Dorchester County, Maryland

Section IV Massey Appendices

One Maryland Massey Family by George Langford, Jr. 1901-1996
©Cullen G. Langford and George Langford, III, 2010

Dorchester County Maces
The lists below were gleaned from the master list for all Eastern Shore counties in Maryland.

Dorchester County data for individual Masseys are left in the bottom table and in a supplementary table, both on this page.

Mainly new material is listed here, in the upper table - George Langford, III, editor.
Note: RootsWeb has a genealogical chart of the descendants of the first Nicholas Massey (Mace) below, but without any source documents,
and that family mostly emigrated to Virginia, West Virginia, and points West in the first generation.

Family associations; approximately in chronological order. Convention: [Parents} ==> [children]	Land Parcels	Dates	Sources
Nicholas Mace (I) ==> Thomas Mace (I) ==> Nicholas Mace (II); Thomas Mace patented Mace's Back Range. Deposition of Edmund Brannock of Dorchester County, age about seventy two, regarding the forefathers of Nicholas Mace, Senior: "This Nicholas Mace, Senior, was son to Thomas Mace, deceased, who was son to Nicholas Mace, deceased, who claimed land near Town Point in Dorchester County, and that in those times they were called by the name Massey."	Cedar Point, Fishing Creek, Dess, Tinian, Dwelling Plantation	1659 - 1784	Dorchester County: Old:1:26; Old:1:74; Old:8:28; BC&GS:24:88; NH:2-4:169; NH:2-4:479
Josias Mace (I) is brother of Nicholas Mace (I); Thomas Mace is son of Nicholas Mace (I)	The Outlett, Maces Purchase	1695, 1734, 1765	Dorchester County: C:3:581; Old:9:167; Old:20:83
Josiah (Josias) Mace (I) (d<1756) married _____ _____ ==> Josias (Josiah) Mace (II) (d. 1727) married Angell Wroughton (another source says Angela Brown) ==> Mary Mace, Susanna Mace, [Nicholas Mace and Ezekiel Mace (I)], Josias Mace (III)	Catchellers Hope, Cedar Point, Maces Purchase, Browns Rest, Angels Hole, Wards Chance, Outlet, Grace	1712 - 1766	Dorchester County: Old:6:191; Old:2:81; Old:2:82; PL:6:337; Old:8:162a; Old:11:124; Old:16:50; Old:20:83; Old:21:7
Josias Mace (III) married ______ ____ ==> Ezekiel Mace (II) and Angel Mace Dorris, his only surviving children in 1794	Grass Reading, Buttons Intent	1794	Dorchester County: HD:6:617; HD:8:124
Nicholas Mace (II) married Ann Davis ==> John Mace (I) {m. Mary _____}, Elizabeth Mace, Ann Mace Sharshane, Edmond Mace (I), Nicholas Mace (III) and Thomas Mace (II) (m. Lydia _____) ... and perhaps Colman Mace.	Cedar Point, Head Range, Comsock, Outlet, Maces Back Range, Cornwell, Lot No.One, White Haven	1705 - 1835	Dorchester County: Old:6:65,65a; Old:2:131; Old:8:55a; PL:8:701; Old:8:410; Pat. cert. 811; Old:15:32; BC&GS:24:255; Old:27:304; NH:2-4:481; NH:5-8:428; HD:2:712; HD:21:85; HD:21:87; ER:14:385
In 1730 Nicholas Mace (II) wrote his Will to sons Thomas Mace (II) and John Mace(I) and to daughters Elizabeth Mace and Anne Mace [Sharshane].	...	1730, 1733	Dorchester County: Old:8:410; Old:9:117
Thomas Mace (II) married _____ _____ ==> James Mace (I), John Mace (II) (m. Rebecca _____), Thomas Mace (III); Nicholas Mace, son of ____ ?	Maces Back Range, Cornwell, Outlet, Head Range	1766 - 1804	Dorchester County: Old:21:117; Old:21:120; Old:26:21; NH:5-8:214; NH:5-8:411; NH:9:13; NH:9:153; NH:9:201; HD:21:230
Thomas Mace (III) married _____ _____ ==> Edmond Mace (II) (whose wife is Mary ____), William Mace (whose wife is Mary ____) and Nicholas Mace (III)	Dess, Maces Back Range, Cornwell, Maces Back Range, Head Range, Green Bank	1766 - 1800	Dorchester County: Old:21:121; NH:2-4:320; NH:5-8:428; HD:2:549; HD:3:374; HD:9:314; HD:12:560; HD:14:1; HD:15:613
