Notebook - Maryland No. 2

Barnes, Robert. Marriages & Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1973 - available on Ancestry

The Maryland Gazette was first published in Annapolis in 1727 by William Parks. Parks had previously established two newspapers in England: the Ludlow Post-Man in 1719 and the Reading Mercury in 1723. He came to Annapolis in March 1725/6 and shortly thereafter established the Maryland Gazette, which was the first paper to be published south of Pennsylvania. Publication of the Gazette was carried on intermittently until 1734.

Parks held the post of Public Printer in the Province of Maryland from 1727 until 1737. In 1730 he established a press in Williamsburg, Virginia and in 1736 became the editor of the Virginia Gazette. He was also Public Printer of Virginia until 1750, the year of his death.

The Maryland Gazette was re-established in 1745 by Jonas Green, a native of Connecticut and the son of Deacon Timothy Green. . . . 

The Gazette usually consisted of a folded sheet of four pages, with nearly half the space devoted to advertising. News from Europe and from other colonies took up the bulk of the remaining space, with part of one column given over to Annapolis news. Deaths and marriages were sometimes found in this column, but later, when they became a popular feature, they were listed separately under the headings "Marriages' and "Deaths," or as they were waggishly referred to in the early nineteenth century, "The Knot" and "The Knell."  The early issues of the paper carried comparatively few marriage and death notices other than those concerning  prominent citizens.  The inclusion of notices of notices of ordinary citizens was a gradual process.

Notebook - Maryland No. 1

Baldwin, Jane, comp. The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. I, Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollock, 1904.

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Baldwin, Jane, comp. The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. II, Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollock, 1914.

Brewer, John, Anne Arundel Co., April 5, 1690, Liber 2, Folio 202 - grandfather

• To son John (and Eke) 700 acres unnamed
• To unborn child, if male, 150 acres of tract bequeathed son John afsd.
• To son Joseph and hrs., 200 acres, 1/2 of "Brewington."
• To wife Sarah, extx., personalty.
• Test: Clement Davis, Thos. Sutton, Jos. Burton

Ridgely, Henry Jr., Anne Arundel Co., Sept. 13, 1699, probate Apr. 26, 1700, Liber 6, Folio 371 - uncle

• To wife Catherine, extx. dwelling plantation during life and 200 acres part of "Warren's Ridge."
• To son Henry and hrs., dwelling plantation and 200 acres afsd. at death of wife; also 282 acres, "Ridgely's Beginning," on north side of Rogue Harbor Branch, Patuxent River. 
• To son Nicholas at 18 yrs. of age, and hrs., 275 acres "My Quarter Plantation," at hd. of Broad Ck., and 272 acres "Ridgely's Lot," on north east side of great branch of  Patuxent River.
• To son Charles and hrs., money with which to buy land, at 21 yrs. of age.
• To dau. Ann and hrs., 1/2 of "Huntington Quarter" taken up by testator's father (unnamed) and himself.
• To dau. Eliza: and hrs., 1/2 of 300 acres at Chester at hd. of Morgan's Ck.
• Sons to be of age at 21 yrs. and daus. at 16 yrs. 
• Overseers: Henry Ridgely and brother Charles Greenbury. 
• Test: Robt. Goldsborough, Thos. Reynolds, Wm. Johnson

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Baldwin, Jane, comp. The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. III, Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollock, 1907.

Notebook - Mom's Families No. 5

Armstrong, Zella.  Notable Southern Families, Volume 2, Baltimore, MD: Publishing Co., Inc., 1974.

The first settlers on Borden's Manor were Ephraim McDowell and his family.  They were soon followed by Archibald Alexander, John Patton, Andrew Moore, Hugh Telford, John Matthews, the Prestons, Paxtons, Lyles, Grigsbys, Stewarts, Wallaces, Wilsons, aruthers, Campbells, McClungs, McRaes and others who becmae founders of some of Virginia's distinguished families.

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Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families, Volume 3, Baltimore, MD: Publishing Co., Inc. 1974.

Descendants of Sir Thomas de Parke contemporary of William the Conqueror in America:

Sir Robert de Parke 1630 to Connecticut
Daniel Parke vestryman of Williamsburg Church, VA, 1676
Thomas de Parke / Parkes in Virginia in 1670 - descendants in North Carolina and Tennessee

McGavock / McDowell / Cloyd line still no evidence of how Margaret (Cloyd) Speer fits in.

Maryland

Counties:
Allegany
Anne Arundel
Baltimore
Calvert
Dorchester
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Prince George

Allied Families:
[Colclasure] - Baughman, Beall, Brewer, Edwards, Linton, Magruder, Ogle, Parks, Porter, Ridgely, Towson

[Gurley] - Barnes, Hocker, Price, Pruitt, Sim, Waters

Revised 2/10/2019