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 >