Hello. As always, thanks for the information. "Cousin" was used at the time to be synonomous with our current usage of "niece" and "nephew." Hope that helps. John D. On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:52 PM, <clark8178@comcast.net> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Reno" <lindareno@comcast.net> > To: mdstmary@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:07:56 AM > Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] KNOTT > > Jerry, > > Robert Cole was a nephew of Benjamin Gill, not his son-in-law. From all of > the research that has been done, it appears that Benjamin Gill only had one > child and she was Ann Gill who married James Neale. > > Benjamin Gill's wife was Mary Mainwaring a sister of Jane Mainwaring who > married Thomas Cole and they were the parents of Robert Cole. > > Robert Cole married Rebecca, widow of Francis Knott (some say John Knott). > > Linda Reno > > --- > > > > > > > I don't know where I got it but I have 4 Children for Benjamin Gill and wife Anna Marie Mainwaring . Perhaps Rebecca gill is a mistake. > > 1. Ann Marie Gill married James Neale > > Neale, Ann, Chas. Co, 28th June, 1697; 3rd June, 1698. > To sons James and Anthony and their wives (unnamed), to granddau. Mary Neale, to grandchild. viz, William Boarman's child. and to Richard Hobert, personalty. > " son Anthony, ex, and son James afsd, residue of estate. > Test: Raphael Neale, Catherine Ivory, Thos. Writter. 7. 378. > > 2. Christopher Gill > > 3. Edward Mainwaring GILL > > 4. Rebecca Gill - perhaps a mistake. > > 5. George > > in this record below Benjamin Gill calls Robert Cole a Cousin. > > The person below adds another son George, but does not list Rebecca as a Daughter- maybe this came from one of Donnelley's books. > > Notes: > > Notes: > NEALE FAMILY OF CHARLES COUNTY, By Christopher Johnston: BENJAMIN GILL, father-in-law of Capt. James Neale, came to Maryland in 1642. Cecilus Calvert, Lord Baltimore, in a letter of introduction to his brother Gov. Leonard Calvert, dated 16 Nov, 1642, directs that whereas this year John PILE and Benjamin GILL intend to transport themselves and others into Maryland, acting in partnership, they are to have 100 acres apiece for themselves, and land in proportion for others transported, according to the conditions of plantation bearing date 10 Nov, 1641 (Land Office, Lib. 4, fol.543). Thanks, Shirley Middleton Moller > > Archives of Maryland, Volume 10, Court and Testamentary Business, 1655/6. Page 441; > At a Court held at Putuxent the 21th of march 1655: Whereas James Linsey Peticoned to this Court for Administration of the Estate of Benjamin Gill deceased And Whereas Thomas Gerrard Esq hath Caveated to the Court for a demurr of Administracon till the next Court in Respect it is presumed the Said Gill made a will, It therefore ordered that the Said Lindsey being possessed of the Said Estate Shall give Securitie for his faithful & diligent Care of the Said Estate & to give an Account thereof at the next Provinciall Court at which Time it Shall be further ordered. > > Archives of Maryland; Volume 41, Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658. Page 197; > July 28th 1658 Re Gill's Estate: Willm Edwin aged 46 yeares & upwards att the request of Robt Cole maketh oath, tht ffowre yeares agoe Mr Benjamin Gill lay sick at this Deponts howse: & in time of his sickness there he declared to this Depont That if it pleased God to take him out of this lffe, Robert Cole who was his Kinsman should enjoy all tht ever he had, Except his sonne or Daughter, or some of their Children should perchance come in hither into this Country William Edwin Jurat Cora me Willm Bretton > Mary the Wffe of Willm Edwin maketh Oath That Mr Beniamin Gill, lying sick att her howse, was very desyrous to have some body to write his Will, & there being nobody then there lyuing that could write, He requested this Depont to beare wittnes tht hee gaue what hee had to his Kinsman Robt Cole; Except Mr Neale or his Wffe, or any of their Children should come into this Province, & further sayd That hee had none here to enjoy what hee had, but his Kinsman Robert Cole The mark of Mary Edwin Jurat