| 4. | Edmund* Howard, Sr was born in 1659 in Norfolk, England (son of (Edmund's father?) Howard and (Edmund Howard's mother?) (..) Keyser); died before 5 Jan 1713 in William and Mary Parish, Charles Co, Maryland. Other Events and Attributes:
- Emigration: Abt 1661, Norfolk, England
- Immigration: Abt 1661, Virginia
- Other-Begin: 20 Nov 1676, Charles Co, Maryland; re Rebekah Dent
- Other-Begin: 6 Oct 1681, Somerset Co, Maryland; wit will of Sam Cooper
- Property: 11 Aug 1684, Somerset Co, Maryland; "Entrance"
- Property: 15 Jan 1685, Hignotts Choice, Somerset Co, Maryland
- Other-Begin: 3 Oct 1685, Pokomoke, Somerset Co, Maryland; testator will of John White
- Property: 1687, Somerset Co, Maryland ; "Entrance" from William Stevens
- Occupation: Between 1687 and 1697, Somerset Co, Maryland
- Other-Begin: 29 Aug 1687, Rehoboth, Pocomo, Somerset Co, Maryland; heir from William Stevens
- Property: 12 Dec 1687; sold to John Emmett
- Other-Begin: 1691, Somerset Co, Maryland; Benjamin Keyser will
- Religion: 1691, Somerset Co, Maryland
- Property: 1 Mar 1697, Beckford Somerset Co, Maryland; sold to Peter Dent
- Other-Begin: 10 Oct 1702, Charles Co, Maryland; pd to Thomas Lawrence 2nd inventory
- Property: 2 Feb 1703, Hundred Newport, Charles Co, Maryland; propery mention
- Other-Begin: 6 Jun 1704, Charles Co, Maryland; re trust deed Addison & wid Rebecca Dent
- Occupation: 1705, Charles Co, Maryland; clerk
- Other-Begin: 31 Aug 1705, Charles Co, Maryland; gift to dau Elizabeth
- Other-Begin: 25 Apr 1709, Charles Co, Maryland; pmt to from 2nd inv of Thomas Smoot
- Will: 09 May 1709, Charles Co, Maryland
- Will: 1712, Charles Co, Maryland; codicile
- Will: 14 Jan 1713, Charles Co, Maryland; probate
- Property: 13 Aug 1713, Charles Co, Maryland; property mentioned
- Other-Begin: 7 Oct 1713, Charles Co, Maryland; indenture of John Guinn
- Other-Begin: 6 Feb 1714, Charles Co, Maryland
- Will: 15 Mar 1713/14, Charles Co, Maryland; Inventory
- Will: 12 Apr 1715, Charles Co, Maryland; estate payments
- Will: 1 Jul 1718, Charles Co, Maryland; estate payments
- Property: Abt 1720, Charles Co, Maryland; ref in depo of Terrence Bryan 1741
- Property: 3 May 1722, Charles Co, Maryland; property mention
- Research Notes: 15 Jul 2010, READ ME
Notes:
"Anne Arundel Gentry" states: "The three outstanding aristocratic Howard families of Maryland and their English background have presented a study for the family historian for the present as well as the past generations. Edmund Howard, of Charles County, Cornelius Howard of Baltimore County and Mathew Howard of Anne Arundel County all in some manner can claim descent from the family ranking next to the Royal House of England, but how they fit in is a puzzle yet to be solved -- all three were conscious of their armorial rights and used the trappings in Maryland after they emigrated from their native England."
Edmund HOWARD Esq. Gent; maybe son of William & Elliner Howard (Inventories & Accounts Charles County Maryland Vol. 1798-1802, 24 Dec 1799 p. 255, 227-28) James Carricoe, n.d, Mr. Grover C. Wentworth, 106 Laclede Ave., Rockford, IL 61102 states that Edmund HOWARD is the son of William & Elliner HOWARD, no sources were given. Also theory that he is the son of Mathew Howard, son of Thomas Howard.
Other-Begin:
Charles County Maryland Land Records, Liber Z, Page 116
Deed and declaration of trust entered by Edmund Howard, Clerk of this County:
20 Nov 1676; Indenture from Rebekah Dent of St. Mary's County, widow and ex. of will of Thomas Dent of St. Mary's County, merchant; by his will Thomas gave his children parts of his estate; Rebekah then being with child at death of Thomas had a dau. named Barbarah; the will settled land lately purchase in Charles Co. in tenure of Richard Watson to Rebekah who conveys to William Hatton for 15 years the tract [Wattfieldl on the north side of the Potomac River; bounded by land granted Francis Posey; containing 200 acres; and after to Barbarah Dent, youngest d/o of Rebecah and Thomas Dent; /s/ Rebekah Dent (mark); wit. Robert Ridgely, Jno. Wynn; recorded by Edmund Howard, Clerk of the county
Other-Begin:
06 Oct 1681; 26 July 1688 - Somerset Co., Maryland; Witnessed the will of Samuel Cooper, wife Jane, with Mary Howard & Thomas Parker. (Mary Howard dtr of Matthew Howard Jr and Ann Hall)
Property:
Subject: William Stevens Howard & his two wives 1st Elizabeth and 2nd abt 1733 Sarah (Briscoe) Truman Leonard;
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 10:32:30 -0500
From: Carol Mitchell
To: longstrt@gs.net
(snip)
3. "Entrance" in 1678 was by William STEVENS willed 400 acres to Edmund HOWARD & to his son William Stevens HOWARD. 11 Aug 1684 Edmund & wife Margaret HOWARD sold this to William Stevens for 5 sh.