Nicholas Mace married ____ _____ ==> James Mace (I) married _____ _____==> Loudon Mace	not stated	1784	Dorchester County: NH:2-4:484
Nicholas Mace married ____ _____ ==>Louden Mace and his wife Elizabeth ____ [and(?) Wingate Mace]	not stated	1784, 1797	Dorchester County: NH:2-4:484; HD:12:261
Thomas Mace (died before 1790) widow Mary Mace Woolford ==> Jane Mace Woolford	not stated	1790	Dorchester County: HD:14:180
Edmond Mace (I) married ____ _____ ==> Edmond Mace (II), whose wife is ______	Maces Back Range	1791	Dorchester County: HD:3:369
Loudon Mace deeded tracts to Wingate Mace, whose wife is _____ ==> Samuel Mace	not stated	1797, 1799	Dorchester County: HD:12:261; HD:14:568
Edmond Mace (II) (m. Elizabeth ____) and John Mace sold land in Dorchester County to John Williams.	Piney Neck	1804, 1805	Dorchester County: HD:21:232; HD:21:629
Thomas Mace married ____ _____==> Thomas Mace and John Mace	Maces Back Range, The Outlett, Tootells Venture	1805	Dorchester County: HD:21:629
Edmond Mace married to Elizabeth ____, a.k.a. Betsey, sold land to Thomas Jones, and bought land from Thomas Colsten, all in Dorchester County, and within the same tracts.	Maces Purchase, Tootells Venture, Maces Back Range, The Outlett	1805	Dorchester County: HD:21:633; HD:23:84
Elijah Smith bought land, eventually deeded to Margaret Smith Lydia Mace, Mary Smith, Sarah Earle, Robert Smith & Harriett Smith.	not stated	1807	Dorchester County: HD:24:346
Nicholas Mace (III) and his wife Allyson ____ sold land in Dorchester County to William Mackey.	Ennalls Addition to Flower of the Forest	1809	Dorchester County: HD:25:370
Thomas Mace, Junior, sold White Haven (purchased from Abraham Neild) to Horatio Jones and his wife Lydia. John Mace and his wife Rebecca had sold Head Range to Abraham Neild six years earlier.	White Haven	1810	Dorchester County: HD:27:415
James Mace and his wife Rebecca _____ sold land in Dorchester County to John Williams, and to Thomas Colsten, parts of the same three tracts.	Head Range, Cornwell, The Outlett, Tinian	1813	Dorchester County: ER:2:369, ER:2:372; ER:2:548
Ezekiel Mace (II) devised land to Stephen Theodore Mace and Allison (Allyson ?) Mace.	Head Range, Cornwell, Brettell, Tinian, Callie, Indian Lott, Wear Neck	1820	Dorchester County: ER:6:260
Nicholas Mace [who had married Allyson ____ ] ==> Stephen Theodore Mace; Nicholas Mace died in 1731, leaving land to Allyson _____ Mace and to Stephen Theodore Mace [and perhaps also to Ezekiel Mace, brother of Nicholas]	Head Range, Cornwell, Brettell, Tinian, Callie, Indian Lott, Wear Neck	1824	Dorchester County: ER:9:491
John T. Mace married Mary Margaret ____ ==> ...	Lot No. One	1836	Dorchester County: ER:14:94; ER:15:211
John Mace (II) married _____ ____ ==> John Mace (III) (whose wife is Mary ____) and Thomas Mace (IV)	Blackford, Maces Chance, Addition to Chance, Colsten's Good Will	1845, 1849	Dorchester County: WJ:2:433; WJ:5:121
John W. Mace (once with his wife Kate W.) and Zachariah W. Linthicum (often with Z.W.'s wife Sarah E[nnalls ?]) made a number of land deals as partners ...	Two Brothers, North Range, Colsten Lane, Keenes Inclosure, Hoopers Plantation, Griffiths Last Adventure, Ennalls Out Range (five times), Smith Land, North Range, Forest Range,	1856 - 1866	Dorchester County: FJH:3:470; FJH:3:471; FJH:3:605; FJH:4:38; FJH:4:57; FJH:4:197; FJH:4:228; FJH:4:407; FJH:4:477; FJH:4:594; FJH:4:595; FJH:6:361; FJH:6:362; FJH:7:26
William W. Mace married Annie____ ==> ...	Tubmans Resolution, Back Range, Cow Pasture, Rod Island, Browns Folly	1863 - 1866	Dorchester County: FJH:5:425; FJH:5:672; FJH:6:323

