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From: "Linda Reno" <>
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY-L] Ann Lewger
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:02:34 -0400
References: <20050404230512.35026.qmail@web53905.mail.yahoo.com>


Betty,

Mary Tattershall was the first wife of James Tant. His second wife was
Mary Heard who survived him and married second, Robert Ford, Jr.

Will of James Gant (should be TANT), Brittain's Bay, SMC,
5/10/1717-8/4/1717. Son: John and heirs, 100 ac. on southeast side of
Brittain's Bay near William Davis' house and personalty at the age of 21.
Son: Matthew and heirs, 100 ac. "Drydocking" in the forest of Brittain's
Bay, at head of St. Lawrence River and pesonalty at the age of 21.
Daughters: Anne, Elizabeth, and Mary, personalty at the age of 20 or
marriage. Wife: Mary, dwelling plantation being part of "Revell", during
her life and then to son Matthew. Wife: Residuary Legatee. No Exec.
named. Wit: Nicholas Mills, John Medley, Thomas Walker, Henry Spink.
(Maryland Calendar of Wills).

12/10/1729: Deed from Simon Reeder of CC, planter to Joseph Chambers of CC,
Gent., pt. of land originally given by grant to William Tattershall who left
the land to his brother, James Tant, 200 ac. Reeder agrees to warrant the
land against any claims made by Mr. John Courts that this land is pt. of
"Marten's Freehold", the property of the afsd. Courts. (CC Liber M, #2).

10/5/1741: From William Williams and his wife Ann (heir at law of James
Tant, dec'd of SMC, brother-in-law to Lawrence Tattershall, dec'd) and John
Reeder, son of Benjamin Reeder (dec'd) to Francis Ware of Port Tobacco,
planter for 4000 lbs. tobacco and 5 lbs. paper currency and 1 guinea
"Tattershall's Gift" in CC, laid out for about 400 ac. (CC Land Rec.).

What I have on this family is below.

Linda Reno

Descendants of John Lewger




Generation No. 1


1. JOHN1 LEWGER was born 1602 in London, England, and died 1665 in London,
England. He married ANN Bef. 1628 in London, England. She was born Bef. 1613
in England, and died Abt. 1648 in St. Mary's Co., MD.


Children of JOHN LEWGER and ANN are:

2. i. JOHN2 LEWGER, JR., b. 1628, England; d. 1669, St. Mary's Co., MD.

ii. CECILY LEWGER, b. Aft. 1637, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1644.

3. iii. ANN LEWGER, b. Bet. 1637 - 1646, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1674,
St. Mary's Co., MD.



Generation No. 2


2. JOHN2 LEWGER, JR. (JOHN1) was born 1628 in England, and died 1669 in St.
Mary's Co., MD. He married MARTHA Bef. 1656 in St. Mary's Co., MD. She was
born 1629, and died Bet. 1674 - 1676 in St. Mary's Co., MD.


Children of JOHN LEWGER and MARTHA are:

i. JOHN3 LEWGER III, b. Aft. 1648, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1669.

ii. THOMAS LEWGER, b. Bet. 1649 - 1656, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1692.

4. iii. ELIZABETH LEWGER, b. Bef. 1661, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1681,
Charles Co., MD.



3. ANN2 LEWGER (JOHN1) was born Bet. 1637 - 1646 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and
died Aft. 1674 in St. Mary's Co., MD. She married (1) WILLIAM TATTERSHALL
1661 in St. Mary's Co., MD, son of TATTERSHALL. He was born 1637 in
Wiltshire, England, and died 1670 in St. Mary's Co., MD. She married (2)
HENRY NEALE Bet. 1670 - 1671 in St. Mary's Co., MD, son of NEALE. He was
born Bef. 1646, and died Bef. January 22, 1671/72 in Newtown, St. Mary's
Co., MD.


Children of ANN LEWGER and WILLIAM TATTERSHALL are:

5. i. MARY3 TATTERSHALL, b. Bet. 1662 - 1670, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Bef.
1705, St. Mary's Co., MD.

ii. LAWRENCE TATTERSHALL, b. Bet. 1662 - 1670, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. 1701,
St. Mary's Co., MD.


Child of ANN LEWGER and HENRY NEALE is:

iii. HENRY3 NEALE, JR., b. Bet. 1671 - 1672, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft.
1674.



