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From: Judith A <>
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY-L] SMC pages
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 13:28:34 -0400
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Thanks Linda. She's my Grannie and I had to speak up. :) Judith Burger
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Reno" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY-L] SMC pages


> Judith, my apologies. I must not have sent the corrected information to
> Marcella. I'm sure she'll make the correction.
>
> You're right. It was Dorothy Wimsatt (dau. of Richard Wimsatt, d.
2/10/1752 and
> Teresa Ford) who married Ignatius Ford, not Dorothy Abell.
>
> Linda Reno
>
> Judith A wrote:
>
> > At the risk of being accused of beating a dead horse to death, I would
like
> > to bring up Dorothy Abell daughter of Samuel Abell III and Eleanor
O'Bryan
> > again as to pertaining to her marriages.
> >
> > On the migration project there appears this entry for Dorothy:
> > Abell Dorothy , SMC, BORN aft 1796, DESTINATION: Washington, KY,
Reno,
> > PARENTS: Samuel Abell, Eleanor Bryan, SPOUSE: Ignatius Ford, SMC,
> > PARENTS OF IGNATIUS FORD: John Ford, Elizabeth Mattingly.
> >
> > Dorothy Abell was still unmarried Feb 17 1768 when she was a sponsor at
the
> > baptism of Barbara Ford. CATHOLIC FAMILIES OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND. p. 4.
Her
> > first documented child with Robert Wimsatt was baptized May 20 1770
(CFSM p.
> > 6)and her last documented child "Clare" born July 24 1788. She would
not
> > have been free to be the wife of Ignatius Ford as he died after her
first
> > Wimsatt child was born and before the last .
> >
> > Ignatius Ford wrote his will Dec. 17 1770, so
> >
****************************************************************************
> > ***********************************
> > MARYLAND PROBATE RECORDS,CALENDAR OF WILLS, VOL 14 1767-1772, p. 181
> > Ford, Ignatius, St. Mary's Co., 17 Dec 1770 12 Mar, 1771
> > To wife unnamed
> > Son Joseph, Mentions all of my children, unnamed.
> > Wit: John Ford, Robert Wimsatt, Jr., Elizabeth Booth. 38. 355
> > NOTE: I believe the wife may be Dorothy Wimsatt, sister of Robert
Wimsatt,
> > Jr. JB
> >
****************************************************************************
> > ************************************
> > MARYLAND PROBATE RECORDS, PREROGATIVE COURT ABSTRACTS, 1769-1772, p.
72,
> > Ignatius Ford 106.376 SM L44.13.4 Apr 2 1771 Apr 10 1771
> > Appraisers: Henry Sewall, Sr., Ignatius Abell.
> > Creditors: Archibald Campbell for James Gordon & Co., Timothy Bowes
> > Next of kin: John Ford, Robert Ford
> > Administratrix: Dorothy Ford
> > ============================
> > I believe that Dorothy Wimsatt daughter of Richard Wimsatt and Teresa
Ford
> > was the wife of Ignatius Ford d 1770-1771. She was the sister of Robert
> > Wimsatt who married Dorothy Abell, daughter of Samuel Abell, Jr (III)
and
> > Eleanor O'Bryan.
> > This Dorothy Ford is said to have married Matthew Daft Oct 20, 1772,
but I
> > have no additional information on her.
> >
> > DAFT
> > Matthew, m. by 20 Oct 1772, Dorothy, extx. of Ignatius Ford of SM CCo.
(MDAD
> > 67:145).
> >
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1500/s1527/html/ssi1527d.html
> >
> > Judith Burger
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Marcella Dawson" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 9:02 AM
> > Subject: [MDSTMARY-L] SMC pages
> >
> > > The Migraton pages have been updated and corrected:
> > > http://www.stmarysfamilies.com
> > >
> > > Marcella Dawson
> > > Houston, Texas
> > >
>

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