Material which complements the work of George Langford, Jr. in Langford on Massey:

Person	County	Land parcels conveyed to or from the person	Active Years	Family Associations, arranged in approximately chronological order; the multiple uses of the names Nicholas, Josiah (Josias), Thomas, James & John make interpretation difficult.
Nicholas Mace, three generations	Dorchester	Cedar Point, Fishing Creek, Head Range, The Outlett, Dess, Cornwell, and Ennalls's Addition	1659-1823	Senior, Junior & 3rd; related to Josias Mace ... Son is Thomas Mace, whose mother is Ann Mace. Nicholas Mace's children: John Mace, Elizabeth Mace, Ann Mace Sharshane and Thomas Mace. Eldest Nicholas Mace has brother Josias Mace. There follows the deposition of Edmund Brannock of Dorchester County, age about seventy two, regarding the forefathers of Nicholas Mace, Senior: This Nicholas Mace, Senior, was son to Thomas Mace, deceased, who was son to Nicholas Mace, deceased, who claimed land near Town Point in Dorchester County, and that in those times they were called by the name Massey. James Mace, son of the aforesaid Nicholas Mace; Louden (Lowden) Mace, the son of the aforesaid James Mace and grandson of the aforesaid Nicholas Mace. Nicholas Mace willed land to Stephen Theodore Mace. Nicholas Mace in 1730 left tracts Cornwall & Head Range to sons Thomas Mace and John Mace and personalty to daughters Elizabeth Mace and Anne Mace and to his wife Ann.
Josias Mace, three generations	Dorchester	The Outlett, Mace's Chance, Cedar Point, Mace's Purchase, Browns Rest, and Grace	1695-1766	Three generations living in Dorchester County; Josias Mace and Angell Wroughton had daughters Mary Mace and Susanna Mace; the eldest Josias Mace was brother to Nicholas Mace.
Josiah Mace	Dorchester	Catcheller's Hope	1712-1756	Josiah Mace, Senior, died before 1756; Josiah Mace, Junior's wife is Angell Mace. Josiah, Junior, was a minor in 1757, so Josiah, Senior, probably died after 1736; but see Mary Mace, below, where Angell Mace was already a widow in 1727, so the Josiah in Old:16:50 in 1757 may have been Josiah (III).
Edmond Mace	Dorchester	Dess, Mace's Back Range, Cornwell, and Colsten's First Purchase	1721-1798	Son of Thomas Mace (Massey); brother of William Mace and Nicholas Mace. Edmond Mace (Junior) was age about 55 in 1798, when he was a witness to a commission set up to reestablish the boundaries of Head Range, belonging to James Mace.
Thomas Mace, three generations	Dorchester	Head Range, Outlett, Mace's Back Range, Cornwell, Dess, White Haven, Blackford, Mace's Chance, Addition to Chance, Colsten's Good Will, Resolution, and Sweet Prospect	1723-1859	Son of Nicholas and Ann Mace; siblings include: John Mace (and his wife Mary), Elizabeth Mace, Ann Mace Sharshane, Edmond Mace, and Nicholas Mace, Junior; Thomas has sons Thomas Mace, Junior, and James Mace. John Mace has son Thomas Mace.
Mary Mace	Dorchester	Browns Rest, Angells Hole	1727-1727	Angell Mace is widow of Josias Mace (who died ca. 1727); Angell Mace is mother of Mary Mace and Susanna Mace.
Susanna Mace	Dorchester	Browns Rest, Angells Hole	1727-1727	Sister of Mary Mace, daughters of Angela Mace and Josias Mace.
Ann Mace Sharshane	Dorchester	...	1730-1733	Daughter of Nicholas Mace of Dorchester County (w. John, Elizabeth, & Thomas).
Elizabeth Mace	Dorchester	...	1730-1730	Daughter of Nicholas Mace (w. John Mace, Thomas Mace & Anne Mace). Nicholas's Will, 1730.
John Mace, elder and younger	Dorchester	Cornwell, Head Range, Mace's Back Range, Outlett, Tootell's Venture, Keens Inclosure, Colsten's Good Will, Blackford, Mace's Chance, and Addition to Chance	1730-1786 & -1849	Wife Mary; John Mace is son of Nicholas Mace; siblings are: Elizabeth Mace, Ann Mace Sharshane, and Thomas Mace, who has sons named John Mace and Thomas Mace; William Mace is brother to Edmund (Edmond) Mace.
Colman Massey	Dorchester	Cornwell	1774-1774	Age 43 in 1774, when he was a witness to a commission formed to reestablish the boundaries of Cornwell, belonging to Nicholas Mace.
Loudon Mace	Dorchester	Cornwell, Head Range, and Outlett	1784-1799	Son of James Mace and grandson of Nicholas Mace; Wingate Mace's son is Samuel Mace.
Edmond Mace, Junior	Dorchester	Mace's Back Range, Tootell's Venture, Mace's Back Range, and Priviledge	1784-1805	Son of Edmond Mace, Senior, above.
James Mace	Dorchester	Cornwell, Head Range, and Outlett	1784-1798	Son of Nicholas Mace, Junior; grandson of Nicholas Mace, Senior; father of Loudon Mace; Thomas Mace is father to James Mace. Edmond Mace was brother to Nicholas Mace and son in law to Absalom Thompson.
Wingate Mace	Dorchester	Cornwell, Head Range, and Outlett	1797-1799	Son is Samuel Mace; possible relationship to Loudon Mace, whose father is Nicholas Mace.
John T. Mace	Dorchester	Project, Worlds End, Taylors Shad Landing, Hazzard, Taylors Landing, and Griffiths Attainment	1834-1836	Wife Mary Margaret Mace.
John W. Mace	Dorchester	Two Brothers, North Range, Colsten Lane, Keene's Inclosure, Griffith's Last Adventure, Ennalls Out Range, Smith Land, North Range, Forest Range, Vickerses Beginning, The Grove,	1856-1866	Wife Kate W. Mace; many land transactions with Zachariah W. Linthicum.
Margaret Smith Lydia Mace	Dorchester	... not stated ...	1807-1807	Part of the Smith family; land transaction with Thomas Colston.
Stephen Theodore Mace	Dorchester	Head Range, Cornwall, Tinian, Callie, Indian Lott and Wear Neck	1820-1824	Allison Mace and Stephen Theodore Mace are the children of Ezekiel Mace; Ezekiel Mace is a brother of Nicholas Mace; they are sons of Josias Mace and his wife Angell.
William W. Mace	Dorchester	Tubmans Resolution, Back Range, Cow Pasture, Rod Island, and Brown's Folly	1863-1866	Wife Annie Mace. Real estate transactions involving Tubmans Resolution, Back Range, Cow Pasture, Rod Island, and Brown's Folly.

