Hi List, The following message was posted to the St. Mary's Co., MD mail list today; however, it is a copy of a post to the Metcalf list in Dec. 2001. Some good info for A. A. Co. researchers: "Submitted by Tracy Hancock on the METCALF-L list. Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2001 16:33:56 -0500 From: John Hancock <A HREF="mailto:jhancock@bigplanet.com"><jhancock@bigplanet.com></A> To: METCALF-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <3C094CC4.E29F89AD@bigplanet.com >Subject: Early Metcalf(e)s of Maryland, Part 1. Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-asciiContent-transfer-encoding: 7bit Merry Christmas from me to all of you!: Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. 1, Compiled and Edited by Jane Baldwin Cotton,Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD., 1968. Will Book 1, page 2. Will of John Smithson, of St. Mary's Co., 27th Aug 1638. Wife Anne, execx, andsole legatee. Test: JOHN METCALFE. Will Book 1, p. 150. Will of Nicholas Keiting, no county named, dtd 20 Apr., 1657; prvd 10th Oct.1661. To wife (unnamed) execx.; 1/3 estate, real & personal, son Thomas residueof real estate in Md. and Ireland, daughter Ellinor, personalty. Test: JOHN METCALFE, Marks Pheype (Phip?). Will Book 10, p. 50. Will of John Pawson of the City of Yorke, Eng., 2nd Aug. 1677; 6th July 1678. Nodirect heirs but names brother Christopher Pawson, brother Henry Pawson, ex.,dec'd brother Seth Pawson, bro-in-law Wm. Carvile, cousin Margaret Leeds,Alderman RICHARD METCALFE and his lady, John Peckett, cousin Thomas Sugden,Eliza: Morewood, Helen Horner, George Horner, George Rumsden of Yorke, Dr.Stockett of Md., John Homewood, and Henry Howard of A.A. Co., MD, personalty. ------------------------ Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. 2, ibid. Will Book 11, p. 153.Will of Philip Howard, Severn R., Ann Arundel Co., MD. 29th July 1701, 24thFeb. 1701. Names orphan boy James Hoskins, ex. Ruth Howard, dau. Hannah Hammondand her sons Charles and Philip Hammond, cousins Philip and Joseph Howard.Test: Amos Pierpont, Jno. Marriat, Philip Howard, Jr., JNO. MEDCALFE. ----------------------- Maryland Calendar of Wills., Vol. 3, ibid. Will Book 13, p. 13. Will of Thomas Crutchley, A.A. Co., 22nd Nov 1709, 8th Apr 1710. To daus. LYDIA METCALF and Ruth Warfield, jointly and their hrs., 116 A., "Theodora's Chance"and 75 A., "Baldwin's Addition," and to sd. dau. Ruth, personalty at Richard Warfields. Dau. Beteros (Betros) (Chrutchley) and Eliza: (Crutchley), personalty. Son Thomas, ex., resideue of personalty and 200 A., "Crutchley'sChoice;" he dying without issue, sd. lands to pass to daus. Betreros and Eliza:afsd. Test: John Everett, Benja. Howard, John Rattenburg. ----------------------- Maryland Calendar of Wills., Vol. 5, ibid. Will Book 18, p. 153. Will of Edward Parish (Parrish), A.A. Co., Apr 1722, 14th Jan 1722-23. To wifeMary, dwelling plantation "Parrish Chance and "Clary's Hope" during life; at herdecease to son Edward. To John and Sarah Steward "Francis and Robert," on Brigantine's Ck. (beginning at the white gum by Clap's grave), during life;after their decease, to her son Thomas Norriss and hrs.; he dying without issue,to revert to grandson John Steward and hrs.; he failing issue to daus. Mary and Anne Parrish and their hrs. Son John part of "Parish's Range" in Balto. Co.; Daughter Ann and her sons John and Wm.; Son William; kinsman Matthew Hawkins;Jacob Duhadway, personalty (son-in-law) and his children Edward, Jacob, Maragaret, Mary; Mary Noland and cousins Edward (son of Wm. Parish), Edward (son of John Parish) and John Steward; John Avery and John Heddin personalty when free. Son Edward to let George White stay where he is seated conditionally; sonWilliam to be kept at school from 10 to 18 years of age; sons Edward and John to repair the graves of testator's mother and 2 sisters; John Steward to repair thegraves of Francis Butler and Robert Curtis. Exrs: Wife and sons Edward andJohn. Overseers: Richard Galloway, Sr. and Jr., and William Richardson, Sr.Test: John Norris, Mary Norris, Margaret Holland, THOMAS METCALF. ------------------------ Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. 