wife of Thomas Adams whom I hereby appoint in her stead, one Negro girl Rebecca.
Remainder of estate to be divided into 6 equal parts between my four sons and two of my grandaus, names as follows: John, James, Leonard and William,, Elizabeth Adams and Elizabeth Woods
Son., John, ex.
Wit: James Greenfield Wood., John Johnson, John Adams. 309.341
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John Thomas 2.112 D CH £375.19.4 Feb 10 1759
Sureties: Benjamin Wood, John Adams.
Legatees: John (son), Leonard, James (son), William (son), Elisabeth Adams (granddaughter) wife of Thomas Adams, Elisabeth Wood daughter of Benjamin Wood.
Distribution to: John, James, Leonard, William, Elisabeth Adams, Elisabeth Wood.
Executor: John Thomas.
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WILLSON, JOHN, Charles Co, 14 Feb 1750 4 May 1751
To son William Willson three tracts: one lying in St. Mary's Co. called "Indian Grant Sepulchre." In Charles Co, pt. of tract called "Redding" which I bought of Thomas Coleman and tract where I now live In his Lordships Mannour of Calverton called "Willsons Dear Purchase."
To son Jonathan Willson money I have due from the several merchants my correspondents In England together with all the tobacco sold and unsold and all the tobacco I have In my houses.
To son William Willson house and lott in Benedict Town No. 7.
I give other lot In Benedict Town to my grandson Samuel Willson, and to Samuel Willson pt of tract called "Brotherhood" In Charles Co. which I bought of Joseph Allen.
To son William Willson, Negroes: Conchie, Sall and her young child Rachel,, Negro man Will and Negro boy Eato.
To dau. Catherine Willson, Negro man Cesar, Negro man Frank, young Negro woman Beck, Negro boy James.
To dau. Mary Thomas, Negroes Eato, Sarah.
To dau. Susanna Briscoe, Negro Peter. Rest of personal estate to be divided between my son William Willson and dau. Catherine Willson which said two children I commit to the care of my son Jonathan Willson.
The rest of my children not mentioned above as I have done for them what I think Is just and equitable shall be therewith content and shall not come In for any share with those herein mentioned.
Son Jonathan Willson, ex.
Wit: Nehemiah Willson, Henry Walley, Charles Venables.
Probate witness Is George Venables vice Charles Venables. 28. 76,
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Name: Jo Anne Mackby
Email: jamackby@qx dot net
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WAS Nathaniel Thomas the same person as Nathan G. Thomas? Nathan G. Thomas m. [lic] 10 May 1782 FREDERICK CO. MD Clarissa/Clara Edelen, dau of Edward Edelen m. Susannah Wathen, sister of Clement Wathen. ALL or most of the 12 children of Nathan G. Thomas and Clarissa Edelen were born in Frederick Co. MD. This family removed to Boone Co. KY in 1810, where Nathan G. Thomas d. bef 20 Sep 1819. [I have often wondered what the middle name might be]
NOTE: There were Wilsons in FREDERICK CO. MD and some references show Mary Wilson as dau of John Wilson of FREDERICK CO. MD. This John Wilson is shown on a list of taxables [1733] in Monocacy Hundred [later Frederick Co. MD]; John Wilson signed a petition dated 16 Oct 1742 seeking creation of Frederick Co. from part of Prince George's Co.; On 25 Oct 1768 the Vestry of All Saints Parish [Frederick Co.] mentions a location where John Wilson and William Luckett live [today's Point of Rocks, a small town located on the Potomac River in Frederick Co. MD] Ref: Pioneers of Old Monocacy: The Early Settlement of Frederick Co. Maryland, 1721-1743 by Grace L. Tracey and John P. Dern.
NOTE: In a letter from his Uncle Levin Wailes to his nephew Rev. Lloyd Thomas wrote: "Your grandfather John Thomas married Mary Wilson of a highly respectable family in Montgomery Co. MD. Their residence was in Charles Co. MD [not exceeding two miles from the boundry between that county & Prince George's Co. The mansion house was on a level piece of ground not exceeding, I think one hundred paces in a Westerly direction from a hugh fountain of water as ever issued from the earth. No family in their time lived better. The public highway leading southward through this estate to Port Tobacco, the County town of Charles, passed with 200 paces west of the dwelling house. In Prince George's there is a place designated "cross roads"...the intersection of the road from Benedict to the city of Washington, by that from Magruder's Ferry on Patuxent River to Port Tobacco. Pursuing the latter road in a South Westerly direction, I think the distance from the cross road to the former resi!
