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From: "Judith Burger" <>
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY-L] William Cissell
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 05:11:31 -0600
References: <20050208070907.22044.qmail@web50109.mail.yahoo.com>


Hello folks,

I have several Mary Shircliffes and a couple of John Shercliffes in my file
and this is the way I have them allocated at present (today only) a result
of blood sweat and tears. Judith

1. Mary Shircliffe b 1647 d. aft 1712, dau of John Shircliffe, IMG
(1618-1661) & Ann Spink m/1 Peter Mills d 1684/85 m/2 Thomas Dant
(1642-1707)
SOME NOTES:

WILL Abstract of John SHERCLIFFE of St. Mary's Co, 2 Dec 1661/26 Mar 1663.
To my wife Anne, execx., "Horton Hays," plantation on Bretton's Bay.
To eldest son John SHERCLIFFE, land on n.w. side of Bretton's Bay.
To youngest son William SHERCLIFFE, land on St. Clement's Bay.
To elder dau, Mary SHERCLIFFE, 100 a. of land. "I give & bequeath unto my
eldest daughter Mary, one hundred acres of land due unto me for the rights
of importing of Josaphat
Farazell, Eliz. Morgan, Jno. Bayly and Eliz. Abrahams."
To daughter, Anne SHERCLIFFE, land.
To Cousin Thomas SPALDING, land.
"I give & beq. unto Mr. Francis Fitzherbert tobacco 300-400 pounds for his
good Prayers and to pastor of Catholick Church at New Town and I desire
Prayers of all Catholicks. In event of death of my children, estate to
pass to Roman Catholic Church and friend Peter Mills."
Overseers: Henry Spinke, brother-in-law & friend Peter Mills.
Witnesses: Edward CLARKE, Edmond Smith, Leonard Green
Adms: Ann SHERCLIFFE & Wm SHERCLIFFE, St. Mary's Co, Aug 21, 1678.[7]
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The Early Settlers of Maryland, Gust Skordas, 6th printing 2002,
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD. p. 186, 414, 415, 416
p. 414 "Sheercliff, John, Liber 1, folio18, Transported 1638
p. 415 Shertcliffe, Anne, Liber 4, folio 29, Transported 1657, Daughter of
John.
Shertcliffe, John, Liber 2, folio 418,426 Immigrated 1646
p. 416 Shertcliffe, Mary, Liber 4, folio 29, Transported 1657, Daughter of
John <snip>
Shircliffe, John, Liber ABH, folio 150, Married Ann Goldsborough prior to
1651, died prior to 1667. Daughters married, (10,fol. 474,477). <snip>
Shirtcliffe, John, Liber ABH, folio 8, Immigrated 1646.
p. 186 Goldsborough, Ann, Liber ABH, folio150, Wife of John Shircliffe in
1651. Transported many years prior.
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2. John Shircliffe, II,d.1677 s/o John and Ann Spink m. bef 1651,Ann
Goldsborough , and had daughter Mary Shircliffe who m. John Cissell

SOME NOTES:
The Early Settlers of Maryland, Gust Skordas, 6th printing 2002,
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD. p. 186, 414, 415, 416
p. 414 "Sheercliff, John, Liber 1, folio18, Transported 1638= Husband of
Ann Spink
p. 415 Shertcliffe, Anne, Liber 4, folio29, Transported 1657, Daughter of
John.
Shertcliffe, John, Liber 2, folio 418,426 Immigrated 1646 (son of Ann
Spink's husband John I)
p. 416 Shertcliffe, Mary, Liber 4, folio 29, Transported 1657, Daughter of
John
p. 416 Shircliffe, John, Liber ABH, folio 150, Married Ann Goldsborough
prior to 1651, died prior to 1667. Daughters married, (10,fol. 474,477).
<snip>
p. 416 Shirtcliffe, John, Liber ABH, folio 8, Immigrated 1646. (Father of
Mary m. John Cissell)
p. 186 Goldsborough, Ann, Liber ABH, folio150, Wife of John Shircliffe in
1651. Transported many years prior.
p. 90 Cicil, John, Liber 4, Folio29, Immigrated 1658
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EARLY FAMILIES OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND VOL. I, Elise Greenup Jordan, 1999,
Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland, p. 59
"John Cissell, a gunsmith, was the earliest known person of the Catholic
Cissell family to settle in Maryland. Birth estimated ca. 1630-1640 of
unknown parents in England; died 1698 in St. Mary's County........He is
believed to have married in St. Mary's County to Mary Shirtcliffe, b. ca
1647; d. after 1707; d/o John Shirtcliffe and Anne Goldsborough."
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If this is John Shircliffe, II who immigrated in 1646 and died in 1677 and
married Ann Goldsborough and is the son of John Shircliffe I, transported
1638 & d 1663 who married Ann Spink, it could explain why Mary (Shircliffe)
Mills Dant, his sister held land with the sons of John Cissell: William,
James and Thomas Cissell in 1707. John Cissell having married Mary
Shircliffe, daughter of John Shircliffe II

