Frederick Co, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - JS-9 594-608 - UMSTEAD, STEEL, JUSTICE, CROUSE, ROOT, BEATTY, GIBSON, HOY, SMITH - Oct 1829 Jacob SNYDER, creditor vs Anne Elizabeth R. HOY Land - Lots #68 and #80 and #82 in "Monocacy Manor" and part "Pleasant Mount" (conveyed to Peter SMITH from Adam CREAGER), 282 acres, conveyed to Nicholas UMSTEAD and Nicholas HOY Sr. from Adam SMITH and Frederick SMITH, exec/of Peter SMITH in Apr 1823. Nicholas UMSTEAD died 15 Aug 1823 (will 24 Mar 1818; 1 Sep 1823), (relationships given only if noted below) - Rev. Nicholas ZOOKEY, $100 + $100 for the poor - Rev. John DUBOIS, $50 - Sisterhood near Emmitsburg, $100 - Ruth STEEL w/o John STEEL of Ohio - $500 - Margaret JUSTICE, dec'd w/o Aquilla JUSTICE of Ohio .....her daughters - $200 equally divided - Eleanor JUSTICE w/o William JUSTICE of Ohio - $100 - Catharine CROUSE w/o John CROUSE of Ohio - $50 - Mary ROOT w/o James ROOT (dec'd) of Tennessee - $100 - Ann BEATTY w/o Edward BEATTY of Tennessee - $200 - Elizabeth BEATTY w/o Patrick BEATTY of Tennessee - $200 bro/ David UMSTEAD of Ohio - $100 bro/ Enoch UMSTEAD - $50 - Thomas GIBSON (s/o Thomas GIBSON, dec'd) - $50 - Rachel HOY w/o of Nicholas HOY - residue of estate Executor was NIcholas HOY; witnesses: Joseph TANEY, John HEAD, John DARBY. So, Nicholas UMSTEAD's undivided half was willed to Rachel HOY, w/o Nicholas HOY Sr. Afterwards, Sr. sold his undivided half to Nicholas HOY Jr. but had not yet conveyed it. Nicholas HOY Jr. d/ 28 Sep 1829 intestate, leaving widow - Anne Elizabeth and only child, - Mary Anne R. HOY, a minor Administrator for Hoy Jr. was Anne Elizabeth HOY and Joseph WOOD. Hoy Jr. also had a note owed to Christian REICH in 1829. Guardian was Anne Elizabeth HOY; trustee was Joseph Wood; on 1 Nov 1830, sale made to Nicholas HOY for $4,910; after Hoy Sr. and Jacob Snyder were paid, the minor daughter received $761.24; finalized 28 Feb 1831. ======================================== - Dorinda Shepley - Dorinda@MidMdRoots.com www.MidMdRoots.com