dence of old Mr. Thomas cannot exceed three or four miles. I have been thus circumstantial to enable you, if business or inclination should ever call you in that neighborhood to find the birthplace of your father [Phillip Thomas m. Elizabeth Covington Wailes, sister of Levin Wailes]." [Ref: Gleaned from LETTER. MGSB Summer 1995, Vol. 36, Number 3]
FINAL NOTE: All of the above still does not entirely verify whether Nathaniel Thomas [who was the son of John Thomas and Mary Wilson] was the person called Nathan G. Thomas. There was William Thomas builder of "Deep Falls" b. 1714 Charles Co. MD; d. 25 Mar 1795 [WD 1757 at his residence "Deep Falls" aka "Wales" WAILES? (1680) [brother of John Thomas who m. Mary Wilson] who m. by 1751 Elizabeth Reeves b. abt 1714; d. 1808 [dau of Thomas Reeves of St. Mary's Co. MD m. Mary]. William Thomas and Elizabeth Reeves had 4 sons & 1 dau. Their son John Thomas m. Eleanor McGill. And their son Francis Thomas, Gov. of Maryland b. 3 Feb 1799 Frederick Co. MD; d. 22 Jan 1876; bur St. Mark's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Petersville, Frederick Co. MD m. Sally McDowell
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1761-1765 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber L#3 [TLC]; Page 27. Aug 11, 1761 from Leonard Thomas of CC, planter, to John Thomas of CC, planter, for 50 £sterling, a tract of land called Bowling Green, lying in CC, bounded by the south side of the devils nest branch near the head thereof, containing and laid out for about 200 acres. Signed - Leonard Thomas. Wit - Walter Hanson*, Robt Horner*. Joanna Thomas, the wife of sd Leonard Thomas, came into Court, and being first privately examined, voluntarily relinquished her right of dower to the lands conveyed. Recorded Aug 12, 1761,
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1765-1770 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber O#3 [TLC]; Page 301, Dec 9, 1767 from James Greenfield Wood of CC, planter, to John Thomas Jr of CC, planter, for 40 £, part of a tract of land in CC called New Podda, and bounded by land called Buttington, Samways' Branch, the CountyranCh, containing about 90 acres. Signed - James Green Wood. Wit - Jo: 14; Harrison*, Jno Dent*. Recorded Dec 9, 1767.
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1770-1775 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber S#3 [TLC]; Page 274. Jun 9, 1772 from Anna Mary Kidwell of CC and James Kidwell Sr of Prince Georges County, planter, to John Thomas Sr of CC, for 3260 lbs of crop tobacco, part of a tract of land called The Ware, in CC, bounded by the south side of the Devils Nest Branch near the Clay Bridge and a tree of the division between sd Anna Mary Kidwell and sd John Thomas, containing about 50 acres, 1/4 acre only excepted for a burial ground. Signed - Anna Mary (+ her mark) Kidwell, James (+ his mark) Kidwell. Wit - J Hawkins*, Philip Briscoe*. Recorded Jun 27, 1772,
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1770-1775 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber S#3 [TLC]; Page 274.
Jun 9, 1772 from Anna Mary Kidwell and John Kidwell Sr, planter, both of CC, to John Thomas Sr of CC, for 30 £, part of a tract of land called The Ware, in CC, bounded by the devils Nest Branch, the tree of division between sd Anna Mary Kidwell and Thomas Thomas [sic], a tree of division between afd Anna Mary Kidwell, Thomas Thomas, and John Thomas, a tree of division between Anna Mary Kidwell and John Thomas, containing about 38 acres. Signed -Anna May (+ her mark) Kidwell, John (+ his mark) Kidwell. Wit-J Hawkins*, Philip Briscoe*. Recorded Jun 27, 1772.
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1770-1775 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber S#3 [TLC]; Page 276.
Jun 9, 1772 from John Kidwell Sr of CC, planter, to John Thomas Sr of CC, planter, for 70 £, a tract of land in CC called Bridgewater, bounded by a tree near the head of the Devils Nest Branch, land called Bowling Green taken up by John Thomas, containing about 70 acres. Signed-John (+ his mark) Kidwell. Wit-J Hawkins*, Philip Briscoe*. Sarah Kidwell, the wife of the afd John Kidwell, relinquished her right of dower. Recorded Jun 27, 1772.