Additional Dorchester County deeds found and abstracted January 1, 2013, by your Editor, GL,III

Persons

Lib.:No.:Fol.

Parcel

Date

Abstract

Nicholas Macey and his wife Anne

Old:6:65,65a

Nicholas's Point

1705/05/21

May 21, 1705: Nicholas Macey, planter, and his wife Anne of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland sells for 2,000 pounds of tobacco to Nicholas Phillips, cooper, also of Dorchester County, the 50 acre parcel called Nicholas Point, lying on the East side of Chesapeake Bay on the East side of Fishing Creek that issueth out of Little Choptank River that lies within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked oak standing by the creekside and running thence South and by West fifty six [perches] to a marked pine standing on a point of the creek, from thence running South East up the creek, bounded therewith ninety seven perches to a marked cedar standing on another point, from thence running East North East up a cove bounded therewith ninety perches to another marked cedar, a bounded tree of the land called cedar Point, and so running from thence with the line of the [aforesaid] land North West by West one hundred and sixty six perches to the first specified marked oak, containing fifty acres. Witnesses: Edward Willoughby and John Young. Hugh Ecleston is Dorchester County clerk.

Josias Mace, Senior; Nicholas Mace, Senior, brother of Josias; Thomas Mace, son of Nicholas

Old:9:167

The Outlett

1734/04/17

April 17, 1734: Josias Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, as well for the love and good will which flow unto my cousin Thomas Mace, also of Dorchester County, the son of my brother Nicholas Mace, do sell for 1/ Sterling money of Great Britain already paid, one half or one moeity of the tract called The Outlett (at my request divided and bounded by William Grantham) taken up in partnership between my brother Nicholas Mace, Senior, and myself Josias Mace, Senior: Beginning at a bounded oak and running thence South South East forty perches, thence South West forty eight perches, thence South South West to as division red oak marked and bounded with four notches as by agreement with my cousin Thomas Mace, the son of my brother Nicholas Mace, settled and confirmed forever for a South bounder, and from the said red oak West North West to the extent of the said line, and from thence North North East until it intersects the straight line, and from thence to the conclusion of the land. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Walter Campbell and Thomas Woolford.

James Maid

Old:10:335

wrong parcel ...

1742/09/28

Wrong person ...

