Chancery Record Abstracts of Dorchester County, Md

The chancery records listed below were transferred to the Maryland
State Archives on 23 January 2002.  These records are basically in
terrible condition so I have no idea when they will be available to
the public again.



Thank you.

#340 - 1854
BARNETT, Thomas, dec
  Widow - Eliza M, now the wife of William F HICKS
  Son - Thomas B BARNETT
  Dau - Ann BARNETT
  Son - Edward D BARNETT
  Dau - Sarah J BARNETT
  Son - William P BARNETT
  Son - Charles H BARNETT

#62 - 1822
BECKWITH, Lemuel, dec
  Son - William BECKWITH
  Son - John BECKWITH
          Son - William BECKWITH
  Dau - Mary FRAZIER
  Dau - Sarah VICKERS
  (Contains his will dated 12 Feb 1817 - 19 May 1817)

#261 - 1852
BELL, Caleb, dec
  Dau - Eliza Ann BELL
  Dau - Jane BELL
  Son - James W. BELL

#320 - 1844
BELL, Thomas, dec
  Son - Robert BELL
  Dau - Margaret (b 1 Dec 1809), wife of William ROWINS
(See William ROWINS)

#507 - 1863
BIBBY, Henry, dec
  Wife - Sarah E BIBBY, dec 25 Jan 1863
  Son - George E BIBBY
  Son - John H BIBBY
  Son - William F BIBBY
  Son - Matthew A BIBBY
  Son - Charles H BIBBY
  Son - James F BIBBY
  Partner - James BIBBY
  (Contains his will dated 13 July 1860 - 20 July 1860)

#256 - 1852
BRAMBLE, Jeremiah, dec 1 Nov 1851
  Son - John H BRAMBLE
  Son - Edward K BRAMBLE
  Son - James A BRAMBLE
  Dau - Williamina BRAMBLE
  Son - Joseph K BRAMBLE
  Dau - Cora A BRAMBLE

#275 - 1853
BRAMBLE, Samuel J.
  Brother - Jeremiah BRAMBLE
  Brother - Solomon BRAMBLE

#290 - 1853
BRANNOCK, Thomas of Church Creek
  Son - James BRANNOCK
(Thomas found not to be a lunatic - Case brought up by Willis V. BRANNOCK)

#282 - 1853
BREERWOOD, Sarah - Writ DeLunatic
  Brother in law - John W. LECOMPTE
                     Son - Benjamin LECOMPTE

#433 - 1857
BROWN, Eccleston, dec
  Heirs:
   Mary BROWN
   Sarah T BROWN
   Guardian - Edward R GOSLIN

#326 - 1854
BULLEN, Thomas of Talbot Co, dec
  Wife - Dorothy BULLEN, dec
  Son - John BULLEN
  Son - William BULLEN
  Son - Jesse BULLEN
  Son - James BULLEN, dec
          Dau - Ann L BULLEN
          Dau - Ellen M, wife of Charles ROSS
          Dau - Susan E, wife of Isaac PARRETT
  Dau - Mary BULLEN

#336 - 1854
BYRN, Samuel, dec
  Son - William BRYN
  Widow - Louisa, now the wife of George W OREM

#504 - 1861
CANNON, Daniel, dec Nov 1861 - lived near Williamsburg
  Son - George D CANNON
  Son - Levin R CANNON
  Dau - Jane, wife of Joseph MANN
  Dau - Martha E, wife of Francis HUBBARD of Caroline Co., Md
  (Contains his will dated 24 Aug 1861 - 10 Dec 1861)

#668 - 1870
CARROLL, George W of E
  Dau - Sarah Emily CARROLL
  Dau - Mary Ida CARROLL
  Dau - Ann Eliza CARROLL
  Wife - Julia A, dec 28 Feb 1868
           Sis - Catherine VANE
           Sis - Margaret VANE
           Sis - Mary, wife of Thomas J LORD
           Father - Samuel VANE

#240 - 1851
CATOR, Abel, dec (contains his will 10 Sept 1850 - 23 Sept 1850)
  Wife - Mary CATOR - living in Baltimore
  Bro - Thomas E CATOR
  Son - Levin CATOR - living in NY
  Son - William CATOR - living in California
  Son - Zachariah CATOR - living in Baltimore
  Dau - Louisa, wife of Aaron WALLACE

1842 - Joseph CATOR, Jr of Baltimore was administrator of Joseph 
        CATOR, dec

#133 - 1827
CHAPLAIN, James, dec
  Wife - Elizabeth CHAPLAIN
  Son - William CHAPLAIN
  Son - James B CHAPLAIN
  Son - Edward K CHAPLAIN
  Son - Charles CHAPLAIN
  Dau - Ann Maria CHAPLAIN
  Son - George CHAPLAIN

#277 - 1853
CHRISTOPHER, Thomas James, dec of Church Creek
  Son - Robert CHRISTOPHER
  Dau - Mary Ellena, wife of William WARFIELD
  Dau - Dorothy Ann CHRISTOPHER
  Adm - Edward CHRISTOPHER

#144 - 1829
COLLINSON, Benjamin, dec
  Dau - Mary STEWART, dec
  Son - William COLLINSON, dec
  Dau - Ann FLEHARTY, dec
          Dau - Mary Adeline FLEHARTY
          Son - James Lawrence FLEHARTY
  Dau - Winney Melville, wife of Lewis ROSS

