Dear Cathy, Sorry, I can't help with your Evans line. I only included that reference to tie Robert more firmly to Cecil County. I have no Evans ancestors in any of the lines I have researched. If I come across any more I'll try to let you know but most of my lines were in St. Mary's County. Regards, Don Cathy Berger <[email protected]> wrote:I've been working on Cecil County records for many, many years, but have not gone back as far as you evidently have. Sorry I can't help you on your Drury. It's a new name to me. But I am interested in your mention of Thomas Evans. I have a Jonathan Evans as an adult in 1703 and am always looking for clues as to his parents. Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald W Drury" To: Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:14 PM Subject: [MDCECIL] Robert Drury > > Dear List, > > This is my first posting to this list. I am trying to identify a Robert Drury who was a witness to the will of Michael Skidmore along with Francis Childs 28 July 1693. > > This Robert was also sent to Colonel Casparus Herman's plantation at the "head of the bay" to identify a Frenchman claiming to be a Monsieur Casteen since Robert had been fighting the French and the Penobscots previously in New England. He was deposed about this by the Provincial Council in 1692 (Md. Archives Vol 61: Pgs 458-61,463,467,468.487,517). > > It is possible that this is the Robert who received a payment from the estate of Thomas Evans in 1692. > > Does anyone have additional information about this man? What was the name of his plantation? Was he married ? If so, who was his wife and what were the names of his children? Where was his plantation located? Who were his neighbors? When did he arrive in Cecil County? Where was he from originally? > > I will greatly appreciate any information or leads to answer these questions. > > I have been going on the assumption that he was an unidentified son of the Robert Drury from St. Mary's County who patented "Dry Docking" Plantation in 1663. This assumption is based solely on the statement in the deposition of 1692 that he was 32 years old making him one generation younger than Robert of "Dry Docking", and on the identical given names of the two men. This is very flimsy evidence. I would like to either link them more positively or disprove the connection completely. > > Thanks in advance to anyone who can help. > > Regards, > > Don Drury > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237