March 1723, Maryland

March 7, 1723- George Hardy is born to George Hardy & Elizabeth Drane in St. Mary's, Maryland.

(George Hardy is my first cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are William & Elizabeth Hardy.)

March 27, 1723- Anthony Drane dies at the age of 57 in Prince George's County, Maryland.

His will was dated 3/28/1719, proved 3/27/1723, probated 6/26/1723, recorded in Volume [Liber.] 18, folio 197,Wills, Prince George County, Maryland:

Bequeathed to two sons, Thomas & Anthony, "the plantation & a piece of land I hold, during the life of Mary Drane Nichols , the wife of William Nichols, equally between them if they or either of them live so long, otherwise remainder to son James ; and bequeathed to his son James all the plantation & tract of land I now live on , after my wife's decease, to him & his heirs forever. All the rest of my estate I give & bequeath unto my loving wife, Elizabeth Mockbee Nichols Drane. To son James & heirs, dwelling plantation after decease of my wife Elizabeth. Personal estate to be divided among the children. Maryland Calendar of Wills-Vol. V. p. 152. Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges County, Maryland Court House Record of Wills, p. 152.

(Anthony Drane is my sixth great grandfather. George Hardy is his grandson.)

April 1723, Pennsylvania

April 25, 1723- Samuel Austin marries Mary Jarman in Pennsylvania.

(Samuel Austin is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.)

August 1723, Pennsylvania

August 12, 1723- Samuel Potts is born to Daniel Potts & Sarah Shoemaker in Germantown, Pennsylvania.

( Samuel Potts is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.)

October 1723, Pennsylvania

October 25, 1723- Elizabeth Tyson is born to Matthias Tyson & Mary Potts in Abington Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(Elizabeth Tyson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs and Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.)

A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror

1723 Rhode Island

December 2, 1723- Elizabeth Sisson is born to John Sisson & Rebecca Lawton in Tiverton, Rhode Island.

( Elizabeth Sisson is my seventh great grandaunt. Our common ancestor is John Sisson.)

1724 Maryland

1724- Benjamin Hardy is born to William Hardy and Ann Stimson in Prince George's County, Maryland.

(Benjamin Hardy is my fourth great granduncle.)

1724- Elizabeth Hanson marries Leonard Wheeler in Charles County, Maryland.

(Elizabeth Hanson is my sixth great grandaunt. Our common ancestor is Elizabeth Hussey.)

May 5, 1724- George Hardy was paid from the estate of Anthony Drane of Prince George's County.

(George Hardy is my fifth great granduncle. Benjamin Hardy is George's nephew. Our common ancestors are William & Elizabeth Hardy.)

1724- John Drury dies at the age of 55 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. His wife, Mary Ford, dies the same year at the age of 46.
 
John Robey III dies at the age of 76 in Charles County, Maryland.
 
Samuel Luckett, Jr., dies at the age of 39 in Port Tobacco, Maryland.

(John Drury and Mary Ford are my sixth great grandparents.
John Robey III is my sixth great grandfather.
Samuel Luckett, Jr., is my sixth great granduncle. Our common ancestors are Samuel Luckett and Elizabeth Hussey.)

December 1724, Maryland

December, 1724- Jane Tant dies at the age of 29 at Charles County, Maryland.

(Jane Tant is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Robert Drury.)

1725 Maryland

1725- Susannah Tant marries Richard Thompson in St. Mary's, Maryland.

(Susannah Tant is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Robert Drury.)

1725 Pennsylvania

1725- Joseph Conrad is born to Cunraed Cunraeds and Ann Burson in Philadelphia County.

(Joseph Conrad is my sixth great granduncle.)

1725- Reiner Theissen made an elder by the Abington Monthly Meeting.

(Reiner Theissen is my eighth great granduncle. Joseph Conrad is Reiner's grandnephew. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs and Agnes Op Den Graeff.)

