Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 56-66 - EVITT, NICHOLLS, WERTENBAKER, HAMILTON, ETCHISON, BURGESS, KESSLER, BOTELER, SLAVES, PENN - May 1854 Peter NICHOLLS and wife vs Mary EVITT & Others Woodward EVITT d/ (Will 12 Aug 1830; 17 Oct 1830) widow - Mary (she appears to be a 2nd wife w/ no children by him in Aug 1830) d/ Mary w/o Peter NICHOLLS d/ Susannah** (now dec'd) w/o William WERTENBAKER .....William WERTENBAKER .....George W. E. WERTENBAKER - Out of State .....Woodward WERTENBAKER - Out of State .....Mary w/o Thomas ETCHISON .....Ann A. w/o Washington BURGESS - Baltimore City .....Catharine w/o Absalom P. KESSLER s/ George W. EVITT * (now dec'd) d/ Catharine w/o John HAMILTON s/ Joseph EVITT - Ohio SLAVES - negro girls, MARY (to be freed 13 Mar 1834) and ELIZA (to be freed 10 Nov 1845) (willed to wife) Land - House & Lot, on south side of Turnpike road and adjoined Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road Company (life estate to wife. - Brick House on Patrick St in Frederick (occupied by James WALLING), 1/2 lot divided idway between Patrick and Church Streets (to d/ Mary NICHOLS) - House & Lot on Patrick St in Frederick (from Philip PYFER), presently occupied by James WHITEHILL (to d/ Susannah WERTENBAKER) - Lands adjoining and east of Monocacy, (to s/ George W. EVITT) - Lands north of Planthston Branch (to d/ Catharine HAMILTON) (south side to d/ Mary NICHOLLS and Smith Shop on Church St, then occupied by David SPRINGLE) - Lands adjoining and east of Monocacy (to s/ George W. EVITT and d/ Catharine HAMILTON) - House on Patrick St in Frederick, then occupied by Stocton & Strokes as a stage office (in trust to s/ Joseph EVITT for his minor children) also rear portion of ground running back to Church St with brick house, then occupied by George W. SHARP as a printing office. Exec/ widow; Witnesses: John KUNKEL, Lewis BIRELY, Edward TRAIL and David STEINER The widow of Woodward, Mary EVITT, is willing the real estate be sold and proceeds to surviving heirs of Woodward. Mary and Woodward didn't have any children together. *George W. EVITT of Frederick Town (Will 22 Oct 1834; 10 Nov 1834) - Mary EVITT, wid/o Woodward EVITT (personal and real estate except as noted below) - Elizabeth PENN - Baltimore City, but was living in Virginia in 1854. (Lands lying on south side of Turnpike Road and adjoining the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, then occupied by Mary EVITT) Exec/ Mary EVITT; Witnesses: John WILLS, William WILLS, N. TURBUTT William WERTENBAKER filed for insolvency; his trustee was Michael H. HALLER. George W. E. WERTENBAKER filed for insolvency in 1847 in MD and his trustee was William WERTENBAKER. ** Petition filed 5 Oct 1854 by John E. BOTELER and Ann S. E. BOTELER, children of Elias BOTELER, dec'd s/o Susannah WERTENBAKER who claim a share of their grandmother's estate and were previously omitted. Trustee for sale was Seth H. NICHOLS with sureties as Peter NICHOLS and P. H. SINN. (Appears to be a flaw in the pages as bottom of page 65 indicates the next page is the Report of Sales; however, page 66 appears to be page 2 in the next case even though the page numbers seem to corespond. Perhaps it will show up later; will confirm with MSA.) =================== www.MidMdRoots.com