Yes, you've got it. Linda Reno ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry L. Clark" <jerry876@comcast.net> To: <mdstmary@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Thomas Clarke Jr. > > Linda Reno, > > Ok, I have regrouped once again. > > You said: > > Yes, but don't forget that Thomas, Jr. m. second, Joanna, widow of John > Witherington/Weatherton, etc. > > So what I think your saying is that Thomas CLARKE Jr. married 1st to > Susanna > HORNE and 2nd to Joanna widow of John Witherington. > > > > And this is his will > > > Maryland Calendar Of Wills 1774-1777 Volume 16 Family Line Publications > Westminster, Maryland 1995, p. 173 > CLERK, THOMAS, SR., St. Mary's Co. 20 Jan. 1777; 15 Feb. 1777 > To dau. Pressiller Clark, Negro wench Hannah, and equal part of residue of > estate. > Son, Ignatius Clerk, Ex. > Wit: John Horn Abell; John Denbar. 41. 204 > > > > > Whereas the Thomas CLARKE (son of Robert CLARKE Jr. and Mary ?) married > 1st > to Unknown > > And this is his will > > Will of Thomas Clarke, SMC, 6/5/1783-8/5/1783. Son: George Clarke, a > negro > named Lewis; one young horse; and a saddle and bridle. Daughter: Nancy > Clarke, a negro named Jesse. Daughter: Anna Clarke, a negro named Nace. > Son: Thomas Clarke, a negro named Dick. Exec: Brother, Robert Clarke. > Wit: Moses Davis, William Loker. NOTE: The widow, Susanna Clarke, > renounced this will and claimed her third. > > He married 2nd to a Susanna ? And from 2nd marriage he had a son named > Thomas CLARKE. > > This is will of 2nd wife of Thomas CLARKE son of Robert CLARKE Jr. and > Mary > ? > > > Will of Susanna Clarke, SMC, 5/25/1785-9/3/1788. Son: Thomas Clarke, all > of > my estate both real and personal. He is to be in the care of Ann Griffin > (widow) until he reaches the age of 21. To: Ann Griffin, the use of my > bed > and chest until my son, Thomas Clarke, comes of age. She is to return > these > items to him in the same condition she got them. She is to also have my > clothes to make use of as she sees fit toward the clothing of my boy. She > is to have the interest from my estate for her trouble and expense in > raising, bringing up, and schooling my child. Exec.: Matthias Clarke. > Wit.: John Horn Abell, Jean Fenwick. > > > Linda Reno Said: > > Susanna's will leads me to believe that the only child she had was Thomas > Clarke, so I would assume she was a second wife of Thomas Clarke (d. > 1783), > brother of Robert Clarke. > > Susanna, as you'll see, survived him and then she died in 1788, also with > a > will, naming her husband's nephew, Matthias Clarke (son of Robert) as her > Executor. > > > > Do I have it correct now??? > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message