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From: "Norma Lundgren" <>
Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE-L] Brooke Family of Charles County and the location of their farm
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 19:21:30 -0700
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Carol, who do you have as Ignatius Wathen's other two wives? I have Miss Waring
(since his son was named Waring Wathen), and #2 Mary Suttle, d/o John Suttle,
Mary mentioned "the heir of dau. Mary Wathing, decd" in John's 19 Sep 1751 will,
implying to me that she only had one child.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Collins" <>
To: "Norma Lundgren" <>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE-L] Brooke Family of Charles County and the location of
their farm


: As one interested in all the Wathens, this thread is enlightening! I have
Ignatius' (3rd) wife as Susannah Hawkins. This has come down as "tradition" and
I haven't seen it documented. John Brooke was a witness to Ignatius' 1757
will -- the custom was to have a relative of the wife/widow as one witness, and
a relative of the husband as the other, if possible. (You can't take this as
written in stone - sometimes they were simply neighbors). This will take new
study <G>
:
: As to your land, Chris,.Green's Inheritance, Spye Park and Two Partners are
just east of Pomfret - walking distance. Probably also southeast, since they
were large plantations. There is a sign on the gate of Green's Inheritance.
All were owned at one time by the Coombs/ Coombes/Combs family
:
: The rent rolls for Two Partners reads:
:
: Two Partners, 1238 acres. Originally called the Meadows (and in Prince
George's Co.), and contained 20 acres. Resurveyed for William Coomes May 9, 1754
on Portobacco Branch. patented Oct. 15, 1755. Possessor: 1238 William Coomes
:
: 150 Mary Miles from William Coomes Oct. 4, 1765 (note: Mary Miles was
William's daughter)
:
: 260 William Coomes Jr and ditto, Oct. 24, 1765
:
: 260 William Coomes Sr. fr. Wiliam Coomes Jr, May 31, 1774
:
: 150 Ditto fr. Edward Miles and wife, ditto
:
: 283 William Coomes Jr fr. William Coomes Sr. ditto
:
: 143 Mary Miles from ditto, ditto
:
:
: In 1757 William Coombes sold Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer 654 acres of Two
Partners for £200 sterling (NOTE: Daniel then rented some to Henry Wathen for
his two daughters, Winstead & Whittier) land patented to Coomes 15 Oct 1755 for
1238 acres - small black scrbby oak by small glade or pond and at end of south
83ºE line of said tract - S 47ºW 80 perches - S 306 perches to N 80ºE line of
Gardiners (Godsons) Courage - N 80ºE 40 perches to end of said line - S 22ºE 42
perches - E 290 perches - N 15ºE 125 perches = N 25ºW 128 perches - SW 202
perches = 654 acres; Winifred, wife of William Coomes, signed dower (Charles Co.
Land Lib. G-3, fol. 159)
:
: Chris - note that Henry Wathen was Waring/Wearing's brother.
:
: Hope this adds some to the discussion. Will be following it closely....
: Carol Collins
:
: Norma Lundgren <> wrote:
: Hi, Chris,
:
: I know this isn't responding to what you asked, but it is something about
which
: I have been curious for awhile. I'm interested in the Goodricks.
:
: Would the following abstract, by any chance, be for your ancestor, John
Brooke,
: who married Jane? It is an orphan I haven't been able to conclusively connect
to
: anyone, but had as your John Brooke, since it mentions a Goodrick (Gutrick) as
: did those later items for this family that mentioned Susanna Goodrick.
:
: John Brooke 39C.103 I £28.12.0 Sep 18 1717
: Appraisers: George Gutrick, Charles Musgrave.
: Creditors: Michael Martin, R. Hanson.
:
: Was Susanna Goodrick the same person as Susanna Wathen (Warthing), wife of
: Ignatius Wathen as mentioned in the probate of your ancestor who married Sarah
: Harrout?
:
: Bye,
: Norma Lundgren
:
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:: I'm researching the descendants of John Brooke who lived in Charles County
:: from about 1685 until his death in 1718 and his descendants. He doesn't
appear
:: connected to the honorable Brooke family descended from Robert Brooke of
:: Calvert County. He was probably an indentured servant of Henry Hawkins and
: judged to
:: be 21 in 1685. I have not been able to locate any tracts of land he owned or
:: lived on but he and his wife, Jane, probably the widow of Paul Burrows lived
:: somewhere in the Port Tobacco East Hundred. By her two husbands, Jane had at
:: least 5 children: Thomas Burroughs/Burras as well as sons John and William
:: Brooke and daughters Sarah (married Joseph Timms) and Susannah who married a
:: Goodrick. I don't know if the daughters were born Burrows or Brooke.
::
:: I descend from son John Brooke who married Sarah, daughter of Peter
:: Harrout/Harrant, a frenchman by birth. Peters other daughter Elizabeth
married
: John
:: Nally Roby, son of Thomas Roby. In researching this family I find they
: purchased
:: or patented the tracts Hopewells Amendment, End of the Scuffle and Good
:: Neighborhood. They rented a large part of the parcel Partnership owned by
: Edward
:: Coale/Cole of St Marys County. I have been using the land patents for these
:: tracts to determined exactly where they were located and it seems to be in an
: area
:: north of LaPlata, South of St Charles, East of Pomfret and west of Zekiah
:: Swamp. They are bordered by several other tracts, namely Baltimores Bounty
: (owned
:: by Alexander Contee), Two Partners (owned by the Combs family), Harris
:: trouble, Carrington, Greens Inheritance and Spye Park. Also mentioned are the
: land of
:: "Mr Hyde" and John Hall. I have not been able to find tht actual description
:: of these last two patents. Also nearby appears to be Robys Range, owned by
:: Thomas Roby, father of John Nally Roby.
::
::
:: Has anyone run across any of these parcels of land or can give me guidance in
:: how to find the current locations based on the tract descriptions? Other than
:: Port Tobacco Creek and Zekiah Swamp, the only other water course mentioned in
:: a fork of Clarks Run which runs through LaPlata. Any assistance with locating
:: where these tracts are located would be greatly appreciated.
::
:: Thanks
::
:: Chris Brooks
:: Kansas City, Missouri
::
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