I am trying to find what happened to a convict who was transported to Maryland in 1736. I have found records of his trial and conviction, and of his sailing from London, but after that I don't know where to look. Does anyone know what records, if any, exist regarding the fates of transported felons? Matthias Johnson was convicted of theft in the Old Bailey on 5 May 1736, and sailed for Maryland on the ship Patapscoe, Capt. Francis Lux, that same month. -- T.M. Sommers -- tmsommers2@gmail.com -- ab2sb

Miller's Choice wrote: > My father was born in 1903 > and did not have a birth certificate. Birth certificates did not record the child's name until some time in 1903 or 1904. They just recorded was the parents and the number of the child, such as their first, second, or so forth. Even after the requirements changed, some officials still used up all the old forms they had on hand, with no place for the name, before using the new forms. -- T.M. Sommers -- tmsommers2@gmail.com -- ab2sb

Yes, and the will further specifies: To granddaughter Tabitha Morgan - the first child that my Negro woman Esther shall have after this date To granddaughter Peggy Morgan - the second child that my Negro woman Esther shall have after this date To daughter Betty - Negro Esther after my wife's death * This sort of construction is common in the wills. Female slaves were the gift that kept on giving, as it were. John "W.F. Stephens" <wfstephens@verizon.net> wrote: >As I read this it means that John Timmons bequeathed the slave woman, >Easther to his wife, but not any children Easther may bear after her >ownership transfers to the wife. > >Woody Stephens >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Heather Binder" <heathertimmonsbinder@yahoo.com> >To: <lower-delmarva-roots-l@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 11:09 PM >Subject: [LDR] help deciphering will language > > >This may be obvious to many of you, but I want to make sure I clearly >understand the phrase/excerpt below, from the 1792 will of John Timmons of >Sussex County: > >"...for my wife. Also a Negro woman named Easther, the increase of Easther >excepted..." > >Thanks in advance for your help! > >Heather Timmons Binder >Illinois > > > > >*************************************** >QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? >Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: >http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >*************************************** >QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? >Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: >http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

marjorie adams <marjea@wildblue.net> wrote: >The reason I continue to persist in this is my attempt to prove/disprove the >wife/wives of Richard Lockwood and thus his children and their parents. His >son Benjamin reported that he was raised at Trappe, the one near present day >Berlin. <snip> I applaud your enthusiasm, but at this point, I can only say that some questions don’t have answers within my data. The surviving records, while extraordinary in their completeness, also have limits; various odds and ends are missing, and clerical errors of one kind or another have misplaced or mis-described things (some of which I can overcome with a global perspective which allows correction of some single-point source mistake or omission). If I’ve overlooked something, to field your question about the many properties you list would basically require re-examining all of them - or Baltimore Hundred in toto - to look for a clue, which may not be there, anyway. Weeks or more of work, and prospective return on investment is very, very small. As a pragmatist who has also run into the end of the line in similar cases, I just don’t have any further suggestions. My bag of tricks is exhausted. All barrels have a bottom, and this one has been scraped. John

John Lyon wrote: <After all this is sorted out, and the alias linked (via deeds and other sources) to the original patents, my database still holds 32 entries (including PATRICKS DISCOVERY) which are unidentified, even with substantial effort. John, I am very grateful for your continued responses to help me with the morass of property data which you have miraculously (to me/tremendous effort on your part) sorted out. The reason I continue to persist in this is my attempt to prove/disprove the wife/wives of Richard Lockwood and thus his children and their parents. His son Benjamin reported that he was raised at Trappe, the one near present day Berlin. I have been looking at the men (and their families) mentioned in the documents about Richard Lockwood: Hugh Tingle, Walter Evans, Walter Powell, Wm Walton, Charles Showell <Samuel, Richard Hudson, Job Truitt<George, Richard Holland, Wm Kennett, Williams Records/Rickards, Benjamin Burton, James Round, and Wm Turvill. All of these men held an abundance of acreage south of St. Martin's River and north of Snow Hill; many were Quakers and many appear repeatedly on the Somerset Baltimore Hd. Tax Lists next to or close to Richard Lockwood (various spellings) in addition to Walter Taylor. Men whom appear near him, or his widow Mary, at least once: John Pattey, Henry Alexander, RIchard Murray, Thomas Collins, Edmund Crapper/Cropper, Robert Hill, John Newbold, Absolom Bessix, David Johnson, Samuel Hopkins, Wm Hook (lived on *"Smith's 1st Choice"*), Abraham Smith, John Holloway, Richard Waters and Thomas Farewell. I particularly wonder about: William Walton * "Neighbourhood" *1400A Seaboard side in a neck of land called Sinepuxent. . .formerly surveyed for William Tomkins…near a bay or sound called Newhaven. . .to a Sandy Landing. . .to mouth of a small creeke called Carmell Creeke ….. Easternmost side of Herring Creek March 22, 1678 + Transylvania, 800; Exon, 250 Walter Powell: Greenfield 300A; Olivers Portion150A. Winter Quarter 200A; Friends Guift 250A; Powells Adicon 50A (We already know about Powell's Inclusion and Hillard's Discovery.) Sameul Showell: *"Cropton"* 800A [Ruth Dryden: Cropton pat 18 June 1679 by Wm Stevens. Coldham says 25 Nov 1679 by Thomas Shewell], assigned to Samuel Showell who willed to sons Jonathan and Armwell [and, I add, Charles]. Armwell willed to his son Samuel who sold in bits & pieces from 1725 on. Charles Showell: Showell's Addition 166/76A and pt of Cropton. John Evans *"Patrick's Lott" 100A 1747 transferred *(1744 warrant in name of Paul Alexander) [if John<John<Walter would be nephew of Gammage, spouse of Rachel of Richard Lockwood)] John Patrick* "Patrick's Lott" 100A 1751 *son of Rory Patrick [west of Assateague Bay, back in the wood on the w side of a swamp next to Pinder's/Pendal's Neglect 100A 1680 just n or s of St. Martin's River] Roger/Rory? Patrick "Patrick's Hill" 700A 1673 Powell Pattey/Potey *"Pattey's Discovery" 318A 1752* patent (resurvey of "Murrays Discovery" 132A 1747 James Murray, w of rd along Chapel Branch, St; Martin's) + "Potey's/Patey's Invention" 1757 Chapel branch next to James Hogg Some of the above are probably too far north. I do not expect details on all of the above but I would be very appreciative if you would give it your once over and pass on anything you consider worth pursuing. Thanks for your generous and repeated help. On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 7:44 AM, <Johnlyon0@cs.com> wrote: > marjorie adams <marjea@wildblue.net> wrote: > > >John Lyon, > >Do these 2 properties have any relavance to the mystery of the "150A > >dwelling plantation" of Richard Lockwood d1737? <snip> > > ________________ > > Your DOUBLE PURCHASE was a 1744 resurvey of POWELLS INCLUSION, which > adjoined HILLIARDS DISCOVERY. These were about 2 miles northwest of Berlin. > > Referring to the 1734 Debt Book, the 256 ac POWELLS INCLUSION and 150 ac > HILLIARDS DISCOVERY were assessed in their entirety, half of each to Daniel > Tingle and Gammage Evans. > > This would therefore exclude either as a candidate to include the > mysterious PATRICKS DISCOVERY. All acreage was accounted for. > The "adjoining" Daniel Tingle land mentioned in the deeds was part of both > involved tracts. > > The resurvey DOUBLE PURCHASE does cite its own rectification of substantial > overlap of POWELLS INCLUSION with elder surveys in the vicinity. But I > don't see room in all this for PATRICKS DISCOVERY to have been any sort of > element. > > A statistic: the 1734 Debt Book specifies 2152 patents and partitions as > main entries. Some small fraction of these are entered under their aliases, > not their patent name. After all this is sorted out, and the alias linked > (via deeds and other sources) to the original patents, my database still > holds 32 entries (including PATRICKS DISCOVERY) which are unidentified, even > with substantial effort. I just undertook an expanded re-look for any other > unaccounted 150 acre pieces in the general area, and came up dry. So this > question seems to be beyond my capacity... > > Insufficient data. But on 2120 of the 2152 properties, there's enough. > > John > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Marjorie "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke

