1658-1758 Charles County MD Families "The first 100 years"

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  • ID: I09796
  • Name: Priscilla {True} Trew
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 1668 in William & Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland
  • Death: 15 FEB 1755 in William & Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland - Probate
  • Note:
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    William Davis 20.242 CH £24.18,11 Jan 13 1734
    Appraisers: Richard Price, Mathew stone.
    Next of kin: Thomas Davis, Elisabeth Davis,
    Administratrix: Priscilla Davis.
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    DAVIES, PRISCILLA, Charles Co. 14 Jan, 1748/9; 15 Feb 1755
    To son Richard Davies, plantation whereon Millsted now possesses named "The Mountain," 100 a.
    To dau Elizabeth Shacklet, clothing.
    To Elizabeth Davies, one sugar box and all that Is contained therein.
    To Priscilla Picon, clothing.
    To son Thomas Davies, as much linen as make a shirt.
    To Frances Butcher, horse and saddle.
    To John Winkworth ?
    To son Benjamin Daviess stock
    To Mary Shacklet, gown.
    To Patt. Shacklet, petticoat.
    To Jennat Taylor, gown, and other clothing.
    To son RIchd. Davies, ex., remainder of estate.
    wit: John Gray, Henry Gray, Patrick McQuaid. 29. 304.
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    Charles County Land Records, Liber C#2 Page 141
    9 Mar 1708; Indenture from Wm. Davis of Prince George's County, planter, and Priscilla his wife, dau. and surviving heir of Richard True, dec'd, to William Stone; a parcel of land formerly patented by William Boarman and alienated to True; containing 150 acres part of 300 acres; sold by True to John Lambert and now in possession of John Allen, planter; /s/ Wm. Davis, Priscilla Davis (mark); wit. Gerard Fowke, Benoni Thomas; 19 Mar 1708/9 Wm. Davis ack. Deed
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    Charles County Land Records, Liber C#2 Page 194
    28 Jul 1710; Recorded at request of Wm. Stone:
    Will of Simon Shepherd written 13 Oct 1681; recorded 28 Jul 1710; all my lands to Priscilia Trew; my young bay to Richard Trew; to John Gray a large barrow; to Anne Trew, widow, lease of the Plantation; /S/ Simon Shepherd; wit. Richard Carpenter (mark), Gills Collyer (mark), Walter Wheat
    ===
    Charles County Maryland Circuit Court Records, Liber H#2, Page 361
    28 Jun 1720; Recorded at request of Charles Musgrove:
    27 May 1720; Indenture from William Davis, planter, and Priscilla his wife, to Charles Musgrove, planter; for 6,000* tobacco; a tract called Burloyns Hill laid out for Richard Trew, father of Priscilla, on the north side of the Potomac and west side of Wicomico River; laid out for 214 acres; /s/ William David, Priscilla David (mark); wit. W. Hoskins, Matt. Stone, Roger Fowke; 2 Jun 1720 ack. by William Davis and Priscilla his wife
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    Charles County Maryland Circuit Court Records, Liber H#2, Page 375
    18 Aug 1720; Recorded at request of Benjamin Posey, planter:
    17 Jun 1720; Indenture from William Davis, planter, and Priscilla his wife, to Benjamin Posey, planter; for 3,000* tobacco; a parcel called Burloyned Hill laid out for Richard Trew, father of Priscilla; lying on the north side of the Potomac and west side of Wicomico; near land of John Courts; laid out for 100 acres; /s/ William David, Priscilla David (mark); wit. W. Hoskins, Jno. Mellor; 17 Jun ack. by William David and Priscilla his wife
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    Charles County Land Records, Liber M#2 Page 194. At the request of Richard Davis and Benjamin Davis, the following deed was recorded this Mar 16, 1729.
    Dec 20, 1729 from William Davis Sr and Priscilla, his wife, of CC, planter, to Richard and Benjamin_Davis, their 2 youngest sons, for the natural love they have for sd Richard and Benjamin, a certain tract of land in CC.called Bretts Beginning, bounded by a parcel of land called Ashbrooks Rest, the line of Ingerthrope, containing and laid out for about 100 acres, to be equally divided between Richard and Benjamin. The land shall remain the property and be in the possession of sd William and Prescilla Davis and either of them during their natural lives, and that sd Benjamin Davis shall have that moiety or half part of the abovesd land whereon the dwelling house and plantation now'is. Signed - Wm Davis, Prescilla (P her mark) Davis. Wit - Wm Stone*, Thos Stone*.
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    Charles County Court Records, March 1738/9 Court, Liber T#2, Page 537.
    The following Commission, certificate, and depositions relating to the bounds of Pointon Manor, were exhibited: To Messrs Robt: Hanson, Absolom Thorne, John King, and Walter Winter, Gent, Greeting. Whereas Gerrard Fowke, seized of a parcel lying in CC called Pointon Mannor, did on Nov 12 last, prefer his petition to CC Court before John Fendall, Gent, and his associates, for Commission to examine witnesses to prove and perpetuate the memory of the bounds of the sd tract of land. Know that you, not being any way related to the Petitioner, contiguous Proprietor, nor interested in the sd land, power to examine witnesses which shall be nominated to you by the afd petitioner or other concerned person Signed Nov 15, 1728 [sic] - Saml Hanson, Clerk.
    We certify the several depositions hereunto annexed. Signed Feb 14, 1728 - Robt: Hanson, John King, Absalom Thorne.