(NOTE: Wm Stevens Howard said to be born 1684; so will predates his birth by 6 yrs)
3a. He owned land on 11 Aug 1684 in Entrance, Somerset Co., Maryland, USA.
(snip)
Property:
15 Jan 1685: bought Hignotts Choice, Somerset Co., Maryland from Dennis Sullivan of Northampton Co. VA 300 acres
Other-Begin:
John White Pocomoke Somerset Co., 1 Jun 1685-3 Oct 1685.
To Eldest Son William & Heirs 800 acres part of "Buckingham" and 500 acres part of Partners Choice.
2nd son Stevens & heirs, Colicott at decease of wife Sarah.
To third son John, eld dau Elizabeth, youngest dau Sarah, and their heirs 700 a Buckingham and 650 an Unity should any died without issue survivor or survivors to inherit deceased portion.
Daus Tabitha & Pricillia twins 700 a Newport Pannell. William Train & Cousin William Stevens Howard personalty. (NOTE: possibly John White's father-in-law brother to William Stevens Howard's paternal grandmother. NOTE: at this time Wm Stevens Howard 1 yr old!)
Wife Sarah exectrix residue of estate real & personal. Test Eliza Stevens, Robert Paine, Henry Ayres John Vigerous, Edmund Harward
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probable relation of John White to Edmund & son Wm Stevens Howard:
Edmund Howard's mother believed to be sister to George Keyser Jr. so...
George Keyser Sr.
George Keyser Jr.
.....Sarah Keyser White (John's wife)
.....Elizabeth Keyser Stevens (William Stevens' wife)
sister (FNU) to George Keyser believed to be Edmund Howard's mom
......Edmund Howard
........ William Stevens Howard
(John White's wife's cousin)
John White's will states Cousin William Stevens
Howard personalty.
Property:
Subject: William Stevens Howard & his two wives 1st Elizabeth and 2nd abt 1733 Sarah (Briscoe) Truman Leonard;
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 10:32:30 -0500
From: Carol Mitchell
To: longstrt@gs.net
(snip)
3. "Entrance" in 1678 [six 1687] was by William STEVENS willed 400 acres to Edmund HOWARD & to his son William Stevens HOWARD. 11 Aug 1684 Edmund & wife Margaret HOWARD sold this to William Stevens for 5 sh.
(NOTE: Wm Stevens Howard said to be born 1684; so will predates his birth by 6 yrs)
3a. He owned land on 11 Aug 1684 in Entrance, Somerset Co., Maryland, USA.
(snip)
Occupation:
Occupation: bet 1687-1697 Somerset Co., Maryland; Justice of Peace & Magistrate.
Other-Begin:
Stevens, William, Rehoboth, Pocomoke, Somerset Co.,
29th Aug., 1687; 26th Mch., 1688.
To Sarah White, widow, plantation during life which "she now lives on."
To Stevens White, son of sd. Sarah, and hrs., ad. plantation at her death; also property on which testator lived, and "The Points."
To John White's child. and their hrs., 200 A., (unnamed) in common.
To cous. William White and hrs., 500 A. (unnamed).
To cous Eliza: White and hrs., 500 A., "Cedar Hall."
To 3 young. daus. of sister White, viz., Tabitha, Priscilla, and Sarah, personalty.
To Edward (or Edmond) Howard and his son, William Stevens Howard, and hrs., land (for description see will).
To George, sec. son of Edmond_ (Edward) Howard, land. (for description see will).
To Benjamin Keysar, 300 A., part of "Rich Ridge," and personalty in Rehoboth Town.
To wife Eliza:, extx., dower rights, and to hold land bequeathed to Stevens White afsd. during life.
Test: Philip Hammon, Thos. Prunell, Henry Seafield.. 4. 296
(see historical, narrative info on Rehoboth Plantation in notes for William Stevens
http://sherrysharp.net/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I24692&tree=Roots
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probable relation of William Stevens to Edmund Howard and son William Stevens Howard, and Whites
Edmund Howard's mother believed to be sister to George Keyser Jr. so...
George Keyser Sr.
George Keyser Jr.
.....Sarah Keyser White (John's wife)
.....Elizabeth Keyser Stevens (William Stevens' wife)
sister (FNU) to George Keyser believed to be Edmund Howard's mom
......Edmund Howard
........ William Stevens Howard
(John White's wife's cousin)
John White's will states Cousin William Stevens
Howard personalty.
Property:
12 Dec. 1687 Edmund HOWARD & wife Margaret sold to John EMMETT 300 acres.
Other-Begin:
1691: There was a Benjamin Keizer (or Keyser) of Somerset County (who died in 1691), who in his will names "my father George Keizer," brothers Elizer and John Keizer, sister May Mould and "my cousins [Nieces and Nephews?] Tabitha White, Priscilla White, Sarah White, Stevens White and William White". He also left small legacies to Lawrence Crawford and George Layfield, and refers to land which Col. William Stevens, of "Rehoboth", in his will, also devised property to Edmund Howard and his son William Stevens Howard, not mentioning any relationship. John White m Sarah Keyser.
