General Notes

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William  was married to Ann Jacobs and they had four childre, John , Tho
ma s, William , Mary. Two of his sons, Thomas and William, and his grands
on W illiam J., appear to have migrated to Maryland from Virginia in 167
7. Pri or to that he moved for a time to Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Coun
ty befo re 1671. He made a will on august 26, 1671 and bequeathed "to Ma
ry Thwa te and the two children now living named William Thwayte and Thom
as Thway te which were borne in my house in Abingdon Parish in the Coun
ty of Glouce ster in Virginia" --- his whole estate, both in Virginia a
nd Maryland. Fur thermore, she was to be guardian and see to it that the
re was tuition. Th ey were to receive the estates at age seventeen. In vi
ew of this will , th at chronology of ages and dates, it is assumed that M
ary Thwate, wife of J ames Thwate (deceased ) was the daughter o William B
ouldin, and the childr en, namesakes of he and his father, were his grandc
hildren. The name Thwa te has been spelled many ways, for example; Thwea
t, Thwayte, and Thwate. W illiam apparently chose to migrate up the Chesap
eake to excape a seri es of things gone wrong in the Colonies. Since ear
ly in 1622 , the India ns had become increasingly hostile, and many uprisi
ngs had occurred result ing in much loss of life on both sides. Some da
ys the Indians would co me to the villages to trade and would be very frie
ndly. After dispersing i nto the village they would suddenly atta
ck as if on some signal, and slaug hter men, women and children. Needle
ss to say, village life was disrupt ed greatly, forcing families to take r
efuge inside the fort at nkght whe re conditions were already cramped a
nd poor hygiene. Most important, thoug h, was theeffect these raids had u
on tobacco and crop production. Dependen ce upon the trading company" f
or the marketing and export of tobacco so om became less profitable than t
rading independantly or through "Co-ops ". Not long after these conditio
ns arose, the London Company became bankru pt and a wave of independence s
wept the land. Settlers began to venture fu rther into the territory and o
pportunities for free land were being made a vailable in Marylnad, Delawa
re and Pennsylvania. He was mareried to Ann Ja cobs in 1649 in Cecile Co
., Maryland.  Http;//Tyner. Simplenet.com Planter s, Htm Order of Descenda
nts of Ancient Planters William Bouldin and Thom as Bouldinge listed