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

Richard Wainwright

Male Aft 1750 - Aft 1806  (> 56 years)


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  • Name Richard Wainwright 
    Birth Aft 1750  Newport Hundred, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 1806  St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I59455  Tree1
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

    Father William Wainwright,   b. Abt 1730, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1774, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Tamer Davis,   b. Abt 1734, Newport Hundred, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1793, St Mary's County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1750  Newport Hundred, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F31632  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Barber 
    Children 
     1. Jane Wainwright,   b. Abt 1781, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1809, Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 29 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Chloe Wainwright,   b. 1794, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 67 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Richard E. Wainwright  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F32510  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
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      1791-1803 St. Mary's County, Maryland Wills [Linda Davis Reno]
      NAME: Tamer Wainwright LIBER: JJ #2 FOLIO: 64
      DATE OF WILL: 7/28/1793
      DATE OF PROBATE: 9/17/1793
      Son: Richard Wainwright. two third's of "Wainwright's Purchase," 150 3/4 acres in St. Mary's County, and one bed and bolster.
      Daughter: Susanna Chunn, one third of "Wainwright's Purchase" during her life and then to my granddaughter. Deborah Wainwright.
      Children: Richard Wainwright, Susanna Chunn and Elizabeth Barber. the residue of my estate equally divided.
      EXECUTOR(S): Son. Richard Wainwright
      WITNESSES: Clement Briscoe. Basil Smith, Henry Watson
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      Charles County Land Records 1790-1792; Liber K#4; Page 146. Sep 16, 1790 from Humphrey Posey of CC, to Richard Wainwright of St. Mary's County, for 22 shillings and 6 pence, all that tract of land called Elgin's Neglect in CC, bounded by the 1st bound tree of Green Chace (Chase), Britt's Good Chance, Elgin's Discovery, containing 33 acres
      Signed - Humphrey Posey. Wit - Walter Hanson*, Henry H. Chapman*. Alethia Posey, wife of sd Humphrey Posey, relinquished her right of dower. Recorded Sep 16, 1790.
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      Charles County, Maryland Land Records 1808-1810; Liber IB-8 {Abstract by Mike Marshall}; Page 356.
      At the request of Thomas Price the following Deed was recorded October 10, 1809
      Indenture made September 19, 1809; James Gray Evans of the town of Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia in consideration of $500 current money of the United States of America paid by Thomas Price of CC has sold part of a tract called "Brett's Good Chance" which was bequeathed to him by his father Alexander Evans who purchased of Allen Martin and runs agreeably to the courses of the deed from Allen Martin to Alexander Evans dated March 7, 1788 and binding on a division line between Richard Wainwright and James Gray Evans and containing 97 acres. Also part of "Brett's Good Chance" containing 15 acres which was also bequeath to him by his father Alexander Evans to be laid out of 50 acres deeded by Allen Martin to Alexander Evans March 7, 1788 and which said 15 acres has never been laid off. Signed James G. Evans in the presence of and acknowledged before Samuel Hanson, Hezekiah Garner
      September 19, 1809; Jane Evans wife of James Gray Evans relinquished her right of dower
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland [Mike Marshall]; Hundred - Nanjemoy or Durham Parish: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 339-37: GREEN CHANCE: 200 acres; Possession of - 100 Acres - Mitchell, Mary: 100 Acres - Wakelin, Richard: : Surveyed 18 April 1680 for Richard Wakelin at a bound White Oak by a deep branch near the plantation of Edward Knight: Conveyance notes - 100 Acres - Elizabeth Noble from William White & Mary; 28 March 1719, 50 Acres - Richard Wainwright from Absalom Thosne (?); 10 March 1729,,
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland [Mike Marshall]; Hundred - Port Tobacco: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 440-441: ELGINS DISCOVERY: 60 acres; Possession of - 60 Acres - Elgin, John: : Surveyed 18 April 1743 for John Elgin, beginning at a bounded white oak standing in a branch that falls to Dents Mill, patented 1 Sep 1743.: Conveyance notes - {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, Maryland [Mike Marshall]; Hundred - Nanjemoy or Durham Parish: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 416-268: BRETTS GOOD CHANCE: 448 acres; Possession of - 448 Acres - Brett, George: Originally called FIND ONE, Re-Surveyed 16 Nov 1729, for George Brett lying in the county aforesaid beginning at a bounded Spanish oak. : Other Tracts Mentioned: FIND ONE; ; ; Conveyance notes - {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.}, ,

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