Religion:
Religion: 1696 Somerset Co., Maryland, "True Protestant subject."
Property:
1 Mar. 1697: Edmund HOWARD, "Beckford," Somerset Co, Maryland, sold to Peter DENT 93 acres, now town of Princess Ann.
Other-Begin:
Thomas Lawrence, Esq. 23.77 A £93.5.12 Oct 10 1702
A second inventory was cited in the amount of £1.16.8.
Received from: Elias King, Mr. James Heath, Capt. John West, Robert Grundy, Gerrard Fowk, William Barton, James Maxwell, Rebeckah Low for John Low bill on Sharpless, Capt. John Carvill, Edmund Howard, Thomas Reynolds, Maj. Cornish, Maj. Maxwell, Robert Finley for Sir Thomas Lawrence, Capt. Thomas Blake, James Hays, Thomas Reynolds, Vincent Hemsley, Jacob Lookerman, Gabriel Burnham, John Marriott, Col. Darnall.
Payments to: Mr. John Freeman, W. Bladen, Jacob Regnier, Amos Garrett, Mr. Edward Topp, Joseph Hill paid to John Brannock, Charles Carroll, John Sudler, Mary Jeffe, Thomas Welsh, Richard Bennett, Evan Jones, Daniel Cannon, William Jeffreys, Mary Augor, Nicholas Humphreys, Lawrence Agar, Sir Thomas Lawrence, James Heath, Joseph Hill paid to Mary Jeffe, John Davies, G. Fowk, W. Taylard.
Legatees: Mr. John Freeman, William Dent.
Executor: William Dent.
Notes from Rootsweb tree: 1658-1758 Charles County Maryland Families, the First Hundred Years:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I01703
Property:
1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland Hundred - Newport: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 371-70:
RANGLE: 140 acres; Possession of - 140 Acres - Compton, John: Surveyed 2 Feb 1703 for John Compton beginning at a bound White Oak of the land whereon Edmond Howard liveth.: Conveyance notes - 140 Acres - John Gwinn from John Compton Jr.; 10 Aug 1718, 140 Acres - Joseph Gwinn from John Gwinn;
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Charles County Maryland Land Records, Liber Z, Page 121
Entered by Edmund Howard, Clerk of this County:
6 Jun 1704; Confirmation of title regarding above trust deed; John Addison of Prince George's County, Esq., and Rebekah, his wife, the widow and relict of Thomas Dent of St. George's in St. Mary's County, merchant; 20 Nov 1676 Rebekah, by the will of Thomas Dent, was seized of 200 acres called Wattfield for the use of the children; a deed of trust 20 Nov 1676 between Rebekah Dent, widow, and William Hatton, Gent. for Barbarah Dent, infant child Barbara, now 16 yrs. of age, who m. Hon. Thomas Brooke, Esq.; they have sold the land to Edmond Howard, Gent.; /s/ John Addison, Rebekah Addison (mark); wit. Willm. Dent, Tho. Addison, Eliz. Addison; 20 Jun 1704 John Addison and Rebekah his wife ack. 200 acres of above to Edmond Howard who paid alienation 18 Jul 1704
Notes from Rootsweb tree: 1658-1758 Charles County Maryland Families, the First Hundred Years:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I01703
Occupation:
1705: Occupation - Clerk
Other-Begin:
31 Aug 1705: Grantor: Charles Co., MD, USA; gift of a slave to be delivered to dau Elizabeth at age 16. Should she die before 16, to youngest son of my now wife Margaret. Wit. Wm Goadyes (mark), William Howard.
Transcribed as read by Shirley Middleton Moller
CCLR Z.210
Edmund Howard Clarke of Charles County Enters the following Deed of Guift for his Daughter Elizabeth Howard Charles County
To all Christian People to whome these presents Shall Come Greeting Know yee that I Edmund Howard of Charles County in the province of Maryland Gent: for the Natural Love and Affection which I Have and doe beare Unto my Deare and Well beloved Daughter Elizabeth Howard and for divers other Causes and Considerations at this time me Especially moving Have Given Granted Assigned and made over Unto my said Deare and well Beloved Daughter Eliza Howard all my Right Title Interest Claime and Demand of anf to one Negro Girle Commonly Called and Knowne by the named of Black Nann with all her Increase to be Delivered to my said Daughter at her Arrivall to Sixteen yeares of Age or Marriage which Shall first happen To have And to hold the Said Negro Girle and her Increase aforesaid to my Said Daughter Elizabeth Howard and the Heirs of her body Lawfully begotten forever and if it Should please God that my Said Daughter Should Depart this life before She Should arrive to the age of Sixteen yeares or Marriage or for Default of Lawfull Issue Then I Doe Give the Said Negro Girle and her Increase aforesaid unto my youngest Sonne borne of the body of my now Deare wife Margarett Howard that Shall be then Living And to his lineall Lawfull Heirs forever without any manner of Claims Demand or Challenge of me my Heirs Executors or administrator or of any other person or persons whatsoever for me in my name by my Cause meanes or procurement and without any money or other Thing there for to be yeilded payed or Done unto me the Said Edmund Howard my heirs Executors administrators or Assignes to the Uses aforesaid against All people doe warrant and Defend by These presents In Witnesses whereof
I have hereunto Sett and affixed my hand and Seale
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in the presence of us Edmund Howard Seal
William {his marke} Goadyer
Wm Howard
Other-Begin:
25 Apr 1709 Maryland Probate Records. 29.225 Charles County. #56130. Accounting of estate of Thomas SMOOTH, decd. A second inventory #7899. Total equivalent to #51865. Payments to: [partial extraction]. John ROGERS, William MUSGROVE, Ralph SHAW, Elizabeth HAWKINS, Charles MUSGROVE, Claborn LOMAX, Mr. GRESHAM, Saml. HANSON, Mr. Edmund HOWARD, Mr. William CHEW, John STANBURY, Charles JONES, John BRADSHAW, Mrs. Elizabeth BONNER per Rev. Jonathan WHITE, Capt. Thomas DENT executor of William DENT, Vestry of Port Tobacco. Administrator: Barton SMOOTH.