#163 - 1830
CORKRAN, William, Sr, dec
  Son - Solomon Robinson CORKRAN (youngest)
  Son - William CORKRAN (eldest)
  Wife - Dorcus CORKRAN
  Wife's Dau - Mary GRIFFITH
  Grandson - Robinson WRIGHT
  Dau - Sally TRICE
  Dau - Priscilla, wife of Allen LITTLETON
  Dau - Rosann THORNTON
  Dau - Peggy FERGUSON
  Dau - Amelia ROWENS, dec
  (Contains his will dated 13 Feb 1827 - 15 May 1829)

#151 - 1829
COWART, Zebulon
  Wife - Damarius (formerly Damarius MEEKINS) aged 16 yrs by
            1826 - Her guardian, William APPLEGARTH

PHILLIPS, Richard
  Son - Francis A, dec while a minor
  Son - Zachariah PHILLIPS

#427 - 1857
DEAN, John of James, dec
  Heirs:
   Mary DEAN
   Elizabeth, wife of Thomas LEWIS
   Sarah, wife of O'Neal LEWIS
   Rebecca, wife of William W MILLS
   Charles DEAN
   Whittington DEAN
   Catherine DEAN
   Clarissa DEAN
   Eliza, wife of Leonard BOOZE
   Susan, wife of Edward WILLING
   Slater DEAN
   Mary COOPER
   Virginia Ann, wife of William WILLEY
   Thomas A DEAN
   William I DEAN
   Susan, wife of Timothy MCNAMARA
   James D TWILLEY
   William D TWILLEY
   Leah COLLISON
   Ann, wife of Trustrum DAVIS
   Thomas H TWILLEY

John ROBINSON, dec 19 Sept 1857

#328 - Will dated 17 Aug 1849
DEAN, Martin M, dec
  Son - Robert Anthony DEAN
  Son - John William Martin DEAN
  Dau - Margaret Ann DEAN
  Dau - Clarissa Catherine DEAN
  Dau - Eliza, wife of John H BAKER
  Dau - Williamina, widow of George W GAREY, dec, now the wife of
           William P CONOWAY of Delaware
  Widow - Harriet DEAN

#241 - 1851 - Divorce
  DUNNOCK, John R
    Wife - Matilda Ann KIRWAN
    Dau - Sarah E DUNNOCK, agd ca 4 yrs
    Bro - Samuel R DUNNOCK

#322 - 1854
ECCLESTON, Dorothy Ann, dec (contains her will 10 Sept 1850-2 Dec 1850)
  Dau - Sarah A ECCLESTON
  Dau - Emily L ECCLESTON
  Dau - Elizabeth K ECCLESTON
  Dau - Ellen E ECCLESTON

KEENE, Samuel of E, dec
  Wife - Anne KEENE
  Dau - Dorothy Ann, wife of Thomas F ECCLESTON

TUBMAN, Richard, dec
  Dau - Anne, wife of John KEENE, dec
  Wife - Zipporah TUBMAN
  Son - William TUBMAN, dec
          Dau - Williamina, wife of Richard H TUBMAN
  Dau - Mary, dec wife of Stewart GEOGHEGAN
          Son - John Richard GEOGHEGAN
  Dau - Dorothy, wife of George MEEKINS
  Son - Robert TUBMAN, dec
  Dau - Catherine TUBMAN (became a nun & resides in Virginia)

ECCLESTON, Thomas T.H.
  Son in law - Edwin John STEVENS
  Son in law - John L.N. KERR
  Stepdaughter - Dorothy Ann ECCLESTON
  
#127 - 1827
ECCLESTON, James, dec
  Dau - Elizabeth ECCLESTON
  Dau - Henrietta ECCLESTON

#132 - 1831
FARGUHARSON, John dec 1820
  Son - Peter FARGUHARSON
  Dau - Anne, wife of William D BARROW
  Son - John FARGUHARSON

LECOMPTE, William, dec
  Dau in law - Mary, widow of son, Charles LECOMPTE
  Grandson - William B LECOMPTE
  Son - Caleb LECOMPTE
  Dau - Rebecca, wife of Stephen LECOMPTE
  Granddaughter - Mary, dau of Stephen LECOMPTE
  Granddaughter - Sophia, dau of Stephen LECOMPTE
  Friend - Benjamin LECOMPTE
  (Contains his will dated 1815 - 13 Nov 1815)

#248 - 1852
FOOKS, Levin, dec
  Son - Daniel Bain FOOKS, dec 1851 (unmarried)
  Dau - Ann Eliza FOOKS

#243 - 1855
GADD, Mary, dec
  Son - John S GADD
  Son - Samuel KEENE, alias Samuel GADD

#259 - 1852
GAREY, George W., dec
  Wife - Williamina GAREY
  Son - Edwin GAREY
  Son - Thomas F. GAREY
  Brother - Thomas F. GAREY

#324 - 1854
GOSLIN, James E, dec 1847
  Wife - Marietta J.S. GOSLIN
  Dau - Ann Sophia GOSLIN
  Dau - Elizabeth GOSLIN
  Son - William Henry GOSLIN
  Dau - Gertrude Virginia GOSLIN