Cora me Willm Bretton > > Archives of Maryland; Volume 41, Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658. Page 8; Lib. B. No. 3. p. 368 > Order to the Sheriff to possess Robt Cole of the Estate of Ben: Gill: Whereas by order at a Provincial! Court the 16th of June 1656 Robert Cole was thereby Impowered to be possest of the Estate of Benjamin Gill deceased then in the hands and possession of James Linsey. The Court doth farther order upon the Petition of the Said Cole that the Sheriffe do put the Said Cole into possession of all and real! the Estate of the Said Gill deceased, and that the Sd Linsey be Summoned at the Court in March next to give a true account of the Said Gills Estate. And that the Said Cole doe put in good Security to be answerable for and to give a true account of the Said Estate when he Shall be thereunto Lawfully Called. > > p. 90, > Liber P. C. R. p. 55, Robert Cole demandeth Lres of Admistraon uppon the Estate of Benjamin Gill deceased, as being next of Kinne, to the Gill, in this Province. It is Ordered by the Secretary (Judge in Testamentary Causes) that entring into Recogniz. he have Ires of Admistraon drawne deceased, wch have, may, or shall come to yor hands or possesn Well & truly to pay the debts due by the sd Deceased, soe far forth as the same shall therto extend, & the Law will charge you, according to the trew ualew & summe thereof, you hauing first taken yor Oath well & truly to admister the same. And to make, or cause to be made a true & pefect Inuentory of All & singular the goods, chattles, & debts of the sd Deceased, wch have may, or shall come to yor hands, possesn or knowledge. And allso a true & just acct, in & concerning yor adthistraon therein, And to exhibite both into the Office for Probate of Wills, & graunting Admistraons lawfully authorized. Touching wth Tuentory, you are as! si! > gned to performe att or before the first day of September next ensuing. And an account when you shall bee therto lawfully requyred. And lastly Wee doe hereby constitute, ordaine, & appoynt you the sd Robert Cole Admistratoe of All & singular the goods chattles, & debts of the sd Deceased, gyven att St Maries under the Great seale of Our Province of Maryland this 17th day of May in the 26th yeare of Our Dominion over the sd Province of Maryland Anoqe Dth 1658. Wittnes Oe Deare Brother Philip Caluert Esqr Secretary of Our sd Province. > > p. 130 The Deposn of Mrs Jane Clearke aged 46 yeares or thereabouts Sworne & examind this 16th of August 1658. Sayth, That Beniamin Gill deceased after nominating & appoynting his Exequutors wch were Mr Thomas Gerard, & this Deponts sonne in Law Henry Adams, did dispose of his wordly goods as followeth. > Impe That one Thowsand pownds of Tob, or thereabout, wch was in Mr Thomas Gerard & MR Robert Slyes hands should be gyven to the Church to bee prayed for. > 21y That hee gaue to this Depont in consideraon of her paines & charges all his moueable goods, Excepting his Chayres & Stooles & Table, wch were att Widdow Lewis her howse, The wch Chayres, Stooles & Table, hee gaue to this Deponents Daughter Jane Cockshott It. Hee gaue to this Deponts husband Nicholas Cawsine fiue hundd pownds of Tob: & fiue hundd pownds of Tob more to this Depont, And to this Deponts Daughter Jane Cockshott, & her sonne Jgnatius, & Nicholas Cawsine to each of them bee gaue fiue hundd pownds of Tob. > It. To this Deponts Sonne Jgnatius Cawsine, he gaue his best suite of cloathes > It. Hee did bequeath to his Cozen Robert Cole fiue hundd pownds of Tob, and told this Depont hee did it, that bee should not molest his Exequutors. > It. That all his Cattle should bee brought to this Deponts howse, & there remaine for three yeares, & att the end thereof the encrease should be sould, to help pay the Legacies, And the Principall stock he gaue to this Depont. And if in case his sonne in Law Mr James Neale , or any from him, did not come, wth in the tearme of Three yeares into Maryland, That that Land belonging to him should bee disposed of by his Exequutors, And after they had performed his Legacies, the Remainder he gaue to his Exequutors, And wth all desyred tht some what out of Charity might be gyven