Will:
03 Jan 1709 Will: Charles Co., MD, USA; gave eld son Wm Stevens 100a, 2nd son Thomas dwelling plantation 150a, 3rd son John 100a. only dau Elizabeth pt "Saturday Work" at 16y or m. young son George at 21y residue of land, gr-dau Margaret Howard mourning ring in memory of dec'd bro Geo Dent,& ring in memory of her gr-mother marked M.H. To bro Rich'd Eyton, merch in London, only sister Mrs Hester Tyndale wife of Athelstand upholster in Bristol, person. Exrs two eld sons.
In the name of God Amen
I Edmund HOWARD of Charles County in the providence of Maryland gent. being now in health and of sound and perfect memory, Blessed by almighty God for the same but considering its hath and uncertainty of this transitory mortal life l flesh must yield when God by deal is plain to hold donate publish and declare this to be my last will and testament hereby multiplying and mastering vow all former & other wills by me testify made and or give and bequeath as followth viz. Imprimes I give and bequeath my soul to almighty God my merciful Creator hoping for full pardon and compassion of my sins through the precious blood and intercession of my beloved savior and redeemer Jesus Christ my body commit to the earth to be decently buried as to my Executors hereafter named shall seem neat and convent and as for natural worldly estate it shall please almighty God to bestow upon me after my just debts personal charges being first paid I give & bequeath as followth Viz.
Item. I give bequeath and confirm unto my well beloved eldest son Wm. Stevens HOWARD one hundred acres of land where upon he now lives to have & to hold the same during his natural life and after his decease to his heirs lawfully beo be begotten and for default of such heirs then I give the same unto my dear only daughter Elizabeth HOWARD of the heirs of her body lawfully to be begotten and for default of such heirs then I give the same to my son John HOWARD and to his heirs forever. I also give and bequeath to my said well beloved son Wm. Stevens HOWARD and his heirs or assignees one negro lad named Peter already in his possession also one mulatto man and woman named Scipio and Florence also one mulatto girl named Bess, one gold seal ring & my silver headed cane.
Item. I give and bequeath to my well beloved son Thomas HOWARD the plantation I now live on together with the supplement or addition where on my negro Sambo lives to be divided by a line and to contain as near as can be one hundred anes both tracts I give the same to the sd Thomas HOWARD and to his lineal lawful heirs begotten of his body and for default of such then I give the same to my youngest son George HOWARD and his heirs forever also give and bequeath to said second son Thomas my negro Sambo and Grace his wife and Patience my negro woman also the best feather bed and furniture. Viz. bead, bolsters, pillows, rug, blanket, curtains, and wallings which I shall die possessed with.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved third son John HOWARD one hundred acres of land laid out by Mr. Joseph MANNING Surveyor and joining upon the land where on my eldest son now lives according to the bound meet. There of I gme unto my said son John HOWARD and to the lawful heirs of his body and for default of such heirs then I give the same to my eldest son Wm. Stevens HOWARD and his heirs forever also I give and bequeath unto my said John HOWARD my second best feather bed and furniture as before excepted in my legacy to my son Thomas, I likewise give and bequeath to my said son John HOWARD one negro man named George and one negro girl called Kate the said land negroes & beds to be delivered him when he shall arrive to one and twenty years of age and not sooner.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved daughter Elizabeth HOWARD what part of a parcel of land called "Saturdays Worke" shall appear to be my just right the whole is said to be one hundred and fifty acres tract of it o land by me given to my eldest son where he now lives I give the same to my said Daughter Elizabeth and to her lawful issue borne of her body and for default of such issue then I give the same to my youngest son George HOWARD and to his lineal lawful heirs forever I do also give and bequeath unto my said daughter Elizabeth one negro girl named Nan formerly made over by deed of gift and ensettled in Charles County Records one negro boy named Jack one mulatto boy named Benjamin one large silver tankard six silver spoons a feather bed & furniture now in her possession a seal skin trunk with her name in letters at length with her own & mothers Cloths therein as also a Diaper Table cloth and twelve Diaper napkins my Great Bible & warming pan and a chamber looking glass it comes in neat shipping.
Item. I do also give and bequeath to my said dear & well beloved daughter Elizabeth HOWARD the sum of twenty pounds sterling to be paid her in good bills of Exchange at her arrival to sixteen years of age or marriage which shall firr in the lieu there of to be paid in tobacco at one penny a pound to the convince of my Executor hereafter named the said twenty pounds sterling or the value there of in Tobacco as aforesaid to be raised out of the sale of my land in Somerset County which I hereby order my Executors to sell and dispose of for the use of aforesaid & the remainder of the money or tobacco if the said land shall be sold for I do give and bequeath to my three sons Thomas, John, & George HOWARD to be equally divided amongst them it is also my will and desire that my said Daughter shall not receive her portion until her arrival to sixteen years of age or marriage which shall first happen.