GOSLIN, William Henry, dec 4 Jun 1863
  Mother - Marietta J.S. HENRY, wife of Joseph HENRY
  Sister - Ann Sophia GOSLIN
  Sister - Gertrude, wife of John HARPER
  Sister - Ethelinda HENRY
  Brother - Jefferson Davis HENRY
  Father - James E GOSLIN, dec

#264 - 1852
GREEN, Alfred, dec
  Dau - Sarah E. GREEN
  Son - John F. GREEN

#262 - 1852
GREEN, Nathaniel, dec of Baltimore
  Adm - Susan A. GREEN

#44 - 1821
GRIFFITH, Joseph, dec
  Son - Joseph GRIFFITH
  Son - George GRIFFITH
  Dau - Sophia, wife of John GRIFFITH
  Dau - Sarah, wife of John SEWARD
  Dau - Nancy, wife of John VINCENT
  Wife - Mary GRIFFITH
  (Contains his will dated 6 Feb 1792 - 21 Nov 1795)

19 April 2004

#674 - 1869 - Divorce
HART, George, Sr (m) 1857/58
  Wife - Amelia HART of Baltimore City
  Dau - Priscilla HART
  Dau - Maria HART

#43 - 1818
HAYWARD, Richard, dec
  Son - Thomas HAYWARD
  Dau - Harriet HAYWARD
  Son - Richard HAYWARD
  Dau - Ann HAYWARD
  Dau - Margaret HAYWARD
  Dau - Eliza HAYWARD
  Wife - Margaret HAYWARD
  (Contains his will dated 25 Oct 1812 - 7 Apr 1816)

#104 - 18 Oct 1825
HILL, Thomas F, dec (Capt)
  Dau - Mary, wife of Major B RUE
  Dau - Elizabeth Ann HILL
  Dau - Joanna HILL
  Dau - Maria E HILL
  Dau - Caroline HILL

#682 - 1870
HOOPER, Roger, dec
  Son - O.P. HOOPER
  Son - John E HOOPER

#500 - 1861
HOUSTON, John T, dec 1859
  Dau - Clementine W HOUSTON
  Son - Theodore Franklin HOUSTON
  Son - John T HOUSTON, Jr - dec 1861 (unmarried)
  Dau - Sophia, wife of Ambrose A WILSON
  Dau - Elizabeth H HOUSTON

WOOLFORD, Steven B.B., dec
  Wife - Mary E WOOLFORD

#18 - 1819
HUBBARD, James, dec
  Son - John HUBBARD - Living in Baltimore City
  Son - James HUBBARD
  Son - Solomon HUBBARD
  Dau - Mary Ann HUBBARD
  (All children under age 21 yrs)

#335 - 1855
HUBBARD, John, dec 1 Dec 1851
  Wife - Margaret HUBBARD
  Bro - Samuel HUBBARD
          Dau - Elisabeth HUBBARD
          Son - John HUBBARD
          Dau - Margaret HUBBARD
          Son - Henry Neely HUBBARD
          Son - Thomas HUBBARD
          Dau - Sarah Ann HUBBARD
          Son - Samuel HUBBARD
          Son - James HUBBARD

#101 - 31 Mar 1825
HUBBARD, Samuel, dec
  Dau - Harriet, wife of James PASTERFIELD
  Dau - Nancy, wife of Thomas JONES
  Dau - Emily HUBBARD
  Dau - Elizabeth HUBBARD (under 21)
  Dau - Sally HUBBARD (under 21)
  Dau - Letitia HUBBARD (under 21)
  Dau - Mary HUBBARD (under 21)

#325 - 1854
HUGHES, Horatio, dec
  Wife - Leah HUGHES
  Son - Neilson HUGHES
  Dau - Frances Ann HUGHES
  Son - John Wesley HUGHES

#323 - 1850
HUGHLETT, Richard, dec
  Wife - Margaret HUGHLETT
  Bro - William R HUGHLETT
  Sis - Tamsie Ann HUGHLETT
  Sis - Mary HUGHLETT
  Bro - Thomas HUGHLETT
  Sis - Sarah D HUGHLETT
  Sis - Martha W HUGHLETT

#435 - 1857
HURLEY, Jenkins, dec 1852
  Son - Joshua HURLEY
  Son - Jenkins HURLEY
  Dau - Rhoda HURLEY
  Dau - Elinor HURLEY
  Dau - Sarah HURLEY
  Dau - Mary Emily HURLEY

#102 - 13 Apr 1825
HURST, Stephen vs Henrietta Maria HURST (under 21) and her guardian
          Solomon JONES
          (Stephen & Henrietta Maria were brother & sister)

#98 - 29 Mar 1825
INSLEY, John, dec
  Heirs:
  Theophilus INSLEY
  Cain INSLEY
  John INSLEY
  Marcellus INSLEY
  Hobbakuk INSLEY
  Joseph INSLEY
  Andrew INSLEY
  Stewart INSLEY (under 21)
  Hilly, wife of John MOORE
  Cena, wife of James MOORE

#81 - 1824
INSLEY, Valentine, dec
  Son - Esau INSLEY
  Son - Valentine INSLEY

#421 - 1856
JACOBS, Arcadia (Mrs)
  Dau - Mary A, wife of John PURSE
  Dau - Susan BELL
  Dau - Rebecca, wife of Noah J RAWLEIGH