1725- David Potts and Elizabeth Jane Lane are married in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Daniel Potts' name appears among those who contributed to the building of the stone wall around Upper Germantown Burying Ground. Daniel and wife Sarah Shoemaker give birth to son Daniel.

(David Potts is my sixth great grandfather. David and Daniel are first cousins. Daniel Potts is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.
Sarah Shoemaker and Reiner Theissen are 1st cousins twice removed. Sarah Shoemaker is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Herman Op Den Graeff and Gretjen Driessen Pletjes, the parents of Agnes Op Den Graeff. )

February 1726, Maryland

February 1, 1726- Margaret Drury, widow of John Tant, has died in St. Mary's County, Maryland at the age of 70.

Tant, Margrett. 24th Dec., 1725; 1st Feb., 1725-6.
To grandson Marke Lampton, £15 and personalty at age of 21.
To grandson William Thompson, £15 at age of 21; shd. he die during minority, sd. legacy to pass to his bro. Henry.
To Rev. Francis Loyd,, 40s.
To grandson John Manning, personalty; he dying during minority, to pass to 2 grandsons Joseph and Vitus Harbert and their hrs.
To grandsons Walter Pye, Joseph Harbert and daus. Margaret Pye,, Jean Thompson and Winefrid Harbert, personalty.
Son-in-law Richard Thompson ex. and residuary legatee.
Test: John Waughop, Geo. Craghill, John Little. 18.403,

(Margaret Drury is my seventh great grandaunt. Our common ancestor is Robert Drury. There are conflicting sources here, some note John Tant's wife as Margaret Bloomfield. At this point in my research, I am treating Margaret Drury and Margaret Bloomfield as alternate names for the same individual. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
However, we do know that John and Margaret Tant had a grandson named Marke Lampton, the son of Marke Lampton of Charles County, Maryland...who I believe married their daughter Ann.
Grandson William Thompson and his brother Henry are the sons of their daughter Jane and husband Thomas Thompson of Charles County. Jane's sister Susannah was married to Richard Thompson, brother of Thomas.
Grandson John Manning is the son of their daughter Mary and husband John Manning of St. Mary's. Grandsons Joseph and Vitus are sons of Vitus Herbert of St. Mary's and Winifred Tant, daughter of John & Margaret.
Daughter Margaret had married Walter Pye of St. Mary's.)

April 1726, Maryland

April 16, 1726- George Hardy, serving as administrator, filed the inventory of John Smith of Prince George's County.

(George Hardy is my fifth great granduncle. Our common ancestors are William & Elizabeth Hardy.)

April 22, 1726- Mary Tant, widow of John Manning, has died at the age of 43 in St. Mary's County,
Maryland.

Mary Maning 11,603 SM £83.10.4 Apr 22 1726 Nov 2 1726
Appraisers: Nicholas Mills, John Greenwell.
Creditors: Richard Thompson, W. Swale.
Next of kin: Mary Mills, Mary Sikes.
Administratrix: Mary Morgan.
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Mary Maning 8.279 A SM £83.10.4 £43.5.5 Jul 10 1727
Received from: William Combs, John Milles.
Payments to: Richard Thompson, William Swale, Richard Thompson for use of John Maning (orphan), John Greenwell.
Administratrix: Mary Morgan.

(Mary Tant is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Robert Drury.)

May 1726, Maryland

May 24, 1726- Maryland Prerogative Court Abstracts 1724- 1727 , page 30

John Roby Sr.: 11.346 Charles Co.,MD  L45.6.2 Apr. 23, 1726/ May 24, 1726
Appraisers: William Middleton, William Boswell
Creditors: Robert Hanson
Next of kin: William Roby,Richard Roby.
Admx: Sarah Roby

May 27, 1726- Maryland Prerogative Court Abstracts 1724-1731 (Libers 6-10), p. 51