Item I give & bequeath to my well beloved youngest son George HOWARD the remaining part of my land not already given and bequeathed and lying in the middle of his three brothers aforementioned I give the same to the said George HOWARD awful issue as aforementioned and for default of such heirs then I give the same to my second son Thomas HOWARD & his heirs for ever. I also give to my said son George HOWARD one negro lad named Dick one negro girl named Ellinor and one mulatto girl named Alice also one feather bed and furniture as aforementioned to my other children to be delivered to my said son George HOWARD at his arrival to twenty one years of age.
Item. (so far wrote after I was taken sick) I give and bequeath unto my four sons & daughter and my little Grand Daughter Margaret one silver spoon it being marked with MH and one gold ring to each of them it being a legacy left eachy their late dear & tender mother and grandmother.
Item. I give and bequeath to my little GrandDaughter Margarett HOWARD one cow and calf besides a black two year old heifer to have & to hold the said cow & calf & heifer & their female increase until twelve years and after that time te whole increase both male and female I all so give said Grand Daughter my mourning ring in memory of my late dear Brother Mr George DENT.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved brother Mr. Richard EYTON merchant in London and to his wife and all so to my dear and only sister Mrs. Hester TINSDALE wife to Mr. Athetstone TINDALE upholster in Bristol & tod I give to each of them twenty shillings sterling to buy each of them a mourning ring if they be in the land of the living at the time of my decease.
Item. I give and bequeath unto the Reverend Minister whose toll it shall be to present my funeral sermon five hundred pounds of tobacco for his labors there in and I also desire that the text my be taken out of the thirty fourth psalm terse.
Item. I give & bequeath all the remaining part of my estate of what sort so ever and where so ever it shall or may be found not already given & bequeathed I give the same to be equally divided amongst my four, son's and my little Daugy each a share alike and if it should happen that either of my son's or my Daughters husband (if married) should play the prodigal or extravagant (which God of his infinite mercy forbid) if it should so happen my will & pleasure & also my humble request & desire is that two Gent. members of Charles County court be empowered appointed to enter upon the Tract or parcel of land by me given to such extravagant child as aforesaid & be assess and let aprell there on to gather with natural negroes shall be left & what other part of estate shall be left belonging to such Prodegate and award of the said two gent. to be final & after it is applied some one of my sons to have the referral to the said land & premises he paying so far fourth as the price assessed of time of payment given my said son for payment of the same for it is my expressed will & desire that none of my land doe pass out of the name of the Howards while there is a male surviving.
Lastly I do nominate constitute and appoint my two eldest and dear & well beloved sons William Stevens & Thomas HOWARD to be jointly the executors of all of this my Last will and Testament and to do & perform all & every article thereined as all so my further will and desire to them expressed in words & upon the desires & condition of a dying parent I do will require & strictly charge & command all my dear children to hear God and to live in all brotherly & sisterly love to each other as they will answer the failure there of before the Great Tribunals at the general judgment day and that this is my last will testament hereby revoking all former & other wills testaments by me heretofore made done in witness there of I have sit & affixed my hand and seal the third day of December in the eighth year of the reign of our sovereign Lady Queen Anne over England Viz. Anno Domine 1709 and published and declared the same before the witnesses whose several names are hereto subscribed.
Signed Sealed published declared to be the last will & testament of Edmond HOWARD before us. Entertained before singing, sealing & publishing here of George DENT, Mary MB PERRY, Ann (X) DODD, Rachall SMOOT, Jane (mark) THOMPSON.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~comptongenealogy/States/Maryland/Other%20Maryland%20Data/Descendants%20of%20William%20Stevens%20HOWARD%20-%20%20Maryland.txt
Will:
CODICIL* __ ___ 1712 Charles Co., MD, USA; gave to Edmund Howard & Margarett ch of Wm Stevens & Eliza (Court Records of Charles, Charles County.)
