Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts JS-14 473-497 - WILLIARD, LEMON, CEPNER/CESSNER, RICE, RENN, GROVE - Feb 1836 Estate of Abraham WILLIARD Devalt WILLIARD, dec'd (will 26 Sep 1808; 21 Oct 1808) widow - Elizabeth and 5 children, - Jacob WILLIARD (5 children to receive 105 acres of "Camp's/Kemp's Long Meadow") - his 5 children, ...Elizabeth WILLIARD ...Mary WILLIARD ...Eichlana WILLIARD ...Devalt WILLIARD ...Jacob WILLIARD Jr. - John WILLIARD (394 acres w/ brother Abraham) - Abraham WILLIARD* (394 acres w/ brother John) - Mary LEMON (2 Thousand pounds money) - Peter WILLIARD, dec'd - his illegitimate daughter ...Mary (50 pounds when age 16) d/o Elizabeth CEPNER Executors were sons, John and Abraham; witnesses: Abraham LEMASTER, George KOST, Daniel BISER and Elias WILLIARD. Land - "Madam's Defeat", 321 acres. - "Resurvey on Kemp's Long Meadow", 73 acres, 105 acres. Abraham WILLIARD d/ 17 Jul 1817 intestate, leaving widow - Catharine and 6 children, - Elizabeth (Williard) wid/o Thomas RICE - Peter WILLIARD d/ Nov 1826 intestate - his family, ...- widow - Martha (now w/o Isaac RENN) ...Reuben WILLIARD (died after his father, single, no issue) ...George Washington WILLIARD, a minor ...Abraham Peter WILLIARD, a minor - Daniel WILLIARD - Dewalt WILLIARD - Mary Ann (Williard) w/o William GROVE - Sarah Ann WILLIARD, a minor Land - "Madam's Defeat". - "Resurvey on Kemp's Long Meadow". - "Resurvey on House's New Design", 116 perches, from John HOUSE in 1801. - "If I Don't Keep All, I'll Keep Some", 123+ acres, from Jacob BERGESSER in 1800, lies next to "Fieldera", "Fieldem Manor", "Anchor and Hope", "Below the Nipple and Bubby", "House's New Design" and "Kemp's Long Meadow". totaling 321 acres. The first two tracts were from the will of Abraham's father, devised jointly with his brother John. In 1818, the court laid out 106 acres for the widow's dower for Catharine. Guardian was Christian GETZENDANNER. Testimony was heard from Daniel S. BISER and John FINK in Dec 1836. Trustee was Dewalt WILLIARD; on 18 Feb 1837, sale made to William GROVE for 200 acres at $8,825; to Catharine WILLIARD for 14 acres at $689.50; totals $9,514.50. On 29 Mar, 1837, Perry RIE__ Sr. testified he was acquainted with Martha, the widow of Peter WILLIARD and now the w/o Jacob (Isaac?) RENN, and claims she is about 31 years old and in good health; she was awarded 1/7 of Peter's share, $217.62. Each 1/6 share was $1,523.33; finalized 9 May 1837. =========================== - Dorinda Shepley Mid Maryland Roots Website www.midmdroots.com