Thank you to those of you who replied to my post - and especially to John for going above and beyond to read the full text.  This list is and its members are THE BEST!   Heather --- On Sun, 1/25/09, Johnlyon0@cs.com <Johnlyon0@cs.com> wrote: From: Johnlyon0@cs.com <Johnlyon0@cs.com> Subject: Re: [LDR] help deciphering will language To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 10:02 AM Yes, and the will further specifies: To granddaughter Tabitha Morgan - the first child that my Negro woman Esther shall have after this date To granddaughter Peggy Morgan - the second child that my Negro woman Esther shall have after this date To daughter Betty - Negro Esther after my wife's death * This sort of construction is common in the wills. Female slaves were the gift that kept on giving, as it were. John "W.F. Stephens" <wfstephens@verizon.net> wrote: >As I read this it means that John Timmons bequeathed the slave woman, >Easther to his wife, but not any children Easther may bear after her >ownership transfers to the wife. > >Woody Stephens >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Heather Binder" <heathertimmonsbinder@yahoo.com> >To: <lower-delmarva-roots-l@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 11:09 PM >Subject: [LDR] help deciphering will language > > >This may be obvious to many of you, but I want to make sure I clearly >understand the phrase/excerpt below, from the 1792 will of John Timmons of >Sussex County: > >"...for my wife. Also a Negro woman named Easther, the increase of Easther >excepted..." > >Thanks in advance for your help! > >Heather Timmons Binder >Illinois > > > > >*************************************** >QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? >Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: >http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >*************************************** >QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? >Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: >http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

marjorie adams <marjea@wildblue.net> wrote: >John Lyon, >Do these 2 properties have any relavance to the mystery of the "150A >dwelling plantation" of Richard Lockwood d1737?  <snip> ________________ Your DOUBLE PURCHASE was a 1744 resurvey of POWELLS INCLUSION, which adjoined HILLIARDS DISCOVERY. These were about 2 miles northwest of Berlin. Referring to the 1734 Debt Book, the 256 ac POWELLS INCLUSION and 150 ac HILLIARDS DISCOVERY were assessed in their entirety, half of each to Daniel Tingle and Gammage Evans. This would therefore exclude either as a candidate to include the mysterious PATRICKS DISCOVERY. All acreage was accounted for. The “adjoining” Daniel Tingle land mentioned in the deeds was part of both involved tracts. The resurvey DOUBLE PURCHASE does cite its own rectification of substantial overlap of POWELLS INCLUSION with elder surveys in the vicinity. But I don’t see room in all this for PATRICKS DISCOVERY to have been any sort of element. A statistic: the 1734 Debt Book specifies 2152 patents and partitions as main entries. Some small fraction of these are entered under their aliases, not their patent name. After all this is sorted out, and the alias linked (via deeds and other sources) to the original patents, my database still holds 32 entries (including PATRICKS DISCOVERY) which are unidentified, even with substantial effort. I just undertook an expanded re-look for any other unaccounted 150 acre pieces in the general area, and came up dry. So this question seems to be beyond my capacity... Insufficient data. But on 2120 of the 2152 properties, there's enough. John