John Mace; Thomas Mace, Senior and Junior

HD:2:712

Wallett & Tootells Venture

1790/10/12

October, 12, 1790: John Mace requests that a commission be created to review and reestablish the boundaries of his land called ... The commissioners are: Moses LeCompte, Nathan Wright, Jonathan Patridge, and Richard Pattison, selected by Presiding Justice John Smoot. Moses LeCompte, Jonathan Patridge and Richard Pattison ultimately took up this task, taking the following depositions: (1) Thomas Mace, describing his knowledge of the lines of Tootles venture, says that about twenty six years ago he was in the company of Mr. Jonathan Patridge, one of the present commissioners, when he ran the lines of said land, and he saith that the sixth line from the second bounder of Tootles Venture ran over a pine stump, which stump he now shows to the commissioners, and further the deponent saith not. Ultimately, after suitably advertising and conducting a public meeting, the commissioners decided to accept Thomas Mace's veracity and selected Commissioner Richard Pattision, a qualified surveyor, and in the company of of Thomas Mace, Junior and Thomas Mills ran the boundaries again, as described in the following metes, bounds and plat:

Metes, bounds & plat for Tootells Venture

Agreed-upon boundaries of Tootells Venture

[signed & sealed by]

Moses LeCompte, Jonathan Patridge and Richard Pattison

Ezekiel & Angel Mace; Josias Mace, their father

HD:6:617

Grass Reading

1794/10/27

October 27, 1794: Ezekiel Mace and Angel Mace, lawful heirs of Josias Mace, deceased. living in Orange County in the State of North Carolina, grant power of attorney to their friend Edmund Brannock of Dorchester County and State of Maryland to confirm a deed of conveyance to Alexander Robbs, also of Orange County, of the tract called Grass Reading on Senstephensens Creek in Dorchester County, which they inherited by the Last Will and Testament of their father Josias Mace. The metes and bounds of Grass Reading are: Beginning at a marked pine, a bounded tree of the said land standing at the head of Senstephensens Creek, then running North West by West eighty two perches, then North East and by East half a point Easterly ten perches, then North forty two degrees West forty five perches; and from thence begins the land bargained and sold and runs the following courses: North seventy four degrees East one hundred and fifty eight perches, then North thirty three degrees West seventy one perches, then South seventy four degrees West eighty four perches, then West and by North thirty five perches, then South six degrees West seventy six perches, then South seventy four degrees East twelve perches, then with a straight line to the first station, containing sixty acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Hardy Hurdle and John Walker of the State of North Carolina; Abner B. Bruce is County Clerk of Orange County, NC; and Richard Pattison of Dorchester County. There follows the deed HD:6:620 ... June 20, 1794: Edmund Brannock for the sum of £100 conveyed Grass Reading to Alexander Rob. Grass Rading lies in Dorchester County on the South side of Little Choptank River on a creek called St. Steven's Creek and was purchased by Josias Mace from Leven Woolford of Dorchester County. The metes and bounds of Grass Reading in this deed are: Beginning at a marked locust post standing at the end of the North forty two degrees West forty five perch course of the aforesaid land and then running North seventy four degrees East one hundred and fifty eight perches, then North thirty three degrees West seventy one perches, then South seventy four degrees West eighty four perches, West by North thirty five perches, then South six degrees West seventy six perches, then South seventy four degrees East twelve perches, then with a straight line to the beginning, containing sixty acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Richard Pattison and Thomas Jones. In the next following deed HD:2:624, Alexander Robb sold Grass Reading to George Brannock of Dorchester County for £120 pounds.

Ezekiel Mace, Angel Mace Dorris & John Dorris; Josias Mace, their father

HD:8:124

Buttons Intent, Addition to Buttons Intent

1794/12/22

December 22, 1794: Ezekiel Mace, John Dorris, and his wife Angel Mace Dorris grant power of attorney to their uncle Alexander Robbs of Orange County in the State of North Carolina to enter upon and if need be sue for recovery and take possession of a certain tract of land lying on Black water near theby [sic] Bridge in Dorchester County, State of Maryland, known and distinguished by the name of Buttons Intent and Addition to Buttons Intent, which the said Josias Mace in his lifetime took up and by his Last Will and Testament devised to Ezekiel Mace and Angel Mace, now his only surviving children. Witnesses: Hardy Hurdle, Stephen [illegible], and Jacob Morton. William McCauley examined Angell Dorris to ascertain her willingness to grant this power. A.B.Bruce is County Clerk of Orange County, NC. In the following deed HD:8:126, on December 22, 1794, Alexander Robbs of Orange County in the State of North Carolina sells for £45 to John King of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland the tract called Buttons Intent that is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked red oak being the original bounder of a tract called Cow Pasture, and from thence running the several courses contained in the certificate thereof, containing one hundred and sixty three acres.