Generation No. 3


4. ELIZABETH3 LEWGER (JOHN2, JOHN1) was born Bef. 1661 in St. Mary's Co.,
MD, and died Aft. 1681 in Charles Co., MD. She married (1) RICHARD MIDGELY
Bef. 1676. He was born Bef. 1656, and died 1676 in Charles Co., MD. She
married (2) JOHN WRIGHT Bet. 1677 - 1680. He was born Bef. 1654, and died
Aft. 1681 in Charles Co., MD.


Child of ELIZABETH LEWGER and JOHN WRIGHT is:

i. THOMAS4 WRIGHT, b. 1681; d. 1762, Charles Co., MD; m. MARY, Bef. 1714,
Charles Co., MD; b. Bef. 1694; d. Aft. 1738, Charles Co., MD.



5. MARY3 TATTERSHALL (ANN2 LEWGER, JOHN1) was born Bet. 1662 - 1670 in St.
Mary's Co., MD, and died Bef. 1705 in St. Mary's Co., MD. She married JAMES
TANT Bef. 1701 in St. Mary's Co., MD, son of JOHN TANT and MARGARET
BLOOMFIELD. He was born Bef. 1670 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died Bef.
October 14, 1717 in St. Mary's Co., MD.


Children of MARY TATTERSHALL and JAMES TANT are:

i. ANN4 TANT, b. Bef. 1701, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1741, St. Mary's
Co., MD; m. (1) GEORGE MEDLEY, Bef. 1725, St. Mary's Co., MD; b. 1704, St.
Mary's Co., MD; d. 1731, St. Mary's Co., MD; m. (2) WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Bet.
1731 - 1732, St. Mary's Co., MD; b. 1708, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. 1776, St.
Mary's Co., MD.

ii. JOHN TANT, b. Bef. 1705, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1719.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Betsy Stuerke" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 7:05 PM
Subject: [MDSTMARY-L] Ann Lewger