As I read this it means that John Timmons bequeathed the slave woman, Easther to his wife, but not any children Easther may bear after her ownership transfers to the wife. Woody Stephens ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Binder" <heathertimmonsbinder@yahoo.com> To: <lower-delmarva-roots-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 11:09 PM Subject: [LDR] help deciphering will language This may be obvious to many of you, but I want to make sure I clearly understand the phrase/excerpt below, from the 1792 will of John Timmons of Sussex County: "...for my wife. Also a Negro woman named Easther, the increase of Easther excepted..." Thanks in advance for your help! Heather Timmons Binder Illinois *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This may be obvious to many of you, but I want to make sure I clearly understand the phrase/excerpt below, from the 1792 will of John Timmons of Sussex County:   "...for my wife.  Also a Negro woman named Easther, the increase of Easther excepted..."   Thanks in advance for your help!   Heather Timmons Binder Illinois  

On plats.net these were listed with transaction dates of 1747 which is about the time his heirs disposed of Richard Lockwood's "150 A dwelling plantation" (maybe the same as 150A "Patrick's Discovery" he was taxed on in 1734.) Could leases be sold? His sons had funds to buy other properties from 1747- Daniel Tingle* "Double Purchase"* *152A* *1747* (formerly surveyed for Walter Powell) John Evans *"Patrick's Lott" 100A 1747 transferred *(1744 warrant in name of Paul Alexander) [if John<John<Walter would be nephew of Gammage, spouse of Rachel of Richard Lockwood)] Patrick Glasco *"Chance"* (cert in name Thomas Dunkin) *145A 1747* -- Marjorie "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke

Elizabeth, Once again thanks for responding. In reading the Orphan's Court proceedings, I noticed that certain men were guardians of many children who were from many families with various surnames. I simply wondered why? I had no specific people in mind. Clare -- EMSCRS@aol.com wrote: There is no "usually". The answers are sometimes yes and sometimes no. Unless you study the guardians, you cannot assume anything. Elizabeth **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

John Lyon, Do these 2 properties have any relavance to the mystery of the "150A dwelling plantation" of Richard Lockwood d1737? [following is mostly from Ruth Dryden] 15 Apr 1754 Daniel Tingle sold to Zelah Evans, Molly Evans, Sophia Evans, Elizabeth Evans and Rachel Evans heirs of Gamage Evans 39 acres of *Double Purchase*. [other researchers report death of Gammage as 1754; Evans girls were daus of Gamage and Rachel Lockwood of Richard.] 18 Jan1774(sic) - 24Jan 1775 Salathiel Baker of Acc Co VA & Zelah his wife, one of daus and co-heirs of Gammage Evans, late of Wor Co (Gammage Evans dying intestate) sold for 32 pounds to Caleb Tingle part of *Hillards Discovery* and* Double Purchase* adj land of Tingle; *Which land would the above "adj land have been? Near Berlin? * F:652 Josiah Mitchell sells to Caleb Tingle 23 Mar 1776 remainder of tract *Hillards Discovery* (for 5 shillings) that formerly belonged to the heirs of Powell and Gammage Evans containing 53 Acres. This was awarded to Caleb by Adam Bravard and John Postly as arbitrators between Josiah Mitchell and Caleb Tingle. Also appeared Sofiah wife of Josiah Mitchell. [Sophia (Evans) Dirickson Mitchell] Caleb Tingle sells to Mattahias Davis 17Apr1776 66A *Double Purchase* (152A pat) which his fa Daniel Tingle sold to heirs of Gammage Evans. [Powell and Gammage rec'd *Hillard's Discovery *in wills of both parents Walter Evans and Mary Powell<Walter] -- Marjorie "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke

You are probably aware of this - but just in case you are not. There is a small cemetery on Route 30, just a short distance from Millsboro, on what I always heard called the Frame Farm. George Allen Adkins > From: lower-delmarva-roots-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 27> To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:00:55 -0700> > > > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS Administrivia> > For information about the Lower Delmarva Roots Mailing List, including list guidelines and instructions for unsubscribing and subscribing, see the LDRoots FAQ: > > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm> > > Today's Topics:> > 1. Re: Frame Family (Jackie Helmke)> 2. Re: Archibald Smith [Ca. 1745-After 1808}, son of Archibald> Smith d. 1761, & wife Esther Smith {Ca. 1750?-After 1797], Sale> of land to John Bryd (mike hilton)> 3. Re: Archibald Smith [Ca. 1745-After 1808}, son of Archibald> Smith d. 1761, Power of Attorney to Son Joshua Smith (mike hilton)> 4. guardians (clp8@juno.com)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Message: 1> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:09:13 -0600> From: "Jackie Helmke" <jhelmke@sbcglobal.net>> Subject: Re: [LDR] Frame Family> To: <Pipemajor7@verizon.net>, <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com>> Message-ID: <0311F0C018F644A0A670B307E44762CF@Desktop>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8";> reply-type=original> > Bob, thank you so much...> Jackie Helmke> Jhelmke@sbcglobal.net> This message has been screened by Norton> ----- Original Message ----- > From: <pipemajor7@verizon.net>> To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 10:43 PM> Subject: [LDR] Frame Family> > > >> > Saw the discussions reference Smith Frame etc. and remembered that I > > had> > this file in my Documents. Maybe you have it, maybe not. Hope it's of > > use.> >> > Bob Jones> >> > SUSSEX COUNTY ORPHANS COURT EXTRACTS 1770-1830> >> > Compiled and Edited by> >> > Susan M. Chase> > Rebecca J. Siders> > Bernard L. Herman> >> > Center for Historic Architecture and Engineering> > College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy> > University of Delaware> > Newark, DE> >> > 1970> > FRAME, JOHN B. (child-Smith Stockley) L-86 (1812) Indian River Hundred> >> > 150 acres> > plantation below Warwick on Indian River> >> > ...one frame dwelling house thirty eight by fifteen feet Square with a> > Chimney in the Middle and two fire> > places one log Smoke House, one Do. Corn Crib and Stable all in bad > > repair,> > Also one post and Rail> > Garden of oak, Ten pannel by eight, fifty four Sorry Apple trees and > > about> > three hundred Peach trees, We> > also find about eight hundred pannel of worm fence Exclusive of three> > hundred and fifty Seven on the> > dividing line with Capt. Joseph Waples which is said to be kept up equal> > between them, Also about one> > hundred and fifty eight pannel of Bank fence all the above fence is in > > very> > bad repair...> >> > annual value $50.00> > 160 acres> > plantation near the head of Indian River> >> > ...no building of any discription...Sixty One old Apple trees much> > decayed and broken down and about> > Six hundred pannel of worm fence in tolerable repair...> >> > annual value $25.00> >> > FRAME, ROBERT (child-Betsey/George/Robert) K-10 (1803) Indian River > > Hundred> >> > 300 acres - black Savannah Tract> >> > ...a new framed Dwelling Hause eighteen feet by Sixteen, one Story > > high,> > with a> > Brick Chimney...about forty Acres of Cleared land, also about five > > hundred> > pannel of fence in midling> > repair...Eighteen Apple Trees...> > annual value $25.00> > Broadkiln Hundred> >> > 146 acres> >> > ...one old framed Dwelling Hause, Twenty by Sixteen feet in Very bad> > repair, and thirty young Apple> > Trees...about one hundred Acres of said Land Cleared and inclosed with a> > worm fence in but midling> > repair...> > annual value $40.00> > Indian River Hundred> >> > 100 acres> >> > ...about Eighty Acres of Cleared land inclosed with a Worme fence in > > Good> > repair...> >> > annual value $20.00> >> > .FRAME, ROBERT (child-Elizabeth P./Robert/George) K-34 (1806) Indian > > River> > Hundred> >> > Black Swamp Tract> >> > ...a framed Dwelling House Eighteen by Sixteen feet one Story high > > with a> > Brick Chimney in good> > repair...about forty Acres of Cleared land, also about five hundred > > pannels> > of fence in midling> > repair...Eighteen apple Trees...> > annual value $30.00> > Broadkiln Hundred> >> > 146 acres> >> > ...an Old framed Dwelling House Twenty by Sixteen feet in Very bad > > repair,> > Also Thirty young Apple> > Trees...about One hundred Acres of said land cleared and inclosed with a> > worm fence in midling repair...> >> > annual value $40.00> > Indian River Hundred> >> > 100 acres> >> > ...about Eighty Acres of said land cleared and inclosed with a worm > > fence> > in Good repair...> >> > annual value $24.00> > Tract of Land situate in Angola Neck> >> > ...a framed Dwelling house Eighteen by Sixteen feet in good> > repair...plantation inclosed part with a> > worm fence and part with a Bank fence in Tolerable repair...> >> > annual value $20.00> >> > FRAME, ROBERT (child-Robert) L-461 (1818) Broadkiln Hundred> >> > ...One farm With a small dwelling house framed and Brick Chimney, but> > unfinished With a small logd> > Corn Crib and about fifty peach Trees and...about five hundred pannel of> > worm fence in bad repair...> >> > annual value $40.00> > Indian River Hundred> >> > ...One farm Without any House Except an old One now falling down and> > useless, with about Sixty fruit> > Trees, and We Suppose about Eight hundred pannels of Worm fence in > > tolerable> > good repair...> >> > annual value $35.00> >> > Indian River Hundred> >> > ...About One Acre and a quarter of Marsh, but from the pecular > > Situation> > thereof, being only inclosed> > with a quantity of other Marsh belonging to the same heirs, We think the> > Guardian ought to have nothing> > to do with it as it would be of no Value to him...> >> > FRAME, ROBERT (child-Robert) L-574 (1819) Broadkiln Hundred> >> > ...one old dwelling House about thirty apple trees and about thirty > > old> > peach trees, that the fence...is very> > much out of repair...> > annual value $20.00> >> > ...one old House, that there is about fifty small apple trees, that > > the> > fences...is in tolerable repair...> >> > annual value $12.00> >> > FRAME, SMITH E-[56] (1786) Indian River Hundred> >> > ...one old house framed and covered with shingles and connected with > > the> > buildings that the dec'd Smith> > Frame lived in on the north side of the County Road, commonly called a> > kitchen & with a brick chimney> > a plank lower Flore below, but none above the whole in a very > > indifferent> > repair. And one other old> > framed house on the south side of the road in the same indifferent and > > bad> > repair, to wit a brick chimney> > & covered with old shingles & a midling good flore above and below at > > the> > north end division-but the> > side covering very bad...there is also two small log stables made of > > cypress> > poles or saplings & covered> > with pine slabs...five hundred fifty six pannel of fence of six logs to > > the> > pannel of midling logs, and one> > hundred sixty four pannel of logs of the like quality of four logs to > > the> > pannel which incloses the several> > corn and other fields, with the orchard to the south of the aforsd> > buildings. The orchard containing one> > hundred thirty two apple trees many of which are decayed...> >> > ...repair and mend the house of the County Road for the..minors...