For whereas hath almighty God since the writing of my above mentioned last will and testament to add to my estate one negro boy more commonly called & known by the name of Black Will as a further addition to my son Thomas HOWARDS portion, I ive & bequeath the said negro boy to the said Thomas HOWARD and his heirs & upon such conditions and terms as hereafter expected viz: If it should please God that my negro woman Patience should at any time after my decease bring forth and bare of female child shall be at age convent to wean by a good & firm deed of gift duly to be enrolled in Charles County records shall make over and confirm the sd. female negro child to my grand son Edmund HOWARD the son of my eldest son William Stevens HOWARD & Elizabeth his wife the whole property of the said female negro with all her future increase to rest years & until the said Edmund HOWARD shall arrive to the age of one & twenty years at the meres of the said female negro to be equally divided between him & his sister Margarett HOWARD the possession of the said negro child, when fit to be weaned to be delivered into the custody of the said William HOWARD for the use and benefit of his children aforesaid when they shall arrive to their several and respective ages and if it shall come to their respective ages then it is my will and desire that my daughter Elizabeth mother of the said children if then living shall have the possession of the said negro & her increase if any there be and for the use aforesaid for and during such time as we shall remain a widow or longer provided it be with the advice nonserve of her Elizabeth that might prove unknown either to her will or my dear grand children as aforesaid then it is my express will & desire that my son Thomas & John HOWARD or one of them doe require & take in to either of their possessions the said female negro & her increase (if any there be) and keep them for the use aforesaid until my said grandchildren shall arrive to their several and respective ages and if it should happen to either of my said grand children should die before they arrive to their respective ages or without issue lawfully begotten or borne of either of their bodies then I give the said female negro & all her increase as aforesaid to the survivor and if it should please God that both of my grand children as aforesaid should dye as aforesaid (which God for bid then it is my will & desire that the said negro to be disposed of such child or children or shall here after be lawfully begotten by the said Wm. Stevens HOWARD and as he in his Discretion shall think fit and not to return to any other of my heirs upon any pretense what so ever and if after my desire that birth of said female negro child as aforesaid my son Thomas should either neglect or refuse to perform the part of my will undo revoke & make over this part of my bequests & bequeath to him and do hereby order & give power to my son William to take possession of the said negro boy more & sell him or exchange him for a female e negro child for the use and benefit of his children as aforesaid this codicil I do ordain and annex to my last will & testament before mentioned and it is my will & pleasure that it be deemed taken & construed to be as full firm & valid in the law to all intents & purpose what so ever & in any other warrant or paragraph in my said last will and testament.
In witness to here of I have hereunto set my hand and seal the -- day of -- in the twenty year of this of our sovereign Lady Queen Ann over great Briton & a Ammo Dommi 1712 signed sealed & delivered to be a codicil to the last will testaf Edmund HOWARD in the presence of us the subscribers:
Jon. FENDALL,
Richard COE & Jane COE:
Signed Edmund HOWARD.
Will:
14 Jan 1713: PROBATE: Charles Co., MD, USA (Court Records of Charles, Annexed to the forgoing will was the following probate Codicil to wit. January the 14 1713 then came before me George DENT & Ann DODD and made oath upon the holy Evangelist that the above pronounced published and delivered by Edmond HOWARD the testator in his life time to be his last will & testament Ye that Mary PERRY, Rachael SMOOT & Jane THOMPSON attest present & assigned at evidence to the same sworn before me Joseph MANING. Annexed to the foregoing cuticle was the yellowing prebil to will. January the first 1713 then came before me John FENDALL & Richard COE & made holy evangelical that the within & above codicil to this last will & testament annexed was in the hiring published by the above testator in his life time to be a codicil to the Last Will & Testament of the said testator and that Jane COE was then present & also signed as an evidence to the same substance.
Property:
13 Aug 1713; Indenture from John Compton, Jr., planter, to John Guinn, carpenter; for 2,000# tobacco; a tract called RENGLE, bounded by Edmond Howard; containing 140 acres; /s/ John Compton; wit. E. Howard, Thomas Howard
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7 Oct 1713; Recorded at request of John Guinn, carpenter:
13 Aug 1713; Indenture from John Compton, Jr., planter, to John Guinn, carpenter; for 2,000# tobacco; a tract called RENGLE, bounded by Edmond Howard; containing 140 acres; /s/ John Compton; wit. E. Howard, Thomas Howard
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George Groves 36B.100 A CH £61.1.7 #18239 Feb 6 1714
The amount of the inventory is equivalent to #14659.
Received from: John Groves, estate of Edmond Howard.
Payments to: John Rousby, Esq., Dr. Gustavus Browne, John Groves, Capt. Thomas Dent, Rev. Jonathon Cay, Thomas Skinner and his wife Constance Skinner, Thomas Harris, George Dent, Abednego Jenkins, Mary Posey, Elisabeth Hawkins, Thomas Dixon, Philip Briscoe, Walter Story, James Baily, William Williams, George Thomas, John Rogers, John Groves (administrator of William Groves son of George Groves, Sr., exhibited by executor George Groves, Jr.), John Groves (son of George Groves, Sr.).
Executor: John Gwinn.
Will:
15 March 1713/14: Inventory: Inventories 1677-1717, n.d, Mar 15 1713/14
Edmund HOWARD Gent.'s Inventory pg. 335-338.
