3 1 833 0 1 748 4376 ALO GY 3K 8 6 7 - 1 8 9 7 WICOMICO COUNTY, MARYL AND WILLS LIBER WB #1 Dece mb e r 1 867-D e c e mb e r 1 879 Ab s tracte d by L es lie a nd Ne il K e ddie T h e Fa mily T re e Bo oks h op famil tre ebooks h o . c om www . y p WICOMICO COUNTY, MARYLAND WILLS LIBE R WB # 1 De c e mb e r 1 867-De c e mbe r 1 879 The following wills have been abstracted from the Wc imico county Register of Wills documents whi c h can c m n be found on microfi lm MSA CR65 from the Maryland Hall of Records . Wi o ico cou ty was established in 1 867 out of the Worc ester and Somerset Counties . We have attempted to abstrac t as mu c h vital information as possible in order to facilitate the researcher in fi r a n r r - c n a a r their quest . The st d te give efe s to the date the will was written the se o d d te is th t of the p obate of the ar and r n m n n r a all will . Following down , are the v ious legatees elationship (whe e tio ed) to the testato . We h ve listed ’ In ma bequests followi ng the legatee s name and have done so by pulling all the information together. ny of the the e are t r in c wills , bequ sts scattered about, so that our abs racts do not fully follow the exact o der whi h the will was a d m n m - r m n n - r r written . We have lso inclu ed the tract na es and the a es of individuals whe e e tio ed whose p ope ty ’ lay adjacent to the testator s land . fi c i m r i r c n a n on One of the dif ulties of abstract ng old docu ents is the handw it ng of the cle k , The wills o t i ed ’ microfi hn are r r n c m . r r m as had the all cle k s copies of the o igi al do u ent Thus , the cle k did copy ve bati the will it na man re r n and am as a c been dictated onto the origi l . In y cases these we w itte spelled the s e the test tor spoke whi h im r n r r in m n anc a ne causes some problems of translation. However it is po ta t for the esea cher so e i st es s it gives o a m sense of how the testator spoke and what ty pe of di alect he may h ave had . The ost obvious is the spell ing of some “ ” “ ” “ ” “ ” ” m -He ser for r or of the na es , Heste Sary for Sarah and Alec for Alice Also “ ” ” r a the dialec t of the shore made it common for the inhabitants to use the wo ds D ster or dater for daughter. nam r n m ar in c r a ac 2 r r r n m ra o e a in n. Whe e a es or t ct es eve ite s de iphe ble , we h ve pl ed ( ) afte the wo d questio At the end of the will are the signatures of the subscribing witnesses -being those who could swe ar th at the n m n n will was the acknowledged will of the testator and that he was of sou d i d whe the document was writt en . Then came : refers to those witnesses who appeared before the magistrates to swear of their presenc e and the authenti c ity of the will . Following Then came May be another Then came in which the widow appeared before the magistrates and r a r a and n r or eithe g eed to abide by the leg cies divisio s of the will as w itten , r and n a c a her r m an -b law - a one r her r efused i ste d ele ted to h ve lawful thi ds , which e s she could y t ke thi d ( dowe ’ portion) of the testator s estate both in real estate and personal estate . - Somerset C ounty Wl l lS 1 7 30-1 7 3 9 D U l L C b l C l y 5 1 1 3 7 1 [ 0 7 C rc r 1 - D Somerset County Wills 1 740-1 747 D Wo este County Wills 769 1 774 - r n 1 774-1 783 D Somerset County Wills 1 748 1 75 9 D Wo cester Cou ty Wills - r r n 1 783-1 790 D Somerset County Wills 1 760 1 769 D Wo ceste Cou ty