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From: "Carol Montrose" <>
Subject: Re: The Black Books - 1733
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 10:25:22 -0400
References: <sb43188a.073@hermes.emporia.edu>


Aren't the instructions for interpretation the information listed in the
front of the book?

Carol
----- Original Message -----
From: William Smith <>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 2:21 PM
Subject: The Black Books - 1733


> I would appreciate some assistance in interpreting an entry recorded in
the Calendar of Maryland State Papers - The Black Books, p. 39, margin
reference 267, II, 115: 1733, Prince George's County. List of taxables in
the lower precinct of Mattapany Hundred, taken by Bryan REILY, constable.
Personal names in list: * John Brightwell, Edward Boswell, Peter Brightwell,
Richard Brightwell, Jasper Kennick, *
>
> I have listed just the one line of names, of the 14 lines presented.
First, is there any significance in the order? Is it reasonable to assume
that persons listed near to one another likely lived near to each other? Can
anyone provide information for 1733 as to when (what month?) in the year the
list might have been made? The issue here is that Jasper Kennick died early
in 1733 - we know from the Prince George's County Orphan Court entry for
June 1733 where "William Kennick, age 15 next April chooses John Brightwell
as his guardian to age 21." Other evidence suggests that William had a
brother, Jasper, son of Jasper, who was already 21 at the time of the Orphan
Court action. My question, then, is the Jasper Kennick listed in the Black
Books, Jasper the father or Jasper the son? Does the evidence available
allow us to make any reasonable assumptions on that issue? Any insights will
be appreciated.
>

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