Good Evening!!! No have not seen anything. Apparently Martha did not live in Williamsburg, but in the country somewhere around Williamsburg. William -----Original Message----- From: Rosamundi4 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, January 25, 2003 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-L] Inventory of Thomas Crease's Estate >William. >Is there any mention of Brummitts in the info you are viewing. Found where >Brummitts were neighbors to George Washington in his papers in the Library >of Congress and his sons helped harvest the wheat in July 1772, these are my >Mom's side of the family. >Jackie >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Maupin Reunion" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 12:33 PM >Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-L] Inventory of Thomas Crease's Estate > > >> Good Morning, Group!!! >> >> More exciting news!!! For those of you who attended the Williamsburg Trip >> at the 2000 Reunion and those of you who have been to Williamsburg this >will >> have more meaning. >> >> Gabariel and Marie Hersent Maupin lived on Lot 352 in Williamsburg.on >August >> 6, 1714 John Custis purchases Lots 353, 354 and 355 in Williamsburg. >These >> three lots are due east of the Maupin House on the corner. The "Shop" is >> located on the west end of Lot 353 Lot 354 was and is now vacant and on >Lott >> 355 John Custis built a Tenement House in 1717. >> >> While were in Williamsburg the "shop" was closed for repairs but we talked >> to the man playing the part of the Gardner on the vacant lot to the east. >> Behind the Tenement House is the grave yard of John Miller Maupin. This >is >> the cemetery discussed several times that is complete disaray. >> >> I found online the complete history of these Lots on line that was done in >> 1950 for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. This history told me many >> things I did not know about these lots. For example, After John Curtis >> death in 1749, his son inherited the property, his name Daniel Parke >Custis. >> Does this name ring a bell, it should. Daniel Parke Custis lived only a >few >> years dying in 1757 and his wife took over ownership of the three lots. >Her >> name Martha Custis. Do you recoginize this name?? Well you should >because >> she married George Washington. It does not appear that she and her >husband >> ever lived in the dwelling but undobtedly visited it. >> And who was living next door. Yes, Thomas Crease, widorer of Marie >Hersent >> Maupin. He had to have know both the Custis family and Martha since he >and >> Marie lived next door from 1723 until her death in 1747and Thomas death in >> 1757. In 1838, John Miller Maupin purchased the three lots and the "then >in >> bad repair" Tenement House. These lots remained in the Maupin Family >until >> about 1929. >> >> Still working on the twenty one page report on the three lots. Will >update >> all of you as to anymore exciting items. >> >> William Albertson >> [email protected] >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Date: Friday, January 24, 2003 7:04 PM >> Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-L] Inventory of Thomas Crease's Estate >> >> >> >William, >> >Congratulations! I know you have wanted to find this for a long time. >How >> >unfortunate that the list did not include some of the books that you >hoped >> >were there. >> >I wonder what else is to be found about Thomas Crease. Where did you >> locate >> >the inventory? >> >My best, >> >Patricia Marlowe >> > >> >In a message dated 24-Jan-03 6:59:15 PM Central Standard Time, >> >[email protected] writes: >> > >> >> While working on Thomas Crease tonight I found a copy of the inventory >of >> >> his estate dated Janaury 27, 1757. >> > >> > >> > >> >==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== >> >Please don't post private information about living people without >> permission. All posts are archived. Search our Maupin Message Board at: >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.maupin >> > >> > >> >> >> ==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== >> Please don't post private information about living people without >permission. All posts are archives. Search our Maupin Message Board at: >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.maupin >> >> >> > > > >==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== >RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission of the author. Search our Maupin Message Board at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.maupin > >