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1782-1786 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber Z#3 [TLC];Page 161. Mar 3, 1785 from John Thomas Sr of CC, planter, to Bennett Mudd of CC, planter, for 7000 lbs of crop tobacco, all my part of a tract of land in CC called Hickory Thickett, be it more or less, bounded by a hill to the north side of Charles Beaven's old field, containing and laid out for about 47-1/2 acres_ Signed - John Thomas Sr. Wit - John Morton, Ben. Dyson (CC JPs). Mary, wife of the abovesd John Thomas Sr, relinquished her right of dower to the lands within mentioned. Recorded Aug 9, 1785.
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1786-1790 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber D#4 [TLC]; Page 7_ Aug 11, 1786 from John Thomas and Mary, his wife, of CC, to George Thomas of St. Mary's County, for 5 shillings, 4 tracts of land in CC, one called Delahays Chance, lying on the north side of Potomack River near to the land formerly laid out for Andrew Wattson, containing about 300 acres. Also one other tract of land called Minges Chance, near the river Potomack, a bound tree of William Pinner, containing about 150 acres. Also, one other tract of land called Little Lynn, near Lynns run, bounded by a tract of land called Lynn, containing about 50 acres. Also, one other parcel of land, being part of a tract of land called Lynn, lying on the north side of Potomack River, beginning on a point near Lawsons Marsh and near Potomack River, containing about 250 acres. Signed - Jno Thomas, Mary Thomas. Wit - J. Parnham*, Bent Dyson*. Sd Mary Thomas relinquished her right of dower to the within mentioned land. Recorded Nov 5, 1786.
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1786-1790 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber D#4 [TLC]; Page 217. Bill of sale, recorded at the request of John Thomas Sr. I, Nathan Thomas of CC, planter, for 150 £ sell to John Thomas Sr of CC, planter, 3 Negroes, 1 wench named Mary, 1 "garel" named Milley, and child named Lett, 5 horses, 1 black horse called Dick, 1 sorrel mare called Nell, 1 bay mare called Maddam, 1 bay horse called Dave, and 1 small mare called Polla, and 7 cattle. Signed Mar 5, 1788 - Nathan Thomas. Wit - John Gibson Jr, William W. Thomas. Recorded Mar 6, 1788.
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1786-1790 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber D#4 [TLC]; Page 442. Dec 19, 1788 from John Thomas Sr of CC, planter, to Richard Gardiner of CC, planter, for 10,000 lbs of crop tobacco, all that tract of land in CC, being a tract of land called Woococks Range, beginning at the east side of a pocoson and on the south side of Miry Branch, containing about 81-1/4 acres. Signed - John Thomas. Wit - Alexr McPherson*, John Morton*. Mary, wife of the sd John Thomas, relinquished her right of dower to the within mentioned land. Recorded Apr 13, 1789.
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1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland [Mike Marshall]; Hundred - Riverside: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 348-40: DELAHAYS CHANCE: 300 acres; Possession of - 300 Acres - Harrison, Richard: Surveyed 17 May 1660 for John Delahay on the North side of Potomac river near the land of Andrew Watson.: Conveyance notes - Is the same land as charged Folio 345,
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1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland [Mike Marshall]; Hundred - Riverside: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 348-35: MINGS CHANCE: 100 acres; Possession of - 100 Acres - Ming, Edward: Surveyed 15 Mar 1682 for Edward Ming adjoining to the land of James Delahay near or within 2 miles of MARYLAND POINT: Other Tracts Mentioned: MARYLAND POINT; ; ; Conveyance notes - 150 Acres - Joseph Harrison from Mary Ming; 26 July 1716,
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1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland [Mike Marshall]; Hundred - Riverside: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 343-6: LYNN: 500 acres; Possession of - 500 Acres - Wade, Richard: Surveyed 28 May 1653 for John Lawson about 4 leagues above Nanjemoy.:
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1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland [Mike Marshall]; Hundred - Benedict: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 373-7: PODDA: 100 acres; Possession of - 100 Acres - Coleman, Thomas: Surveyed 19 Dec 1679 for Thomas Greenfield on the West side of Patuxent river in the branches of Aquasco Creek: Conveyance notes - possession by Thomas Coleman for Jonathon Samwaye's orphan,
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1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland [Mike Marshall]; Hundred - Newport: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 420-307: BOWLING GREEN: 200 acres; Possession of - 200 Acres - Thomas, John: : Surveyed 1 April 1729 for John Thomas lying on the South side the Devils last branch.: {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.}, And
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1705 - 1789 (84 years)