"3. Poplar Neck--- 200 A surveyed 11/26/1643 for William Brough; held in
1707 by Wlm Cecill, James Cecill, Thos. Cecill, Mary Dant and Tho. Cecill"
From Marcella Dawson 7/25/2002
==============================================================
These records seem to say that this John Shircliffe and (wife?) Ann
Shircliffe died about the same time. Yellow fever?
I have not found distribution accounts to date. Daughter Mary b. ca 1647,
cited above would have been about 30 years old and married. JB
MARYLAND PREROGATIVE COURT ABSTRACTS, 1674-1678, Libers 1-5, Skinner, FTMCD
206
p. 44
John Sheircliffe 4.140 I SM #6023 Mar 26 1677
Appraisers: Robert Ford, Thomas Salmon.
p. 44
Anne Sheircliffe, 4.141 I SM #4845 Mar 26 1677
Appraisers: Robert Ford, Thomas Salmon.
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p. 67
Ann Shercliff 5.249 A SM #4845 Aug 21 1678
Payments to: William Roswell, John Dabridge, Thomas Bassett
Administrator: William Shercliff.
p. 67
John Shercliff 5.252 A SM #6053 Aug 21 1678
Payments to: William Harding, Stephen Gough, Mr. John Good
(administrator of Thomas Carly)
Administrator: William Shercliff.
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The Maryland Calendar Of Wills Compiled And Edited by Jane Baldwin (Jane
Baldwin Cotton) Wills From 1635 (Earliest probated) To 1685 Volume I; Family
Line Publications Westminster, Maryland 1988, p. 11
Thimbellby, Thimbellbee, John, 2nd Dec, 1659; 19th Dec, 1659.
To the Roman Catholic Church, to John Brown, Margaret Brown, wife of
William
Brown, John Bryan's child.
John Shertcliffe, his wife Anne and sons John and William Shertcliffe, and
godson Robert Call, personalty.
To goddau. Mary Brown, all land in Md.
Exs.: Wm. Brown, John Shertcliffe.
Test: Jennet Frissell, Jean Giraugh. 1. 80.
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3. William Shircliffe, s/o John Shircliffe and Ann Spink, m Mildred
Thompson, dau of Authur Thompson and Susanna Carberry, and had Dau Mary
Shircliffe who m/1 Thomas Melton bef 1705, m/2 c 1709 Henry Miles of John
SOME NOTES:
MARYLAND CALENDAR OF WILLS: Volume 3
VOLUME III.

Shercliffe, William,St. Mary's Co.,25th Mch., 1707; 1st July, 1707.

To son-in-law Dennis Mohawny and to dau. Mildred, his wife, and her hrs.,
30 A., part of land adjoining that obtained from Francis Spinke, etc. (For
description see will). Residue of land to be divided into 4 parts.
To wife Mildred, during life, dwelling plantation.
To son John, dwelling plantation at decease of wife and ¼ residue of land
afsd.
To sons William and Thomas and hrs., each ¼.
To sons afsd. and son Peter, land leased to Francis Knott (for 99 yrs.), at
expiration of lease.
To 4 daus., Mary Melton, wife of Thomas Melton, and Anne, Elizabeth and
Ticla at 16 yrs. of age and their hrs., residue of land bought of sd.
Spinke.
To Ellinor, dau. of Thomas Spinke, 25 A., "Ferny Hill" formerly belonging
to John Howard.
To wife Mildred, extx., and hrs., residue of estate, real and personal.
Test: Edward Field, James Martin, Jno. Drewery. 12. 157.


