Date
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Parcel
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1659/01/01
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Grantor
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Grantee
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Parcel
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Acreage
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Lib:No:Fol
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Type
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Samuel Tilghman
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Tilghmans Fortune
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1,000
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4:420
4:256
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Patent
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1659
- Tilghmans Fortune, Mannor of, 1000 Acres; Developer/Owner:
Samuel Tilghman - Patent
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1664/01/01
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Grantor
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Grantee
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Parcel
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Acreage
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Lib:No:Fol
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Type
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Andrew Skinner
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Yaffords Neck
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400
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7:438
7:438
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Patent
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1664: Yaffords Neck; 400 Acres;
Developer/Owner: Andrew Skinner - Patent |
1673/01/01
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Grantor
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Grantee
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Parcel
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Acreage
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Lib:No:Fol
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Type
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Richard Carter
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Carters Farme
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250
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17:219
17:316
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Patent
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1673: Carters Farme; 250 Acres;
Developer/Owner: Richard Carter - Patent |
| 1693/03/16 |
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Grantor
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Grantee
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Parcel
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Acreage
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Lib:No:Fol
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Type
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Robert
Smith and wife Anne
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Nicholas
Massey
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Malton
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150
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LL:7:73a
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Deed
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March
16, 1693: Nicholas Massey of Talbot County in Maryland for 4,500 pounds
of tobacco buys a 150 acre parcel called Malton, lying in Talbot County
on Chester River, from Robert Smith and wife Anne, the metes and bounds
of which are: Beginning at a marked oak by Great Branch and running
North East sixty perches to another oak by a marsh, then South East by
the river thirty perches to a tree with four notches, then South South
East [Ralfe ?] South ninety perches to a marked pine tree, then South
two hundred and eighty perches, then East by South sixty perches, then
North two hundred and eighty perches to the river, and by the river to
the pine tree, containing one hundred and fifty acres. Witnesses:
Richard Simon and [illegible signature].
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1700/02/19
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Grantor
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Grantee
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Parcel
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Acreage
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Lib:No:Fol
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Type
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Timothy Dunavan
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Anthony Rumball
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Dunvania & Carter Rich Farm
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100 & 200
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RF:9:36
RF:9:39
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Deed
P of A
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February 19, 1700: Timothy
Dunavan, cooper of Talbot County in Maryland, selects Phillip Massey,
planter, also of Talbot County, to act as his attorney for the purpose
of executing a deed of sale to Anthony Rumball, merchant of Talbot
County, from Timothy Dunavan, of the tract called Dunvania, lying in
Talbot County. That deed
was recorded the same day in Liber RF No.9 Folio 36 and includes a
second tract called Carter Rich Farm [Carters
Farme?]. Witnesses:
Joseph Kininmont and William Mitchell.
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1700/09/17
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Grantor
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Grantee
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Parcel
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Acreage
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Lib:No:Fol
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Type
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Richard Chance
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Phillip Massey
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Tilghmans Fortune
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50
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RF:9:75
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Deed
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September
17, 1700: Phillip Massey, planter of Talbot County in Maryland buys for
"4,000 pounds of good merchantable tobacco" from Richard Chance, also
planter of Talbot County, a 50-acre portion of the tract called Tilghman's Fortune, lying in Talbot
County at the head of one of the branches of Tredhaven Creek.
Witnesses: Justices of the Peace R. Gouldesborough and Thomas Robins.
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1701/08/26
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Grantor
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Grantee
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Parcel
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Acreage
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Lib:No:Fol
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Type
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William Edmondson
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Phillip Massey
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Tilghmans Fortune
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278
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RF:9:75
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Deed
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August
26, 1701: Phillip Massey, planter of Talbot County in Maryland, buys
for 20,000 pounds of tobacco from William Edmondson, merchant of
Dorchester County, a 278 acre portion of the tract called Tilghman's
Fortune lying in Talbot
County on the North side of the head of Tredhaven Creek described by
the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked red oak standing
by the creek side at the Westernmost corner of a parcel formerly
belonging to the said Tilghman's Fortune and now in the possession of
John Booker and running from the said oak North West one hundred and
sixty perches with Booker's land to the North corner thereof, then
South West with his land forty nine perches, then North fifteen and a
half degrees Westerly one hundred and seventy perches, then North
eighty and a half degrees Westerly one hundred and seventeen perches to
a bounded white oak of a parcel heretofore sold out of Tilghman's
Fortune to Robert Stapleford, then running with the said land North
West one hundred perches, thence with the said land South West eighty
six perches, thence North West fifty three perches, thence North East
two hundred perches, thence South East five hundred perches, thence
South West fifty perches to the first tree bounding on the South East
and South West with Staplesford's land and on the South West with
Thomas and John Booker's land. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas
Robins and [illegible signature].
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1702/08/20
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Grantor
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Grantee
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Parcel
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Acreage
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Lib:No:Fol
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Link
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Phillip
Massey
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Jane Cross
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Tilghmans
Fortune
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50
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RF:9:138
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Deed
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August
20, 1702: Phillip Massey, planter of Talbot County in Maryland, sells
for 350 pounds of tobacco to Jane Cross, spinster, also of Talbot
County, a acre portion of the tract called Tilghman's Fortune lying in Talbot
County on the North side of the head of Tredhaven Creek described by
the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked red oak, being
the Easternmost tree of Joseph Booker's land, and running North West
one hundred and sixty perches to a marked sweetgum, thence North East
by East fifty perches to a marked white oak, thence South East one
hundred and sixty perches to the aforesaid creek, thence down by said
creek to the first marked oak, containing by estimation fifty acres.
