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

William Dunn

Male Aft 1716 - Aft 1780  (> 64 years)


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  • Name William Dunn 
    Birth Aft 1716 
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 1780  Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I24067  Tree1
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

    Family 1 Rebecca MNU Wheeler,   b. Aft 1716   d. Aft 1775, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 59 years) 
    Marriage Bef 3 Apr 1775  Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F15892  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

    Children 
     1. Augustine Dunn,   b. Abt 1753   d. Aft 1789, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 37 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F15891  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
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      Basil Wheeler; acct.; Anne Arundel Co.; £82.11.3; 3 Apr 1775;
      admx. Rebecca Dunn, wife of William Dunn (AA 72.64)
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      Montgomery County Land Records, 1777-1781; Liber A1, Page 584.
      Nov 11, 1780 from Abraham Davenport of Berkeley County, Virginia, to William Dunn of M, for .. shillings sterling, a tract of land in M, formerly Frederick, called Good Will, bounded by Hard Struggle, containing about 20 1/4 acres. Signed - Abraham Davenport. Wit - Henry Schnebely, John Stull. This deed was ack. by sd Abraham Davenport before Henry Schnebely and John Stull, two of the Justices of Washington County; at the same time came Mary, wife to the within named Davenport, who ack. her right of dower. Elie Williams, Clk of Washington County, certified that Henry Schnebely & John Stull, Esqs, are JPs for sd County. Recorded Dec 11, 1780.
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      Montgomery County Land Records, 1777-1781; Liber A1, Page 585.
      Nov 11, 1780 from Abraham Davenport of Berkeley County, Virginia, to William Dunn of M, for 315 8, part of a tract of land in M, formerly Frederick, called Hard Struggle formerly called Friendship Enlarged and Upper Tract, beginning at the end of the east line of Friendship Enlarged, being the end of the 19th line of Hard Struggle, containing and now laid out for about 243 acres. Signed - Abraham Davenport. Wit - Henry Schnebely, John Stull. This deed was ack. by sd Abraham Davenport before Henry Schnebely and John Stull, two of the Justices of Washington County; at the same time came Mary, wife to the within named Davenport, who ack. her right of dower. Elie Williams, Clk of Washington County, certified that Henry Schnebely & John Stull, Esqs, are JPs for sd County. Recorded Dec 11, 1780.
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      1783 Tax Assessment Montgomery Co. Md
      William Dunn. Hard Strugle, 170 acres. MO Lower Newfoundland, Rock Creek, and North West Hundred, Page 17. MSA S 1161-8-2 1/4/5/51
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      1783 Tax Assessment Montgomery Co. Md
      William Dunn, Sr. MO Lower Newfoundland, Rock Creek, and North West Hundred, Page 4. MSA S 1161-8-2 1/4/5/51
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      1783 Tax Assessment Montgomery Co. Md
      William Dunn, Jr. MO Lower Newfoundland, Rock Creek, and North West Hundred, Page 4. MSA S 1161-8-2 1/4/5/51
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      Montgomery County Land Records, 1795-1797; Liber G, Page 24-26.
      Upton Beall recorded 8 November 1795, from Wm Dunn for £364, tract, Good Will, 20 1/4 acres, and also two parts of Friendship Enlarged, one adjacent to Hard Struggle, 243 acres; also a part containing 4 ½ acres. Signed before Joseph Hall, George French. Mary Dunn, wife of William released dower.
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      Montgomery County Land Records, 1795-1797; Liber G, Page 529-530.
      Henry O. Riley, recorded 28 June 1797, made 20 June between Upton Beall, for £375. Sells tract conveyed by William Dunn to Walter Beall, 5 March 1787, 59 acres, called Hard Struggle, formerly, Friendship Enlarged. 4 ½ acres. Signed Upton Beall before John L. Summers, Thos Corcoran. Mrs. Matilda Beall released dower rights.

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