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MACATEE, MARY, Charles Co.; 8 Nov 1774; 21 Dec 1774
To grandchildren, children of my son John Nevitt, Negro man
John Cooke, beds, pots, blankets, stock, to be in possession of my son John Nevitt during life then to his children
To grandson William Miles Nevitt, son of Richard Nevitt, furniture, stock
To grandson John Tennison, son of my dau Elizabeth Tennison, stock, 400 lbs tobacco
To dau Ann Birch, Negro woman Lucy, 1000 lbs tobacco, book
To dau Rosamond Macatee, stock, pewter
To grandson John Nevitt, Jr., Negro man Ben, stock, wearing apparel
To grandson Charles Nevitt, stock, iron pot
To daus: Ann Birch and Rosamond Macatee, wearing apparel
To son and grandson John Nevitt, Will'm Miles Nevitt, residue
To son John Nevitt, ex., if he dies grandson Will'm Miles Nevitt, ex.
Wit: Barbara McPherson; Catherine McPherson; Thos. McPherson
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Charles County Maryland Will Book AF-11, 1791-1801, {Abstract by Mike Marshall}; Page 294.
Oliver Burch, December 29, 1793; October 26, 1795
I, Oliver Burch of CC being weak of boy but of sound and perfect understanding and memory
To son Justinian, all that part of the land between my main Mill Branch and a branch called Bowlings Branch (excepting what is now enclosed by the fence of the plantation on which I now dwell) and bounded by the Bryant Town Road as it now runs, together with one half of the Water Grist Mill, after his mother's death, one Negro man now in his possession named Gerard, and one good feather bed and furniture.
To two grandsons by [son] Richard, Walter and Richard, all the land from the Main Branch by Nicholas Ware's Tenement to the upper bound tree of a tract of land called "Churchover," then to the sixth and last bound tree of the said land, with all that part of "Burches Reserve" which lies on the east side of Bowlings Branch to the main road, with this condition only, that their father and mother have the use of the said land during their natural lives to work as they shall think proper for their own use; and my will is that my executors pay unto my son Richard 30 pounds Maryland Currency out of my estate in such things as may suit him; I also give him two cows and their increase and a feather bed and furniture, all of which he now has in his possession.
To son Walter, one Negro woman named Sarah and her increase, with one good feather bed and furniture, all of which he has now in his possession.
To son Henry, all the land belonging to me which is not already mentioned, and shall not hereafter be disposed of in this my will, together with one half of the Water Grist mill after his mother's death; one Negro man named Sambo, one mulatto woman named Mary Magdalene, one cherry desk, and one large looking glass, provided and with this express exception, that his mother have her life and his sister Kezia her single life in the land on which I now live; I also give him two horses and one feather bed and furniture, which he now has in his possession.
To my grandson Joseph Kerrick, a parcel or tract of manor land called "Baggets Boot," containing 82 acres, now rented to and occupied by a certain James Moore.
To daughter Millisent, one Negro woman named Clara, one feather bed and furniture.
To daughter Agnes, one Negro woman named Jane and her two daughters Martha and Minta with their increase, and one feather bed and furniture, all of which she now has in her possession.
To daughter Kezia, two Negroes Sara and Winifred by name, one feather bed and furniture, one desk and bookcase, one pewter dish, one pewter basin, and 6 pewter plates, and I will that she have her single life in the plantation on which I now dwell.
To wife Ann, all the remainder of my estate not already mentioned and otherwise disposed of, real and personal, during her natural life, after her death my will is my surviving children share equally the personal estate left by her.
Executor: sons Justinian, Walter and Henry
Signed: December 29, 1793 Oliver Burch
Wit - Peter Dent, William Dent, Isaiah Dent.
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Contributed by Shirley Middleton Moller
Transcribed 23 Aug 2007 Exactly as is.
