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1790 Charles County, Maryland Will Book AK-11 Part 1 [TLC]; Page 5.
James Thomas Sr's Will & Codicil.
I, James Thomas, CC, am infirm of body but of sound mind and memory. Firstly, I want my just debts paid.
To my eldest son, James Thomas - a tract of land called Thomas' Discovery, and a tract called Thomas' discovery enlarged, and a Negro man named John.
To my son Alexander Thomas - 1 heifer.
To my granddaughter Sophania Thomas, daughter of Alexander Thomas - a Negro boy named Thomas.
To my son Thomas Thomas - a Negro woman named Ann, a Negro boy named Henry, a Negro child named Lucy.
To my daughter Elizabeth Baden - a Negro woman named Rebecca, a Negro woman named Lucy, a Negro boy named Isaac.
To my son-in-law John Baden - a Negro lad named Benjamin, in consideration that sd John Baden pays 50 £without interest, to my daughter Eleanor Davis, at 2 payments, half within 1 year after my death, the rest within 2 years after my death. If sd John Baden refuses to take legacy, then my executor shall sell the lad named Benjamin, and pay the money to my sd daughter, Eleanor Davis.
To my grandson, John Haggett Thomas - a Negro lad named Charles.
To my granddaughter Mary Thomas, daughter of James Thomas - a Negro girl named Priscilla.
To my afd son James Thomas - the rest of my estate.
executor: my son James Thomas,
Signed Aug 31, 1786 - James Thomas.
Wit - Jeremiah Gibbons, William Turner, Joseph Barker.
Codicil. I, James Thomas of CC, confirm this, my this codicil.
To my granddaughter Lettice Eleanor Thomas - a Negro girl called Rachael.
Signed Apr 19, 1790 - James Thomas.
Wit - Jeremiah Gibbon, John Vain Jr, Joseph Barker.
Probated on Jan 10, 1791 by executor James Thomas Jr and by the oaths of witnesses Jeremiah Gibbins, William Turner, & Joseph Barker.
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Charles County Maryland Land Record Liber Z#2, 1744-1753; Page 32.
At the request of Capt. John Thomas, the following deed was recorded on Apr 20, 1745.
Mar 11, 1744[/5] from Eliz: Thomas, James Thomas, William Thomas, Anna Mary Kidwell, all of CC, to Capt. John Thomas of CC, for 127 acres in CC, part of a tract of land called "Were to them conveyed" by said John Thomas, that is to say, to Elizabeth Thomas, James Thomas, & Wm Thomas, 87 acres part of the afd tract, & 86 acres, part of the afd tract, to Anna Mary Kidwell, and for divers other good causes, herein conveyed is all that parcel of land, being part of that messuage called Were, lying in CC, bounded by the north side of the Devils Nest Branch near a White Marsh, containing and laid out for about 127 acres. Signed - Eliza. (T her mark) Thomas, James Thomas, William Thomas, Anna Mary (x her mark) Kedwell. Wit - Allen Davies, Young Parran.
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Charles County Maryland Land Record Liber Z#2, 1744-1753; Page 79.
At the request of William Thomas, the following deed was recorded on Dec 3, 1745.
Nov 25, 1745 from James Thomas of CC, planter, to William Thomas of CC, planter, for 2200 lbs tobacco and for divers other good causes, all that tract of land, being part of that messuage called Ware, lying in CC, bounded by the mouth of a small branch called the Cornfield Branch, the Spring where John Davis lately lived. Signed - James Thomas. Wit - William Middleton, Young Parran. The deed was acknowledged by James Thomas and Sophania, his wife.
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Charles County Maryland Land Record Liber Z#2, 1744-1753; Page 543. At the request of James Thomas, the following instrument of writing was recorded on Apr 4, 1752.
Articles of agreement between Elizabeth Thomas of CC and James Thomas and William Thomas of CC. Said Eliza hereby agrees to give all her goods and chattels to sd James and William after her death, a case of drawers only excepted. Said James and William are to maintain her during her natural life, and after her death, her goods and chattels to be equally divided between sd James and William. signed - Eliz.a (T her mark) Thomas. Wit - Joseph Barker, Joseph (I his mark) Hennick.
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1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Benedict: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 427-352: THOMAS FANCY: 20 acres; Possession of - 20 Acres - Thomas, Thomas: Surveyed 31 May 1731 for Thomas Thomas: {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.},
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1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Chicamuxen: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 437-426: THOMAS DISCOVERY: 100 acres; Possession of - 100 Acres - Thomas, James: Surveyed 18 March 1741 for James Thomas beginning at a bounded oak standing on the West side of a small branch which falls into Williams Branch, patented 2 Aug 1742: Conveyance notes - {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.},
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Bef 1707 - 1791 (> 84 years)