June 1740, Rhode Island

June 4, 1740- My sixth great granduncle, Silas Harrington, is born to Josiah Harrington & Elizabeth Bennett in Scituate, Rhode Island.

June 8, 1740- William Tew marries Jane Carr in Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island.

June 11, 1740- Ann Fish is born to David Fish and Jemima Tallman in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

June 27, 1740- My eighth great granduncle, Richard Sisson, age 63, marries his second wife, Elizabeth Briggs, in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. His first wife, Ann Card, had died the previous year.

(William Tew is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.
Ann Fish is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hall & Mary Thomas.)

July 1738, Connecticut

July 1, 1738- My sixth great grandmother, Mary Harrington, is born to Josiah Harrington & Elizabeth Bennett in Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut.

July 2, 1738- John Abernathy is born to Caleb Anthony & Lois Gaylord in Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut.

July 13, 1738- Sarah Tuttle is born to Isaiah Tuttle & Susanna Doolittle in New Haven, Connecticut.

(John Abernathy is my third cousin 7 times removed. Sarah Tuttle is his second cousin. Sarah Tuttle is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.)

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September 1734, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

September 14, 1734- My seventh great grandaunt, Jane Potts, dies at the age of 66 in Philadelphia. Jane was born in Wales to Thomas Potts and Elizabeth Baset.
Jane came to Philadelphia in 1683 with her widowed mother. They came as indentured servants. Among the early settlers who came into Pennsylvania were a very large number who were denominated as Servants. The liberal terms offered by Penn, greatly increased the number of those who came in this capacity, as they received 50 acres of headland, when their time expired, the same as others. The term did not necessarily imply a menial, but included mechanics, farm hands, agents, etc., employed by others, and were frequently relatives and those of equal social position. Sometimes their passage was paid in consideration of a specified term of service. On December 7, 1684, Jane's mother Elizabeth was granted 100 acres of headland in Chester County. They were Quakers and in 1685 were under the care of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting.
In 1686, Jane married Quaker John Austin, a shipwright, at the home of her mother and stepfather, Edmund Bennett, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. John preceded Jane in death about 1708.
Jane Austin, being 'weak in body but sound mind and memory,' made her will December 26, 1733, and died September 14, 1734. The will is recorded in Will-Book E, page 309, at Philadelphia. She mentions son Samuel Austin; daughters Ann Robins, Elizabeth Chanel and Mary; grandchildren John Robbins, Mary Robins, John Austin, John Wood.
The executors were George Fitzwater, Anthony Morris, and Jacob Shoemaker. Witnesses, Ezekiel Potts and John White.

September 14, 1734- Nathan Cleaver is born to Peter Cleaver, Jr. and Elizabeth Potts in Upper Dublin Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


September 30, 1734- William Hallowell is born to William Hallowell & Margaret Tyson in Abington Township, Pennsylvania.

John Penn

September 1734- John Penn arrives at Philadelphia with his sister Margaret Penn and her husband Thomas Freame, and attends the meetings of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council. John returned to London in a year, to support the colony's rights in the boundary dispute over Maryland with Lord Baltimore, but Thomas Penn and the Freames remained at Philadelphia.The ultimate resolution of this dispute was the surveying of the Mason-Dixon Line. John Penn, his brother Thomas, and their agents were responsible for the infamous "Walking Purchase", which swindled the Lenape Indians out of more than one million acres of Pennsylvania.

Thomas Freame had come over earlier, probably in 1732, and had returned to England. With some persuasion his wife Margaret Penn now accompanied him to Pennsylvania. She finally returned to England in 1741 with her brother Thomas.
Thomas Penn had established himself at Philadelphia in a residence between Bush Hill and the Schuylkill, with grounds esteemed handsome in that day, and long known as the " Proprietor's Garden."

Hannah Callowhill Penn

(John Penn was a proprietor of colonial Pennsylvania. He was the eldest son of the colony's founder, William Penn, by his second wife, Hannah Callowhill Penn. He was their only child born in Philadelphia, and was called "the American" by his parents.)


