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From: "SMoller" <>
Subject: Re: [MDPGEORG] Plummer, Beall, McClain, Beech, Bennett- Frederick Co MD, late 1700's
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 13:58:10 -0800
References: <00fe01c3b48b$0ed8f820$78c34b43@anderson> <001a01c3b52c$59fc47c0$4bad10cf@x9b4f4>


I see some think:
William Selby md. Mary (last name may have been Stewart).

Can anyone tell me what is the info that makes Mary a possible
Stewart?
I have seen that she could possibly be the d/o Paul Busey.

Shirley





----- Original Message -----
From: "Ida M. Lancaster" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [MDPGEORG] Plummer, Beall, McClain, Beech, Bennett-
Frederick Co MD, late 1700's


> William Selby md. Mary (last name may have been Stewart). Mary md.
again
> after the death of William. She md. Joshua Beall. Joshua Beal was
a
> judge. Apparently she was 6 months when she md. Joshua. She had
Wm.
> Selby's child Ann after they were md. Ida at the top of Texas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anderson" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:06 PM
> Subject: [MDPGEORG] Plummer, Beall, McClain, Beech, Bennett-
Frederick Co
> MD, late 1700's
>
>
> > Does anyone know how the Plummers, Bealls and McClains of Prince
George's
> Co
> > or Frederick Co MD in the 1700's may have been interconnected by
marriage?
> >
> > What is the basis for the claim by some researchers that Mary
Beall was
> the
> > name of the wife of William McClain, who died in 1794 in Frederick
County?
> >
> > Samuel and George Plummer ("Plumer")and John Beall witnessed the
1770
> > Frederick Co will of James McClane. The will mentioned his widow,
Dorcas,
> > and nieces Sarah and Linna Beech. James bequeathed "lands on the
south
> side
> > of...Bennet's Creek" to his brother William, and after William's
death to
> > William's son James Joshua McClain. This will, as copied into the
will
> > book, is consistent in spelling James' and Dorcas' name in each
instance
> as
> > McClane and William and James Joshua's name as McClain.
> >
> > In 1794 in Frederick Co James Plummer and Edward "Andrew"
witnessed the
> will
> > of William McClain, James' brother. William left no widow. His
will,
> > proved 12 Apr 1794, mentions son Joshua and daughters Mary, Polly
and
> > Susanna. A land record, presumably for this William McClain (who
usually
> > signed with a W), names wife Mary. Joshua McClain married
Elizabeth
> > Bennett.
> >
>
>
>
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