Diane, as to your quest to find the birthplace of your 5g-gf, you seem to have been looking in the correct place at present Washington Co. MD in my opinion, per your ancestral 'he says' info (I presume this is from some kind of court or otherwise 'official' document) and considering the input by others who responded to your query. Historic 'Conococheague Manor' seems to be the place, you might try searching the archives of MDWASHIN-L and MD-FRED-GEN-L, at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl The different spellings of the manor-name should not be a concern -- to always spell a name the same was not required of clerics in those days. Also, the same spelling of Conococheague Hundred and Conococheague Manor names doesn't mean their boundaries were the same -- the manor was smaller, it being about 10,600 acres or 16-17 square miles located very near Williamsport vs over 100 square miles for Conococheague Hundred. Researching county court records may be your key, Diane, and, yes, I know how difficult this is for someone who lives in the Midwest. Archives of WVHAMPSH-L may be searched at the same link above -- to at least say something that is not off-topic here. Sorry. Neil McDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: "John & Diane Kleinke" <kleinke@thesurf.com> To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 10:29 PM Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] 1751 map > Hi to All,, > I live in Wisconsin and have never been to WV. so anyone, please, don't think my questions are really awfully dumb. > I have been trying to find out where my 5thGgrand was born and I think I may be looking in the wrong place. In a copy of a patent for a Matthias Purgett dated 1684 and updated every once in a while till 1738 at London. Now registered in the Province of Mayland, Frtederick County after being surveyed in 1754. Now my 5th Great says he was born in 1754 neer Frederick Town, Md.. on the Conegochiege Manor. On the 1751 map, I found a Conegogee Creek but in Pennsylvania, north of Williams Ferry.. Streight south of there in Md or Va in the town Winchester with old name Frederick Town. > I have been looking in the Conococheague Hundred and in Wash. Co., Md. with no avail.. Should I be looking in the area around Winchester? Or keep trying in Frederick Md. or close to Haggerstown? Even on this 1751 map the lines of Md and Va are kind of fuzzy at this point. > Now the next reference I find is that a George Burgett in 1760 is handling all the affairs of deceased Matthias Purgett/Burgettt. I also find a George Purgett listed in a letter to Horacio Sharp as living outside Frederick and taking his wagon apart and driving off his horses so he doesn't have to hawl provisions to the British at Fort Bradford. > I'm only asking opinions and ideas on where to go next. By the 1780's there are a least 1000 acreas of land in the Northern Neck/Lord Fairfax to more Purgett families. > Sorry for the long post but you guys are great at givng ideas where to look. Two years ago, all I had was a name and with your help, I found Purgittsville. > Diane >