Frederick Co, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - JS-10 566-579 - HALL, PITTS, SHIPLEY, BRASHEAR, SLAVES, MACKELFRESH, MOBBERLY, BALLINGER - Jul 1831 Nicholas HALL Sr. Estate - Division of Real Estate Nicholas HALL SR., dec'd (will 9 May 1820; 9 Jan 1821) leaving children, - Elizabeth PITTS, now dec'd - her children, .....Nicholas Hall PITTS .....John L. PITTS .....Anna Maria w/o Thomas C. BRASHEAR .....Thomas G. PITTS, a minor .....Charles H. PITTS, a minor .....William PITTS, a minor - Anna w/o Thomas C. SHIPLEY - (unnamed son) HALL- his children .....John Henry HALL .....Nicholas HALL, a minor .....Elizabeth Jane HALL .....Martha Ann HALL bro/ John S. HALL (all property during his life now in Nicholas' possession which was conveyed to him by his brother, John S. HALL; after his death, to be sold and divided in three parts to 2 daughters and grandsons of dec'd son. SLAVES - negro boy BEN (to grandson Nicholas Hall SHIPLEY), to serve until Dec 1, 1839, then to be set free; - negro boy WILLIAM (to grandson Nicholas HALL), to serve until 1 Dec 1840, then to be set free; - negro girl CHARITY (to granddaughter Elizabeth Jane HALL), to serve until 1 Dec 1838, then to be set free and the children born of her during her servitude to be set free at the following ages, males at 31 and females at 25; but if granddaughter dies w/out issue, then they all to be sold and the proceeds divided among the grandchildren, John Henry HALL, Nicholas HALL and the children of his 2 daughters. - negro girl BETTY (sister of Charity) (to granddaughter Martha Ann HALL), to serve until 1 Dec 1840, then to be set free and any children she has during her servitude, the same as for Charity's children. - to manumit and set free - PHILIP and PETER, immediately upon Nicholas' death - NACE and w/ AELSEY - free on 1 Dec 1827 - NED and w/ PHOEBE - free on 1 Dec 1829 - TOM and w/ JANE - free on 1 Dec 1831 - MILLY - free on 1 Dec 1828 - HENRY - free on 1 Dec 1836 - REZIN - free on 1 Dec 1842 - MARY - free on 1 Dec 1838 - SOLOMON - free on 1 Dec 1846 - HARRIETT - free on 1 Dec 1843 - LEMUEL - free on 1 Dec 1848 - ISAAC - free on 1 Dec 1850 - CHARLES - free on 1 Dec 1847 - NELSON - free on 1 Dec 1850 - issue of female SLAVES born after making of his will and during time of servitude shall be free - males at 31 years and females at 25 years. Agreement between Mrs. Jane MACKELFRESH (grandmother of dec'd son's children) and Nicholas HALL Sr. provided he would take care of the grandsons and she would take care of the granddaughters. The leased lots in New Market he left to be divided in 3 equal parts to Elizabeth PITTS, Anna SHIPLEY and grandchilden, John H. and Nicholas HALL. John H. HALL conveyed his interest to Nicholas PITTS. Guardians to grandsons were Doctor Belt BRASHEAR, Charles MACKELFRESH and Thomas C. SHIPLEY. - Executors of will were John PITTS and w/ Elizabeth, Thomas C. SHIPLEY and w/ Anne; - Witnesses: Belt BRASHEAR, Henry STIER, Gerard COWMAN, John PANCOAST. In 1793, Nicholas HALL (of Anne Arundel County) leased to William BALLINGER, Lot #23, a front lot on the north side of Main Street and Lot #90, a back lot, in New Market, for a term of 99 years. Guardian appointed was E.W. MOBBERLY; divided by 19 Dec 1831. ======================================== - Dorinda Shepley - Dorinda@MidMdRoots.com www.MidMdRoots.com