> According to my research, Ann Lewger (wife of William Tattershall and
> later of Henry Neale) was the daughter of John Lewger and his wife Ann.
> She is believed to have been born after the family's arrival in Maryland.
> Her mother Ann is said to have died ca. 1642:
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> " Ann [-?-], wife of John Lewger. John Lewger governed Maryland in the
> absence of Leonard Calvert in 1638 and again in 1641. He came to the
> province in 1637, on the ship Unity of the Isle of Wight, with his wife
> Ann, nine-year-old son John, and others (Patent Record,1: 17, 19, MSA
> S11). He returned to England where he died in 1665 during the plague. Ann
> [-?-] Lewger died c. 1642. She is probably the "Mrs. Lewger" who was left
> a satin petticoat in the will, made 31 March 1639, of Richard Lee, who
> stated that it had formerly belonged to his wife (Wills 1: 5, MSA S538;
> Archives of Maryland 1: 51). We have no record of a will or administration
> of Ann Lewger's estate, but, in 1642, a dispute between John Lewger and
> John Hollis concerning Mathias de Sousa mentioned the "disposing of his
> [de Sousa's] person to the satisfaction of Mrs. Lewger's just debts"
> (Archives of Maryland 1: 156). John and Ann were the parents of: John,
> born c. 1628; possibly Ann, born c. 1630, married William
> Tattershall; and possibly Cecily, born c. 1632. In his undated will,
> proved in 1644, Edward Parker left Cecily Lewger one half of his estate
> (Wills 1: 9, MSA S538). " ( THE FIRST LADIES OF MARYLAND, 1634-1777, PART
> I
> by Robert Barnes, Newsletter of The Maryland State Archives, Vol. 16,
> No. 12, p. 2 June 24, 2002)
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> St. John's was the property of John Lewger before his return to England in
> the late 1640's (?). A link showing Ann Tattershall's connection to John
> Lewger is in the bequest of St. John's to her in the will of her husband
> William Tattershall, noted below. My files show that on 1/24/1648 the 100
> acres of "St. John's" was patented to John Mansell; John Mansell sold "St.
> John's" to John Warren, who in turn sold the tract on 4/17/1658 to John
> Jarboe who resided on it, and added an additional 50 acres. I am not sure
> how William Tattershall acquired St. John's (see below), unless he had
> another portion of that original land. I know that William Tattershall's
> sister Mary married John Jarboe.
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> In the will of William Tattershall (in part): I bequeath Thomas _olloweth
> Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Tattershall all and
> every part and parcell of Land belonging to that plantation, wherein I now
> live lying and being upon Brittains Bay called by the name of St. John's
> with all the _____ to names thereunto belonging to her and her heirs for
> ever after the decease of my wife Ann Tattershall but if in case my said
> daughter Mary shall chance to Marry before the decease of my said wife
> Ann, that then she may have free priveledge to seat and make use of any
> peace or parcell of the said Land without lett or molestation...........
> (Cotton's Calendar of Maryland Wills Volume 1 page 54 records the will of
> William Tetershall, of Brittain's Bay, St, Mary's County dated 30 May 1670
> and proved June 25, 1670.)
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> Ann Lewger, d/o John Lewger, Sr. married 1) William Tattershall and after
> his death in 1670 married 2) Henry Neale, Jr.:
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> Inventories and Accounts Volume 6 p. 242 St. Mary's Co. 1674 shows that
> Ann Neale, Extrx. of Henry Neale submitted her accounting into court but
> that it was not intelligible and that it was confused.
> Inventories and Accounts Volume 6 page 246 records the reappearance of Ann
> Neale who prayed that she might have back her former inventory because she
> had included the property of Lawrence Tetershall and Mary Tetershall,
> children of Ann Neale by a former marriage. A subsequent entry in this
> same volume of Inventories and Accounts p. 253 and also Testamentary
> Proceedings, St. Mary's Co, Volume 1 page 19 reveal that Ann at the time
> of her marriage to Henry Neale was the widow of William Tetershall,
> deceased of St. Mary's County.
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> In light of all of this, and because I have been planning to post this
> request anyway (!), could someone shed light on the descendants of John
> Lewger, Sr? I have Ann's line of descent, down through the Neale family
> (my line of descent) but do not have it through the Tattershall line,
> although I do know that daughter Mary Tattershall married a Dent. Nor do
> I have the descent through John Lewger, Jr (other than
>
> LEWGER,John, 26th Nov., 1669; 9th Dec., 1669. To 2 sons John and Thomas,
> jointly, "St. Barbary's Manor." To dau. Eliza: 300 A. adjoining the
> "Manor." Wife Martha, residuary legatee. Ex. not named. Test: Thos.
> Galley, Geo. Lodge. 1. 356. )
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> I do not have any further descendants of this line nor do I have any
> descendants at all for John Lewger Sr's presumed daughter Cecily. Any
> further data on any of this would be appreciated.
>
> Specifically, I am looking for a descendant named Catherine, who would
> have been married to a member of the Biscoe family in the 1720's, if
> anyone could help me with this. However, I would be interested in other
> descendants as well.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Elizabeth Stuerke
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> Date:Sun, 3 Apr 2005 13:18:35 -0700From:"Shirley Moller"
> <>To::Ann LNU Lewger
> Tattershall Neale
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> Hello List,Please forgive me if I'm rehashing old info, but I found the
> following today, and would like to know if it is correct?Todd Whitesides
> is the poster of the following at Genforum:As far as I know there is no
> firm evidence to the identity of Sarah, the wife of John Pile, gent., (d.
> 1676) of "Sarum," Newport Hundred, Charles County. But I can offer these
> explanations to the family relationships mentioned in the other two
> responses to your inquiry.John Pile's sister Ann Pile was transported in
> 1637 on the ship Unity as a maidservant of John Lewger, Esq. Her first
> husband was Sgt Richard Nevitt [fl. 1634-50], and her second was William
> Tattershall, gent. (d. 1670). William Tattershall's sister Mary was the
> wife of (1) Lt Col John Jarboe (d. 1674), and (2) Mr Stephen Gough (d.
> 1700).My questions are:1. Is Ann wife of Wm Tattershall is the sister of
> John Pile of Sarum?2. Was Ann wife of Wm Tattershall ever married to
> Richard Nevitt?I have Ann LNU married married to John !
> Lewger
> [who immigrated with wife Ann and son John and others, source Skordas].
> Then from A Biographical Dictionary of MD Legislature, states that it
> was"probably" Ann Lewger who married first, William Tattershall and then
> Henry Neale.Thanks for your help,Shirley Middleton Moller
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