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BRUCE, CHARLES, Charles Co. 22 Dec 1757 16 March 1758
To son John Bruce,, Negro boy Jame and the largest. walnut tree desk In my house.
To son Esaunly, {mm: Townley} Negro boy Ned.,
To son Robert Bruce, Negro boy Dick.
To son William Bruce, Negro boy Roger.
To son Walter Bruce, Negro boy Sam.
To son James Bruce, Negro girl Sarah.
To dau Judith Bruce, Negro girl Bess.
To dau Judith Bruce, chest of drawers, silver tea spoons, and tongs, other.
To dau Elizabeth Bruce, Negro girl Milly.
To dau Elizabeth Bruce,15 pounds,
To dau Jane Liddle Bruce, 2 Negro girls Judy and Nell.
To wife Jean Bruce, Negro woman Bess, also remaining Negroes and 1/3 of moveables, also plantation I now live on and tract called "Good for Little." That Charles Yates of Charles Co. and Cornelius Barber of St. Mary's Co. act as trustees and guardians Of all my children,
Wit: James Campbell, Robert Yates, Benja. Gwinn. 30.350
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Jane Bruce 5.91 D CH £888.17.6 Apr 13 1768
Sureties: James Campbell, Theophilus Yates.
Distribution to children (equally): Judith, John, Elisabeth, Townley, Robert, William, Walter, Jane, Jane Little Bruce. Administrator: John Bruce
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Charles County Land Records 1775-1782; Liber V#3; Page 149. Bill of sale, recorded at the request of Zephaniah Turner of CC.
I, Townley Bruce of Frederick County, for 105 £, I sell to Zephaniah Turner of CC, a mulatto man named Will (bought by me from Charles Cooper, late of Colchester in [Fairfax County] Virginia). Signed Apr 10, 1777 - Townley Bruce. Wit - G.R. Brown (CC JP). Recorded Apr 14, 1777.
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1773-1778 Frederick County Land Records; {Patricia Abelard Andersen}
W:75-76. Townley Bruce recorded bill of sale 28 Sept. 1774 from Charles Cooper of Colchester, Virginia, for £63, sells mulatto man named Will. Signed before Wm Bayley, Jr.
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1773-1778 Frederick County Land Records; {Patricia Abelard Andersen}
BD1:187-189. Francis Deakins recorded deed 22 March 1775, from Bruce Townley for £410..15..7, for Resurvey on Thoroughfare, metes and bounds for 197 acres. Signed and acknowledged before David Lynn, Adam Stewart.
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1773-1778 Frederick County Land Records; {Patricia Abelard Andersen}
BD1:206-208. Benjamin Becraft Jr. And others recorded power of attorney from Robert Peter. Whereas Robert Peter, by deed of bargain and sale in 1773, conveyed land to Adam Austin, and has appointed him to convey said land to Benjamin Becraft Jr., Townley Bruce and Luke Marbury Wheeler.
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1773-1778 Frederick County Land Records; {Patricia Abelard Andersen}
RP1:367. Christian Yeasterday recorded bill of sale 5 May 1778, from Townley Bruce for £750 assign one Negro girl slave named Cate, and three Negro boy slaves named Tom, Gerard and Dave, signed Townley Bruce, before Henry Slagle and Joseph Guinn.
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1773-1778 Frederick County Land Records; {Patricia Abelard Andersen}
W:476-477. Joseph Gwynn recorded deed of trust 23 Jan. 1776 from Robert Bruce for 5 shillings, assigns Negro man Dick, and Negro boy Harry, to hold in trust for my brother Townly Bruce, to be conveyed after my death, should I die before my return from Boston in New England. Provided nevertheless, should I return safe from Boston then this present deed is null and void.
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Montgomery County Land Records, 1777-1781; Liber A1, Page 438. Jan 22, 1780 from Townley Bruce of George Town in M, to Robert Peter of M, for 5 shillings and for divers other good reasons, 1 penknife in name of the whole, Negro men named Ned and Peter, and all his undivided half part of the Negroes and their increase, given by the sd Robert Peter to his daughters, Mary and Harriot, as by deed recorded in Frederick County, under trust and confidence, nevertheless, that the sd Townley Bruce and his present wife may hold, possess, and enjoy, during their natural lives and her, the sd Harriot's widowhood, the whole of the slaves afd, with their increase, under the further trust that the sd Robert Peter shall convey, at the death of the sd Townley Bruce and Harrot, his wife, in case she has not married a 2nd time, all the Negroes afd, with their increase, to their child or children, as may be directed by the will of the sd Townley Bruce, or in case of his dying intestate, to the child or children of him, the sd Townley Bruce by his present wife, as may legally fall to their shares of the sd Negroes and their increase, and under the further trust that the sd Robt. Peter will, in case the sd Townley Bruce should die before his present wife and she should marry a 2nd time, make over and see delivered, as soon as may be after the 2nd marriage, two thirds of all the Negroes afd, to the child or children of the present marriage. Signed - Townley Bruce, Robert Peter. Wit - Will Deakins Jr*. Recorded Feb 5, 1780.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1747 - Aft 1780 (> 34 years)