> >> > annual value ??5.0.0> >> > FRAME, SMITH E-[3] (1791) Dagsborough Hundred> >> > ...one new frame dwelling house eighteen feet by fourteen compleatly> > finished (accept an upper floor> > and chimney and the doors which are not - finished of the same and are> > wanting) Also that there is on the> > premisses afsd cleared four several small fields, viz one south of the > > above> > described house & adjacent> > thereto inclosed with three hundred pannel of fence of indifferent logs > > of> > about five to the pannel...One> > other small field about north from the house afsd and up the branch > > inclosed> > with one hundred forty seven> > pannel of fence of the like indifferent logs of about five to the> > pannel...One other field further up the> > branch about northwest called the best field inclosed with four hundred> > seventy two pannel of indifferent> > logs of about six logs to the pannel...And one other small field further > > up> > the aforementioned branch> > inclosed with three hundred forty six pannel of indifferent logs of > > about> > six logs to the pannel...> >> > annual value ??6.10.0> > ***************************************> > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING?> > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ:> > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:31:04 +0000> From: mike hilton <jmh963@hotmail.com>> Subject: Re: [LDR] Archibald Smith [Ca. 1745-After 1808}, son of> Archibald Smith d. 1761, & wife Esther Smith {Ca. 1750?-After 1797],> Sale of land to John Bryd> To: mike hilton <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com>> Message-ID: <COL107-W40F12EBA084CE6987277039CCC0@phx.gbl>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"> > > The following deed is an abstract of a more lenghly deed from Archibald Smith, son of Archibald Smith d. 1761, to John Byrd, what has been omitted is mainly the > description of the property & the lengthy recitals of I have hereby, bargained, sold, alienated, enfeoffed & confirmed...> > Somerset County, Maryland Deeds L:103-105> > Archibald Smith to John Byrd> > This Indenture made this 23rd day of November in the year of our Lord 1797 between Archibald Smith of Somerset County and State of Maryland of the one part and John Byrd of the same place of the other part.> > Witneseth that the sound Archibald Smith for and in consideration of the sum of 650 pounds current money of the state aforsaid to him in hand paid by the said John Byrd at and before the ensealing and delivery of these presents the recei[t whereof is hereby acknowledged and the said John Byrd his heirs executors administrators and assingsby these presents hath sold unto the said John Byrd his heirs and assigns two tracts of land situate lying and being in Somerset County and State aforsaid.> > Bounded limited and described as followeth: One tract or part of tract or parcel of land it being part of a tract of land called Plumpton Saltash containing and now laid out for 200 Acres & 19 Perches be the same more or less. Also, one other tract or parcel of land called Cordwinder's [Cordwainer's } Lott originally surveyed for Thomas Cox situate lying and being in the county aforsaid between a tract of land called Cox's Advice and a tract of land called Plumpton Saltash containing and laid out for 50 Acres of land be the same more or less.> > Archibald Smith or his heirs likewise against all and every person or persons whatsoever claiming or shall hereafter lay claim to the lands or any part thereof by or under John Smith or his heirs shall and will forever warrant and forever defend by these presents.> > In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the day and year first above written.> Archibald his A mark Smith> > Be it remembered that Archibald Smith did acknowledge to be his act and deed and the lands and premises mentioned to be the right and title of the within named John Byrd. Also came Esther the wife of Archibald Smith before us and did relinquish all her right and title of dower of and unto the said lands unto the said John Byrd.> Wellston> Jas Bench > _________________________________________________________________> Windows Live? Hotmail?:?more than just e-mail. > http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_explore_012009> > ------------------------------> > Message: 3> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:07:36 +0000> From: mike hilton <jmh963@hotmail.com>> Subject: Re: [LDR] Archibald Smith [Ca. 1745-After 1808}, son of> Archibald Smith d. 1761, Power of Attorney to Son Joshua Smith> To: mike hilton <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com>> Message-ID: <COL107-W5945F45A88F6B5B583534C9CCC0@phx.gbl>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"> > > The following document given in full, is a power of Attorney from Archibald Smith, son of Archibald Smith who d. 1761 and was given to his son Joshua Smith. This shows that Archibald Smith had migrated to Laurens Co. South Carolina by 1802.> > Note: Joshua Smith, son of Archibald Smith is mentioned in the Will of his Uncle, John Smith d. 1793 Somerset Co., Md.> > Worcestor County, Maryland Deeds V:47-48> > Power of Attorney from Archibald Smith to Joshua Smith> > South Carolina Laurence [Laurens] County}> > Know all men by these presents that I Archable Smith of the COunty aforsaid do by these presents constiture and appoint and in my room and stead do place my son Joshua Smith of the county and state aforsaid my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and for my un to recieve by all lawfull ways and means. To sue for and recover any sum or sums of money and in my name and place to give sufficient discharges and acquitances for any some of money when recieved and hereby I do authorize my said attorney to do and transact all any any other thing or thins act or acts deed or deeds in my name and for my un and I do also hereby authorize my said attoeny to amploy any practicing Lawyer in my name and for my use to prosecute any cause or suit my said attorney may think neccessary to commence in any Court of Law for the moeny or any sum or sums of money that may be due or owing to me.> > I do by these presents further authorize my said attorney for me and in my place and for my use to sell at privately or publick date as he may think most condusive to my interest all the land or lands that may be unsold. NB {Notae Bene}, that I place Joshua Smmith in purpose but in case my other attorney shall de deceased or ill able to do ths same.> Archabald his A mark Smith> > Test. David McGee> Ekisha Mitchell> > April the 227th day Anno Domini 1802 then was delivered unto me the Subscribor the foregoing power of attorney in order to be enrolled amongst the records of Worcestor County which said Power of Attorney is accordingly recorded among the same records in Liber V folio 47 & 48.> John C. Handy Clk. > _________________________________________________________________> Windows Live?: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. > http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_012009> > ------------------------------> > Message: 4> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:50:48 GMT> From: "clp8@juno.com" <clp8@juno.com>> Subject: [LDR] guardians> To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <20090123.215048.25918.0@webmail02.vgs.untd.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252> > In the late 1700's and early 1800's, does an orphan usually live in the household of the guardian? When the appointed guardian is not the parent, is the guardian usually a relative?> Clare> > > ------------------------------> > To contact the LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS list administrator, send an email to> LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com.> > To post a message to the LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS mailing list, send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS@rootsweb.com.> > __________________________________________________________> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the> email with no additional text.> > > End of LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 27> ***************************************************