#47 - 1821
JAMES, Hezekiah, dec
  Wife - Sarah JAMES
  Son - Daniel JAMES
  Dau - Elizabeth, wife of Henry CORKRAN
  Dau - Polly, wife of John CORKRAN
  Dau - Nancy, wife of Ezekiel CORKRAN
  Son - Nathan JAMES

#246 - 1856
JENIFER, Benjamin, former slave of Josiah BAYLEY, dec
  Wife - Hester Ann JENIFER (nee DIVINE)
  Son - Jacob JENIFER
  Dau - Harriet Elizabeth JENIFER, dec
 Wanted to emigrate to Liberia

#137 - 1828
JONES, John, dec
  Brother - Thomas JONES
              Son - John Paul JONES, dec 29 May 1821
  Brother - William JONES
              Dau - Hetty JONES
              Dau - Sophia (dec), wife of Allen VANE
              Dau - Elizabeth (dec) wife of Thomas HILL, dec
  Sister - Amelia, wife of John MITCHELL, Sr
              Son - John MITCHELL, dec
              Son - Elhannon MITCHELL, dec 1815
              Son - Ezekiel MITCHELL
              Dau - Kitturah, wife of Samuel NEAL of Pennsylvania
              Dau - Sarah, wife of Peter ROBINSON of Caroline Co

#242 - 1852
JONES, John of Col., dec
  Son - Thomas K JONES
  Son - John S JONES
  Son - Levin W JONES
  Dau - Margaret A JONES
  Dau - Louisa C JONES
  Dau - Sarah A JONES
  Son - William J JONES

#497 - 1863
JONES, John F, dec
  Son - Millard Fillmore JONES
  Widow - Louisa L, now the wife of Joseph F INSLEY

#72 - 
JONES, William, dec  (Contains his will dated 12 May 1816 - 6 Jun 1816)
  Bro - Daniel JONES
  Bro - Planner JONES
  Bro - John JONES
  Bro - Ezekiel JONES
  Bro - Jeremiah JONES
  Bro - Zebulon JONES
  Sis - Margaret JONES
  Sis - Rachel BOOZE

#245 - 1852
KEENE, Jane W, dec spring of 1851
  Husband - Benjamin KEENE
  Son - Benjamin Franklin KEENE - living in Missouri
          Wife - Leah H KEENE
  Son - John Richard KEENE - Living in St Joseph, Missouri
  Son - Samuel Josiah KEENE
  Son - Columbus A.V.J. KEENE
  Son - Albert Cornelius KEENE
  Son - Robert Marcellus KEENE

#322 - 1854
KEENE, Samuel of E, dec - See Dorothy ECCLESTON

#146 - 1832
LAKE, George, dec 5 Dec 1831 (See Levin WROTEN, Sr)

#16 - 1819 - Also see #140 dated 1828
LAKE, William, dec
  Wife - Elizabeth LAKE
  Son - Henry LAKE
  Son - William W LAKE
  Son - Robert LAKE
  Dau - Mary LAKE

#331 - 1850
LAKE, William W, dec 1840
  Son - Charles LAKE
  Dau - Cordelia, wife of John S STAPLEFORT

#333 - 1855
LECOMPTE, Smart B, dec
  Son - Levin LECOMPTE
  Dau - Flora LECOMPTE
  Son - Theodore LECOMPTE

#132 - 1831
LECOMPTE, William, dec 1815 (see John FARGUHARSON)

#887 - 1877
LEWIS, Henry, dec ca 1827
  Wife - Levinia LEWIS, dec ante 1827
  Dau - Lovey LEWIS, dec Apr 1875
          Son - Patrick O'Neill LEWIS
                  Wife - Sarah LEWIS
                  Dau - Laura Elizabeth, wife of John MURPHY
          Son - Thomas LEWIS
                  Wife - Elizabeth LEWIS
          Dau - Susan, dec wife of John WOODLAND
                  Dau - Mary Jane WOODLAND
  Son - Cain LEWIS, dec ca 16 yrs ago
          Son - John H LEWIS
          Son - Matthew Keene LEWIS
          Dau - Levisa E, wife of James WHITE
  Dau - Kitty, dec wife of William NORTH (She died ca 7/8 yrs ago
                                            in Somerset County, Md)
          Dau - Matilda Jane, widow of Samuel LECOMPTE
          Son - Samuel LEWIS
  Dau - Jemima LEWIS - Left Dorchester Co ca 50 yrs ago & not heard
                       from since
  Dau - Amy LEWIS, dec ca 30 yrs ago - married, but no issue
  Dau - Elizabeth LEWIS, dec
          Son - Henry TRAVERS
          Dau - Nancy TRAVERS, dec
          Dau - Elizabeth TRAVERS, dec
          Dau - Mary TRAVERS, dec
          Dau - Eliza TRAVERS
          Son - Benjamin TRAVERS
          Dau - Becky TRAVERS, dec
          Son - Major TRAVERS, dec
  Dau - Rose Ann LEWIS, dec ca 10 yrs ago - Cohabited with Levin ADAMS
          Son - George W ADAMS
          Son - Levin ADAMS
          Son - John Dennis ADAMS
          Dau - Sarah ADAMS
  Son - Henry LEWIS
  Son - John LEWIS, dec & unmarried
  Dau - Haney LEWIS, dec & unmarried
  Brother - Matthew LEWIS - unmarried
  Brother - Cain LEWIS, dec - no living heirs
  Sister - Joanna, dec ca 15 yrs ago
             G/Son - Wilson Lee LEWIS, son of Matthew LEWIS
             G/Dau - Harriet LEWIS, dau of Matthew LEWIS
  Sister - Zillah LEWIS - unmarried
  Sister - Becky LEWIS - Left county ca 50 yrs ago - Not heard from
                         since
  Sister - Nancy LEWIS, dec ca 20 or 25 yrs ago - no heirs