    Henry Tanner, age about 89, declares that about 30 years ago, he lived on the Plantation now in the possession of Thomas Stone, and that then Nicholas Bead showed him a bounded white oak standing near the brink of Nanjemy Cr by an old Gravelly Landing, which tree is now fallen in a small marsh near a crooked locust, which oak this deponent declares the sd Nicholas Bead told him was the bounded tree between the land of Mr: Stone and Mr: Gerrard Fowke, and that Mr: John Stone afterwards told this deponent that Nicholas Bead had showed him the right bounded tree. Signed - Henry Tanner. Feb 14, 1728.

    William Davis, age about 70, declares that about 40 years past, he remembers a bounded white oak which stood very near the place mentioned in Henry Tanner's deposition, which John Hanson told him was the dividing tree between the lands of Mr: Stone and Mr: Gerrard Fowke. Signed - Wm Das. Feb 14, 1728.

    Mathew Stone, age about 49, declares that the reputed bound tree (a white oak) between the lands of Mr: Stone & Mr: Gerrard Fowke, stood on the brink of Nanjemy Cr, near which place now stands a forked white oak sapling with a hammock of grape vines on the top, about 32 yards down the Cr from the place mentioned in Henry Tanner's deposition. Signed - Mathew Stone. Feb 14, 1728.

    Priscilla Davis, about age 60, declares that a bounded white oak with a forked and bending top, stood between the place mentioned in Mathew Stone's deposition and the end of Stone's fence near Nanjemy Cr side, which this deponent has heard was the bound tree between the lands of Mr: Stone & Mr: Gerrard Fowke, according to the best of her knowledge. Signed - Priscilla (P her mark) Davis.

    Edward Milstead, age about 70, declares that 40 odd years ago, Dr. Maddox showed him a bounded white oak standing at the end of a point near a marsh, and told this deponent that it was a dividing tree between his land and the land of Mr: John Stone, which tree is now standing but dead, at the root of which tree is a large stone with the letters GF cut thereon, which tree, this deponent says, he believes to be the tree which the sd Maddox showed him. Signed - Edward (E his mark) Millsted.
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    Charles County Land Record Book A#2, 1752-1756; Page 28 .(29). Jun 24, 1752 from Priscila Davis alias Priscila True, of CC, widow, to Benjamin Davis of CC, planter, for the natural love she has for her well beloved son, sd Benjamin Davis, and for sundry other good causes, she has given Benjamin all her right that he has by right of inheritance or by her decd father, Rich True, late of CC, shipwright, unto all the lands, tenements, hereditaments, & right of inheritance in Maryland, by the right of her decd father or otherwise, with all the patents, writings, transcripts to sd land & tenements belonging.
    Signed - Prisila (S her mark) Davis. Wit - Thos Stone, Willm Eilebeck. Recorded Jul 21, 1752.

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    1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Piccawaxen or Wm&Mary: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 295-53: BELAINES HILL: 300 acres; Possession of - 200 Acres - Musgrove, Charles : 100 Acres - Posey, Mary : Surveyed 24 Aug 1654 for Richard True on the West side of Wicomico River near the fresh of the River and near the land of John Courts: Other Tracts Mentioned: Holt's Divising; Conveyance notes - (also noted as Burlans Hill and Burlains Hill) , 100 acres – Charles Musgrove from John Cole, 25 April 1710,214 Acres – Charles Musgrove from William Davis & Priscilla, 27 May 1720, 100 Acres – Benjamin Posey from William Davis, 7 June 1720, , ,




    Father: Richard Trew b: 1605
    Mother: Anne {Unproven} Shepherd b: 1637

    Marriage 1 William Davis b: 1658 in William & Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland
    • Married: ABT 1694 in Charles County, Maryland
    Children
    1. Has No Children Elizabeth Davis b: AFT 1694 in William & Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland
    2. Has No Children Benjamin Davis b: AFT 1694 in William & Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland
    3. Has No Children Thomas Davis b: ABT 1701 in Charles County, Maryland
    4. Has Children Richard Davis b: ABT 1709 in Durham Parish, Charles County, Maryland

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