There is no "usually". The answers are sometimes yes and sometimes no. Unless you study the guardians, you cannot assume anything. Elizabeth **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)

In the late 1700's and early 1800's, does an orphan usually live in the household of the guardian? When the appointed guardian is not the parent, is the guardian usually a relative? Clare

The following document given in full, is a power of Attorney from Archibald Smith, son of Archibald Smith who d. 1761 and was given to his son Joshua Smith. This shows that Archibald Smith had migrated to Laurens Co. South Carolina by 1802. Note: Joshua Smith, son of Archibald Smith is mentioned in the Will of his Uncle, John Smith d. 1793 Somerset Co., Md. Worcestor County, Maryland Deeds V:47-48 Power of Attorney from Archibald Smith to Joshua Smith South Carolina Laurence [Laurens] County} Know all men by these presents that I Archable Smith of the COunty aforsaid do by these presents constiture and appoint and in my room and stead do place my son Joshua Smith of the county and state aforsaid my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and for my un to recieve by all lawfull ways and means. To sue for and recover any sum or sums of money and in my name and place to give sufficient discharges and acquitances for any some of money when recieved and hereby I do authorize my said attorney to do and transact all any any other thing or thins act or acts deed or deeds in my name and for my un and I do also hereby authorize my said attoeny to amploy any practicing Lawyer in my name and for my use to prosecute any cause or suit my said attorney may think neccessary to commence in any Court of Law for the moeny or any sum or sums of money that may be due or owing to me. I do by these presents further authorize my said attorney for me and in my place and for my use to sell at privately or publick date as he may think most condusive to my interest all the land or lands that may be unsold. NB {Notae Bene}, that I place Joshua Smmith in purpose but in case my other attorney shall de deceased or ill able to do ths same. Archabald his A mark Smith Test. David McGee Ekisha Mitchell April the 227th day Anno Domini 1802 then was delivered unto me the Subscribor the foregoing power of attorney in order to be enrolled amongst the records of Worcestor County which said Power of Attorney is accordingly recorded among the same records in Liber V folio 47 & 48. John C. Handy Clk. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_012009

The following deed is an abstract of a more lenghly deed from Archibald Smith, son of Archibald Smith d. 1761, to John Byrd, what has been omitted is mainly the description of the property & the lengthy recitals of I have hereby, bargained, sold, alienated, enfeoffed & confirmed... Somerset County, Maryland Deeds L:103-105 Archibald Smith to John Byrd This Indenture made this 23rd day of November in the year of our Lord 1797 between Archibald Smith of Somerset County and State of Maryland of the one part and John Byrd of the same place of the other part. Witneseth that the sound Archibald Smith for and in consideration of the sum of 650 pounds current money of the state aforsaid to him in hand paid by the said John Byrd at and before the ensealing and delivery of these presents the recei[t whereof is hereby acknowledged and the said John Byrd his heirs executors administrators and assingsby these presents hath sold unto the said John Byrd his heirs and assigns two tracts of land situate lying and being in Somerset County and State aforsaid. Bounded limited and described as followeth: One tract or part of tract or parcel of land it being part of a tract of land called Plumpton Saltash containing and now laid out for 200 Acres & 19 Perches be the same more or less. Also, one other tract or parcel of land called Cordwinder's [Cordwainer's } Lott originally surveyed for Thomas Cox situate lying and being in the county aforsaid between a tract of land called Cox's Advice and a tract of land called Plumpton Saltash containing and laid out for 50 Acres of land be the same more or less. Archibald Smith or his heirs likewise against all and every person or persons whatsoever claiming or shall hereafter lay claim to the lands or any part thereof by or under John Smith or his heirs shall and will forever warrant and forever defend by these presents. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the day and year first above written. Archibald his A mark Smith Be it remembered that Archibald Smith did acknowledge to be his act and deed and the lands and premises mentioned to be the right and title of the within named John Byrd. Also came Esther the wife of Archibald Smith before us and did relinquish all her right and title of dower of and unto the said lands unto the said John Byrd. Wellston Jas Bench _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®:…more than just e-mail. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_explore_012009