an old negro man named Scipio 09.00.00
one ditto Small & ditto George & ditto Dick 76.00.00
one negro girl named Cate abt. 13 yrs. 15.00.00
one ditto Mill abt. 12 yrs old 13.00.00
one negro woman named Patience 23.00.00
one negro boy named Jack abt. 6 yrs old 10.00.00
one ditto named Will about 3 yrs old 07.00.00
one Irish woman named Grace marred to a negro man 05.00.00
one mulatto girl named Bess increase of said man & woman & born in Virginia before her
mother intermarriage with the negro 10.00.00
one negro boy Benjamin born since marriage 14.00.00
one ditto girl Alice also since marriage 11.00.00
one parcel of plate amounting to 48t 12.02.06
one seal ring & one ditto with a posy in memory of William DENT 01.12.00
one ditto in memory of Thomas DENT & one ditto in memory of George DENT 01.00.00
one feather bed & furniture that is the best 08.00.00
one ditto being the next best 07.00.00
one old bed bedstead rug & pair of blankets in a pile 4.10.00
33 pounds new feathers & 80 old 4.19.8
3 old rugs and old quilt & 2 old blankets 01.00.00
two old set curtains & valances 1.05.0
3 pair sheets 01.00.00
1 diaper table cloth & a dozen napkins 0.12.0
1 ditto & 7 napkins 0.10.0
1 ditto & 12 napkins new 1.2.0
1 coarse table cloth & six towels 0.09.6
3 cubboard cloths & 5 pillow cases 0.09.06
5 handkerchiefs 4 neckcloths & 3 shirts 0.18.0
2 parcels of wearing apparel 04.15.0
4 pr. worsted stockings & a country cloth vest 0.16.0
4 wiggs & 1 cane 1.10.0
18 yards of linen 1.07.9
3 deer skins & a pr. of tick bodice 0.13.0
7 yards of silk crape & 6 yards shalison 1.09.0
4 hanks mohair & 2 yards black silk 0.11.0
warming pan & 2 looking glasses 1.11.06
8 leather chairs 1 chest of drawers 4.18.0
1 black trunk & one red trunk 1.10.0
2 old trunks without lock keys 1.03.0
2 tables with flaws & two without 1.16.0
2 bed steads, 4 old boxes, a parcel by press 1.07.0
7 tight cask, 3 powering tubs 1.13.0
a cooler, parcel of pales & other wooden ware 0.17.0
2 linen & 2 spinning wheels 1.18.0
240 foot 2" plank 2.00.00
a parcel of glasses & a parcel of bottles vials 0.12.0
a parcel of brushes one hone & pewter 1 lead inch standard 0.4.6
2 parcel of dutch earthen ware 1.2.0
3 stone jugs & earthen 0.8.0
29 pictures 0.9.6
1 bill metal mortar 1 ditto metal trap 1.9.0
3 brass candle sticks 1 small brass chaffing dish 0.08.06
a worsted comb parcel wood & 2 cards & hump hackel 1.0.0
parcel tin ware candle brass patty pans 1.05.0
2 axes 6 weeding hoes 0.12.0
2 pr dogs conta 1.1.6
set of old harrow hoes set of plow irons 0.9.0
95 lbs. old iron 3 old pr. steel yards 1.12.11
4 weeding hoes 3 falling axes 3 hilling hoes .8.6
5 iron post conta 2 old spades 4.6.8
a parcel of iron instruments carpenters coopers 0.10.6
2 brass kettles conta 2.10.2
a pr. split tacks 2 splits gridiron 1.0.0
pr. flesh forks pr. pot racks 0.8.6
frying pan trap pot contra 1.2.5
5 wedgist, scales & weights, 4 earthen comb pots 0.11.0
4 pr. soccers & one set back with buttons .3.6
3000 8 & 10 nails dammified 0.17.06
a parcel of pewter amounting 103 3/4 4.2.2
5 pounds old pewter 9 pounds 6 yrs old 0.16.0
3/4 lb. candle wick 1 lb. thread 0.6.0
1 lb. cotton yarn 1 1/4 woolen 0.8.0
3 lbs wool 8 1/2 lbs dist flax 0.10.3
37 pd cotton in ye sude 0.19.10
5 lb old dirty wools parcel horse harness 2 saddles 0.17.3
pr. small had mill stones & one large 3.12.0
old grind stone, parcel of tegles 0.12.0
couch two bags & wallet 0.14.0
14 books in folio 14 ditto quarto 6.09.0
a parcel old books 140 in number 5.00.00
28 barrow hogs 14 sow's 22.08.0
23 pigs 1.03.0
1 mare, 1 cart horse 1 very old cart horse 7.10.0
5 cows, 4 yearlings 12.00.00
4 steers 2.12.0
3 yrs old heifer & 1 one year old 2.05.0
one mare and yearling & one 3 years old 5.00.00
22 sheep 9.04.0; 8 1/2 bushels salt 1.5.0
a parcel lumber 2.00.0
3 old meal sifters & 2 old riddles 0.05.0
5 March 1713/14: Inventory: Total 382.01.3
Jon FINDALL & Walter STORY. Relations of dec'd.
George DENT, Jno HOWARD, Creditors Thos SKINNER, & Barton SMOOT.)
Will:
Edward Howard 36B.155 A CH £381.15.11 £65.17.5 Apr 12 1715
This entry is torn.
Payments to: Rev. Mr. Jonathon Cay, Mr. Charles Elliott, Thomas Skinner, Mrs. Elisabeth Hawkins assignee of Mary Stigeeleer, William ------ , John ------ I John Grovers, Edward ------ , Capt. John ------ per John Mackty, Mr. Daniel Dullany, Maj. William Story, Mr. Edward Philpott, Mr. John Bruce, Thomas Plunkett, Mr. John Gwinn (executor of George Groves), George Elginn, Edward Ford, Barton Smoot, Richard Coe, Hon. Thomas Brooke, Esq.
Executors: William Stevens Howard, Thomas Howard.
Notes from Rootsweb tree: 1658-1758 Charles County Maryland Families, the First Hundred Years:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I01703
Will:
Edmund Howard 1.62 A CH £82.16.3 Jul 1 1718
Payments to: Thomas Dent, Peter Pellatear, Samuell Swan, John Howard, Thomas Coombs, Col. Philip Hoskins, Robert Yates, William Compton, Dr. Gustavus Brown, Edward Roberts, James Waters, Mr. Dullaney for fees against Thomas Bennett, Thomas Osburne, Tarrance Bryan,
Mentions: John Cole, Mr. Jonathon Ray.
