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From: "Norma Thompson" <>
Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE-L] Mary
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 11:39:27 -0800
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Even with all my proof-reading, I made one typo that I missed and I left out one
item. In the inventory from the Maryland Genealogical Society for Mary Smoot, I
typed the date as 20 Sep 1767 and it should be 20 Sep 1766. The item I left out
is this one for Mary Smoots.

Abstracts of the Inventories Of The.Prerogative Court Of Maryland Volumes 91-100
1766-1769 V. L. Skinner, Jr., p. 49
Mary Smoots 95.123 CH £452.8.4 Sep 20 1766 Sep 16 1767
Appraisers: Marmaduke Semmes Notley Maddocks.
Next of kin: Ignatius Middleton, Mary Stone.
Administrator: Charles Smoots,

Bye,
Norma

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From: "Norma Thompson" <>
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Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 3:06 PM
Subject: Fw: [MDCHARLE-L] Mary


> Hi, Linda,
>
> I will proof read this about 10 times because this family REALLY gets
involved!
>
> I will paste all of my proof that Charles Smoot was married first to Elizabeth
> Harris, second to Mary Brandt, third to (who you and I both have as) Mary
> Boswell, fourth to Elizabeth Barton. (I think some people give Mary Boswell as
> Mary Hussey, but she wasn't.) This Elizabeth Barton was the daughter of
William
> and Rachel Barton. Charles Smoot was her third husband, Henry Brawner and
Aaron
> Nalley being her first and second respectively.
>
> I'm going to assume that you have the admin accounts of Francis Goodrick, the
> deed of gift from Mary to their son Francis Goodrick, the will of John Hanson
> plus depositions that prove Mary widow of Francis Goodrick married John Hanson
> sometime between 13 May 1748 and 28 Jun 1749. If you don't, let me know and I
> will send them.
>
> ****I don't have one scrap of proof that Elizabeth Harris was Charles Smoot's
> first wife. I got that from a lovely old lady with whom I was corresponding
> about 10 years ago, maybe more. She said she had some hints that Elizabeth
> Harris, daughter of Thomas Harris and Martha Stansbury was his first wife, and
> that she would send me more when and if she found it. She died before she
wrote
> again. I can't even find any reason to think Thomas and Martha were a couple.
> The only thing I have is a note that she said "it involved Nathan Harris".
>
> ****Second wife, Mary Brandt, daughter of Randolph and Ann Brandt. Ann married
> second James Cottrell and third Barton Smoot. (Barton Smoot was Charles
Smoot's
> older brother. Since Charles named a son "Hendley", there was an attempt to
> prove Ann was related to Charity Henley who married John Courts. I don't know
> what became of that.) Notice Charles Smoot's wife was "Mary". There is also a
> 1750 deed from Charles Smoot to his daughter Elizabeth and her husband Henry
> Smith Hawkins showing wife Mary released dower. Elizabeth (Smoot) Hawkins was
> the daughter of Elizabeth Harris. Henry Smith Hawkins was the son of Alexander
> Smith Hawkins and Ann Brandt Smoot's daughter, Catherine Brandt; i.e. Ann's
> grandson. Henry and Elizabeth named a daughter "Ann Hendley Hawkins".
>
> Maryland Calendar Of Wills; 1753-1760; Vol 11; Family Line Publications;
> Westminster, Maryland; 1992; p. 239
> SMOOT, ANN, Charles Co. 18 Aug, 1758; 5 Mar., 1759
> Grandchildren: Mary, John Nathan, Hendley, Wm. Barton, children of Charles
> Smoot.
> Grandchildren: Henry Hawkins (grand-son) and Elizabeth, his wife; Randolph and
> Richard Brandt; Sarah Wats.
> Great-grandchildren: Alexander Smith Hendley Hawkins, son of Thomas and his
wife
> Catharine; Richard Brandt; Ann Hendley Hawkins, dau. of Henry Hawkins.
