The MD Early Census states that in 1723 a Christopher PARRADICE lived in Mattaponie Hundred, Somerset Co., MD. Christopher PARDICE was Test for the 1718 Will of John Jones of Mattapany, Somerset Co., MD. 18 Sept 1761 in Worcester Co., MD a Christopher PARADISE/PAREDISE wrote a will listing his wife as Hannah. Does anyone know the names of any of his children or his parents? Clare

By "MD Early Census" someone must have meant the 1723 Somerset household taxation list, the earliest surviving list for the county. Christopher also appeared in these annual lists in Mattapony in 1724 and 1725, and seems thereafter missing, though I didn't look past 1730. After 1740, no such lists exist for Mattapony, which in 1742 became part of Worcester (for which no lists survive at all before the Revolution). The Jones connections in the 1718 and the 1761 will relate Christopher - one would surmise, the same one - to the Jones family of Mattapony, which held various land across that part of the county bordering Accomack. The only other interesting mention I see in land records is the annotation in the Somerset Rent Rolls for the tract FOOKS CHOICE [Rent Rolls Volume 9, folio 71, item 6) which mentions in its legend that this 500 acre tract was held: "250 acres in the possession of Isaac Piper, and 250 by John Paradice 'in the right of Philip Parker of Anomokin, Virginia'". This note would have been inserted sometime roughly between 1710 and 1720 when these Rent Rolls were actually assembled. This tract was in Mattapony and very near, and north of, one of the Jones properties (TRUMP CAPE FIELD) right on the Accomack border. There is, however, no mention in the title history of either Paradice/Paradise or Philip - or any other - Parker as having ownership of FOOKS CHOICE at any time. Whatever, John Paradice may be a candidate to be father of Christopher, but I'd look south of the border in Accomack to see if that's where he shows up more regularly. Many families holding land in Mattapony were seated on the Virginia side. John Lyon -----Original Message----- From: Clare Pebworth <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, Jun 6, 2010 4:29 pm Subject: [LDR] Christopher Paradise - Parradice - Pardice - Paredise The MD Early Census states that in 1723 a Christopher PARRADICE lived in Mattaponie Hundred, Somerset Co., MD. Christopher PARDICE was Test for the 1718 Will of John Jones of Mattapany, Somerset Co., MD. 18 Sept 1761 in Worcester Co., MD a Christopher PARADISE/PAREDISE wrote a will listing his wife as Hannah. Does anyone know the names of any of his children or his parents? Clare *************************************** 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message