Bob, thank you so much... Jackie Helmke Jhelmke@sbcglobal.net This message has been screened by Norton ----- Original Message ----- From: <pipemajor7@verizon.net> To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 10:43 PM Subject: [LDR] Frame Family > > Saw the discussions reference Smith Frame etc. and remembered that I > had > this file in my Documents. Maybe you have it, maybe not. Hope it's of > use. > > Bob Jones > > SUSSEX COUNTY ORPHANS COURT EXTRACTS 1770-1830 > > Compiled and Edited by > > Susan M. Chase > Rebecca J. Siders > Bernard L. Herman > > Center for Historic Architecture and Engineering > College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy > University of Delaware > Newark, DE > > 1970 > FRAME, JOHN B. (child-Smith Stockley) L-86 (1812) Indian River Hundred > > 150 acres > plantation below Warwick on Indian River > > ...one frame dwelling house thirty eight by fifteen feet Square with a > Chimney in the Middle and two fire > places one log Smoke House, one Do. Corn Crib and Stable all in bad > repair, > Also one post and Rail > Garden of oak, Ten pannel by eight, fifty four Sorry Apple trees and > about > three hundred Peach trees, We > also find about eight hundred pannel of worm fence Exclusive of three > hundred and fifty Seven on the > dividing line with Capt. Joseph Waples which is said to be kept up equal > between them, Also about one > hundred and fifty eight pannel of Bank fence all the above fence is in > very > bad repair... > > annual value $50.00 > 160 acres > plantation near the head of Indian River > > ...no building of any discription...Sixty One old Apple trees much > decayed and broken down and about > Six hundred pannel of worm fence in tolerable repair... > > annual value $25.00 > > FRAME, ROBERT (child-Betsey/George/Robert) K-10 (1803) Indian River > Hundred > > 300 acres - black Savannah Tract > > ...a new framed Dwelling Hause eighteen feet by Sixteen, one Story > high, > with a > Brick Chimney...about forty Acres of Cleared land, also about five > hundred > pannel of fence in midling > repair...Eighteen Apple Trees... > annual value $25.00 > Broadkiln Hundred > > 146 acres > > ...one old framed Dwelling Hause, Twenty by Sixteen feet in Very bad > repair, and thirty young Apple > Trees...about one hundred Acres of said Land Cleared and inclosed with a > worm fence in but midling > repair... > annual value $40.00 > Indian River Hundred > > 100 acres > > ...about Eighty Acres of Cleared land inclosed with a Worme fence in > Good > repair... > > annual value $20.00 > > .FRAME, ROBERT (child-Elizabeth P./Robert/George) K-34 (1806) Indian > River > Hundred > > Black Swamp Tract > > ...a framed Dwelling House Eighteen by Sixteen feet one Story high > with a > Brick Chimney in good > repair...about forty Acres of Cleared land, also about five hundred > pannels > of fence in midling > repair...Eighteen apple Trees... > annual value $30.00 > Broadkiln Hundred > > 146 acres > > ...an Old framed Dwelling House Twenty by Sixteen feet in Very bad > repair, > Also Thirty young Apple > Trees...about One hundred Acres of said land cleared and inclosed with a > worm fence in midling repair... > > annual value $40.00 > Indian River Hundred > > 100 acres > > ...about Eighty Acres of said land cleared and inclosed with a worm > fence > in Good repair... > > annual value $24.00 > Tract of Land situate in Angola Neck > > ...a framed Dwelling house Eighteen by Sixteen feet in good > repair...plantation inclosed part with a > worm fence and part with a Bank fence in Tolerable repair... > > annual value $20.00 > > FRAME, ROBERT (child-Robert) L-461 (1818) Broadkiln Hundred > > ...One farm With a small dwelling house framed and Brick Chimney, but > unfinished With a small logd > Corn Crib and about fifty peach Trees and...about five hundred pannel of > worm fence in bad repair... > > annual value $40.00 > Indian River Hundred > > ...One farm Without any House Except an old One now falling down and > useless, with about Sixty fruit > Trees, and We Suppose about Eight hundred pannels of Worm fence in > tolerable > good repair... > > annual value $35.00 > > Indian River Hundred > > ...About One Acre and a quarter of Marsh, but from the pecular > Situation > thereof, being only inclosed > with a quantity of other Marsh belonging to the same heirs, We think the > Guardian ought to have nothing > to do with it as it would be of no Value to him... > > FRAME, ROBERT (child-Robert) L-574 (1819) Broadkiln Hundred > > ...one old dwelling House about thirty apple trees and about thirty > old > peach trees, that the fence...is very > much out of repair... > annual value $20.00 > > ...one old House, that there is about fifty small apple trees, that > the > fences...is in tolerable repair... > > annual value $12.00 > > FRAME, SMITH E-[56] (1786) Indian River Hundred > > ...one old house framed and covered with shingles and connected with > the > buildings that the dec'd Smith > Frame lived in on the north side of the County Road, commonly called a > kitchen & with a brick chimney > a plank lower Flore below, but none above the whole in a very > indifferent > repair. And one other old > framed house on the south side of the road in the same indifferent and > bad > repair, to wit a brick chimney > & covered with old shingles & a midling good flore above and below at > the > north end division-but the > side covering very bad...there is also two small log stables made of > cypress > poles or saplings & covered > with pine slabs...five hundred fifty six pannel of fence of six logs to > the > pannel of midling logs, and one > hundred sixty four pannel of logs of the like quality of four logs to > the > pannel which incloses the several > corn and other fields, with the orchard to the south of the aforsd > buildings. The orchard containing one > hundred thirty two apple trees many of which are decayed... > > ...repair and mend the house of the County Road for the..minors... > > annual value £5.0.0 > > FRAME, SMITH E-[3] (1791) Dagsborough Hundred > > ...one new frame dwelling house eighteen feet by fourteen compleatly > finished (accept an upper floor > and chimney and the doors which are not - finished of the same and are > wanting) Also that there is on the > premisses afsd cleared four several small fields, viz one south of the > above > described house & adjacent > thereto inclosed with three hundred pannel of fence of indifferent logs > of > about five to the pannel...One > other small field about north from the house afsd and up the branch > inclosed > with one hundred forty seven > pannel of fence of the like indifferent logs of about five to the > pannel...One other field further up the > branch about northwest called the best field inclosed with four hundred > seventy two pannel of indifferent > logs of about six logs to the pannel...And