> Exs: Son-in-law, Charles Smoot and Mary, his wife.
> Wit: Rev. John McPherson, Phil Richard and John Fendall, James Armstrong
Ragan,
> Theophilus Gates.
> Thomas Hungerford, bondsman for Richard Brandt.
> William and Sarah Wats, my grand-dau, Sarah Wats' children. 30. 693
>
> ***These are deeds that show Mary Boswell was still Mary Hanson 5 Oct 1764. (I
> think this was probably just prior to her marriage to Charles Smoot.) She was
> NOK to her son George Goodrick as "Mary Hanson" Jan 9 1764.
>
> p. 70, TLC Genealogy, Charles Co Land Record, 1761-1765, Book L#3
> Page 543. Deed of Gift. I, Mary Hanson of CC, widow, for the love I have for
> Charles Sewell Jr, my grandson, I give to sd Charles Sewell Jr, a Negro girl
> named Elizabeth, now at my plantation. Signed Oct 5, 1764 - Mary (X her mark)
> Hanson. Wit - William Courts, James Key. Recorded Oct 13, 1764.
> Page 543. Deed of Gift. I, Mary Hanson of CC, widow, for the love I have for
> Francis Goodrick Middleton, my grandson, I give him a feather bed with
bolster,
> two pillows and cases, a pair of sheets, a pair of blankets, and a rug. Signed
> Oct 5, 1764 - Mary (+ her mark) Hanson. Wit - James Key, Will Courts. Recorded
> Oct 13, 1764.
> Page 543. I, Mary Hanson of CC, widow, for the love I have for Francis
Goodrick
> Middleton, my grandson, I give him a Negro girl called Charity, now on my
> plantation. Signed Oct 5, 1764 - Mary (X her mark) Hanson. Wit - James Key,
> William Courts. Recorded Oct 13, 1764.
> Page 544. Deed of Gift. I, Mary Hanson of CC, widow, for the love I have for
> Elizabeth Aramintha Stone, my granddaughter, I give her a Negro boy named
> Benjamin, now in the possession of William Stone, natural guardian of the sd
> Elizabeth Aramintha, his daughter. Signed Oct 5, 1764 - Mary (X her mark)
> Hanson. Wit - W Courts, James Key. Recorded Oct 13, 1764.
>
> ****These are the estate docs for Mary, showing her admin, Charles Smoot, and
> her NOK. (I think the security for Charles Smoot would lend further support to
> the idea that Ann (unknown) Brandt was a Henley. I think James Maddox married
> Ann Courts and William Courts was her brother.)
>
> The Smoots of Maryland and Virginia by Harry Wright Newman, Page 106
> The inventory papers were filed on September 16, 1767, with an appraisement of
> £452.8.4, with William Courts and James Maddox as the sureties.
>
> Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin; Spring 1984 Vol 25 No 2; Charles
County,
> MD: Probate Records and Inventories Part II 1753-1779; Transcribed by Ruth
King
> and Carol Mitchell [Extracted from LDS microfilm #13741/3375-05. The first
> number is the page or folio number for the beginning of the document (spelling
> is as read) (the date is that of the Inventory) Charles County: Probate
Records,
> Inventories, Book 1766-1773
> 139: Mary Smoot-20 Sep 1767-Ign Middleton & Mary Stone kindred-Charles Smoot
> Admr
> (Ignatius Middleton was Mary's son-in-law, married to her daughter, Ann
> Goodrick. Mary Stone was her daughter Mary Goodrick, married to William Stone.
> see the above deeds--NJT)
>
> Abstracts Of The Balance Books Of The Prerogative Court Of Maryland Libers 4
And
> 5 1763-1770 V. L. Skinner, Jr., p. 110.
> This section appears at the back of Liber 5. "Papers returned to the
Prerogative
> Court beginning 20 February 1767." the Prerogative Court in 1767.
