General Notes

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SURN Cissell
GIVN Thomas
_AKA Thomas /Cecil/
TITL Elise Greenup Jourdan, "Early Families of Sourthern Maryland", Volu
me 1, 1992 disputes this place of birth.  says he was
TITL Sister Mary Louise Donnnelly
_UID E64CCCA1FE20D5118F77C27786718F40A8BD
OCCU
PLAC Planter
RELI
PLAC Catholic
EVEN
TYPE Land
PLAC White Acres, 50A
Thomas is mentioned in the will of his father, John Cissell, dated 28Apr
il 1694.
Thomas' will mentions only his son John and brother James.  He does refer
to a
wife but does not give her name.  Copy of will in file.  Liber PC 1 pg289-
290
(FHL 14424).
In Mary Louise Donnelly's book "Colonial Settler's, St. Clements Bay"Thoma
s' will is said to have been written 10/18/1700 an it was probatedon 3/28/
1701 (11:68). He willed all of his land "to the
Child my wifegoes with" to the said child and the heirs of its body lawfu
llybegotten."  His land had been"White Acre" which he had recieved from hi
sfather.  If the child to be born died, his land
was to go to BettyThompson his stepdaughter (called daughter in law in re
cord)..  Thomasalso left legacy to his other step children from Mary Fren
ch Thompson'sfirst marriage to Robert; they were
George and James.  James French wasnamed as his overseer of the wil
l. On 5/21/1702 his widow, Mrs. MaryCissell, administered his estate, valu
ed at l56.19.10 (inv. 20:109).James French acted as one
of the approvers of the estate-next of kin(acct 21:367).  Mrs. Mary Cisse
ll the widow of Thomas married thirdlyCharles Daft.
alt. death 1724?
Elise Greenup Jourdan claims that this Thomas was transported into Md as
an indentured servant of Jon. Stevenson.
This Thomas was transported to the Province of MD as an indenturedserva
nt of Jon. Stevenson.  Stevenson assigned his land rights for thetransport
ing of 14 servants including Thomas on 1 Dec 1675 to
BenjaminBoser on 19 Jun 1676 (Liber 15, folio 353-Newman).  No land pate
nt waslocated for him.
After 1 Nov 1697 he married Mary, widow of Robert Thompson, late of SMC(I
nv & Accts, Liber 15, folio 215, Newman)
from Melissa Thompson Alexander ma.da@@gte.net.  Not all information verifi
ed and documented.  Please use this as a guide and contact me or the sour
ce for more information. I am actively making
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DATE 14 Jun 2001
TIME 01:00:00