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

Matthew Daft

Male 1709 - 1750  (~ 48 years)


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  • Name Matthew Daft 
    Birth Between 1702 and 1709  St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Jun 1750  St. Mary's County, Maryland - Inventory Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I62381  Tree1
    Last Modified 16 May 2024 

    Father Charles Daft,   b. Abt 1665, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1721, St. Mary's County, Maryland - Probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Mills,   b. Abt 1667, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1725 and 1750, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Between 1702 and 1709  St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2682  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Female MNU Daft,   b. Between 1706 and 1713, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1736 and 1740, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Marriage Aft 1722  St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Eleanor Daft,   b. Bef 1735, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     2. John Daft,   b. 1736, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     3. Matthew Daft,   b. Abt 1741, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F1909  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 May 2024 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Bloomfield,   b. Aft 1702, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1743, St. Mary's County, Maryland - Probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 39 years) 
    Marriage Bef 22 Dec 1740  St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F33563  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 May 2024 

  • Notes 
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      Matthew Daft 43.283 SM £476.0.3 Jun 25 1750 Jun 25 1750
      Appraisers: Enoch Combs, Cornelius Honing.
      Creditors: Robert Ford, Mary Dogon.
      Next of kin: William Daftt, Mary Pane.
      Administratrix/Executrix: Elionor Daft.
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      Matthew Daft 30.180 A SM £476.0.3 £523.1.1 May 17 1751
      Sureties: John Heard, James Gough
      Received from: Mary Wheatley, William Horner.
      Payments to: Robert Ford, William Horner, William Medley, George Aisquiith, Darby Morris, Mary Dogan, Samuel Allin, Thomas Carroll, Henry Winsitt, John Hammond, Capt. Robert Chesley, John Chisholm, Stourt. Edwards.
      Distribution to: Elenor (daughter) wife of James Roach, John Daft (aged 15).
      Administratrix: Elinor Roach, wife of James Roach.
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      Daft (Dalft), Charles, planter, St Mary's Co., 26th March 1721; 22nd Apr., 1721.
      To son Charles, dwelling plantation --- after decease of wife Eliza., with as much of land as shall make up 200 A.
      To son Mathew, 100 A. at hd. of Flood's Ck., where son Charles is now seated, son Charles to have use of same during life of wife Eliza.
      To dau. Mary, personalty.
      To wife Eliza., extx., residue of estate during life; at her decease to be divided equally among child., dau. Anne Blumfield having rec'd a portion of her share.
      Test: John Mills, John Madley, James Thompson. 16,375.
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      James Thompson 11.480 A SM £0.13.6 £4.5.1 Sep 22 1732
      Received from: James Lee, Henry Wenset.
      Payments to: Mathew Daft.
      Administrator: Thomas Wellman.
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      Benjamin Gough 21.518 SM £74.3.0 Jul 29 1736 Aug 26 1736
      Appraisers: Edward Abell, Richard Winsor.
      Creditors: George Okell, James Gough.
      Next of kin: Stephen Gough, James Gough.
      Administratrix/Executrix: Jane Gough.
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      Benjamin Gough 14.296 A SM £74.3.0 £86.4.3 Jun 22 1737
      Sureties: John Greenwell, Matthew Daft.
      Received from: James Greenwell.
      Payments to: George Okill, James Gough, John Heard, Col. Richard Hopewell, Daniel Dulany, Esq.
      Distribution to: widow (unnamed, 1/3).
      Residue to (orphans): Benjamin Gough, James Gough, Mary Gough, Priscilla Gough, Jane Gough, Sarah Gough, Elisabeth Gough, Susannah Gough.
      Executrix: Jane Gough.
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      Mark Herbert 18.112 A SM £419.8.11 £20.10,10 Dec 22 1740
      Sureties: Enock Coombs, Edward Cole.
      Received from: Mathew Herbert, Robert Ford, John Paywell, Mr. Philip Key, John Ford.
      Payments to: Dr. David Macgill, Cornelius Manning, Henry Baccon, Mr. John Cartwright, Dr. John Hamilton, Mathew Daft (accountant).
      Executors: Mathew Daft and his wife Elisabeth Daft, Francis Herbert

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