> Folio 19
> >From Charles County, October 28.
> Inventories: Edward Burch, Elisabeth Hunt, Jane Brice, John Tyler, Mary Smoot,
> Charles Venables.
>
> Abstracts Of The Balance Books Of The Prerogative Court Of Maryland Libers 4
And
> 5 1763-1770 V. L. Skinner, Jr., p. 70.
> Mary Smoot 5.14S D CH £541.18,4 Oct 11 1768
> Sureties: William Courts, James Maddox.
> Distribution to 5 parts (equally): Ignatius Middleton, William Stone, Charles
> Sewell, Frances Goodrick, children (unnamed) of Edward Goodrick.
> Administrator: Charles Smoot.
> (Ignatius Middleton m. Ann Goodrick whose first husband was Thomas Marshall
> Hawkins, William Stone m. Mary Goodrick, Charles Sewall m. Ann Violetta
> Goodrick, Edward Goodrick deceased before Mar 17 1757, all Goodricks are the
> children of Francis Goodrick and Mary Boswell.--NJT)
>
> ****Fourth wife Elizabeth Barton.
>
> p. 61, TLC Genealogy, Charles County Deed Book O#3
> Page 371. Mar 26, 1767 from Elizabeth Nalley of CC, spinstress, to Henry
Brawner
> of CC, planter, for 5 £, part of a tract of land called Wentworths wood House,
> lying in CC, bounded by Mr. Bayne Smallwood's land, containing about 18 acres.
> Signed-Elizabeth (X her mark) Nalley. Wit-Thomas Stone*, Josias Hawkins*.
> Recorded Mar 26, 1768.
> Page 373. Mar 26, 1767 from Elizabeth Nalley of CC, to Barton Brawner, Henry
> Brawner, and William Brawner (her sons) of CC, for love and for 5 shillings
and
> for divers other good causes, the gift of a parcel of land called Wentworths
> Woodhouse (reserving to herself, her own life and the life of Charles Smoot,
> provided sd Smoot honorably marries her within the space of 6 months from
today,
> in that part of the afd tracts whereon she now dwells, which shall be free and
> clear of 2 other plantations in sd tract, now in the possession of her sons,
> Barton Brawner and Henry Brawney [sic]) lying on the north side of Piscattaway
> River, and on the south side of a Cr on sd River called Mattawoman or St
Thomas'
> Cr next adjoining to the land of John Wheelers, containing about 300 acres.
The
> afd land is to be equally divided after sd Elizabeth's death and Charles
Smoot's
> death, between sd Barton, Henry, and William Brawner. Sd Elizabeth Nalley and
> Charles Smoot shall remain in peaceable possession of that part before granted
> land, during their natural lives, with full power to cut and make use of what
> timber the plantation from time to time may require, and no more, and to tend
&
> work such part of the above land and premises as she may think fit, except
that
> part of the land whereon sd Barton Brawner and Henry Brawner now dwell. Sd
> Barton and Henry Brawner may clear, adjoining to their respective plantations,
> such grounds as may be sufficient for them to tend in tobacco, and to make use
> of what timber may be necessary for their plantations use, and no more.
> Signed-Elizabeth (X her mark) Nalley. Wit-Thomas Stone*, Josias Hawkins*.
> Recorded Mar 26, 1768.
> Page 376. Deed of Gift. I, Elizabeth Nalley of CC, for love and for the
several
> sums of 1 shilling by each of my following children, to wit, my sons, John
> Nalley, Aaron Nalley, Richard Nalley, Nathen Barton Nalley, have given my afd
> children, 2 Negroes, George and Lydia, 14 cattle, 10 sheep, 25 hogs, 3 feather
> beds, bedsteads, and furniture, 1 small square table, 1 chest, 4 iron pots, 3
> pair of pot hooks, 6 pewter plates, 2 old pewter dishes, 2 pewter basins, 1
> riding mare, 1 draft horse and 2 colts, 1 pair of steelyards, box iron, and
> huters, 1 spice mortar and pestle, 1 pair of spoon molds, reserving to myself
> the use of the above effects during my natural life and the life of Charles
> Smoot, provided sd Smoot shall honorably marry me within the space of 6 months
> from today, to be delivered in kind at my death and at the death of sd Smoot,
> and equally divided between my afd children. Signed Mar 26, 1768-Elizabeth (X
> her mark) Nalley. Wit-Thomas Stone*, Josias Hawkins*. Recorded Mar 26, 1768.