Melton, Thomas, Sr., St. Mary's Co., 24th Sept., 1705; 1st May, 1706.
To son Thomas and hrs., dwelling plantation 100 A., "Boston," 80 A.,
"Cuckold's Haven" and 110 A., "St. John's."
To dau. Mary Howard and hrs., personalty and tracts afsd. should son Thomas
die without issue.
Grandson Thos. Adams to be allowed to plant on "St. John's" afsd.
To Mr. Hunter and granddau. Rachel Adams, personalty.
Test: Robert Mansell, Charles Carles, John Williams. 12. 58.
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MARYLAND PREROGATIVE COURT ABSTRACTS, 1699-1708, Libers 25-28, Skinner, p.
25, FTMCD 206
Thomas Melton 25.344 I SM L41.8.0 Jun 20 1706
Appraisers: William Shircliffe, Charles Carles.
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MARYLAND PREROGATIVE COURT ABSTRACTS, 1699-1708, Libers 25-28, Skinner, p.
53, FTMCD 206
Thomas Melton 27.153 A SM L41.8.0 Aug 1 1707
Payments to: John Sanders, Robert Mansfield, Mr. William Hunter, John
Clarke, Matthew Cartwright.
Legatees: Mary Howard, Rachaell Addams, Thomas Addams.
Executor: Thomas Melton.
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The Early Settlers of Maryland, Gust Skordas, 6th printing 2002,
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD. p.314:
Melton, John Transported 1661
Melton, Thomas Service 1667
Melton, William Immigrated 1673, Of Calvert County.
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MARYLAND PROBATE RECORDS, CALENDAR OF WILLS, VOL 5, 1720-1726, p. 8, FTM CD
206
Miles, Henry, Charles Co., 25th March, 1720; 2nd May, 1720
To children, viz. Mary, Elizabeth and Henry, 1/2 personal estate, equally.
To wife Mary, extx., and hrs. 1/2 personal estate. Daus. of age at 16 and
son at 18.
Test: Benedict Boarman (Boeman), John Higton. 16,49

NOTE:
1. A Benedict Boarman is listed as a son of William Boarman d. 1709, along
with a sister Mary.
2. Timothy J. O'Rourke, MARYLAND CATHOLICS ON THE FRONTIER, 1993, p. 697
Lists Illegible eldest Daughter as 4th child. I don't have a photocopy of
original court record. JB
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MARYLAND PREROGATIVE COURT ABSTRACTS, 1718-1720. Skinner, p. 42, FTMCD 206
Henry Miles 4.81 CH L47.7.9 May 9 1720
Appraisers: Mr. Benedick Boarman, Randall Garland.
Approvers: Edward Miles, James Hagan, John Boarman, Richard Edelen.
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MARYLAND PREROGATIVE COURT ABSTRACTS, 1718-1724, (Libers 1-5). Skinner, p.
139, FTMCD 206
Henry Miles 5.396 A CH L47.7.9 L8.10.8 Mar 20 1723
Received from: John Buckman.
Payments to: Henry Smith for Mr. Richard Gildart, Dr. Gustavus Brown, Mr.
Gildart, Richard Edelen.
Executrix: Mary Miles.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathleen Mills Woodring" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 1:09 AM
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY-L] William Cissell