6, ibid. Will Book 20, p. 321. Will of John Redman, planter, St. Mary's Co., 20th Jan 1731, 18th Feb 1731. Todau Elizabeth lands next to plantation of Nicholas Brown. Sons Jeremiah,Thomas, Daniel, Vincent, daug. Ann Leake, Sarah Robinson and Elizabeth,personalty (some of which des. as debt due from Peter Peake). Sons Solomon andJohn and dau. Frances Fryer, 1 s. ea. Grandson John Lake (Leake) land. Exs:Sons Vincent, Jeremiah and Daniel. Test: Sons Thomas Howard, WILLIAM MEDCALF, Peter Mugg. Will Book 19, p. 511. county not named. Will of JOHN MEDCALF (MATCALF), SR., 11th Jan 1727-28; 13th Mar 1727. To 2 sons Thomas and John, "Balding's Addition," "Jonas Chance" and "Range." Wife to continue to poss. of sd. land. Son John personalty. To granddau. Larda (Lydia) Holand, certain personalty after decease of wife; shd. sd. granddau. die before marriage, ad. personlty to pass to surviving child of dau. Margaret Holand. Wife ____ and 2 sons afsd. Test: John Micllbee, Thomas Shores, William Ford (Foard). Will Book 19, p. 335. Will of Amos Garrett, merchant, Annapolis, A.A. Co., 4th Sept 1714. (Son of James and Sarah Garrett, late of Saint Olives St., Southwark, Eng.) No direct heirs, names sister Mary Woodward and her children Hannah, Amos, and Garrett.Sister Eliz. Ginn. Mother Sarah Garrett during her life, 13 tracts, viz. 80 A."MEDCALF Chance," 20 A. "MEDCALF'S Mount," 110 1/2 A. "Honest Man's Lott, " 150A. of "Howard and Porters Range,"...Afsd. tracts in A. A. Co., leaves money tothe vestry of St. Ann's Church in Annapolis. ------------------------- Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. 7, ibid. Will Book 20, p. 889. Will of WILLIAM MADCALF, St. Mary's Co., 18th Jan 1733-34, 1st Mar 1733. To son George dwelling plantation. Son John, tract of head of Bretan's Bay, formerly belonging to Peter Smeth. Son William tract bought of Peter Smeth (having ajudgment in court for it, and cannot possess it until James Persons is of age).Son Ignatius and sons afsd., personalty, afsd. lands and personalty to be delivered to four sons as they come to age of 21. Wife Susannah, extx., residue of estate. Test: Thomas Wootton, John Howard, Margret Dun. Will Book 21, p. 336. Will of Thomas Smallwood, Charles Co., 14th Apr 1734, 9th Apr. 1735. Sons James, Thomas, Pryor. Daus. Elizabeth Cawood, Sarah Roby, Esther Harrison, personalty. Dau. Charity Davy and her daus. Ann and Eleanor Davy. Dau. Mary's husband Humphrey Berry and their sons Humphry and Thomas Berry. Wife Alice.Test: William Atchinson, John Robison, THOMAS METCALFE. Will Book 21, p. 713. Will of Jane Sanders, A.A. Co., 4th Nov 1736, 17th Nov., 1736. Bro. Thomas Gassaway, dau. Sarah Gassaway, son William Cotter, ex. Test: Richard Hill(Quaker), John Howard, SARAH MEDCALF. Will Book 21, p. 846. Will of Samuel Finnly, mcht. Prince George's Co., 16th Oct. 1737, 2nd Feb.,1737. To Johny Aldridge entire estate. Test: Henry Enoch, JOSEPH METCALF,planters. N.B. Depositiion taken at instance of Joseph Chaplin. --------------------------- Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. 8, ibid. Will Book 22, p. 270.Will of LYDIA METCALF, A.A. Co., 31st Mar 1740, 3rd June 1740. To son Thomas,ex., dau. Maragarett Holland, 1/2 real and personal estate. Grandchild ____child of deceased dau. Lydia Wells and child ____ of deceased son Thomas,residue of personal estate. Testator desires sd. child of Lydia be raised by her dau. Margarett and that John Galloway be paid money due him. Test:Benjamin Holland (Quaker), Thomas Whips, William Fourd. Will Book 22, p. 274. Will of John Norris, A.A. Co., 1st Nov. 1737, 5th Dec. 1740. To grandson Thomas, "Norris Addition" in the swamp. Son John and his son John, residue of lands in swamp at death of testator's wife. Sons Thomas and Benjamin, portion"Everly Hills" Balto. Co. Daughter MARY METCALF, 150 A. "Spring Garden," Balto.Co. Sons Joseph and Edward, "The Prospect," Balto. Co. To wife Mary, extx, life interest in all lands in the swamp and personal estate. At her death personal estate to be divided bet. child. John, Benjamin, Edward, Joseph,Thomas, Susannah and MARY METCALF. Test: William Foard, Thomas Esdell, Jacob Holland, and Ambrose Vespry. [Submitted to Metcalf-L@rootsweb by Tracy Hancock]" ========================================================End of post I find this interesting as I have some NORRIS info w/my DRURY line, but don't have definite info as to how. Additionally, a DRURY m. a Mary Nolan(d), but the Mary Noland named in one of the will is too early.... Kathleen in Ridge Manor, Florida - Genealogy: It's Relative!! katbowen@earthlink.net or kbowen@hotmail.com http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/o/w/Kathleen-E-Bowen http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=katbowen Frodo Lives!