John Roby: 7.38 A Charles Co.,MD L45.6.2 L23.0.10 May 27, 1726
Received from: John Marten, Thomas Roby, John Clubb, John Marton, James Kenneda, Hawkins, James Smallwood, Joseph Bladen, William Murphey, Thomas Sanders, Mr. Clemments,Richard Stevens, Matthew Breeden, John Wornell, Daniel Jenkins.
Payments to: Mr. Robert Harrison, John Cesly, John Kirkwood, Pat. Connelly, Edward Marlow.
Administratrix: Sarah Roby

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(John Robey is my 6th great grandfather. Sarah is his wife, Sarah Hines Luckett. She was the administratix of his estate following his death in 1724. William, Thomas, and Richard are their sons. Another son, John, was married to Sarah Smallwood; James Smallwood was his brother-in-law. Their daughter, Stacey, was married to John Worland II, listed here as John Wornell.
John Worland appears variously as John Wornell, John Warnall, and John Warland in documents of the time. John Worland II is my 5th great grandfather.)

December 1726, Maryland

December 15, 1726- Charles County Land Records, 1722-1729; Book L#2, Page 313.

At the request of Sarah Roby of CC, widow, the following instrument of writing was recorded this Dec 15, 1726. We discharge Sarah Roby of CC, the relict of John Roby Sr, late of CC, now decd, from all legacies that may or shall be due from the sd Sarah Roby to us on the acct or estate of sd John Roby.

(John Robey is my sixth great grandfather. John Robey had died sometime before May, 1726. Sources vary, stating his death as occuring in 1724 or 1726. He had married Sarah Hines Luckett in 1684 at Castle Donington in Leichestershire, England.)

December 27, 1726- Elizabeth Hardy is born to George Hardy and Elizabeth Drane in Prince George's County, Maryland.

(Elizabeth Hardy is my 1st cousin six times removed. Our common ancestors are William & Elizabeth Hardy.)

1726 Maryland

1726- Rachel Hardy is born to William Hardy and Ann Stimson in Prince George's County, Maryland.

(Rachel Hardy is my fourth great grandaunt.)

Peter Hoggins, Jr., born to Peter Hoggins and Elizabeth Finch in Prince George's County, Maryland.

(Peter Hoggins is my fifth great granduncle. He is the half-brother of Ann Stimson, and the uncle of Rachel Hardy. Our common ancestor is Elizabeth Finch. Solomon Stimson was Elizabeth's second husband, after his death she married Peter Hoggins, Sr.
 In 1726, Elizabeth was the executrix of Solomon Stimson's estate. She received the land adjoining Charles Beavans and his personal estate. Charles Beavans was her brother-in-law, having been married to her sister, Mary Finch. Her sons from her first marriage, William Elder and Thomas Elder, each received one cow and one calf.
Elizabeth Finch is my sixth great grandmother.)

Margaret Drury dies in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

(Margaret Drury is my seventh great grandaunt. Our common ancestor is Robert Drury.)

1726 Germany

1726- Peter Heinrich Gideon is born in Bavaria.

(Peter Heinrich Gideon is my fifth great grandfather.)

1726 Pennsylvania

1726- Jonas Potts is born to David Potts and Elizabeth Lane in Germantown, Pennsylvania.

(Jonas Potts is my fifth great granduncle.)

1726- Alice Lukens dies at the age of 40 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
(Alice Lukens is my 1st cousin nine times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs and Agnes Neesen op den Graeff.)

1726- Madtis Conders, second son of Thones Kunders, dies in Germantown, Pennsylvania.