Accounts given by O'Neill LEWIS & Thomas LEWIS

#505 - 1862
LINTHICUM, Jeremiah sells schooner to Henry J BRAMBLE, Sylvester
   HILL & Martin L SMITH - "Margaret Ann" of about 51 tons.
   Ran freight from Nanticoke to Washington, D.C.

#139 - 1828
LOCKERMAN, Thomas, dec (Contains his will 8 Jun 1806-23 Aug 1806)
  Wife - Frances
  Son - William
  Son - Levin
  Dau - Lilly
  Dau - Mary Ann
  Son - George W.
  Dau - Sarah
  Dau - Susan
  Son - Josiah

LOCKERMAN, Thomas, dec (Contains his will 6 Apr 1825 - 28 Oct 1826)
  Dau - Elizabeth
  Dau - Charlotte
  Son - James
  Son - Thomas

#501 - 1862
LOWE, Isaac W of Dorchester Co & William PAYNE of Caroline Co
operated a mercantile business at Williamsburg called "Lowe & Payne"

#338 - 1850
MACE, John, dec
  Son - William MACE
  Dau - Margaret John MACE

#250 - 1852
MACE, John T, dec
  Son - William MACE

#341 - 1854
MANNING, Anthony, dec 1849
  Wife - Anna MANNING
  Son - William Thomas MANNING
  Dau - Elizabeth, wife of Col. John VINCENT
  Son - Anthony L MANNING
  Dau - Eugenia MANNING
  Dau - Emily, wife of John F.H VINCENT
  Son - George Washington MANNING
  Dau - Rosaline M MANNING
  Dau - Anna Rebecca MANNING

#252 - 1854
MARSHALL, Elijah, dec 1851
  Son - John MARSHALL
  Dau - Lilly MITCHELL
  Dau - Margaret, wife of James N WRIGHT
  Son - William MARSHALL
  Son - Bond MARSHALL
  Son - Alexander MARSHALL
  Dau - Eliza HUBBARD
  Dau - Mary MARSHALL
  Son - Elijah MARSHALL, dec
          Dau - Sarah A MARSHALL
          Dau - Amanda MARSHALL

#96 - 21 Mar 1826
MARSHALL, William, dec
  Widow - Elizabeth MARSHALL
  Son - Edward MARSHALL (under 21)
  Dau - Lavinia Ann MARSHALL (under 21)
  Dau - Elizabeth Jane MARSHALL (under 21)

#672 - 1870
MCBRIDE, Garrett, dec
  Heirs:
  Samuel MCBRIDE
  Thomas MCBRIDE

#682 - 1870
MCBRIDE, Samuel
  Wife - Mary S MCBRIDE
  Father - Garrett MCBRIDE, dec
  Bro - William MCBRIDE
  Sis - Susan MCBRIDE
  Sis - Mary E MCBRIDE
  Bro - James MCBRIDE
  Sis - Olevia MCBRIDE
  Bro - Thomas MCBRIDE

#253 - 1852
MCCOTTER, William, dec 1852
  Son - Joseph MCCOTTER of Baltimore
  Son - Spencer MCCOTTER
  Son - George MCCOTTER
  Son - Zachariah MCCOTTER
  Dau - Mary MCCOTTER

#19 - 1824
MCGUIRE, John, dec (Will written in 1812)
  Wife - Sarah MCGUIRE
  Son - John MCGUIRE
  Son - Isaac MCGUIRE
  (Includes letter written by John MCGUIRE, half brother to Isaac
    17 Jan 1820)

#141 - 1828
MCNAMARA, Levin Ross, dec
  Son - John MCNAMARA, dec
          Son - John Stewart MCNAMARA
          Dau - Suzanna MCNAMARA
          Dau - Eliza MCNAMARA
          Son - Levin MCNAMARA
          Wife - Elizabeth, now the wife of George JONES

#144 - 1829 - This is part of a COLLINSON case
MEDFORD, Peter, dec
  Heirs: Uriah MEDFORD
         William MEDFORD
         John MEDFORD
         Robert MEDFORD