Wills - r r n 1 790- 1 795 D Somerset County Wills 1 770 1 778 D Wo ceste Cou ty Wills - rc r n 1 796-1 799 D Somerset County Wills 1 778 1 784 D Wo este Cou ty Wills - r n 1 799-1 802 D Somerset County Wills 1 785 1 790 D Worceste Cou ty Wills - r r n 1 802 -1 807 D Somerset County Wills 1 79 1 1 795 D Wo ceste Cou ty Wills - Somerset County Wills 1 796-1 800 D Worc ester County Wills 1 806 1 8 1 3 D - r r 1 81 3- 1 81 7 D Somerset County Wills 1 801 1 805 D Wo ceste County Wills - r 1 81 8-1 82 2 D Somerset County Wills 1 806 1 81 1 D Worceste County Wills Somerset County Wills 1 812 -1 81 8 D Worcester County Wills 1 82 3-1 82 7 D - rc 1 82 8- 1 833 D Somerset County Wills 1 81 9 1 82 5 D Wo ester County Wills Somerset County Wills 1 82 6-1 83 1 D Worcester County Wills 1 833-1 842 D rc 1 842 -1 85 0 D Somerset County Wills 1 832 -1 836 D Wo ester County Wills - r n an r 1 789-1 791 D Somerset County Wills 1 837 1 842 D Wo cester Cou ty L d Reco ds rc r r 1 791 -1 793 D Somerset County Wills 1 843-1 849 D Wo este County Land Reco ds r n an 1 798-1 801 D Somerset County Wills 1 850-1 85 5 D Worceste Cou ty L d Records r r nt n 1 D Somerset County Wills 1 856-1 862 D Wo ceste Cou y Re t Rolls Vol 1 743-1 763 olio 1 -70 Somerset County Wills 1 863-1 870 D ( f ) rc r n n 2 D Somerset County Wills 1 87 1 -1 889 D Wo este Cou ty Re t Rolls Vol 1 743-1 763 o lio 71 -1 5 0 Somerset County Land Records 1 75 3-1 75 9 C] ( f ) rc r n n 3 D Somerset Coun ty Land Rec ords 1 760- 1 760 [3 Wo este Cou ty Re t Rolls Vol 1 763-1 775 oli 1 -77 Somerset County Land Records 1 765 -1 769 [21 ( f o ) r r n n 4 D Somerset County Rent Rolls Vol 1 D Wo ceste Cou ty Re t Rolls Vol 7 - 7 - A nna mess ex Monie Wic omic o (1 43 1 63 fo lio 78 1 2 5 ( , , ) 2 C1 Somerset County Rent Rolls Vol . - D Poc omoke Dividin Cre ek Carol ine County Wills 1 688 1 769 , g ) D Caroline County Wills 1 770-1 779 D Somerset County Rent Rolls Vol . 3 - D Nantic oke ua ntic o Rewas tic o Caroline County Wills 1 779 1 784 ( , Q , ’ - D Mart r Caroline County Wills 1 785 1 792 Ass a woma n Sine uxa nt St. in s Rive , p , ) - D m r 4 D Caroline County Wills 1 793 1 799 So e set County Rent Rolls Vol . in n 1 800-1 806 D ( Va rio us Lo c a tions) Carol e Cou ty Wills - n 5 Caroline County Wills 1 807 1 81 5 D Somerset Cou ty Rent Rolls Vol . r i n 1 81 6-1 82 5 D ( Vario us Loc ations 1 688-1 705) Ca ol ne Cou ty Wills - m r e un en 6 Caroline County Wills 1 82 5 1 837 D So e s t Co ty R t Rolls Vol . n n 1 838-1 85 3 D ( Vario us Loc ations 1 705 -1 740) Caroli e Cou ty Wills Somerset County Additional Rent Rolls D (1 766-1 775) Dorchester County Rent Rolls Vol 1 D 1 65 9-1 676 r r n n 2 D Talbot County Court Proceedings 1 662 -1 67 1 13 Do cheste Cou ty Re t Rolls Vol 1 677-1 688 Talbot County Court Proceedings 1 67 1 -1 674 13 Talbot County Wills 1 777-1 784 D Dorchester County Rent Rolls Vol 3 D 1 688-1 707 Talbot County Wills 1 785 -1 789 D 4 D Talbot County Wills 1 790-1 794 D Dorchester County Rent Rolls Vol 1 707-1 72 3 Talbot County Wills 1 794-1 801 D Talbot County Wills 1 808-1 81 2 D ] Talbot County Wills 1 81 3-1 81 7 D Queen Ann e County Wills 1 707-1 72 2 C n n 1 72 3-1 738 D Talbot County Wills 1 81 8-1 822 D Quee Anne Cou ty Wills n 1 739-1 747 D Talbot County Wills 1 82 3-1 830 D Quee Anne County Wills Talbot County Wills 1 830-1 84 1 D Queen Anne County Wills 1 748-1 754 D - D a n n 1 D Queen Anne County Wills 1 75 5 1 763 T lbot Cou ty Re t Rolls Vol .