(Nathan Cleaver is my second cousin 7 times removed. Jane Potts is his grandaunt. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.
William Hallowell is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff and Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones.
John Penn is my third cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Pletjes Driessen & Alet Gobels Syllys.)

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November 1722, Maryland

November 20, 1722- Anthony Neale signs his will at the age of 63 in Charles County, Maryland. There are records also showing November 20, 1722 as the date of death of his son and namesake, Anthony. Perhaps the death of his son prompted his writing of the will.
His son Thomas had died sometime earlier, and is not mentioned in the will.
The will is probated July 12, 1723. I do not have an exact date of death for Anthony, the father.
Anthony had fought in the Nanticoke Indian War in the 1670s on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

Will of Anthony Neale, Charles County, 20th Nov., 1722; 12th July, 1723.

To Thomas Mansell, William Hunter and John Bennett, priests; George Newman, James Gates and dau. Mary, personalty.
To son Raphael and hrs., "William's Folly" and personalty.
To son Henry, £12, and, in case he does not enter priesthood, 1/5 of personal estate. Shd. he take orders, or die during minority, his portion to 4 younger children, viz. Edward, Charles, Bennett and Mary.
To son Edward and hrs., ½ dwelling plantation "Aquenseek," and personalty, including silver chalice and suit of church stuff, to remain in sd. dwell, house for use of family.
To son Charles and hrs., residue of "Aquenseek," and personalty; sd. tract to be divided by sons Raphael and Roswell, Charles Diggs, Wm. Chandler and William Diggs.
To son Bennett, in case he does not enter priesthood, lease of 200 A. and 1/5 of personal estate (same condition as in bequest to son Henry).
To sons Edward and Charles, exs., and their hrs., storehouse and lot in Chandler Town bou. of Philip Hemsley and Mary, his wife.
To sons Edward and Charles and dau. Mary, residue of estate; shd. any of younger child., viz. Henry, Edward, Charles, Bennett and Mary, die during minority or without issue, survivors to divide portion of dec'd, except lands, which in sd. cases shall revert to sons Raphael and Roswell and their hrs.
Dau. Mary to receive portion at 16, son Charles immediately.

Test: John Bennet, John Sanders, Walter Pye, Margaret Pye

(Anthony Neale is my first cousin 10 times removed. Our common ancestors are Benjamin Gill & Mary Mainwaring.)

1714, Burial place of Susannah Maria Lowe

On the north side of the road leading from Oakville to Forest Wharf is a part of Fenwick's Manor, which was presumably the estate of Henry Lowe, as his wife [Susannah Maria Bennett] is buried there.

Her gravestone, a heavy flat slab, bears a record worth preserving, but unless something is done to protect it from the ravages of time and neglect, it, too, before long, will be a thing of the past. The date, 1714, places it amongst the oldest memorials of the eighteenth century. The inscription runs:

Here Lyeth interred the Body of Susannah Maria Lowe, Late wife of Henry Lowe of the Family of the Bennetts, who departed this life the 28th Day of July 1714 in the 48th year of her age.

-Taken from Historic Graves of Maryland and the District of Columbia: With the Inscriptions Appearing on the Tombstones in Most of the Counties of the State and in Washington and Georgetown by Helen West Ridgely, National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland.

It was published in 1908.

At the time of Susannah's death,  her husband Colonel Henry Lowe was the county clerk of St. Mary's. He was a nephew of Lady Jane Baltimore, and was appointed by the governer.

The position of clerk was a lucrative one with income derived from fees for the recording of various documents. In addition to these fees, the clerk received a salary of 2,000 pounds of tobacco for public services such as issuing warrants. So, it seems that Susannah was an important woman in her community.

(Susannah Maria Bennett is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Benjamin Gill & Mary Mainwaring.)

History of St Mary's County, Maryland

July 1714, Maryland

July 22, 1714- Susanna Maria Bennett dies at the age of 48 at Fenwick Manor, St. Mary's County, Maryland.

(Susanna Maria Bennett is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Benjamin Gill & Mary Mainwaring.)