#393 - 1853-1856
MEEKINS, Robert, dec
  Son - Silas MEEKINS
  Dau - Cassandra MEEKINS
  Dau - Elizabeth MEEKINS
  Dau - Jemima, wife of Thomas WILLIAMS
  Dau - Rose Ann MEEKINS
  Dau - Susan A, wife of John H WILLIAMS
  Son - John R MEEKINS    (minor)
  Son - George W MEEKINS  (minor)
  Son - Henry C MEEKINS   (minor)
  Son - Augustus MEEKINS  (minor)
  Son - Robert MEEKINS, dec
          Dau - Margaret MEEKINS
          Son - Samuel MEEKINS
          Dau - Sarah A MEEKINS
          Dau - Ziporrah MEEKINS
          Dau - Williaminia MEEKINS
  Son - William M MEEKINS, dec
          Dau - Mary F MEEKINS   (minor)
  Dau - Nancy, dec wife of Gladston COLSTON
          Son - William H COLSTON

#136 - 1828
MITCHELL, John, dec Nov 1825
  Dau - Kitturah, wife of Samuel NEAL, living in Philadephia, PA
  Dau - Sarah, wife of Peter ROBINSON, living in Caroline Co
  Son - Ezekiel MITCHELL
  Son - James MITCHELL
  Dau - Elizabeth MITCHELL (minor)
  Dau - Ann MITCHELL (minor)
  Dau - Mary MITCHELL (minor)
  Son - George MITCHELL (minor)

#437 - 1858
MUIR, Thomas, dec 1853 in Mississippi
  Son - Douglas MUIR
  Dau - Emeline MUIR
  Son - Charles MUIR
  Wife - Julianna MUIR

#254 - 1852
NAVY, Henry G. dec 1851
  Son - Moses D NAVY
  Son - Henry N NAVY
  Dau - Mary E, wife of Charles FRAZIER
  Son - John D NAVY
  Dau - Louisa NAVY
  Dau - Susan NAVY
  Dau - Almira NAVY
  Dau - Valina NAVY

#439 - 1857
NEILD, Milcha, dec Jan 1857
  Dau - Elizabeth, wife of John B DEAN
  Son - Isaac M NEILD
  Dau - Margaret NEILD
  Dau - Catherine GRAMBRELL, dec July 1857
          Son - William CORKRAN
          Son - Major GAMBRELL
  Son - Major D.W. NEILD, dec
          Dau - Emily NEILD

#251 - 1852
PAGE, Henry, dec
  Adm - William REA

#332 - 1854
PATTISON, Samuel, dec 1853
  Wife - Elizabeth P.H PATTISON
  Dau - Caroline H PATTISON
  Son - Samuel PATTISON

#92 - 1825
PAYNE, Alkana, dec
  Dau - Delitha PAYNE
  Son - James PAYNE
  Son - Samuel PAYNE
  Son - Levi PAYNE
  Son - Ebenezer PAYNE
  Son - Daniel PAYNE

#47 - 1821
PHILLIPS, John, Sr (Capt), dec 1818
  Son - John Lee PHILLIPS
  Dau - Margaret, wife of William COX
  Dau - Sally PHILLIPS
  Dau - Eleanor, wife of Edward WHEELER
  Dau - Harriet PHILLIPS
  Son - Willey PHILLIPS
  Son - Richard PHILLIPS
  G/Son - John SHENTON

#126 - 21 Mar 1827
PHILLIPS, John, dec
  Widow - Temperance PHILLIPS

#151 - 1829
PHILLIPS, Richard - (See Zebulon COWART)

#441 - 1858
PHILLIPS, Richard, (Insane) aged ca 50 yrs - lived in Ross' Neck
  Wife - Susan PHILLIPS
  Son - Thomas R PHILLIPS
  Dau - Susan PHILLIPS
  Dau - Margaret PHILLIPS
  Dau - Anne Marie PHILLIPS
  Dau - Mary Elizabeth PHILLIPS
  Dau - Theresa PHILLIPS
  Dau - Amanda PHILLIPS
  1/2 brother - Zachariah SKINNER, Jr
  
#502 - 1862
PROUSE, John, dec Sept 1857
  Wife - Sophia PROUSE, dec Mar 1861
  Son - George T PROUSE
  Son - Eben PROUSE, dec as a minor after the death of his mother
  Son - John E PROUSE
  Dau - Sarah L PROUSE
  Son - Vaughn PROUSE, dec as a minor
  Son - Matthew PROUSE, dec as a minor
  Dau - Martha PROUSE, dec as a minor
  (Contains his will dated 11 Mar 1851 - 28 Sept 1857)

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#93 - 1826
RETICKER, Jacob, dec
  Son - John Chandler RETICKER
  Son - Howard RETICKER
  Son - Jacob Arnold RETICKER

#42 - 1820
RIGGIN, Edward, dec
  Son - James RIGGIN
  Son - Edward RIGGIN
  Son - John RIGGIN
  Son - Thomas RIGGIN

#157 - 1830
ROBERTS, Hugh, dec by 1826 - Yeoman

#134 - 1827
ROBERTSON, Vans Murray
  Bro - Littleton ROBERTSON
  To divide lands of William Vans Murray ROBERTSON, dec

#495 - 1861
ROBINSON, Edward P, dec 1860
  Heirs:
  John G ROBINSON
  William T ROBINSON
  Joseph B ROBINSON

#164 - 1832
ROBSON, Levin (De Lunatics Inquinendo) aged 29 yrs
  Mother - Mahala ROBSON - aged ca 50 yrs
  Brother - Roger ROBSON - aged ca 22 yrs
  Brother - John ROBSON - aged ca 19 yrs
  Sister - Theresa ROBSON aged ca 18 yrs

