In a message dated 10/31/2010 6:59:43 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, p_aculeius@hotmail.com writes: Hello, everybody! It's been a while since I posted, because I've been working on other projects and haven't managed to keep up with all the Evans research. But after reviewing my files, I just thought I'd ask if anybody had come up with new information that would help refine our current chronology of the earliest Evanses. Here's what I have so far. Please correct me if I've made any mistakes! We don't have any evidence of when Richard Evans was born. However, there is some circumstantial evidence suggesting that he was the Richard Evans who came to Maryland with Captain Edward Brock (spelled Brooke below) of Calvert County in 1671: I just googled for Capt. Edward Brock and found this on WC (much more info in the post): _Click here: RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: 1658-1758 Charles County MD Families "The first 100 years": Wills, Court, Church,_ (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I18358&printer_friendly) . . . ===>>> Gwen Boyer Bjorkman - WCDatabase: gwebjor After Matthew Mockbee died in 1709 Capt. Edward Brock and his wife went to court to get custody of their grandsons, Brock and Matthew Jr. The widow Jane appeared in court, proved her good character and the need of Brock and Matthew to help her raise her young children. She was back in court again in Nov 1709 to get the sheriff to return the boys to her. "Capt. Edward Brock of and concerning the orphans of Mathew Mogbee had by his former wife Capt. Brock's daughter." Prince George's Co, MD Land Records D:170, 219, 311 (Charles F. Matson, Mockbee Family, p. 6) http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/BEALL/2002-03/1015045835 John DUMALL's widow Mary wrote her will 20 Jan. 1739, prove 26 June 1740 in Prince George's County. [MD wills 22:220, FHL microfilm 0,012,849. Note this is incorrectly abstracted as DUVALL in the MD Cal. of wills. The will book copy is very clearly DUMALL] To Cousin Anne POTTENGER's children which she now has 20 pounds equally divided between them for the services done by their father Robert POTTENGER, deceased. To Cousin Brock MOCKBEE my young negro Man Charles. To cousin Edward MOCKBEE my Negro many Toby. To friend Nathan SMITH my dwelling plantation with all lands an Negro man Nacy. To Alice RAY wife of Joseph RAY all my wearing apparel. To my beloved friend Mr. William SMITH my Negro woman Sue and her four children with all residue of my estate. Aforesaid friend Mr. William SMITH executor. Mary (X) DUMALL Wit.: George PARKER, Archibald SMIH, Mary (x) SOAPER Proved 26 June 1740 by all three witnesses. [Below I'll show why I believe Brock and Edward MOCKBEE were children of Mary's half (or step) sister Jane (BROCKE) MOCKBEE and that Anne (EVANS) POTTENGER was Mary's niece, daughter of Mary's brother Richard.] Fredric Z. Saunders. === Brocke, Edward, Prince George's County, 5th Mch., 1712; 19th June, 1714, To granddau. Mary Nicholls and hrs., that part of "Brock," or "'Rock Hall" on E. side Collington branch. To Grandson Mathew Mogbee and hrs., 100 A., being other part of "Rock Hall" on W. side Collington. to grandson Brock Mogbee and hrs., dwelling plantation and land adjoining that devised his brother Mathew afsd. Should granddau. Mary Nicholls die, land devised to her to go to her brother Mathew, and he dying without issue, to grandson Brock Mogbee afsd. grandchild. by dau. Offet, viz.,, Edward, William, James and Thos. Offett., sons of William Offett and dau. Mary,,. his wife, residue of "Brock Hall" on N. side Brock branch. Should any of grandsons afsd. die, his portion of sd. land to pass to other grandson, John Offett, and hrs. Ex.: Son-in-law Wm. Offett afsd. Personal estate to be used for education of grandsons Mogbee afsd. Overseers: Alexander Beale and Jno. Gerrard. Test: Mareen Duvall, Sr., Ninian Beall, Jno. Wall.13. 723. . . .