by his Exequutors to such poore men as Mr Greene, what they should think good, & further sayth not. Sworne before me, the day and yeare aboue written Job Chandler. > Wittness our hands the May 1654 18th day of Nicholas Cawseene Barnaby Jackson William Bretton Luke Gardiner Benjamin Gill > > The full text of his (verbal) will and the depositions in the archives, volume 41, beginning page 169. > May 31th 1658. > Jane Clearke aged fowrty six yeares or thereabouts sworne & examined Sayth, That Mr Beniamin Gill late of this Province Deceased dyed att her howse att Portoback the of Nouembr in the yeare 1655, > Archives of Maryland; Volume 41, Page 169-70; Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658. Liber P. C. R.. p. 126-7 > May 31th 1658 > Jane Clearke aged fowrty six yeares or thereabouts sworne & Examined Sayth, That Mr Beniamin Gill deceased lay sick, att her howse att Portoback about a month before hee dyed, and tht often times in that month, shee heard him speake of making his will, & that his desyre was tht Mr Gerard & her sonne Adams should bee his Executors When hee drew neare his end hee desyred her to tell Not in Mr Gerard & her Sonne Adams his Executors, That they should dispose of his Estate, as hee had told her, & further sayth not Jurat, oes Coram Robert Clearke > May 31th 1658. > Jane Clearke aged fowrty six yeares or thereabouts sworne & examined Sayth, That Mr Beniamin Gill late of this Province Deceased dyed att her howse att Portoback the of Nouembr in the yeare 1655, and a little before his death, shee asked him if hee had a Will & he tould her noe, nor ever made any in his lffe, But when hee lay sick att W Gerards, W Gerard & his Wffe urged him to make a Will, But he made none, and the reason was, as the sd Gill tould this Depont, because they would have him make Robt Cole his heyre, But he sayd hee would not, ffor the sd Cole did not deserue it att his hands, and tht shee never did see any Will amongst his writings, and further Sayth not. > Eod. die. > Mary Adams of this Province aged 21 yeares, or thereabouts sworne & Examined Sayth, Shee was att Portoback att her Mothers howse att the time when Mr Beniamin Gill dyed, That neyther then nor before, shee never saw any written Will, & further sayth not. > Eod. die > Jane Cocksuite of this province aged 17 yeares or thereabouts deposeth idem quod her Sister Mary Adams ut supra. Jurat Oes Coram Robt Clearke. > > Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:29:55 -0500 > To: mdcharle@rootsweb.com > From: "Peter T. Thompson" <pthomps1@swarthmore.edu> > Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] GILL, STEPHENS, ASHFORD, PARENDER, MUSGROVE > Does this help on Gill? > Benjamin Gill is my 9-g grandfather. He died 22 Nov, 1655 at the house of Nicholas Causin at Port Tobacco, Charles county. Name is sometimes spelled Gynne. Originally of St. Andrews, Holborn, Middlesex, where he and his wife were repeatedly indicted for recusancy (being catholic) between 1626 and 1635. (John Cordy Jeaffreson, ed., Middlesex County Records, Old Series 3:12, 19, 128, 129,130, 131,135,138(1888)). A planter in Charles County, Maryland. Immigrated to Md. in 1642 with his family. Claimed and got 1000 acres for his (and others) transportation, which was next to that of James Neale (patents ABH:27). Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore, wrote letter of introduction to his brother Gov. Leonard Calvert, dated 11/16/1642, directs that whereas this year John Pile and Benjamin Gill intend to transport themselves and others into Maryland, acting in partnership, they are to have 100 acres apiece for themselves, and land in proportion for others transported, according to the ! co! > nditions of plantations bearing date 10 Nov, 1641. > His wife was Anna Marie ?, sometimes called Ann and sometimes Mary. > They had four children : > Anna Marie, who married Captain James Neale before 8/2 1658 and three sons George, > Christopher and > Edward Mainwaring. I have nothing on the sons but have a lot more on the daughter. > Cheers, Pete Thompson > > > > > > Jerry L. Clark > > > > ------------------------------- > 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