#129 - 1827
ROBSON, Samuel K, dec
  Heirs:
  William ROBSON
  Susan, wife of John BROHAWN
  Keziah ROBSON

#672 - 1870
ROSSE, Zadock H, dec
  Wife - Deborah M ROSSE

#320 - 1844
ROWINS, William, dec 1838
  Father - Francis ROWINS
  Wife - Margaret ROWINS
  Dau - Mary Jane, wife of Thomas MEREDITH
  Son - William ROWINS
  Son - Thomas B ROWINS
  Dau - Harriet B ROWINS
  Dau - Margaret Ann ROWINS
  Son - James D ROWINS of Ohio

ROWINS, Francis, dec 1834 (contains his will 2 Apr 1830-7 Jul 1834)
  Wife - Elizabeth ROWINS, dec 1843
  Son - John ROWINS
  Son - William ROWINS
  Dau - Mary SPARKLING
  Dau - Nancy PARKER

BELL, Thomas, dec
  Son - Robert BELL
  Dau - Margaret, wife of William ROWINS
          b 1 Dec 1809

#321 - 1854
RUARK, Elizabeth
  Dau - Milly Ann RUARK
  Son - William Thomas RUARK
  Son - Major T RUARK

#432 - 1857
RUE, George W, dec
  Dau - Mary RUE
  Dau - Alexina RUE
  Wife - Levinia N, now the wife of Sourvin EWELL

#244 - 1852
RUFF, Cyrus N, dec
  Administration of will by Elizabeth F RUFF of Harford Co, Md

#52 - 1821
SLACUM, Job, dec
  Dau - Margaret, wife of Washington LAKE
  Son - Benjamin SLACUM
  Son - William SLACUM
  Son - Samuel SLACUM
  Dau - Susan, dec wife of William HOOPER
  Dau - Mary, wife of John GRIFFITH

#66 - 1822
SMITH, Rebecca, dec
  Heirs: Elizabeth, wife of Arthur TREGOE
         Isaac SMITH
         Leah, wife of James SULLENDER
         Uriah TODD, son of Priscilla TODD

#498 - 1862
SMOOT, Thomas, dec formerly of Dorchester Co, now of St Mary's County
  Wife - Frances Mary SMOOT
  Son - Thomas H SMOOT
  Dau - Ann Eliza SMOOT
  Dau - Rebecca SMOOT
  Dau - Mary Frances SMOOT
  Dau - Sarah A.F SMOOT
  Dau - Edith E SMOOT
  Son - George Henry SMOOT
  (Contains his will)

#90 - 1825
SPEDDEN, Ralph, dec
  Son - John M SPEDDEN
  Dau - Sarah SPEDDEN
  Son - William SPEDDEN
  Dau - Ann SPEDDEN
  Dau - Margaret SPEDDEN
  Son - Ralph D. SPEDDEN
  Dau - Jane SPEDDEN
  Son - Edward SPEDDEN
  Son - Daniel B. SPEDDEN

#330 - 1854
SPEDDEN, William, dec 1842
  Heirs:
  George SPEDDEN of Baltimore
  William L SPEDDEN of Baltimore
  Emily SPEDDEN of Baltimore
  Edward SPEDDEN of Baltimore

#99 - 1825
STEELE, James, dec
  Son - Henry M STEELE
  Son - Isaac Nevitt STEELE

#496 - 1863
STEVENS, John E & Sarah his wife
vs
Tristram T MARTIN

#257 - 1852
STEWART, James W, dec
  Wife - Ann M STEWART
  Son - William W STEWART, dec
  Dau - Dorothy A, dec wife of Alexander H JONES
          Dau - Alice I JONES

#503 - 1862
STEWART, Levin W, dec
  Brother - James A STEWART
  Sister - Mary Ann, wife of John SMITH of Baltimore
  Brother - Joseph STEWART (lunatic)
  Brother - John T STEWART
  Brother - William H STEWART
  Brother - Thomas R STEWART
  Brother - Francis A STEWART
  Sister - Nicolena, dec wife of Stephen W DARDEN of Texas
             (no issue)
  Sister - Rachel TUBMAN, dec
             Son - Richard TUBMAN
  Sister - Sarah Jane MADDUX, dec

#58 - 1822
TALL, Young, dec
  Son - William TALL
  Dau - Ann, wife of William MILLS

#156 - 1831
TODD, Jacob, dec
  Son - Uriah TODD
  Son - John TODD
  Son - Josiah TODD
  Dau - Lerreda Ann TODD (?)
  Son - Thomas TODD
  Son - William Henry TODD

#160 - 1830
TOOTELL, John
  Son - James TOOTELL, dec
  Son - Richard TOOTELL, dec ca 1824/5
          Son - Charles TOOTELL
          Son - William Alexander TOOTELL
          Son - Richard Winfield TOOTELL
          Dau - Mary Ann TOOTELL
          Son - Josiah Loockerman TOOTELL of Baltimore

#322 - 1854
TUBMAN, Richard,dec - See Dorothy Ann ECCLESTON

WARREN, William, dec Jan 1811
  Son - Noble WARREN
  Son - William WARREN
  Dau - Mary WARREN
  (Contains his will dated 7 Sept 1810 - 14 Jan 1811)

