Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 6 Aug 1740, Baltimore Co., MD
• Probate: 5 Aug 1741, MD

Notes:

Will:
Will of Thomas Price of Baltimore Co., date 6 Aug 1740, Probated 5 Aug 1741

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In the name of God Amen. I Thomas Price of the County of Baltimore in the Province of Maryland, Planter, being of sound & disposing mind & memory blessed be God for the same and considering the uncertainty of Life & the certainty of Death do hereby make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say-

I give Device and bequeath unto my sons Samuel Price and Thomas Price and the child my wife is now with child with a Plantation which I now live upon to be equally divided between them and in event of either of the said children should die without issue or before they attain to the age of twenty one years then to go to the survivor of them their heirs and assignees forever. And in case of all the aforsaid children should Die without issue and before they attain to the age of twenty one years then I give and bequeath the aforsaid Plantation with all and in singular to appartures unto my son Benjamin Price to him and his heirs forever. And do I give & Devise & Bequeath unto my Children Equally to be divided all my personal Estate which I shall die profit of my debts and Funeral Expenses being first paid and is satisfied and I do ordain my beloved brother Benjamin Price and my beloved wife Kathura Price to be my Executor & Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby revoke all former Wills heretofore and declare this to be my Last Will & Testament . ? whereof I the said Thomas Price have hereunto set my hand & seal this Sixth Day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & forty.
In the Presence of: Maurice Price,
William Findley,
Sam ?.

On the back of the aforegoing will is thus written-Mordecai Price & William Findley two of the Subscribing Witness to the within will appeared before me and the said Mordecai Price being one of the ????? solemnly affirm and the said William Findley being duly and Solemnly sworn on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God ? and each of them did say that they saw the Testator Thomas Price sign the within will and heard him Publish & declare the same to be his last Will & Testament that at this time of his ? he was to the best of their apprehension of sound & Disposing mind & memory and that they with Samuel ? the other Subscribing witness Subscribed their Respective names as witnesses to ? said Will in presence of the said Testator & at his Request which oath & affirmation was taken by of said witnesses before me this 5th Day of August 1741. Before me Tho. White Dep. Of County of Baltimore.


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Contributed to USGenWeb Baltimore Co Page by: Selena DuLac whose web page is http://home.mindspring.com/~sdulac/PGWillContents.htm


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Extracted from: Maryland Probate Records, SLC Family History Center Microfilm # 12849 pg 400
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Thomas married Keturah MERRYMAN on 1 Jul 1732 in St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. Keturah (daughter of Samuel MERRYMAN and Mary BOONE) was born on 2 Apr 1717 in Baltimore Co., MD; died on 22 Feb 1789 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD; was buried in Friends Burying Ground, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Benjamin PRICE was born on 8 Mar 1732/33 in St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.
2. Samuel PRICE
3. Thomas PRICE
4. Rebecca PRICE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 20 Dec 1715, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD

Notes:

Note:
Mordecai and Mary (Parsons) Price are the 6th great grandparents of Richard Milhous Nixon, president of the United States. The line is through their son Mordecai Price.

Probate:
wife Mary, administrator of estate

Mordecai married Mary PARSONS about 1684. Mary (daughter of Thomas PARSONS and Isabel UNKNOWN) was born about 1668. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 8 May 1718, Anne Arundel Co., MD
• Probate: 15 Jun 1718, Anne Arundel Co., MD

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: 22 Nov 1633

Notes:

Note:
Immigrant of 'Ark & Dove', sailing from Cowes, England 22 Nov 1633, and landing at St. Clements Island 25 Mar 1634, after a stop in Virginia. Some records indicate a stop at Kent Island and that the settlement was called "St. Mary's."