Will of Madtis Conders

I, Mathias Cunrade of German Township in the County of Philadelphia in the Province of Pensilvania, husbandman, being sick in body but of sound and perect mind and memory, praises be given to God for the same, this twenty ninth day of the eight month in the year One Thousand seven hundred twenty five doe make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following hereby revoking all other Wills heretofore by me made.
 Imp I will That all my Just Debts and funeral expenses paid and dischared by my Executrix hereafter named. Item I give and bequeath out of my personal Estate the sum of Eight pounds to my beloved wife as a particular free gift.
 Item I give divise and bequeath my land and plantation whereupon I now dwell with allits appurtenances whatsovever contain Abt one hundred and fifty accers of Land more or less to be sold by my trusty and loving bro. John Cunrad of Upper Dublin & my bro: Henry of ------------------- together with my wife or by the Survivor or survivors of them and make good title thereof to the buyer & to their heirs forever to the only and proper wife, one third part of the purchase or value of the said land when sold, to my wife during her life; and After her decease to be divided by her among my children viz: Anthony, Margaret, Cornelius, Magdalen, William, John and Mathias or among the survivors of them. And the other two thirds of my said land and plantation be sold for to be equally divided among my said children or among the surviviors of them when sold.
 Item It is my will That my personal Estate be divided among my wife and my said children reserving to my wife her third thereof and the remaider viz the two thirds part of my sd personal estat to be equally divided among my children, but if any happen to die after dividend be made, & before such attain tothe age of one and Twenty, or be married it is my Will and Desire that my Wife and children may live peacably and lovinly together on my plantation, and that my children be maintained out of the profits therof during their minority. Alsoe I doe hereby nominate and appoint my said loving bretheran John and Henry cunrade to be Guardians of my children according to the true intent and meaning of this my Will, and A soe it is my Will That if my son Anthony be inclined to purchase my sd land and plantation when it is intended for sale, it is my Will that he may have the offer before any other upon reasonable terms.
 Item I nomiate and appoint my well beloved wife to be sole executrix of this my last Will and Testament.

ye mark of M Mathias Cunrade

Signed and published in the presence of Rouland Ellis, Katharine Ellis, rouland Ellis Junr. (Proven April 2nd, 1726)

(Madtis Conders is my seventh great granduncle. Our common ancestors are Thones Kunders and Elin Theisson.)

March 8, 1726- Isaac Norris and his wife Mary [Lloyd] convey to Thomas Potts, Jr., a plantation of 140 acres in Roxbury.

(Thomas Potts, Jr., is my 1st cousin eight times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset. Jonas Potts is his first cousin once removed.)

1727 Maryland

Janurary 9, 1727- Solomon Stimson has died in Prince George's County, Maryland at age 42.

In Solomon Stimson's will dated 9 Jan 1726/7 [Prince Georges county Will Book 19, pages 67, 68] states: "…I give & bequeath unto my Son in Law Willm Elder one Cow & Calfe. I give & bequeath unto my Son in Law Thomas Elder one Cow & Calfe. …" On 20 April 1727 "came Eliza Stimson and made oath…" as to the appraisal of the Stimton estate which included among other items: "3 negrows, 1 man, 1 dito woman, 1 dito girl; 25 head of cattle, young & old; 53 head of hogs, young & old, two feather beds,…" [Prince Georges County Inventories Box 7, 25]
Stimton (Stimson), Solomon, planter, Prince George's County, 9th Jan., 1726-7; 26th Jan., 1726/7.

To son Solomon, £30.
To son Benjamin, 50 A. where he now lives and £30.
To son-in-laws William and Thomas Elder, personalty.
To wife Elizabeth, extx., son Jeremiah, daus. Sarah and Mary, personal estate equally.
To dau. Ann, £5.
to wife Elizabeth and hrs., rights in land adj. Charles Bevans; shd. any of child. die during minority, their
portion to be divided among all child. equally.

Test: Thos. Chartur (Chartor), Paul Talbart (Tabart), Elizabeth Morris.
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Solomon Stinson 11.906 PG £198.17.9 Apr 5 1727 Apr 20 1727

(also Solomon Stimson)

Appraisers: John Boone, James Young.
Mentions: Solomon Stinson, Benjamin Stinton, Mary Williams, William Hardy.
Administratrix/Executrix: Elisabeth Stimson.