>
> p. 71, TLC Genealogy, Charles County Deed Book 0#3
> Page 438. Mar 26, 1768 from Elizabeth Nalley of CC, to Barton Brawner, Henry
> Brawner, & William Brawner (her sons) of CC, for love and for 5 shillings and
> for divers other good causes, all that parcel of land called Wentworth
> Woodhouse, reserving to herself, her own life and the life of Charles Smoot,
> provided sd Smoot shall honorably marry her within the space of 6 months from
> the date hereof, in that part of the afd tract whereon she now dwells, which
> shall be free & clear of 2 other plantations in the sd tract, now in the
> possession of her sons, Barton Brawner and Henry Brawner, lying on the north
> side of Piscattaway River on the south side of a Cr on sd River called
> Mattawoman or Saint Thomas' Cr, adjoining the land of John Wheeler's,
containing
> about 300 acres. The afd tract is to be equally divided after sd Elizabeth's
> death and the death of the afd Charles Smoot, between sd Barton and Henry and
> William Brawner, except that part of the land whereon the afd Barton and Henry
> Brawner now dwell. Signed-Eliz (+ her mark) Nally. Wit-Thomas Stone*, J
> Hawkins*. Recorded Jun 26, 1768.
>
> p. 82, TLC Genealogy, Charles Co Land Records 1775-1782; Liber V#3,
> Page 376. Feb 8, 1779 from Elizabeth Smoot of CC, widow of Charles of CC decd,
> to William Brawner, her son, of CC, planter, for the natural love she has for
sd
> William Brawner and for 10 shillings, part of a tract of land called
Wentworths
> Woodhouse, lying in CC, and bounded by a branch below the dwelling house of
the
> sd Elizabeth Smoot, the land now belonging to William Smallwood Esq,
containing
> and laid out for about 194 acres. Signed-Elizabeth (X her mark) Smoot. Wit-Jno
> Dent, Richd Barnes (CC JPs). Recorded Jul 16, 1779.
>
> p. 14, TLC Genealogy, Charles Co Land Records 1782-1786; Liber Z#3,
> Page 27. Jul 15, 1783 from Elizabeth Smoot of CC, widow of Charles Smoot of
CC,
> decd, to Barton Brawner, her son, of CC, planter, for the natural love she has
> for sd Barton Brawner, her son, and for 5 shillings to her in hand paid by sd
> Barton Brawner, she gives sd Barton Brawner, the remaining part of a tract of
> land called Wentworth Woodhouse, lying in CC, the other part having heretofore
> been deeded to her son, William Brawner. Signed-Elizabeth (X her mark) Smoot.
> Wit-Jno Dent, Richd Barnes (CC JPs). Recorded Jul 28, 1783.
>
> Bye,
> Norma
>
> PS. I have more proof for most of the relationships if you need them except
for
> the marriage of Mary Boswell to Charles Smoot. This is all I have on Charles
and
> Mary.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linda Reno" <>
> To: "Norma Thompson" <>
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 7:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE-L] Mary
>
>
> > Me again,
> >
> > I don't have this Mary married a third time to Charles Smoot. I think
you're
> > probably talking about the Charles Smoot who died in 1778. I have his
second
> wife
> > was Mary Brandt. That's as close as I can come.
> >
> > Linda
> >
>
>
>
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