Mary Mace Woolford, widow of Thomas Mace; Jane Mace Woolford, her daughter

HD:14:180

not stated

1790/07/17

July 17, 1790: Mary Mace, widow and relect of the deceased Thomas Mace of Dorchester County, sells for 5/ to Jane Woolford, wife of James Woolford and daughter of Mary Mace, of Talbot County, in consideration of the natural love and affection to her daughter Jane Woolford, her dower interest in the parcel of land on Church Creek whereon the aforesaid Thomas Mace dwelt in his lifetime and which adjoins the lands of Edward Mace and William Mace. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace in Talbot County David Kerr and Owen Kennard. William S. Bond is Dorchester County Clerk.

Wingate Mace; Samuel Mace, his son

HD:14:568

not stated

1799/05/06

May 6, 1799: Wingett (Wingate) Mace of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland in consideration of the natural love and affection which he has for and bears unto his son Samuel Mace, also of Dorchester County, sells for 10/ the lands which were deeded to him by Loudon Mace of Dorchester County, dated April 22, 1797. Witnesses: Justices of thee Peace John Williams and Thomas Jones.

William Mace; Edmond Mace, his brother

HD:15:613

Dess (i.e., parts of Maces Back Range, Cornwell and Green Bank)

1800/03/28

March 28, 1800: William Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland and brother of Edmond Mace, mortgages for £300 in gold or silver to Thomas Colsten, also of Dorchester county, his portion of the tract called Dess which was given to him by his father in his Last Will and Testament. Dess is a portion of the tracts called Maces Back Range, Cornwell and Green Bank, contiguous and adjoining to each other, containing one hundred and twenty acres. The sale is to become null and void if William Mace repays the £300 on or before March 31, 1804 with legal interest. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Stevens and John Reed.

Thomas Mace and his wife Lydia; Edmond Mace, his brother

HD:21:85

Maces Back Range, Cornwell

1804/03/29

March 29, 1804: Thomas Mace, Junior, and his wife Lydia of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland sells for £310 to Thomas Colsten, also of Dorchester County, the tracts called Maces Back Range and Cornwell which were devised to him by the Last Will and Testament of his brother Edmond Mace, excepting what may lie in a tract called Keene's Outsell, containing fifty seven and a quarter acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Richard Pattison and James Williams.

Thomas Mace, Junior

HD:21:87

White Haven or Addition to White Haven

1804/03/29

March 29, 1804: Thomas Mace, Junior, of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, buys for £60 from Abraham Neild and his wife Nancy, also of Dorchester County, the tract called White Haven or Addition to White Haven, lying in Dorchester County near the head of Church Creek, which is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked pine post, being a bounder of one Porter's land, then running North thirty seven degrees East eleven and a half perches from the second bounder of the Methodist Meeting House Lot and close on the North West side of the main road that runs from Church Creek to Cambridge, then running and binding with the said road North thirty and a quarter degrees East eighteen perches, then, still with the said road, running North twenty three degrees East seventeen and a quarter perches, then North seven degrees east twenty two and a quarter perches, then North eighty degrees West nine perches, then South seven degrees West nine perches, then South thirty six degrees West forty three and a half perches to a pine post, one of the aforesaid Porter's boundaries, then with the said Porter's land to the first beginning, containing five and a half acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Richard Pattison and John Williams.

John Mace and his wife Rebecca

HD:21:230

Head Range

1804/07/16

July 16, 1804: John Mace and his wife Rebecca of Baltimore County in the State of Maryland sell for £200 to Abraham Neild of Dorchester County, all of the tract called Head Range that is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a locust post affixed in the home line of Head Range by the edge of the main road leading from Cambridge to Slaughter Creek, thence running with the said main road and bounded therewith South sixty five and a half degrees East thirty one and three quarter perches to a pine post, a division boundary between John Mace and [James] Dail, thence North fifty one and a half degrees East fifty four perches to a cantwood post, another division boundary between the said parties, thence South twenty one and three quarter degrees West twelve perches to the Indian Cove, thence down the said Cove and bounded therewith according to the several menders thereof [illegible compass direction and distance] three and a half degrees east ten perches, then North sixty degrees East sixteen perches, then North twenty two and a half degrees East sixteen perches, then North thirty nine and a half degrees East thirteen perches to intersect the home line of the original tract called Head Range, and then with the said line to the first beginning, containing ten and three quarter acres and thirty perches. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Stevens and John Williams.