(Solomon Stimson is my sixth great grandfather. Solomon was the second husband of Elizabeth Finch, my sixth great grandmother. Her first husband was William Elder, and their sons William and Thomas are referred to as sons-in-law in the will. In modern parlance, we would refer to them as Solomon's stepsons. Charles Bevans [Beavan] was the husband of Elizabeth Finch's sister Mary.
William Hardy was the husband of Solomon's daughter, Ann Stimpson. William & Ann are my fifth great grandparents.)

June 9, 1727- Although living in Prince George's County, George Hardy patents 393 acres in Charles County, names it Friend's Hazard.

(George Hardy is my fifth great granduncle. William Hardy, my fifth great grandfather, is George's brother. Our common ancestors are William & Elizabeth Hardy.)

1727 Pennsylvania

1727- Pennsylvania Council orders Masters of Vessels to furnish passenger lists, and all immigrants are required to declare allegiance to the King.

1727- Matthias Tyson dies in Abington Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Abstracts of Philadelphia County [Pennsylvania] Wills, 1726-1747 By F. Edward Wright

TYSON, MATHIES. Abington Co. Of Philadelphia. Yeoman. April 8, 1727. May 12, 1727. E. 46.
Wife: Mary. Children: Margaret, Reynear, Mary, John, Sarah, Isaac, Elizabeth, Mathew. Exec: Mary Tyson.

Witnesses: David Davies, Abigail Jenkins, Step. Jenkins.

From the Colonial Families of Philadelphia:
1. "By his will dated April 8, and proved May 12, 1727 (registered, Philadelphia County Will Book E, p 46) he devised to his wile Mary, for life or during widowhood, the use of all his estate, real and personal; if she married again (which she did) she was to have one-third of the estate, plus ten pounds; the remaining two-thirds, less the ten pounds, to be then equally divided between his eight children- Maragret, Mary, Reynear, John Sarah, Isaac, Elizabeth and Matthew; his wife was made executrix and it was directed that the children be brought up under her care.
Mary Tyson, widow of Matthias, married (second) 11 mo, 1732, Thomas Fitzwater, permission granted by Abington Meeting, 10 mo 25, 1732 and the marriage reported at the next meeting, 11 mo 29 as having been accomplished meanwhile. The Fitzwater family was one of great prominence polically and socially in Abington township and vicinity, and also in the city of Philadelphia, where a principal street is named for it. The Fitzwaters intermarried a number of times with the Tyson family."

(Matthias Tyson is my 1st cousin, nine times removed.)

1727- Lenart Streypers dies in Pennsylvania.

Abstracts of Philadelphia County Wills, 1726-1747 By F. Edward Wright

STREPERS, LENART. Germantown, Co. of Pennsylvania. Husbandman.
March 28, 1727/28. August 9, 1727. E. 56.
Wife: Anne. Children: William, Denis, Henry, Lenart. Brother: John.
Brother-in-Law: John Cunrads. Exec: Anne and John Strepers, John Cunrads, Isaac Davis.

(The wife of Lenart Streypers, Ann Entgen Cunraeds, is my seventh great grandaunt. John Cunrads is her brother. Another brother, Cunraed Cunraeds, is my seventh great grandfather. Our common ancestors are Thones Kunders and Elin Theisson.
Elin Theisson is the aunt of Matthias Tyson. Their common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs and Agnes Neeson op den Graeff. Elin Theisson is my eighth great grandmother.)

1728 Pennsylvania

1728- Jonathan Potts born to David Potts and Elizabeth Lane in Germantown, Pennsylvania.

(Jonathan Potts is my fifth great granduncle. Our common ancestor is David Potts.)

1728- Daniel Potts dies in Germantown, Pennsylvania.

(Daniel Potts is my first cousin 8 times removed. Jonathan Potts is Daniel's first cousin once removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts and Elizabeth Baset.)