I've seen this, or something much like it, in the past. It's interesting, but it does contain some mistaken assumptions. First of all, the Maryland Calendar of Wills is correct in calling Mary Duvall by that name, not "Dumall," a name that doesn't really exist. If the original will looks like it says "Dumall," it's unintentional. All other records of the family clearly show that their name was Duvall. Secondly, there's no evidence that Mary Duvall was a sister of Richard Evans. This researcher guessed that she was the same as Mary Evans, apparently because her name was Mary and she referred to Ann Pottenger as her cousin. It's true that the word "cousin" could be used loosely in the 17th Century, as could the words "niece" and "nephew." But it's also true that those words were usually used much as we use them today. Mary Duvall didn't call Ann Pottenger her niece. She called Robert and Ann Pottenger her cousins. And since Robert's brother, Samuel Pottenger, married Mary's niece (strictly speaking, her husband's niece), there was already a relationship that could justify the word "cousins." There's a lot of useful information in the Maryland Calendar of Wills. But if you're not careful, you can get turned around figuring out how people are related using it. Paul > From: MegMccalla@aol.com > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:24:51 -0400 > To: evans-richard@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [EVANS-RICHARD] Richard-Samuel Evans Chronology > > I just googled for Capt. Edward Brock and found this on WC (much more info > in the post): > > > _Click here: RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: 1658-1758 Charles County MD > Families "The first 100 years": Wills, Court, Church,_ > (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I18358&printer_friendly) > > . . . ===>>> Gwen Boyer Bjorkman - WCDatabase: gwebjor > After Matthew Mockbee died in 1709 Capt. Edward Brock and his wife went to > court to get custody of their grandsons, Brock and Matthew Jr. > The widow Jane appeared in court, proved her good character and the need > of Brock and Matthew to help her raise her young children. She > was back in court again in Nov 1709 to get the sheriff to return the boys > to her. "Capt. Edward Brock of and concerning the orphans of > Mathew Mogbee had by his former wife Capt. Brock's daughter." Prince > George's Co, MD Land Records D:170, 219, 311 (Charles F. Matson, Mockbee Family, > p. 6) > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/BEALL/2002-03/1015045835 > John DUMALL's widow Mary wrote her will 20 Jan. 1739, prove 26 June 1740 > in Prince George's County. [MD wills 22:220, FHL microfilm > 0,012,849. > Note this is incorrectly abstracted as DUVALL in the MD Cal. of wills. > The will book copy is very clearly DUMALL] > To Cousin Anne POTTENGER's children which she now has 20 pounds equally > divided between them for the services done by their father Robert POTTENGER, > deceased. > To Cousin Brock MOCKBEE my young negro Man Charles. > To cousin Edward MOCKBEE my Negro many Toby. > To friend Nathan SMITH my dwelling plantation with all lands an Negro man > Nacy. > To Alice RAY wife of Joseph RAY all my wearing apparel. > To my beloved friend Mr. William SMITH my Negro woman Sue and her four > children with all residue of my estate. > Aforesaid friend Mr. William SMITH executor. > Mary (X) DUMALL > Wit.: George PARKER, Archibald SMIH, Mary (x) SOAPER > Proved 26 June 1740 by all three witnesses. > [Below I'll show why I believe Brock and Edward MOCKBEE were children of > Mary's half (or step) sister Jane (BROCKE) MOCKBEE and that Anne (EVANS) > POTTENGER was Mary's niece, daughter of Mary's brother Richard.] > Fredric Z. Saunders. > === > Brocke, Edward, Prince George's County, 5th Mch., 1712; 19th June, 1714, > To granddau. Mary Nicholls and hrs., that part of "Brock," or "'Rock Hall" > on E. side Collington branch. > To Grandson Mathew Mogbee and hrs., 100 A., being other part of "Rock > Hall" on W. side Collington. > to grandson Brock Mogbee and hrs., dwelling plantation and land adjoining > that devised his brother Mathew afsd. Should granddau. Mary Nicholls die, > land devised to her to go to her brother Mathew, and he dying without issue, > to grandson Brock Mogbee afsd. grandchild. by dau. Offet, viz.,, Edward, > William, James and Thos. Offett., sons of William Offett and dau. Mary,,. > his wife, residue of "Brock Hall" on N. side Brock branch. Should any of > grandsons afsd. die, his portion of sd. land to pass to other grandson, John > Offett, and hrs. > Ex.: Son-in-law Wm. Offett afsd. Personal estate to be used for education > of grandsons Mogbee afsd. > Overseers: Alexander Beale and Jno. Gerrard. > Test: Mareen Duvall, Sr., Ninian Beall, Jno. Wall.13. 723. . . . > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to EVANS-RICHARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message