one other small field further > up > the aforementioned branch > inclosed with three hundred forty six pannel of indifferent logs of > about > six logs to the pannel... > > annual value £6.10.0 > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Saw the discussions reference Smith Frame etc. and remembered that I had this file in my Documents. Maybe you have it, maybe not. Hope it's of use. Bob Jones SUSSEX COUNTY ORPHANS COURT EXTRACTS 1770-1830 Compiled and Edited by Susan M. Chase Rebecca J. Siders Bernard L. Herman Center for Historic Architecture and Engineering College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy University of Delaware Newark, DE 1970 FRAME, JOHN B. (child-Smith Stockley) L-86 (1812) Indian River Hundred 150 acres plantation below Warwick on Indian River ...one frame dwelling house thirty eight by fifteen feet Square with a Chimney in the Middle and two fire places one log Smoke House, one Do. Corn Crib and Stable all in bad repair, Also one post and Rail Garden of oak, Ten pannel by eight, fifty four Sorry Apple trees and about three hundred Peach trees, We also find about eight hundred pannel of worm fence Exclusive of three hundred and fifty Seven on the dividing line with Capt. Joseph Waples which is said to be kept up equal between them, Also about one hundred and fifty eight pannel of Bank fence all the above fence is in very bad repair... annual value $50.00 160 acres plantation near the head of Indian River ...no building of any discription...Sixty One old Apple trees much decayed and broken down and about Six hundred pannel of worm fence in tolerable repair... annual value $25.00 FRAME, ROBERT (child-Betsey/George/Robert) K-10 (1803) Indian River Hundred 300 acres - black Savannah Tract ...a new framed Dwelling Hause eighteen feet by Sixteen, one Story high, with a Brick Chimney...about forty Acres of Cleared land, also about five hundred pannel of fence in midling repair...Eighteen Apple Trees... annual value $25.00 Broadkiln Hundred 146 acres ...one old framed Dwelling Hause, Twenty by Sixteen feet in Very bad repair, and thirty young Apple Trees...about one hundred Acres of said Land Cleared and inclosed with a worm fence in but midling repair... annual value $40.00 Indian River Hundred 100 acres ...about Eighty Acres of Cleared land inclosed with a Worme fence in Good repair... annual value $20.00 .FRAME, ROBERT (child-Elizabeth P./Robert/George) K-34 (1806) Indian River Hundred Black Swamp Tract ...a framed Dwelling House Eighteen by Sixteen feet one Story high with a Brick Chimney in good repair...about forty Acres of Cleared land, also about five hundred pannels of fence in midling repair...Eighteen apple Trees... annual value $30.00 Broadkiln Hundred 146 acres ...an Old framed Dwelling House Twenty by Sixteen feet in Very bad repair, Also Thirty young Apple Trees...about One hundred Acres of said land cleared and inclosed with a worm fence in midling repair... annual value $40.00 Indian River Hundred 100 acres ...about Eighty Acres of said land cleared and inclosed with a worm fence in Good repair... annual value $24.00 Tract of Land situate in Angola Neck ...a framed Dwelling house Eighteen by Sixteen feet in good repair...plantation inclosed part with a worm fence and part with a Bank fence in Tolerable repair... annual value $20.00 FRAME, ROBERT (child-Robert) L-461 (1818) Broadkiln Hundred ...One farm With a small dwelling house framed and Brick Chimney, but unfinished With a small logd Corn Crib and about fifty peach Trees and...about five hundred pannel of worm fence in bad repair... annual value $40.00 Indian River Hundred ...One farm Without any House Except an old One now falling down and useless, with about Sixty fruit Trees, and We Suppose about Eight hundred pannels of Worm fence in tolerable good repair... annual value $35.00 Indian River Hundred ...About One Acre and a quarter of Marsh, but from the pecular Situation thereof, being only inclosed with a quantity of other Marsh belonging to the same heirs, We think the Guardian ought to have nothing to do with it as it would be of no Value to him... FRAME, ROBERT (child-Robert) L-574 (1819) Broadkiln Hundred ...one old dwelling House about thirty apple trees and about thirty old peach trees, that the fence...is very much out of repair... annual value $20.00 ...one old House, that there is about fifty small apple trees, that the fences...is in tolerable repair... annual value $12.00 FRAME, SMITH E-[56] (1786) Indian River Hundred ...one old house framed and covered with shingles and connected with the buildings that the dec'd Smith Frame lived in on the north side of the County Road, commonly called a kitchen & with a brick chimney a plank lower Flore below, but none above the whole in a very indifferent repair. And one other old framed house on the south side of the road in the same indifferent and bad repair, to wit a brick chimney & covered with old shingles & a midling good flore above and below at the north end division-but the side covering very bad...there is also two small log stables made of cypress poles or saplings & covered with pine slabs...five hundred fifty six pannel of fence of six logs to the pannel of midling logs, and one hundred sixty four pannel of logs of the like quality of four logs to the pannel which incloses the several corn and other fields, with the orchard to the south of the aforsd buildings. The orchard containing one hundred thirty two apple trees many of which are decayed... ...repair and mend the house of the County Road for the..minors... annual value £5.0.0 FRAME, SMITH E-[3] (1791) Dagsborough Hundred ...one new frame dwelling house eighteen feet by fourteen compleatly finished (accept an upper floor and chimney and the doors which are not - finished of the same and are wanting) Also that there is on the premisses afsd cleared four several small fields, viz one south of the above described house & adjacent thereto inclosed with three hundred pannel of fence of indifferent logs of about five to the pannel...One other small field about north from the house afsd and up the branch inclosed with one hundred forty seven pannel of fence of the like indifferent logs of about five to the pannel...One other field further up the branch about northwest called the best field inclosed with four hundred seventy two pannel of indifferent logs of about six logs to the pannel...And one other small field further up the aforementioned branch inclosed with three hundred forty six pannel of indifferent logs of about six logs to the pannel... annual value £6.10.0

Judy Ebner wrote: > A related question - if someone signed with his or her "mark", > did that mean that he/she was illiterate? Not necessarily. My great-great-grandmother signed some documents and made her mark on others. -- T.M. Sommers -- tmsommers2@gmail.com -- ab2sb