I got an error message--this site no longer exists. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 9:39 AM Subject: [MDGEN] Josias Fendall and John Anderton, 1657 > Friends > > One of the saving graces of researching Maryland is the Maryland Archives on > line. I could spend years just sifting through the material in there and > still find leads! From ..."Archives of Maryland, Vol. 41; Provincial Court > Proceedings, 1658" > < > http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/ 00 > > 0041/html/am41--98.html> > .. is a typical URL - I found a court case of ... > > BOLIN v ANDERTON; ANDERTON v BOLIN > p.98, p130, p156-7, p166-7 > In summary it looks like Bowling and John Anderton had a trading agreement > that when John went back to England in June 1657 "in Company wth the pent > GouT" (the present government?) he would buy £20 worth of goods from the £40 > that Bowling gave him, keeping £20 as commission. Bowling appears to have > been the Overseer for John and when he he was away in England went to > Virginia during a sickness, leaving the crop of Corn & Tobacco to ruin. > Although the case seems to have gone against John, Bowling did not get his > full £40 either. > > The operative fact for me here was that John Anderton was part of a > Government mission to England. In support of which I found ... > > < > http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/ 00 > > 0041/html/am41--91.html> > p91; dated 24 Nov 1657 > When "Samuel Tilghman of Rachcliffe in the County of Middesex [sic] Mariner" > made a Power of Attorney, it was "Signed Sealed & Deliuered in the [presence] > of Josias ffendell; John Anderton. ffrom Grauesend the 24th of Nouembr 1657" > > I didn't realise what I had found until I started checking deeper into the > historical background and found that between 1657-1660 Josias Fendall was > governor of Maryland! > > Could anyone tell me more about this episode in your state history or point > me to an online resource? Needless to say, books on Maryland State History > are pretty thin on the ground in Wollondilly Shire, NSW! > > Thank you in advance > > Alan Anderton, Bargo NSW Australia > > > > > ==== MDGEN Mailing List ==== > To Subscribe to the list [email protected] > >