Thomas married Elizabeth PHILLIPS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 10 Oct 1683, Anne Arundel Co., MD
• Probate: 31 May 1684, Anne Arundel Co., MD

Notes:

Will:
Last Will & Testament of Thomas Parsons
Of Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Dated October 10, 1683, Proved May 31, 1684


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Recorded in Maryland Wills, Liber 4, Folio 28

I Thomas Parsons of Anne Arundel County in ye Province of Maryland, being sick of body but of perfect disposition [and] memory, thanks be to God, do make, constitute, ordain & appoint this to be my Last Will & Testament, revoking, annulling, & utterly making void all other will or wills & this wholly to be taken, affirmed, and held for my Last Will & Testament, as aforesaid, in manner & form following -

Imprimis. I give & bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Parsons one shilling. -

I give & bequeath unto my daughter Isabell Parsons fifty acres of Land which is joining upon Anthony Holland's & Benjamin Capill's lines for her to have & hold at her day of marriage for to be hers and her heirs forever, & if ye said Isabell Parsons should die without any issue of her body, then this land is to fall to ye two youngest. -

I give & bequeath unto my daughters Mary Parsons & Susanna Parsons my plantation which I live upon & all things belonging thereunto. I give it unto them to be equally divided betwixt them after their mother's decease to be theirs & their heirs forever. And if these two should die without any heirs of their bodies, then this plantation is to fall to ye two youngest to be theirs and their heirs forever.--

I give to my daughters Sarah & Hannah Parsons betwixt them, I give a two year old heifer named Mealy. I give it betwixt them for it & its increase to be equally divided betwixt them & to be theirs and their heirs forever. And likewise I give unto these my two daughters to each of them the first two colts that my mare brings, let them be horse colts or mare colts, to be theirs and their heirs forever.

And further I do hereby constitute & ordain & appoint my loving friends Anthony Holland & Benjamin Capill to be my whole & sole Executors of this my Last Will & Testament & for ye true performance hereof I have here set my hand and seal this tenth day of October in ye year of our Lord 1683.

The mark of
TP
Thomas Parsons
Witnesses:
James White
John Mayhew ye mark of
Nicholas Grose ye mark of
Rose Grose

May ye 31st 1684. The within writing was proved before me by ye oath of John Mayer.

Thomas Tailor


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Transcribed by Curt L. Sytsma on March 11, 1999, from a photocopy of the original given to me by Dick & Sandy Rollins. Other sources indicate that the original is found in Prerogative Court (Wills), Liber 4, Folio 28. Obvious spelling errors and punctuation have been corrected to enhance readability, but all names are spelled as in the original.

Provided to the USGenWeb/MDGenWeb Project by : Curt L. Sytsma<.A>

Thomas married Isabel UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Isabel Capell
• Name: Isabel Parsons
• Will: 10 Sep 1717
• Probate: 22 Dec 1717, Anne Arundel Co., MD

Notes:

Will:
Will of Isabell Parsons Capell dated 10 Sept 1717, Probated 22 Dec 1717

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I Isabell Capell altho sick of body yett in perfect memory and sound as at other times in my judgement do make and ordain this as my last will and Testament revocking and making voyd all former writing either by deed of gift or will whatsoever.

Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved grandson Jacob Holland one negro boy called Samson to him and his heirs forever and also one feather bed and furnature belonging thereto and land in the back ? and fifty akers of land where his house doth stand it being part of that tract of land called Friendship Johns and his heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my well beloved grandaughter Isabel Price two negro children one called Peter and one called ? to her and her heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath unto my well beloved daughter Mary Price ? head of cattle young and old together and also half my stock of hogs to her and her heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath unto my grandson Thomas Tucker one half of my corn now in the field and one half of my ? for clothing providing he do not take his negros before the crop is finished and last of all to make constitute and ordain my well beloved daughter Mary Price my true and lawful Executor and administrator of all my goods and chatals and ? of my real estate belonging to me ? ? that what is given to Jacob Holand is to him & hiis heirs for ever. In witness to this my last Will and Testament I have here unto sett my hand and seal the day and year above written in presence of William Hoard (?), Robert Gott. It is like wise my will and plea for that my Estate that after my debt is paid have all that remains of my Estate to her and her heirs forever.


Signed Isabell (her mark) Capell

And on the back was written 12 Dec 1717 Then came Robt Gott one of the witnesses to the within will and made oath upon the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that he saw the within named Isabell Capell sign and sealed & heard her pronounce and declare the within Testament of writing her last Will and Testament and that at the time of her so doing she was to the best of his apprehention of perfect sense and memory. ? Tasker, D. Com. A.A.Co.


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Transcribed and Contributed to the MdGenWeb Project by: Selena DuLac whose web page is http://home.mindspring.com/~sdulac/PGWillContents.htm


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Extracted from: SLC Family History Center Microfilm # 0012846, Ann Arundel Co., MD