#130 - 1827
TOOTELL, Richard, dec
  Son - Charles TOOTELL
  Son - William TOOTELL
  Son - Richard TOOTELL
  Son - Josiah TOOTELL
  Dau - Mary Ann TOOTELL
  Wife - Sarah TOOTELL

#339 - 1854
TRAVERS, Elizabeth, dec 1849
  Nephew - George PIERCY, son of George PIERCY
  Son - Alexander H HURLEY
  To - Francis HARVEY
  G/Son - William A TWILLEY
  G/Dau - Sarah F PIERCY
  Husband - George W TRAVERS, dec

#152 - 1829
TRAVERS, Rose Ann - "De Lunatic Inquinendo"

#434 - 1857
TRICE, Elisha, dec
  Wife - Lavinia TRICE (Sept 1822)
           Mother - Ann BONNER
           2nd husband - William W CHARLES
  Dau - Emma A TRICE
  Dau - Aerine TRICE, dec
  Dau - Lavinia I TRICE
  Son - John H TRICE

#331 - 1850
TYLER, Solomon, dec
  Son - John TYLER now lives in Mississippi
  Son - David TYLER
  Son - Zebedee TYLER, dec
          Dau - Susan TYLER lives in Baltimore
          Son - John TYLER lives in Baltimore
          Son - Jackson TYLER lives in Missouri
          Son - Thomas TYLER
          Dau - Rachel TYLER lives in Virginia
  Dau - Sarah EDGAR, dec
          Son - Woolford EDGAR

#337 - 1854
VICKERS, Mary H (lunatic)
  Dau - Elizabeth, wife of William D NOBLE living in Delaware
          Dau - Corinne NOBLE

#499 - 1862
VINCENT, John F.H & Thomas M FLINT - The bill of Complaint deals
    with the church on Hicksburg Road

#160 - 1830
WARREN, William, dec Jan 1811 (See John TOOTELL)

#666 - 1870
WATKINS, Thomas J, dec 1868
  Dau - Louisa, wife of George E.C. LORD
  Dau - Hester, wife of Henry BROWN of Delaware
  Son - Levin T WATKINS
  Dau - Sarah, wife of Benjamin E BELL
  Dau - Frances, wife of Joseph REED
  Dau - Linnie WATKINS

#150 - 1829
WHEATLEY, Arthur, dec Nov 1813
  Son - John WHEATLEY
  Son - Arthur WHEATLEY, Jr, dec Feb 1817
  Dau - Sally, wife of Thomas APPLEGARTH
  Dau - Elizabeth, wife of Lawson NEWMAN

#669 - 1870
WHERRITT, William dec 1868
  Dau - Eliza Jane, wife of Richard MITCHELL of Talbot Co
  Son - Thomas H WHERRITT
  Dau - Mary, wife of William WRIGHT

#100 - 1830
WHITELY, Thomas, dec
  Son - Solomon WHEATLEY
  Dau - Lucretia, wife of Benjamin STREET
  Dau - Mary, wife of Risdon MOORE
  Dau - Elizabeth WHEATLEY  (minor)
  Son - Joseph WHEATLEY     (minor)
  Dau - Hannah WHEATLEY     (minor)
  (Please note that WHITELY/WHEATLEY were both used in this case)

#247 - 1853
WILCOX, Henry, dec
  Wife - Jane E (aged 30 -36) now the wife of Thomas H HICKS
  Dau - Martina WILCOX

#128 - 1831
WILLIAMS, John, dec - Lived at Church Creek
  Son - Isaac F WILLIAMS
  To - William B MARTIN & his wife, Sarah
  To - Samuel LECOMPTE

#334 - 1855
WILSON, Jacob C, dec
  Wife - Mary WILSON, dec 1846
  Son - Ambross WILSON
  Dau - Mary, wife of Edward D THOMPSON

#699 - 1870
WILSON, Jacob T, dec July 1866
  Son - Solomon T WILSON
          Wife - Susan WILSON
  Dau - Mary M WINTERBOTTOM, now the wife of John M MARSHALL
  Dau - Laura J, wife of John E THOMAS
  Wife - Mary T WILSON

#159 - 1830
WOOLFORD, Margaret
  Sister - Susan WOOLFORD

#500 - 1861
WOOLFORD, Steven B B, dec (See John T HOUSTON)

#671 - 1870
WRIGHT, Joseph
  Son - Rigsby T WRIGHT

#146 - 1832
WROTEN, Levin Sr
  Son - Gabriel WROTEN
  Son - Levin WROTEN, Jr
  Dau - Nancy, wife of Wrightson WHEATLEY
  Wife - Mary WROTEN
  Dau - Mary PHILLIPS
  Dau - Rosanna, wife of Arnold EDGAR

LAKE, George, dec 5 Dec 1831
  Dau - Harriet Maria, wife of Henry MCNAMARA
  Dau - Miriam COWART
  Dau - Catherine, wife of Isaac CREIGHTON, Jr
  Dau - Clarissa Hanloe LAKE
  Dau - Julian LAKE
  Dau - Clementine Jackson LAKE
  Dau - George Ann LAKE
  Son - Gabriel Perry LAKE
  Son - Robert Pinkney LAKE
  Dau - Louisa LAKE
  Wife - Mary B LAKE

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