CCLR IB 2.11
At the request of Henry Joshua Jameson the following Depositions and Power of Attorney was recorded this 1st day of June Anno Domini 1796 Maryland Charles County to wit Be it known to all whom it may Concern that William Queen aged Seventy Appeared before me the Subscriber One of the Justices of the Peace for the State and County aforesaid who in Oath deposed And said that he has known Henry Joshua Jameson from his Infancy and that he is the only Surviving Son of a Certain Thomas Jameson deceased who in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and fifty Eight went over to the Kingdom of Great Britain in order to Secure an estate that he claimed as Heir to his father Thomas Jameson who was Grandfather to Henry Joshua Jameson aforesaid as her has always understood
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Seal the date above written
Walter Dyson seal
Maryland Charles County to wit Be it known to all whom it may Concern that Ann Burch aged Seventy Eight Appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for State and County Aforesaid who on Oath deposed and Said that she has known Henry Joshua Jameson from his infancy and that he is the reputed and only Surviving Son of Thomas Jameson deceased who She has Always understood went over to the Kingdom of Great Britain respecting an Estate he claimed there and that he died in that country
In Testimony whereof I have hereto Set my hand and Affixed my Seal the date above written
Walter Dyson seal
Know All men by these presents that I Henry Josua Jameson of Charles County in the State of Maryland have named and Constituted and by these Presents do name Appoint and make my trusty friend Francis Newman Mercht of Charles County in the state of Maryland my true and lawfull Attorney from me and in my named and to my use to demand Sue for recover and receive All and every Sum or Sums of Money to me due or oweing by Sundry persons in the Kingdom of England and also to sue for recover and receive all and sundry Lands and especially Certain Lands and Coal Mines near Uligan in the County of Lancashire in the Said Kingdom of England now illegally held by one John Hayes his Executors Administrators or Assigns and formerly leased to the said John Hayes by my Grandfather Thomas Jameson Giving and hereby Granting unto my Said Attorney Francis Newman Mercht my full power and Authority to use and exercise all Such arts things and devices in the law as shall be necessary for recovering of the Said debt Lands and Acquitances or other discharges in my name to make and give and generally to do and execute in the premisses as fully as I myself might or Could do being personally Present rectifying Confirming and Allowing all and whatever my said Attorney Shall lawfully do or Cause to be done therein by these Presents
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this first day of June Ao Domi one thousand Seven hundred abd ninety six
Henry Josua [his mark] Jameson seal
Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of Ch. Th. Rayment Ra: Heathcote
On the back of the a foregoing Power of Attorney was thus written to wit
We Richard Barnes and Wm H McPherson two of the Justices of the Peace for Charles County do hereby Certify and Attest that upon the day of the date hereof Henry Joshua Jameson of Said County only Surviving heir of Thomas Jameson did personally appear before us and Acknowledged tht in Virtue thereof he had Signed Sealed and delivered the written letter of Attorney an Act and deed to the uses intents and purposes therein mentioned As also that upon the same day Ch Th Rayment and Ra: Heathcote did personally Appear before us and being Solemnly sworn on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God made oath that they were present and did see the said Henry Joshua Jameson [a only surviving heir of Thomas Jameson] Seal and deliver the Said Letter of Attorney and they themselves witness to the Execution thereof ubscribed their names as Attesting the same and further made Oath that the names Ch: Th. Rayment and Ra; Heathcote appearing Subscribed to the said letter of Attorney as witnesses Attesting the Execution thereof are the respective proper hand writing of the deponents and that the mark is the proper mark of Henry Joshua Jameson the party Executing the said letter of Attorney
In Testimony of which we have Subscribed these Presents at Port Tobacco in Charles County and State of Maryland this first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and ninety Six
Richd Barnes
Wm H McPherson
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Contributed by Shirley Middleton Moller
CCLR IB3:9
At the request of Justinian Burch the following deed was recorded this 8th day of June Anno Domini 1799~
This Indenture made this sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and ninety nine between Henry Burch of Charles county and State of Maryland planter of the one part and his brother Justinian Burch of said County and State planter of the other part to wit, Whereas their late father Oliver Burch in his last will and Testament devised to his said son Justinian Burch a parcel of land in the county aforesaid and one half or moity of a grist mill as mentioned in said will but owing to some In attention in writing the will and of the teatator the aforsaid property is not devised or mentioned to his the said Justinian Burchs heirs and assigns as was intended to be done by the testator Therefore this Indenture
