I forgot to add this last night. This is the will for Thomas Douglass, father of Elizabeth Douglass Bryan. Thomas Douglass, Charles County, Maryland., 2 Sept. 1755, 11 Feb. 1756. To wife Elizabeth Douglass, her choice of 1/2 of tract in Charles County, Wherein now lives, to son William Douglass remainder of same tract. To dau. Ann, wife of Patrick Conner, 1 sh. sterl, to dau. Elizabeth, wife of William Bryan, 1 sh, sterl, to dau.; Mary, wife of John Halley, negro girl Jenny.Wit: John Hamitt, Hugh Hamitt, John Hamitt, Junr. [Hamill] Charles County Maryland Land Record Liber Z#2, 1744-1753; Page 241. At the request of Jacob Douglass, the following deed of gift was recorded on Apr 15, 1748. I, Thomas Douglass of CC, planter, for divers causes and for the natural love that I have for my son, Jacob Douglass, I have given Jacob my Negro man called Nacey, now in the hands of my son-in-law William Bryan of CC. signed Apr 15, 1748 - Thomas (D his mark) Douglass. Wit - S Hanson, Thos Morris. Will for Elizabeth Douglass, mother of Elizabeth Douglass Bryan. DOUGLASS, ELIZABETH, Charles Co,,, widow, 9 Feb 1758 To dau. Anne Conner,clothing, 29 Aug 1758 To dau. Elizabeth Bryan, clothing. To dau. Mary Hattey, clothing. To grand dau, Elizabeth Young Husband Hattey, furniture, horse and chest that my father gave me. To Jeremiah Coffer[?], gelding at age of 21, To grandson John Baptist Bryan (I think this is the same John Bryan who married Mary ? and had William and Charles), ewe and lamb To granddau. Hanner Conner, ewe and lamb, ex. To son William Douglass, remainder of estate and appoint him Wit: Francis Garner, Dorothy Simmons (Sims) Someone sent me this. This is William Bryan and Elizabeth Douglasss children. BRYAN, WILLIAM, Charles Co. 6 Sep 1768 4 Jan 1769 That tract, known as "Bristol" be sold and money applied to the use of paying debts and remaining part to be divided amongst my six children, John, Basil, Ignatius, Monica, Jane and Eleanor, Ex: John Bryan, Wit: James Waters, Junr., Joseph Waters, John Waters, 36, 686 -----Original Message----- From: mdstmary-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdstmary-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of K Mills Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 10:17 AM To: mdstmary@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] O'Bryan in Maryland ListDon't know if Pete is reading the current list threads, but I'd be interested to know if he has any land/deed data of the locations of the various tracts sold or inherited by Bryone/Brian/Brien/OBryans in early Charles and St. Mary's Counties? I'd love to sort some of this out if it would yield more clues to the MD-->KY families. Dang those spellings! < , |/< ' /| Kat Mills ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.18450) http://www.pctools.com/ =======