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James Norris

James was born in 1810 in St. Mary's Co., MD.¹ James' father is James Norris and his mother is Mrs Norris?. He had three half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Mackelvey, John, Joseph, Susaner Pool and Jane. He died at the age of 38 in September 1848 in St. Mary's Co., MD.¹

General Notes
- Michael Brown gives his first name.
  
  Will of William Peake, SMC, 8/19/1841-1/22/1842. Wife: Dorothy Peake, two
  thirds of the land where I now live known as "Laurel Hills" said to contain
  160 acres; my negro man named Tom; my negro woman named Harriett; a negro
  boy named Peter; a negro girl named Matilda; a negro boy named John Henry; a
  negro child four weeks old not named; half of a negro girl named Catherine
  Matilda as well as half of her increase should there be any; all of my stock
  of horses, hogs, sheep and cattle; and all of my household and kitchen
  furniture. Mother: (unnamed), a negro man named Ralph to dispose of as she
  thinks proper.
  
  Exec.: Wife, Dorothy Peake. Wit.: William Hayden (of William), James E.
  
  Heard, Susan Sophia Heard.
  
  NOTE: James Norris who married Elizabeth Peake, a sister of the deceased,
  did not object to the probate of this will.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- James Norris
  
  James Norris
  - b.1810 in St. Mary's Co., MD d.Sep 1848 in St. Mary's Co., MD
  
  Mrs Norris?

Personal Timeline

Details of James' family with Ann Lucinda Adams

Details of James' family with Elizabeth Peake

¹ Linda Reno email (lindareno@comcast.net); St Mary's Families Web Site @ e-mail 5/9/03
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