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10/20/1648: Octob. 20th This day came John Garbo of New-Towne in the pro:
of Mary-Land, and acknowledgeth to haue gyuen, one Reddish Cow Calfe
marked, Crop'd on the left eare; And a peice cutt alonge slanting the tope
or upper part of the Right eare, wth a slitt under the eare, unto Mary the
Daughter of Walter, & ffrancis Peaks, to her owne use, from this day,
foreuer to aduance her a portion. And in case the sd Mary shall depart this
life before she bee fourteene yeares old, That then the sd Calfe & all her
female increase shall bee & remaine vnto ffrancis the Wife of the sd Walter,
to her owne proper use forever. John Garbo. Recognit Cora me Tho: Greene
Gouer. (Court and Testamentary Business, Archives of MD, Vol. 4, p.
428-429).
3/8/1663-1664: Walter Pakes for and in consideration of a marriage between
Henry Aspinall and Mary Pake, his eldest daughter, gives 300 acres of land
known as St. Lawrence's Neck provided that if Mary should die issueless,
then the said 300 acres shall be to the only use and property of the said
Aspinall during his natural life, and then to revert to Walter Pakes. Wit.:
William Bretton, John Samwayes. (Provincial Court Judgements, Archives of
Maryland, Vol. 49, p. 168
5/16/1664: Know all men by these prsents that I Walter Pake of greate St
Lawrences in the County of St Marys ffor seuerall Causes and good
Consideracon mee thereunto mouing Doe hereby ffreely giue and grant unto my
Deare Sonn in Law Henry Aspinall One hundred acres of land (out of a Pattent
of ffiue hundred acres knowne and Called by the name of St Peters Hill) the
aforesaid hundred acres of land to begin at a Bounded tree of the foresaid
ffiue hundred acres being a white Oake standing neer the path marked wth
twelue notches and to run for the length of the said hundred acres along the
East and by north line of greate St Lawrences, To haue and to hould the said
hundred acres of land to him the said Henry Aspinall and his heires that hee
shall begett of Mary his now wife and in Case of noe heire soe begotten to
him the said Henry Aspinall for ninety nine yeares if hee soe long liue
Yeilding and paying the Lords Rent In wittnes whereof I haue hereunto sett
my hand and seale this 16th day of May 1664. Walter Pake. Signed Sealed &
deliuered in the prsence of Vs- Walter Hall, William Gater. (Provincial
Court Proceedings, Archives of MD, Vol. 49, p. 224-225.
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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
Volume 426, Page 639
PEAKE (PAKES), WALTER (ca. 1609-1668). BORN. ca. 1609, probably in England. IMMIGRATED: in 1646 as a free adult with his wife and son from Virginia. RESIDED: in St. Mary's County. MARRIED Frances, who in 1652 was accused by her husband of committing adultery with Paul Simpson, Peake's business partner. CHILDREN. SON: Peter, who had been captured by Indians while living in Virginia, and who was claimed by Peake as his son. DAUGHTERS: Mary, who married in 1663/64 Henry Aspinall, a justice of Calvert County, 1680/81; Margaret, who married John Noble, a carpenter; and Ann. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: probably Protestant with close Catholic connec- tions. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: lived in James City, Virginia, by 1639; Mr., by 1660/61. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter; innholder, 1666; attorney. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Assembly, present 1647/48, St. Mary's County, 1649 (Accounts). WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at least 100 acres; owned 600 acres in Virginia. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: by the early 1660s owned more than 5,900 acres in Maryland; sold 1,600 acres, 1651-1663; gave 1,450 acres to his daughter Mary between 1663 and 1666. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED. Peake was convicted of the mur- der of William Price. He was hanged on Decem- ber 17, 1668. LAND: 2,850 acres
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Charles County Circuit Court Liber D, Page 13
21 Jan 1667; Conveyance from Walter Pake of great St. Lawrence of St. Mary's Co. to Henry Aspinall and Mary his wife; 350 acres of land called DOAGS NECK bought of William Boyden conveyance dated 13 Aug 1667; /s/ Walter Pake; wit: William Price, Rupert Berkenhead, John Tarkington (mark)
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Bef 1646 - Aft 1667 (> 23 years)