Mary Louise Donnelly, ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND COLONIAL PERIOD; TENANTS AND OWNERS OF "BEAVERDAM MANOR" AND SURROUNDING MANORS @ page 248.
(Ref: page 248.)
Mary Louise Donnelly, ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND.
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- found on pages 267-268
WILLIAM WILKINSON married CATHERINE STONE, the daughter of WILLIAM STONE
and CATHERINE STRATFORD. After the death of WILLIAM WILKINSON, CATHERINE
married secondly _____ SHEPPARD. CATHERINE SHEPPARD wrote her will on
5/10/1714 and it was probated on 5/26/1714(14: 7). She left her personal
estate to her sons WILLIAM WILKINSON and JOHN WILKINSON, and her daughter
CATHERINE TANEY, daughter FRANCIS HUTCHINS and her husband WILLIAM
HUTCHINS, and her daughters MARY PAINE and CATHERINE WILSON, grandchildren
ROBERT HUTCHINS, JOHN HUTCHINS, CATHERINE WILSON, and MARGARET TANEY and
QUILL HUTCHINS. On 5/22/1714 and inventory was taken of her estate, valued
at £121.11.08. JOHN WILKINSON and JOHN TANEY approved the inventory as next
of kin(36A: 146). When WILLIAM WILKINSON made an accounting of the estate
on 5/24/1715 her legatees were CATHERINE HUTCHINS and MARY PAYNE.
1) WILLIAM WILKINSON and CATHERINE STONE
(2) WILLIAM WILKINSON
(3) JOHN WILKINSON
(4) CATHERINE WILKINSON
(5) FRANCES WILKINSON
(6) MARY WILKINSON m _____ PAYNE
WILLIAM WILKINSON (2) was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland, the son of
WILLIAM WILKINSON (1) and CATHERINE STONE. On 11/10/1694 153 acres of
"Industry" in Resurrection Hundred was surveyed for RICHARD SMITH.
This tract was assigned to WILLIAM WILKINSON who was in possession of Tract
of the tract in 1707. On 8/11/1722 WILIAM WILKINSON recieved 14 acres of
"Garden" in Resurrection Hundred from William Stone and his wife. WILLIAM
WILKINSON married KATHERINE______. WILLIAM WILKINSON was deceased by
2/10/1738 when KATHERINE WILKINSON and WILLIAM WILKINSON administered his
estate. His Next of Kin on his Inventory were JAMES WILKINSON and DANIEL
GORE(24:53).
(2) cildren of WILLIAM WILKINSON and KATHERINE ______
(7) WILLIAM WILKINSON
(8) JAMES WILKINSON, resided on "Beaverdam Manor"
(9) dau WILKINSON m DANIEL GORE
CATHERINE WILKINSON (4) was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland, the
daughter of WILLIAM WILKINSON (1) and CATHERINE STONE. CATHERINE married
first _____ WILSON and Married secondly JOHN TANEY. See TANEY Family. Her
mother married secondly _____ SHEPPARD. In her will CATHERINE SHEPPARD
named her daughter CATHINE WILSON.
JOHN TANEY, gentleman wrote his will on 8/3/1720 and it was probated in St.
Mary's County on 11/5/1720( 16: 214) . He left his dwelling plantation "
Fenwick Manor" to his wife Catherine during her life and after her death it
was to go to his son JOHN MICHAEL THOMAS TANEY, or if she died before he
was 21 to leave it in trust for him. He named his daughter MARGARET TANEY,
his Daughter in Law(step daughter) CATHERINE WILSON, and made bequests to
ROBERT HUTCHINS and JOHN HUTCHINS.
After the death of JOHN TANEY, CATHERINE his widow married William Watts
wrote her will on 3/19/1721 and it was probated on 8/9/1722 (17: 257). She
left to her daughter CATHERINE CLARKE part of Resurrection Manor". She
requested her husband William WATTS to take care of her children MARGARET
TANEY and JOHN MICHAEL THOMAS TANEY and their estates, otherwise left to
the care of CATHERINE CLARKE and CATHERINE RULE. When WILLIAM WATTS died in
1/1723/24 he left his household goods on Patuxent equally to his step
children JOHN MICHAEL THOMAS TANEY and MARGARET TANEY. The rest of his
estate was left to his nieces and nephews(w 18:211)
4) children of CATHERINE WILKINSON and JOHN WILSON
(10) Catherine Wilson m PHILIP CLARKE - see PHILIP CLARKE family
FRANCES WILKINSON (5) was born in ST. Mary's County, Maryland, the daughter
of WILLIAM WILKINSON(1) CATHERINE STONE. She married WILLIAM HUTCHINS.
(5) Children of FRANCES WILKINSON and WILLIAM HUTCHINS
(11) ROBERT HUTCHINS
(12) CATHERINE HUTCHINS m ____ RULE
(13) JOHN HUTCHINS
(14) QUILL HUTCHINS
JAMES WILKINSON (8 is thought to be the son of WILLIAM WILKINSON (2) and
KATHERINE______. Lot # 57 in Beaverdam Manor", containing 57 acres, was
leased on 12/25/1743 to JAMES WILKINSON the tenant in possession. According
to the Calvert Papers by 3/21/1762 JAMES WILKINSON had possession of 552
acres of "Beaverdam Manor". In 1768 his land was in possession of WILLIAM
WILKINSON b 1736, DAVID WILKINSON born 1743, and AQUILLA WILKINSON born
1741. He married Mary MCGill, the daughter of DAVID MCGILL and MARY ABELL.
8) Children of JAMES WILKINSON and MARY MCGILL
15) JAMES WILKINSON
16) WILLIAM WILKINSON b 1736
17) AQUILLA WILKINSON b 1741
18) DAVID WILKINSON b 1743
I will comment on this in another E-Mail message.
If You Notice any errors in this please let me know. This was especially
done so that I could see How John Wilkinson who is on this list and Carol
Middleton connect with my Clarke line. Also who was the parents of Mary
Abell who married David McGill? Linda Reno do you know.
Jerry L. Clark
1037 South 680 West
Provo, Utah 84601
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