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- guess at marriage... Cleborne's sister Elizabeth married John Jones (d1750)
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DEGRIGER, ANN, Charles Co. 5 Sep, 1767; 26 Jan, 1768
To dau. Catharlne Sims, Negro wench Sarah & her son Peter.
To granddau. Sarah Sims,
Extx.: dau. Catharine Sims.
Wit: Kenhelm Truman Stoddert, Nicholas Dawson, 369 216
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John Lancaster [Lemaster] 18.418 A CH £120.11.0 £73.5.9 Oct 22 1741
Sureties: Jest. Cookesy, Daniel Murphey.
Received from: Thomas Middleton, Jr.
Payments to: William Sampson, Luke Davis, John Parnham, Joseph Pile, Ignatius Tendson, Anne Ebernethy, Martha Yoakley, John Cookesy, Dr. Parnham, Thomas Banon, Mary Semme, William Cookesy, Margarett Ward, Dr. Gust. Brown, Daniel Dulany, Esq., Samuel Hanson, Walter Hanson.
Representatives: widow (unnamed), Cleborn Semmes (grandchild).
Administratrix: Christian Lancaster [Lemaster]
=== Contributed by Ralph D. Smith
Mar. 1743 - Charles County, Md. Probate Court. Cleburn Semmes,
Jr., of Prince Georges County, Md., an infant under the age
of 21, by Cleburn Semmes, Sr., his father and guardian vs.
Christian Lemaster, of Charles County, Md., widow and
administratrix of John Lemaster, late of Charles Co.,
deceased. This suit was brought in Mar. 1742/43. Semmes
alleged that Eleanor was John's only child, that Eleanor
had predeceased John, that Cleburn Semmes, Jr. was Eleanor's
only child, and that Christian had refused to pay over the
share of John's estate that was due to Cleburn Semmes, Jr.,
despite repeated requests that she do so. Christian had
no real defense. First, she tried to claim that she had
no knowledge that Cleborn Semmes, Jr. was John's only
descendant [belied by both her preliminary and final account
of John's estate.] With respect to the previous requests
by Semmes that she pay over the portion due to Cleburn Jr.,
she claimed that the reason she had not done so was because
she was concerned that future creditors of John might appear
[belied by the fact that she had already extended John's
administration account in the event of late creditors, and
had only then closed the estate; also Semmes presented
depositions of John Biggs, Marmaduke Semmes, and William
McPherson Jr. that Semmes had offered security for that
contingency.] In July 1744, the Court found that Cleburn
Semmes, Jr. was entitled to 2/3 of John's estate, including
the Negro Nann. Semmes' attorney was Henry Darnall, and
Christian's attorney was Stephen Bordley.
Source: Maryland Prerogative Court (Testamentary Papers),
Box 44, File # 40. The substance of this litigation is also
reported in Newman, H. W., "The Maryland Semmes and Kindred
Families," p. 121, 1956, Maryland Historical Society.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Abt 1724 - Aft 1768 (~ 45 years)