[The witnesses and following lines are completely illegible - GL,III,
ed.]
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1702/11/17
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November
17, 1702: Phillip Massey, planter of Talbot County in Maryland, and his
wife Elinor sell for 5,000 pounds of tobacco to William Arnett,
also planter of Talbot County, a 63 acre portion of the tract called Tilghman's Fortune, lying in Talbot
County on the North side of Tredhaven Creek, being rough and
uncultivated land and part of a tract sold by William Edmondson, late
of Dorchester County, to the aforesaid Phillip Massey, the metes and
bounds of which are: Beginning at the end of Jane Crosses line and
running North West one hundred and sixty perches, and from the end of
the North West line South West sixty perches to a marked sweetgum
standing in Bookers Branch, and with Booker's land to Crosses land, and
with Crosses land unto the first tree, containing by estimation sixty
three acres. Witnesses: Anoth. Wise and Abigail Wise; Robert Finley is
Talbot County clerk.
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1711/03/20
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March 20, 1711: William Arnett of Talboy
County in Maryland sells for 6,000 pounds of tobacco paid to him by
William Cowly, also of Talbot County, on the behalf of Fairfax Massey
and Phillip Massey, sons of the Phillip Massey, late of Talbot County,
a portion of the tract called Tilghman's
Fortune lying inTalbot County on the North side of Tredhaven Creek
contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the end
of Jane Crosses lines and running North West one hundred and sixty
perches, and from the end of the North West line, South West sixty
perches to a marked sweetgum standing in Bookers Branch, and with
Bookers land to Crosses land, and with Crosses land South to the first
tree, containing an estimated sixty three acres, formerly sold to
William Arnett by the Aforesaid Phillip Massey and his wife Elinor in
one thousand seven hundred and two. Witnesses: Thomas Edmondson and
Enn. Williams; Robert Finley is Talbot County clerk.
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1813/11/09
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Grantor
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Grantee
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Parcel
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Acreage
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Lib:No:Fol
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Type
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William Hindman
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Thomas Richardson, James
Massey, William Pratt, Jonathan Spencer, William Dunn, Arthur Holt
& Samuel Y. Garey
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Wye Chapel
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1+
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RF:13:670
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Deed
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November
9, 1813: William Hindman conveys, once and for all, for 5/- to the
trustees of Wye
Chapel, located in Talbot County in Maryland, the 1+ acre tract of
land, formerly thought to be located in Queen Anne's County and on
which Wye Chapel has long stood, and which was conveyed by deed
erroneously recorded in Queen Anne's County land records on September
15, 1795. The trustees are: Thomas Richardson, James Massey, & William
Pratt of Queen Anne's County, and Jonathan Spencer, William Dunn,
Arthur Holt & Samuel Y. Garey of Talbot County, all farmers.
The lands on which Wye Chapel stands are enclosed within the following
metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked black gum standing near the
Meeting House Spring at the edge of the Wye Mill Pond, and thence
running South one degree West thirteen and 7/25 perches to a marked
white oak standing on the North side of the road leading from Tuckahoe
Bridge to Wye Mill, then with the said road North sixty eight degrees
West nineteen and a half perches to a marked black oak on the South
side of said road, then North one degree East thirteen and a half
perches to Wye Mill Pond, thence by and with the said mill pond
to the place of beginning, containing one acre and eighty three
perches. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Stevens and Robert
Spedden.
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1818/04/21
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Grantor
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Grantee
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Parcel
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Acreage
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Lib:No:Fol
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Type
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Josiah Massey and wife
Ann
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Mordecai Skinner
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Gaffords Neck, a.k.a.
Deep Neck
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550
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JL:40:495
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Deed
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April
21, 1818: Josiah Massey of Kent County in the State of Maryland, only
son and one of the co-heirs of the late Elizabeth Denny, who was the
only child of Rachel Maynard, who was the devisee of Elizabeth Alden,
sells to Mordecai Skinner of Talbot County, for $5,350.00, the
undivided moiety or half part of 550 acres of Josiah Massey's land
called Gafford's Neck [Yafford's Neck ?],
a.k.a. Deep Neck, lying in Talbot County on the Choptank River between
the waters of Broad Creek and Irish Creek issuing from said river and
containing an estimated five hundred and fifty acres. These lands
descended to Josiah Massey and to Anna Maria Miller through the death
of their mother Elizabeth Denny and are now in the possession and
occupation of the tenant Nicholas Watts. Witnesses: Justices of
the Peace Joseph Mann and James Salisbury; certified by William Scott,
clerk.
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1818-Civil
War
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Note: The Talbot
County Index System continues with the periods 1818-1832, 1833-1848,
and 1849-1865, but I could find no additional land transaction records,
deeds,bills of sale, manumissions, or commissions attributed to Massey,
Mace, Massie, etc. - and I decided not to go into the Civil War era -
GL,III,ed.
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