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From: Dorinda Shepley <>
Subject: WINDERS, WINTERS, CROUSE, STEFFEY, TRIDLE, HUYETT
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 18:09:11 -0700 (PDT)

Washington Co, MD Equity Abstracts

WINDERS, WINTERS, CROUSE, STEFFEY, TRIDLE, HUYETT
- Equity (Book 3, 95-99) - filed 16 Nov 1839
Peter CROUSE, George STEFFEY and others vs John and
Joseph WINDERS - Protest of Undated Will


John WINDERS died leaving a widow and 9 children -
w/ Elizabeth
...Susan w/o Peter CROUSE
...Anna Mary w/o George STEFFEY
...Elizabeth WINDERS
...Anna w/o Jacob TRIDLE (TRITLE)
...John WINDERS
...Joseph WINDERS
...John D. WINDERS, a minor
...David WINDERS, a minor

(Name later shows as WINTERS in other documents.)
John WINDERS owned a 197 acre farm and an undivided
half of a farm containing
69 acres in Washington County; also 41 acres of
mountain land in Frederick County.
He left an undated will which only included three of
the children and it was believed
he had written it many years before and did not want
to exclude the other children.

Daniel HUYETT was assigned as guardian; 70 acres were
laid out for the widow's dower.
On 19 Mar 1840, sale was held with highest bidder as
Jacob TRIDDLE for 35 acres at
$2,485. Also sold to Elizabeth WINDERS, 3 pieces of
land, one for 14 acres for $910
and 41 acres of mountain land at $615. John and
Joseph WINDERS bought 107 acres for
$5,885. The total sales were $9,953.28. The widow
also received, besides her dower
acreage, $61.50 as her dower rights to the mountain
land;each child received $1,058.09.
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