Edmond Mace and John Mace

HD:21:232

Piney Neck

1804/07/16

July 16, 1804: Edmond Mace and John Mace of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, sell for $113.33 to John Williams, also of Dorchester County, the tract called Piney Neck ... [illegible metes and bounds] ...

Edmond Mace and his wife Elizabeth; Thomas Mace, father to Thomas Mace and John Mace

HD:21:629

Maces Regulation, Piney Neck, The Outlett, Priviledge, Tootells Venture

1805/04/15

April 15, 1805: Edmond Mace and his wife Elizabeth of Dorchester county in the State of Maryland sell for £305 to John Williams, also of Dorchester County, the tracts of land contained within the following metes and bounds: (1) Beginning for the out bounds thereof at the first beginning bounder of the tract called Maces Regulation, lying in Dorchester County on a branch called Hodsons Branch at a cedar post standing in the edge of said branch, it also being a division bounder between the brothers Thomas Mace and John Mace made by their father Thomas Mace, and from thence running North two degrees West one hundred and fifty five perches to a sassafras post standing in the said division line made by the said Thomas mace, and from thence running North eighty five and a half degrees West eighty and a half perches to the first beginning bounder of a tract called Pine neck, and from thence running with the said Pine Neck the following courses: South twenty nine degrees West forty perches, then South eighty three degrees West forty perches, and from thence running South one degree East, bounded with a ditch and the middle of the branch at the end of said ditch one hundred and eighty eight perches to intersect the Southernmost part of the said Edmond Mace's land, and from thence running Eastwardly with the out bounds of the said Edmond Mace's lands the several courses to the first beginning bounder. (2) Beginning for the second part thereof at a cedar post standing in the line of a tract called The Outlett, it being a corner post maintained in a deed from the aforesaid Edmond Mace to James Dail and at the end of the division line between the said James Dail and John Williams, and from thence running with their division line South one degree East twenty one perches until it intersects a line of the land called Priviledge, thence running with the said land North North East twenty three and a half perches to a division line, then running therewith South eighty eight degrees West five and a quarter perches to the land called Tootells Venture, then running therewith North twenty and a half degrees East nineteen perches, then West South West four and three quarter perches to the land called The Outlett, then with a straight line to the beginning, containing in the aforesaid two parts sixty eight acres, plus any other lands that Edmond Mace and his wife Elizabeth may have. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Henry Haskins and Samuel Brown.

Edmond Mace and his wife Betsey

HD:21:633

[illegible], Maces Purchase, Tootells Venture, Maces Regulation (a.k.a Maces Back Range), The Outlett

1805/04/15

April 15, 1805: Edmond Mace and his wife Betsey of Dorchester county in the State of Maryland sells for £45 to Thomas Jones, also of Dorchester County, all of the tracts of land that lie within the following metes and bounds: All that tract called [illegible] lying on the West side of Hodsons Branch, beginning at the end of the eighth course of a tract called Maces Purchase and running its courses according to the patent, and also all that part of a tract called Tootells Venture that lieth to the South of a line [drawn] East by South from the end of the seventh course of the aforesaid Maces Purchase to the middle of the branch, then down the middle of said branch until it intersects a line of said Tootells Venture, and also all that part of Maces Regulation or Maces Back Range that lieth to the South of a line drawn North seventy for degrees West from the end of the sixth course of said maces Purchase to a sassafras post standing in the line of the land called The Outlett; the aforesaid expressions are meant to include all the land lying to the South of said lines, containing or supposed to contain thirty acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Jones and John Williams.

Edmond Mace

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Priviledge

1805/05/16

April 16, 1805: Edmond Mace of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland buys for $13.00 from Thomas Colsten all of the tract called Priviledge that Thomas Colsten has not heretofore sold to John Williams. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Jones and John Williams.

