Atheliah Adams

1737 - Aft 1779  (> 43 years)

• Name	Atheliah Adams
  Born	1737	Charles County, Maryland
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1779	Shenandoah County, Virginia
  Person ID	I58171	Tree1
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Samuel Adams,   b. 1713, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. 10 Sep 1748, Charles County, Maryland - probate  (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Charity Courts,   b. 1717, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. Aft 1753, Culpeper County, Virginia  (Age > 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1734	Charles County, Maryland
  Family ID	F6591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Hopewell,   b. Abt 1733, Charles County, Maryland ,   d. Aft 1779, Shenandoah County, Virginia  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Married	Abt 1753	Charles County, Maryland
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F32085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  == ADAMS, SAMUEL, Charles Co. 1748 10 Sep 1748 To wife CHARITY ADAMS, Negroes, Harry and Jack, cattle. To dau. TABITHA, tract called "Adames Retirement," 100 A., tract called Adamses Outlett." 50 A., tract called Adamses Pasture," 34 1/2/ A., Negro Charles, furniture. To daus CELIA and ATHEAHLEAH, being twins, tract called "Batchelors Hopes" 277 A., Negro woman named Seened(?), mullato Rachell, furniture. To dau, CLOE, tract called "Leverpool Point," 32 1/2 A., tract called Crosmons Entrance which I claim by escheat and 3 pounds sterl, to clear the said land, Negro girl Violetto, cow and calf. To JOHN COURTS WADE, cow and calf, small gunn. Bro. BENJAMIN ADAMS to make my coffin. To servant man named Andrew Robertson I year of his indented times. Wit: James Crawley, Anne Crawley, John Elgin. 25.421 === Charles County Land Records 1775-1782; Liber V#3; Page 354. Apr 6, 1779 from Francis Adams of CC, planter, attorney (via CC power, of attorney) for Joseph Steevens and Celia, his wife, and Joseph Hopewell and Atheliah, his wife, to Henry Davis at CC, planter, for 138 £10 shillings, all that tract of land in CC called Bachelors Hope, bounded by Coxes Cr, a tract of land originally laid out for John Martin, a tract of land called Grenears Choice, a tract of land called Wadestone, a tract of land called Four Hills formerly laid out for William Marlow, a tract of land laid out for one Thomas, containing and laid out for about 277 acres. Signed - Frans Adams, H. Davis. Wit - warren Dent, Will Harrison (CC JPs). Recorded Apr 24, 1779. === Charles County Land Records 1775-1782; Liber V#3; Page 355. Power of Attorney. We Jos: Stevans and Celia, his wife, of F.C. [Frederick County?] , Jos. Hopewell and Athiliah, his wife, of Shanando County, Virginia, for sundry good causes, have appointed our trusty friend, Francis Adams of CC, to be our true and lawful attorney, and we hereby authorize him to sell to Henry Davis of CC, a certain tract of land in CC called Batchelors Hope, Signed Nov 4, 1778 - Joseph Steevens, Celia (C her mark) Steevens, Joseph Hopewell, Atheliah (R her mark) Hopewell. Wit - Capt. James Davis, John Ashford. Proved before Will Harrison by the oaths of both witnesses. Recorded Apr 24, 1779, === 1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Port Tobacco: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 380-26: BACHELORS HOPE: 277 acres; Possession of - 277 Acres - Adams, Samuel: : Surveyed 28 Feb 1706 for William Godfrey beginning at a bound White Oak standing on point between two small creeks called Coses Creek: Other Tracts Mentioned: PYES HARDSHIFT; ; ; Conveyance notes - {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.}, Samuel Adams from (unreadable Godfrey; 9 Aug 1737,