Executors: William Howard, Thomas Howard.
Notes from Rootsweb tree: 1658-1758 Charles County Maryland Families, the First Hundred Years:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I01703
Property:
CC, Mar 30, 1741. The deposition of Terrence Bryan, age about 64, who declares that about 20 years ago, Mr Edmd Howard Sr showed a tree fallen down and rotten, on a stony knoll on the south side of a branch, and put his cane thereon and told him it was a gum and was the beginning tree of his land and that he intended to put a locust post in the place thereof, which knoll is now shown by this deponent. Also, this deponent further says that he lived upon the plantation and land about 7 years.
Property:
Charles County Land Records Liber L#2
Page 11.
At the request of Joseph Gwinn of CC the following deed was recorded May 3, 1722
Apr 25, 1722 from John Gwinn of CC, planter, to Joseph Gwinn, eldest son of the afd Jno Gwinn, of same, for 5 shillings and for the natural love he has for his sd son Joseph & for maintenance & advancement, of.his sd son and for divers other good causes, a certain tract of _land called Essex, lying near Cedar point in CC, & conveyed by. John Hamilton, late of CC, Gent, to John Gwinn, late of CC, decd father of the sd John Gwinn first above named, & grandfather of Josh Gwinn afd, containing and then laid out for about 75 acres, as by deed dated Aug 9, 1679. Also, a -certain tract of land called Rangle, lying in CC & adjoining a tract of land whereon Edmund Howard formerly dwelled, & conveyed by John Compton Jr, late of CC deced, to sd Jno Gwinn, father of the afd Josh Gwinn, containing and then laid out for about 140 acres, sd deed being dated Aug 10, 1713. Signed - Jno Gwinn. Wit - Waltr Story*, Geo Dent*. Anna, the wife of Jno Gwinn, relinquished her right of dower,in and to the within mentioned land and premises.
Research Notes:
Be advised that parental relationship is nothing more than semi-educated guessing. Researchers have been trying to draw conclusions of Edmund's parents and his relationship to William Stevens forever. This is only an exercise in exploring possibilities with both known facts and then conjecture in an attempt to at least get the pieces out on the table.
Facts we know:
1. Edmund Howard named his first son after William Stevens.
2. 1678 William Stevens willed 400 acres to Edmund Howard and to his son William Stevens Howard.
(William Stevens had no issue of his own)
(comment: Conflict of dates here because William Stevens Howard was born 3 Nov 1684 - 6 years after the date suggested when the will would have been written.
(it appears some records transposed the date 1687 to 1678. If so, then William Stevens Howard was 3 yrs old ~ss)
3. 3 Oct 1685: John White, in his will, probated 3 Oct 1685, calls William Stevens Howard "my cousin." The relationship is unexplained beyond the reference. (William Stevens Howard would be 11 mos old!)
4. 1691: There was a Benjamin Keizer (or Keyser) of Somerset County (who died in 1691), who in his will names "my father George Keizer," brothers Elizer and John Keizer, sister May Mould and "my cousins [Nieces and Nephews?] Tabitha White, Priscilla White, Sarah White, Stevens White and William White". He also left small legacies to Lawrence Crawford (bro-in-law) and George Layfield (bro-in-law), and refers to land which Col. William Stevens, of "Rehoboth", in his will, also devised property to Edmund Howard and his son William Stevens Howard, not mentioning any relationship. John White m Sarah Keyser.
comment: I really question b.d. of WSH because of these facts. Why would John White refer to a baby cousin in his will??? Why would Benjamin Keizer leave property to a father and a son who would be only 7 years old?
But taking the "known" information and allowing for typos or something to explain date discrepancies, to get the relationships to all fit as described, and a little guesswork on those that aren't documented, about the only way this would work are are two options:
1. I think Edmund might have had a 1st wife before Dent, and that first wife would have been a Keyser daughter. But dates don't exactly add up for that to be logical.
2. Edmund's mother was a sister to George Keyser and aunt to the Keyser children, and their spouses. That would give John White a 1st cousin, once removed relationship.
Well, it ain't all worked out -- and it's doubtful it ever will be. But at least this does have the Keyser and White families somewhat recorded, along with their relationship to William Stevens -- and conjectured relationship to Edmund. As I said, at least some puzzle pieces are laid out for more scrutiny.
probable relation of John White to Edmund & son Wm Stevens Howard (~ss):
Edmund Howard's mother believed to be sister to George Keyser Jr. so...
George Keyser Sr.
George Keyser Jr.
.....Sarah Keyser White (John's wife)
.....Elizabeth Keyser Stevens (William Stevens' wife)
sister (FNU) to George Keyser believed to be Edmund Howard's mom
......Edmund Howard
........ William Stevens Howard
(John White's wife's cousin)
John White's will states Cousin William Stevens
Howard personalty.
Edmund* married Margaret* Dent on 26 May 1681 in Somerset Co, Maryland. Margaret* (daughter of Thomas* Dent, Esq (immigrant) and Rebecca* Wilkinson) was born in 1662 in St.Mary's City, St.Mary's Co, Maryland; died between Aug 1705 and 1709 in Charles Co, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Abt 1715 - Aft 1717 (~ 3 years)