Edmond Mace and his wife Elizabeth

HD:23:84

Maces Regulation, Tootells Venture, The Outlett

1805/08/19

August 19, 1805: Edmond Mace and his wife Elizabeth of Dorchestwer County in the State of Maryland sell for $1,213.00 to James Dail, also of Dorchester County, all the following tracts lying in Dorchester County and known by the names Maces Regulation, Tootells Venture, and The Outlett and contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning for the out bounds thereof at a [illegible bounder] standing at the South most side of the said Maces Regulation and in a line of a tract called Maces Purchase and on a division line formerly between the said Edmond Mace and Thomas Jones, now between the said James Dail and Thomas Jones aforesaid, and on the Easternmost side of the main road leading from the head of Church Creek to Buttons Dam and thence running with their division line aforesaid North seventy four degrees West thirty and a half perches to intersect the said tract called The Outlett to a sassafras post with eight notches, it being a corner post between the said James Dail and Thomas Jones, and thence running with the said land North North East eighty perches to a marked post standing in a field, and thence running across the said land West North West forty perches to intersect another line of the said land called The Outlett to as marked pine, and thence running with said land North North East sixty two and a half perches to a marked post set up in the said line of The Outlett as a division between the said James Dail and John Williams, and thence running with their division line North seventy two degrees East fifty five perches to another division post between them and thence running South one degree East twenty one perches to intersect a line of the land called Priviledge, thence running with that land South South West forty two perches to the aforesaid land called Maces Regulation, thence running therewith reversed North eighty seven degrees East six and three quarter perches, [then running] North North East twenty five perches to intersect another division line between the said Dail and Williams, and thence running therewith bounded with a ditch across the said land called Maces Regulation South one degree East one hundred and forty perches to the Southernmost end thereof, and then with a straight line to the first beginning, containing sixty acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Richard Pattison and John Williams.

Nicholas Mace and his wife Allyson

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Ennalls Addition to Forrest of Friendship

1809/02/14

February 14,1809: Nicholas Mace and his wife Allyson of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland sells for £46 3/ 9p to William Mackey, also of Dorchester County, the tract called Ennalls Addition to Forrest of Friendship which Nicholas Mace bought from Joseph Martin of Talbot County and Thomas Colsten of Baltimore County, administrator[s?] of Andrew Skinner Ennalls, late of Baltimore County, deceased, described by the following metes and bounds: Beginning for the out bounds of the said lot at the end of the South seventy six degrees West line of John Shenton's lot and at a marked stone, and from the said stone running North seventy six degrees East one hundred and fifty eight perches, then North sixteen and a quarter degrees West eleven perches, then South seventy six and a half degrees West one hundred and fifty eight perches to the road, thence with [said road] to the first beginning, containing eleven acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Richard Pattison and David Wiggins.

Thomas Mace, Junior

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White Haven or Addition to White Haven

1810/05/08

May 8, 1810: Thomas Mace, Junior, of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland sells for $582.00 to Horatio Jones and his wife Lydia, also of Dorchester county, part of the tract called White Haven or Addition to White Haven, lying in Dorchester County near the head of Church Creek, which the said Thomas Mace, Junior, previously had purchased from Abraham Neild, which is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked pine post, being a bounder of one Porter's part of said land, which post stands North thirty seven degrees eleven and a half perches from the second bounder of the Methodist Meeting House lot and close to the North West side of the main road that leads from Church Creek to Cambridge, then running and binding with the said road North thirty and a quarter degrees East eighteen perches, then still with the said road, running North twenty three degrees East seventeen and a quarter perches, then North seven degrees East twenty two and a quarter perches, then North eighty degrees West nine perches, then South seven degrees West nine perches, then South thirty six degrees West forty three and a half perches to a pine post, one of the aforesaid Porter's bounders, then with said Porter's land to the first beginning, containing five and a half acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Jones and John Williams.

James Mace

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Head Range, Cornwell and The Outlett

1813/03/18

March 18, 1813: James Mace of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland sells for $200.00 to John Williams, also of Dorchester County, all those parts of the tracts called Head Range, Cornwell and The Outlett that lie to the South, East and West of the Black Water Road leading from the Head of Church Creek to Black Water Bridge. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Samuel Brown and Robert Hart.

James Mace

ER:2:372

Head Range, Cornwell, and Tinian

1813/03/22

March 22, 1813: James Mace of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland sells for $100.00 to Thomas Colsten, also of Dorchester County, all those parts of the tracts called Head Range, Cornwell, and Tinian which lie to the North, East and West of the Black Water Road leading from the head of Church Creek to the Black Water Bridge. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Samuel Brown and Robert Hart.

James Mace and his wife Rebecca

ER:2:548

Head Range, Cornwell, a resurvey of Cornwell, and The Outlett

1813/11/15

November 15, 1813: James Mace and his wife Rebecca of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland sells for $200.00 to John Williams, also of Dorchester County, all those parts of the tracts called Head Range, Cornwell, a resurvey of Cornwell, and The Outlett which lie to the South and Westward of the main road that leads from Fishing Creek to Black Water Bridge. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thisdon Smith and Jacob M. Wright.