Thanks Tom! Do you or anyone on the list know who Susannah Brown was? My grandmother's brother was William Brown Suite. Thanks. Bonnie --------> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:53:18 -0500> From: consettct@gmail.com> To: mdstmary@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Jesse Locke or Locke and Suite or Suit family-- land information and questions> > Good morning list,> > Some additional notes on Westfield.> > *Westfield*> > Papist Lands in St. Mary's County 1760; Chron. St. Marys Vol.49> > John Miles-Westfield 140 acres> > > > Will of John Dant 11/1/1763> > Joseph Francis & Charles given land "Westfield" equally divided.> > John Baptist Dant given "Hopewell"> > > > August 1811 Tax Records, St. Marys Co., Md., List of Lands with taxes due> St. Mary's Co., Md. UPPER NEW TOWNE Hundred> 1807-8-9 Thos. A. Reeder heirs:Westfield 140 acres.> > 1833 -Taxes due list,Robert Crane, Collector--Susanna Brown heirs:> Westfield, Middle Ground & Strap-340-1/2 acres> > *Middle Ground*> **> > Patented Certificate 435 1753/08/10 Middle Ground, Richard Gardiner, 50> Acres MSA S 1205-443> > Patented Certificate 436 1774/06/29 Middle Ground With Addition, Thomas> Attoway Reedor, 175 1/2 Acres MSA S 1205-444> > > > August 1811 Tax Records, St. Marys Co., Md., List of Lands with taxes due> St. Mary's Co., Md. UPPER NEW TOWNE Hundred> > 1807-8-9 Thos. A. Reeder heirs: Middle Ground 175 acres.> > Tom> > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Jerry L. Clark <jerry876@comcast.net>wrote:> > > This Name WESTFIELD is likely WESTERFIELD because a Cornelius WESTERFIELD> > married a Elizabeth "Betsy" BRUCE daughter of James Bruce and Mary "Polly"> > RUNYAN. James BRUCE a son of James BRUCE and Margaret McMahon.> >> >> > But I don't know how Suite family is connected to WESTERFIELD or BRUCE.> >> >> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From: mdstmary-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdstmary-bounces@rootsweb.com]> > On Behalf Of bonnietreon@hotmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:14 PM> > To: lindareno@comcast.net; mdstmary@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [MDSTMARY] Jesse Locke or Locke and Suite or Suit family-- land> > information and questions> >> >> > RE: Jesse Locke family and James Suite family> >> > Sorry if this is a duplicate email--it appeared that it did not send the> > first time.> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------> >> > I received the following information from Vann who is a descendant of James> > Hulse Locke who went to NC. They recently had their annual family reunion> > and I was unable to attend, but he sent me this information to try clear> > some things up.> >> > I have several questions about it:> >> > A. Who or what was "Westfield" in the information below and how does it> > connect to Suit? *My Suit/Suite family owned "Price's Rest" until before> > the Civil War when it was sold at a constable's sale to a Hezekiah> > Burroughs. How did my family come to own it?> >> > B. Who was Susannah Brown?> >> >> > Thanks.> > B. Treon> > bonnietreon@hotmail.com> > -----------------------------------> >> > Here is what Vann sent me:> >> >> >> > Meverall (Merwell) Hulse, father of Mary Hulse Lock, had a son named> > Meverall, who married Elizabeth Edwards, daughter of Joseph Edwards and> > Mary> > Stouton (Stourton).> > They had a son named Jesse, who was born in St. Mary's County in 1755, and> > died 9 Nov 1815. He married Sarah Bruce, NOT Sarah Bruce Reeder!> > Jesse was a surveyor in SMC in 1777.> > In 1815 when Jesse died, his land was divided in several ways; He had> > inherited a large piece of land in SMC from his father's will in May, 1764.> > He was only nine at the time, but the land went to him when his mother died> > in October, 1784. He received portions of the following tracts:> >> > Heelstone- 100 acres> > Truman's Lodge- 150 acres> > Keath and Price's Rest- 58 acres> > John Edwards Discovery> > Truman- 165 acres> > Truman's Hunting Quarter- 200 acres> > All of this land was divided equally among Jesse, George, and Thomas Lock.> > The property, Truman's Lodge, was originally noted in the 1707 SMC tithable> > list as being possessed by Sarah Pearle Hulse, wife of Meverall Hulse, and> > great-grandmother to Jesse.> > Jesse and Sarah sold land to Susanna Brown, April 12, 1815, six months> > before he died. The "Suit" name was somehow associated with the Westfield> > name in this sale. The size of the tract was 349 ½ acres, and the deed was> > found in Folio 190. The name of the lan d was "Middle Ground with an> > addition and strap".> > On June 28, 1801 (Folio 76) Jesse deeded "Little Yielding with addition" to> > Elizabeth Cartwright. It was 19 ½ acres.> > Jesse deeded "Long Look for Come at Last", to Thomas R. Stephens on August> > 5, 1807, Folio 122, 4 ¾ acres.> > >From 1801-1812, Jesse owned "Little Worth" with a mill, 46 ¾ acres.> > After his death, Sarah Lock deeded to William Bruce on June 10, 1817 (Folio> > 209) a number of plots of land.> > Jesse and Sarah had three children: William Bruce Lock, who married Mary> > Smith in 1810, (He died 25 Mar 1834 in SMC), Elizabeth Lock, who married> > Bennett Briscoe, and Susanna Lock, who married James Reeder (The nasty> > divorce you sent me)> > Peter O'Neale appears to be the uncle of Ann O'Neale Lock. She married> > Philip Lock, son of Philip and Mary Hulse Lock. He was the brother of> > Meverall Lock, and Uncle to Jesse Lock.> > _________________________________________________________________> > See how Windows(R) connects the people, information, and fun that are part of> > your life> > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119463819/direct/01/> >> > -------------------------------> > 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> >> >> >> > -------------------------------> > 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> >> > -------------------------------> 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 _________________________________________________________________ Get 5 GB of storage with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_5gb_112008