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- === Contributed by Ralph D. Smith
Oct. 1698 - Joseph Ward is on the Grand Jury at this Court.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber V, p. 411.
Mar. 17, 1698/9 - An undated letter from Richard Boughton (Charles Co.) to the Prerogative Court concerning the estate of the late Philip Allen, deceased, appears to be Boughton's response to the complaint of "Murphey Ward the grandfather" "touching my [Boughton's] giving Letters Testamentary to one James Hagan and Joseph Ward on ye estate of Philip Allen without due proof of ye will by ye oaths of ye witnesses or taking reasonable security."
Source: Maryland Prerogative Court, Testamentary Proceedings, Liber 17, p. 271.
Comment: Murphey Ward was the father-in-law of Philip Allen and the grandfather of Allen's children.
Dec. 1700 - William Dent vs. Joseph Ward, of Charles Co., carpenter. Dent alleged that in Oct. 1699 Ward was indebted to him in the sum of 600 lbs. of tobacco for divers attorneys fees. Ward was summoned to appear at the June 1700 Court and then the Dec. 1700 Court but at both Courts the Sheriff returned that Ward was not found. At the Dec. 1700 Court Dent alleged that Ward had eloyned himself out of the jurisdiction of the Court but stated that several persons in the County had property of Ward's in their possession. Dent requested and was granted by the Court a writ of attachment against any such property to the value of 600 lbs. of tobacco, with costs.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber Y, Page 118-19.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Bef 1678 - 1707 (> 22 years)