> No. I don't think Ms. Jordan is correct on the Cissel marriage just based
on a land record.
>
> Mary Shirtcliffe was married to Peter Mills until his death. Then to _____
Dant, Linda thinks Thomas Dant (Dents were protestants not Catholics so this
makes sense at least.)
>
> See Linda Reno's posting and reasons below.
> From: "Jerry L. Clark" <>
> Subject: [MDSTMARY-L] Peter Mills/ Mary Shircliffe
> Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 12:18:00 -0700
> After much gnashing of teeth, etc., this morning, I have come to the
> conclusion that Mary Shercliffe, daughter of John Shercliffe and Ann Spink
> was married twice. She married first, Peter Mills and second, Thomas
Dant.
> Colonial Settlers of St. Clement's Bay by Mary Louise Donnelly says Mary
> Shercliffe married second, John Dent. She also states that she was the
> daughter of Ann Goldsborough--the only wife of John Shercliffe and that
the
> only way that Henry Spink would have been her uncle was if he had married
a
> sister of John Shercliffe or Ann Goldsborough before he came to MD. She's
> wrong, wrong, wrong. Henry Spink was her uncle because her mother was his
> sister, Ann Spink. She did not marry John Dent or Dant, she married
Thomas
> Dant.
> I had married Mary Shercliffe off to John Cissell (d. 1698) because she
was
> listed in the 1707 rent rolls as owning 25 ac. "Poplar Neck" along with
the
> sons of John Cissell. John Cissell's wife was named Mary, but I just
don't
> think she could have been Mary Shercliffe as she had to have been married
to
> Thomas Dant by 1685 (note that he was one of the approvers of the estate
of
> Peter Mills on 3/18/1685) and she was still Mary Dant in 1707 and in 1712.
> Here's the reasoning:
> 2/22/1675: Thomas Dant, Peter Peake, and William Didoll witnessed the
will
> of Edward Clarke, SMC.
> 9/23/1680: Thomas Dant, St. Mary's Co.: "Peterborough", 100 ac.,
9/23/1680
> (including land for time of service of Thomas Coverdale of SMC)--Settlers
of
> MD, Coldham.
> Will of Peter Mills, SMC 9/3/1684-3/17/1684-85. Wife: Mary (Exec.) home
> plantation. Daughter: Elizabeth, sd. plantation at death of wife. Sons:
> Nicholas and Peter 64 ac. "Minsterdam" and 150 ac. "Pomfret Field". To:
> Peter and William Howard sd. estate in event of death of wife and three
> children afsd. without issue. Wit: Clement Hill, Thomas Dant, John
Barnard,
> Elizabeth Cooke.
> 3/18/1685: Admin. accts. of Peter Mills, SMC. Appraisers: Henry Spink
and
> Richard Walker. Approvers: Thomas Dant and Arthur Thompson (Skinner).
> Admin. accts. of Peter Mills 4/9/1688; Adm., Thomas Dent (should be Thomas
> Dant). (Skinner).
> Thomas Dant died some time after 1701 and before 1707. The last record I
> found was dated 10/28/1695 when he and William Shercliffe were listed as
> appraisers of the estate of Henry Spink, Sr. I also found a record dated
> 3/20/1706 showing Thomas Dant on a list of persons who owed the estate of
> Robert Mason (Mason died in 1701).
> 11/22/1712: Mrs. Mary Dant, age about 65 stated that her father, John
> Shercliffe; her mother, Ann Shercliffe and her uncle, Henry Spink often
said
> her father and uncle sold land to Edward Cotton (MD Chancery Records).
> 11/22/1712.
> Next we have the will of William Dant, who I presume was a son of Thomas
> Dant and Mary Shercliffe:
> Will of William Dant, planter, SMC, 1/31/1714-5/16/1715. To: Cousins,
John
> Dant and William Mills and their heirs, "Poplar Neck" with land adjoining,
> 76 ac. "Anstruther", equally. If the sd. John Dant dies without issue,
then
> to John Mills and his heirs. To: Brother, Peter Mills, Exec., and to
> cousin Eleanor Nevitt, personalty. Wit.: William Coade, Elizabeth Hooke,
> Stephen Vinall, Hannah Vinall.
> NOTES: John Dant would have a son of a brother of his. It wouldn't be
John
> Dant born 1700 as that is his brother. William Mills was the son of his
> half brother, Peter Mills, Jr. and Frances Slye. John Mills is either the
> son of Peter Mills, Jr. and Frances Slye or of Nicholas Mills and
Elizabeth
> Heard--not sure which one at this point. Cousin, Eleanor Nevitt was
Eleanor
> Spink, dau. of his half sister, Elizabeth Mills and William Spink.
Eleanor
> Spink married Francis Nevitt before 1712.
> "Anstruther", 30 ac., surveyed 4/29/1667 for Peter Miles (should be Mills)
> joining to Shercliffe's land. Possessor: Mary Dant. 6/7/1709: 32 ac.
to
> William Dant from Charles Daft and wife, Elizabeth. (SMC Rent Rolls,
> 1639-1771). NOTE: Charles Daft was the second husband of Elizabeth
Mills.
> Comments, corrections, additions??
> Linda Reno
>
> Melissa Young <> wrote:
> Elise Greenup Jourdan lists the father of William Cissell married to
Catherine Joyner and Elizabeth Bullock, as John Cissell who was born of
unknown parents in England, transported himself from England in 1658, died
1698 in St. Mary's County; believed to have married Mary Shirtcliffe, b.
abt. 1647, d. aft. 1707, daughter of John Shirtcliffe and Anne Goldsborough.
>
> Will of John Cissell, St. Mary's County; written 28 April, 1698, probate
06 June 1698.
> To sons John, William and Thomas equally, and hrs. 150 acres White Acre.
> To sons Richard and Robert equally, 100 acres Long Neck.
> Wife Mary,extx., and residuary legatee of estate, real and personal, incl.
(unnamed dwelling) plantation during life.
> To son Edward and hrs., sd. plantation at death of wife; to pass in event
of his death without issue to youngest son James and hrs.
> Test: Jno. Richards, Adam Head, Mary Mekin, Robt. Asiter
> Wills, Liber 7, folio 381; Md. Cal. Wills, Vol. II, p. 138
>
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