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From: "Pat Obrist" <>
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY-L] Thomas Hatton, Elizabeth Hanson, Randall Hanson
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 17:19:51 -0600
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About Fortune WATSON'S surname I have not found any further proof either.

My source for her name was:
"Colonial Families of the Americas: MOORE of Maryland and Kentucky. p. 142.
[Kent Co. MD "Moores"] found in "The Colonial Genealogist," Vo. !V, Number
3, Winter 1972.

Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Reno" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY-L] Thomas Hatton, Elizabeth Hanson, Randall Hanson


> Just a quick note--I haven't digested all of this, but was Fortune really
a
> Watson?
>
> Several years ago, Pat Obrist stated that she was, but I haven't found any
> proof.
>
> I know she was married to Bulmer Medford and then to Marmaduke Simms.
>
> Will of William Champ, SMC 10/8/1667; 12/13/1667. To: Elizabeth Forrest,
eldest
> dau. of Patrick Forrest, personal estate. Fortune Metford, Exec. and
residuary
> legatee. Wit: Andrew Bushaw, Richard Burkett.
>
> Admin. accts. of husband, Marmaduke Simms, 4/15/1695, she was Exec.
(Skinner).
>
> Will of Fortune Semmes, No county named, 5/1/1699-12/10/1701. Son: John
Simms,
> 319 ac., pt of 838 ac. "St. George's" bought by late husband, Marmaduke
Simms
> from Thomas Simpson. Son: Marmaduke Simms and heirs, 319 ac., pt. of
afsd.
> tract. Son: Anthony Simms and heirs, 200 ac., residue of afsd. tract.
To: son,
> Thomas Medford; Thomas, son of sd. Thomas, and Marmaduke, son of Anthony
Simms,
> afsd., personal estate. Sons: John and Marmaduke, afsd., Execs. and
residuary
> legatees of estate, real and personal. Wit: Edward Potter, George Griggs,
Jane
> Harris.
>
> Linda
>
> Norma Thompson wrote:
>
> > Hi, Linda,
> >
> > Was this John Watson related to Fortune Watson, the wife of Bulmer
Mitford,
> > the parents of Thomas Mitford/Medford who married Rachel Mackall?
> >
> > To expand a bit on my previous message.
> >
> > Does this work for you?
> >
> > Jane Mackall had one husband and only one husband, John Watson. George
> > Mackall needed three inventories because he had two changes of
executors.
> > One inventory 1676 at his death, his wife Ann executor; one inventory
1684
> > when Ann died, his daughter Jane and her husband John Watson became
> > executors; one inventory 1686 when Jane died and Hannah and her husband
> > Philip Clarke became executors.
> >
> > Sometime after the 1690 mention of Thomas Spinke and wife Jane and 1695,
> > Thomas Spinke died and Jane Spinke married John Watson. She may or may
not
> > be the same Jane who was his wife at his death. She may or may not be a
> > relative of Edward Greenhalgh.
> >
> > Who was Thomas Haddock, the admin of John Watson and Edward Greenhalgh?
The
> > same Thomas Haddock married to Mary Doxey, daughter of Thomas and Ann
Doxey?
> >
> > Bye,
> > Norma
>
>


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