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=== Linda Reno
Will of John Fenwick, SMC, JJ #1, fol. 182, 11/19/1777-10/2/1781.
Son: Robert Fenwick, my large silver tankard.
Son: Joseph Fenwick, the plantation I live on being part of two tracts called "Revell" and "Revell's
Backside", 322 acres; the land I bought from John Manning called "Mark's Delight"; and a negro boy named Starry.
Son-in-law: Philip Combs, two silver tablespoons.
Son-in-law: Ignatius Combs, two silver tablespoons.
Son-in-law: Robert Manning, two silver tablespoons.
Son: William Fenwick, three negroes named Zack, Michael, and Jess.
Daughter: Eleanor Fenwick, negroes named Mary and Phil.
Daughter: Catherine Fenwick, negroes named Hannah and Maud.
Daughter: Ann Fenwick, the choice of four head of cattle and one horse.
Children: To my three youngest children, William, Eleanor, and Catherine Fenwick, the balance of my estate after my wife's dower.
Exec: Wife, Monica Fenwick and Son, Joseph Fenwick.
Wit: Timothy Bowes, John Manning, Henry Wimsatt.
(St. Mary's County, Maryland Wills, 1776-1791 by Linda Reno and Joann Humphries).
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John Smith, St Mary's County, 5/10/1784-2/19/1788.
Daughter: Eleanor Smith, three negroes named Sias, Frank, and Nell instead of Tom and Stace which were given to her by a deed of gift.
Wife: Jane Smith, during her life and likewise to my daughters Henrietta Smith, Ann Smith, and Eleanor Smith, as long as they continue unmarried, pt. of the land I hold in "Delabrooke Manor" beginning at the mouth of Cat Creek.
Son: John Smith, the land adjoining that which I hold in Delabrooke Manor, beginning at the mouth of Cat Creek and the remainder of this land after the death of my wife and the marriage of my daughters.
Wife: Jane, all of the negroes I had by her when I married her; the use of a negro boy named Joe during her life and then he is devised to my daughters. She is to also have 1/3 of my stock and household furniture. My clock should stay in my house and be considered a part of my land.
Daughters: Henrietta, Ann, and Eleanor Smith, the balance of my estate.
Exec.: Wife, Jane.
Wit: Raphael Taney, Joseph Mudd, William Fenwick.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1759 - 1833 (73 years)