Witnesseth that the said Henry Burch well knowing the real Intention of his said Father that he not only meant to devise the land and one half or moiety of a grist mill aforesaid to the said Justinian Burch but to his Heirs and assigns forever and in order fully to confirm the desire of his said father and for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he the said Henry Burch hath and beareth unto the said Brother Justenian Burch as also in Consideration
of the sum of five shilling sterling to him the said Henry Burch in hand paid by the said Justenian Burch the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath given granted elined released Enfeoffed and confirmed and by these presents the said Henry Burch hath given grant alien release enfeoff and confirm unto the said Justenian Burch his Heirs and assigns all the right title Estate use Interest Trust property claim and demand whatsoever of him the said Henry Burch and his heirs of in and to the hole of the land and one half or the
moity of the grist mill aforesaid devised by the late Oliver Burch to the said Justenian Burch to gether with all the Improvements Rights Hereditaments Privileges advantages and appurtenances to the said belonging or demand to belong or in any wise appertaining or deamed to appertain and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and proffits of the said Henry Burch of in and to the land with one half or moiety of the grist mill aforesaid and premises and Every part and parsil hereof To have and to hold the said land with all and Every of its premises and appurtenances and one half or moiety of said grist mill unto the said Justenian Burch his Heirs and assigns to the only proper use and behoof of the said Justenian Burch his heirs and assigns forever and to and for no other use Interest or perpose whatsoever Except as provided in the said Oliver Burches will that his Wife Ann Burch mother of the said Justenian and Henry is to have her live in that part of said land where on the late Oliver Burch lived and where She the said
Ann Burch now lives and in the said one half or moitey of the grist mill and their sister Kezia Burch to have her single life in the said part or parcil of land where on their said mother lives and the said Henry Burch for him self and his Heirs the said land and premises and Ever part thereof and one half or Moiety of said gist Mill against him and his Heirs and against all and Every other person and persons whatsoever Claiming or to Claim by him or under him or them or any of them to the said Justenian Burch his heirs and assigns shall and will warrant and for Ever defend by these presents And the said Henry Burch for him self and his heirs as hereby further covenant grant and agree to and with the said Justenian Burch his Heirs and Assigns that the said Henry Burch and his Heirs shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter on the
reasonable request and at the proper cost and charges in the law of the said Justenian Burch his Heirs and assigns make and Execute any further or other act or acts deed or deeds for the further or more perfect conveying assureing and Confirming the said land and premises and Every part thereof and the one half or moitey of the said Will to the said Justenian Burch his Heirs and Assigns
as by him or them his or their counsil lerned in the law shall be reasonable devised advised or required In witness where of the said Henry Burch hath here unto Set his hand and affixed his Seal the day and year above written
Signed Sealed and delivered in the presents of
Caleb Hawkins Henry Burch seal
Charles County State of Maryland to wit on the sixth day of April Seventeen Hundred and ninety nine persionaly appeared the within named Henry Burch before the Subscriber one of the Associate Justices of Charles County Court and acknowledged the foregoing Instrument of writing to behis act and deed and the lands and premises and the one half of the grist mill therein mentioned to be the right and Estate of the aforesaid Justinian Burch his Heirs and Assigns forever according to the true intent Expressions and Meanings of the aforegoing deed and the act of Assembly
in such case made and provided~
Caleb Hawkins
and this......
Charles County Gentry, 1940, 335 pgs. p 80
On Jun 9, 1800, there was filed with the high court of chancery a
bill of complaint by which Gideon Dent instituted action against Anne
and Kezia Burch. The bill set forth that Oliver Burch, deceased, by his will of Dec 29, 1793, devised to Anne Burch and Kezia Burch, of
Charles Co., "Bowling's Plain Resurveyed", lying in Charles Co.,
during their natural lives, then to his son Henry Burch. On Apr 17,
1799, Henry Burch sold the land to Gideon Dent and since then settled in Kentucky. Anne Burch and Kezia Burch continued to live upon the land, but were tearing down the out-houses and destroying trees.
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1798 - Ann Burch is in the 1798 Federal Direct Tax List of Charles Co., Md.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1718 - Aft 1798 (> 81 years)