Good Afternoon all; Thanks for the information that you have given me so far. I often thought that Mr. Gary was a Quaker as the name has that tone. We know that the Quakers were great in numbers in both Delaware and Pennsylvania, but had no idea that they were in great numbers here in Dorchester County. Does anyone know anything about a Quaker meetinghouse or the Quaker population in the Bucktown area? My educated guess is that it would be in the same area that Stephen Gary had the tract of land PORPEIGHAM. Is there somewhere I could find records of this? Thanks, Tom Reid's Grove Country Store Tom Bradshaw 5106 Rhodesdale Vienna Road Rhodesdale Maryland 21659 410-463-4366 cell 410-943-1212 home [email protected]

Hi Tom, These are some of the notes I have gathered over the years, hope they help. Talbot Co., MD Land Records 27 Feb. 1667 Stephen Gary of Little Choptank River to John Gary of Calvert County and John Stevens of Talbot - P/A. Wit: Robert Turner, Thomas Skinner. 9 June 1668 John Stevens and John Gary, Attorneys of Stephen Gary, to William Stevens - P/A in our steads. Wit: James Selby, Richard Price. 4 March 1667 Stephen Gary of Little Choptank to Jacob Waymake and william Thomas - 100 acres "Spring Garden" in Fishing Creek. Alice wife of Stephen Gary. Wit: Thos. Skinner, Thos. Deene. MD Wills Gary, Stephen, Dorchester Co., 27th Oct., 1675; 6th April, 1686. To son Stephen, personalty. To wife Clare, extx., "Spoacott" during life, and land in town of West Rue (alias Purpeham) in Cornwall, England. To 2nd dau. Susannah and young. dau. Clare, sd. plantation at death of wife afsd. To eld. dau. Magdalen and 2 daus. afsd., 400 A. on the Ridge in Dorchester Co., and 300 A. at hd. of Watts' Ck. To grandchild Stephen Warner at 21 yrs. of age, 100 A., "Cornwall," on Fishing Ck. To grandchild Mary Warner, 50 A., "Refuse Neck." Overseers: Jno. Stevens, of Dorchester Co., Wm. Sharpe and Wm. Stevens of Talbot Co. Test: William Thomas, Lewis Even, Sam'l Coats. 4. 202. MD Wills Gary, John, Calvert Co., 12th Sept., 1681; 9th Oct., 1681. To mother Judith Sharpe, sister Eliza: Sharpe and her dau. Sarah, brother Sharpe, sister Eliza: Dixon, the Harwoods, child. of sister Eliza:, Stephen Gary, Alice Churuely and Eliza: Sloope, personalty. Wife Alice, execx. and residuary legatee of estate, real and personal. Test: Leonard Gibins, Robt. Barloe. 2. 156. See Peterman's Catholics of Colonial Delmarva Page 66 Stephen Gary ..."In 1662 a large tract of land at the head of the Little Choptank River was granted to Stephen Gary, another prominent Quaker. 24 His home was situated at the mouth of what today is called Gary's Creek. In 1655 Gary requested land on the Eastern Shore in return for transportation of himself and his wife and servants. By land rights he received "Spring Garden" at the head of the Little Choptank. In 1657 Gary transported John and Nicholas de la Valey and Mary Bull to the Eastern Shore, receiving in return a grant also at the head of the Little Choptank that came to be called "Spocott." Gary was active in the politics and defense of the lower Eastern Shore. His brother John Settled in the same area on 200 acres at "Cedar Point" on Fishing Creek, a location that in time would be owned by the Tubman family and would become a century later, the site of the first Catholic chapel in Dorchester County."... Footnote: 24 Land Office Records, Q:104, 7: 581, Maryland State Archives; Daughters of the American Revolution, Maryland Genealogical Records, Report 5 (1932), 51-52; Mabel Van Dyke Baer, "Gary Families of Talbot County, Maryland," TMs (Washington, DC, 1966); Mowbray and Rimpo, Close-ups of Early Dorchester, 66-67/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Bradshaw Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 1:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LDR] Stephen Gary/Porpeigham or Porpigham Good Afternoon all; Thanks for the information that you have given me so far. I often thought that Mr. Gary was a Quaker as the name has that tone. We know that the Quakers were great in numbers in both Delaware and Pennsylvania, but had no idea that they were in great numbers here in Dorchester County. Does anyone know anything about a Quaker meetinghouse or the Quaker population in the Bucktown area? My educated guess is that it would be in the same area that Stephen Gary had the tract of land PORPEIGHAM. Is there somewhere I could find records of this? Thanks, Tom Reid's Grove Country Store Tom Bradshaw 5106 Rhodesdale Vienna Road Rhodesdale Maryland 21659 410-463-4366 cell 410-943-1212 home [email protected] *************************************** 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