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From: "Linda Reno" <>
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Alexander SOMERVELL
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:04:34 -0500
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She wasn't related to Virginia Dare as far as I know. This Dare family was
from Calvert County. The earliest Dare I have is Nathaniel:

Will of Nathaniel Dare, Gent., CA, 2/9/1732-7/14/1742. Son: Gideon, lands
lying between the land formerly belonging to John Dixon, land of James
Dixon, and land bought by me from Richard Durham at the head of Parker's
Creek. Son: Cleverly, landlying to next to Gideon's. Wife: Mary, Exec.,
dwelling plantation, "Hooper's Clift" and "Red Clift" with the exception of
that part bought from Benjamin Rice. At her death or remarriage, to son
Gideon. Wit.: Amory Babson, Samuel Leson, John Mackall.

Linda

----- Original Message -----
From: "mary yoder" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Alexander SOMERVELL


> Linda,
>
> Saw a James Somervell Jr (b bef 1734) m Susanna Dare (b bef 1739). Any
> data
> on DARE??? Want to know if she is related to Virginia DARE???
>
> Inquireing mind wants to know????
>
> Mary Y.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linda Reno" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 8:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Alexander SOMERVELL
>
>
>> The earliest ancestor of Alexander Somervell was James Somervell, born
>> 1692
>> in Scotland and died 1751 in Calvert County, Maryland (just across the
>> Patuxent River from St. Mary's County). My notes:
>>
>> Early Families of So. MD, Vol. 6 (Jourdan).
>>
>> Dr. James Somervell of Scotland settled on the Lower Cliffs about 1719.
>> He
>> studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh; enlisted in the army of
>> Bonnie Prince Charlie; was captured about 1715 and sent to the colonies
>> to
>> be sold as an indentured servant. (Elise Jourdan, quoting "A History of
>> Calvert County").
>>
>> 2/20/1751: Dr. James Somervell, aged 57 or 58, died at his house in
>> Calvert
>> County on Friday, February 15, 1751. (The Maryland Gazette, 1727-1761).
>>
>> His descendants, down through Alexander who died in Texas. This is by no
>> means a complete listing, I'm sure. Beneath that are the descendants of
>> John Somerville of St. Mary's County.
>>
>> Linda Reno
>>
>> Descendants of James Somervell
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Generation No. 1
>>
>>
>> 1. JAMES1 SOMERVELL was born 1692 in Scotland, and died February 15,
>> 1750/51
>> in Calvert Co., MD. He married SARAH HOWE Bef. 1734 in Calvert Co., MD,
>> daughter of THOMAS HOWE and REBECCA MAULDIN. She was born Bef. 1719 in
>> Calvert Co., MD, and died March 1755 in Calvert Co., MD.
>>
>>
>> Children of JAMES SOMERVELL and SARAH HOWE are:
>>
>> 2. i. JAMES2 SOMERVELL, JR., b. Bef. 1734, Calvert Co., MD; d. Bef.
>> December
>> 30, 1773, St. Mary's Co., MD.
>>
>> 3. ii. ALEXANDER SOMERVELL, b. August 09, 1734, Calvert Co., MD; d. 1783.
>>
>> iii. JOHN SOMERVELL, b. Bef. 1742, Calvert Co., MD; d. 1763, Calvert Co.,
>> MD.
>>
>>
>>
>> Generation No. 2
>>
>>
>> 2. JAMES2 SOMERVELL, JR. (JAMES1) was born Bef. 1734 in Calvert Co., MD,
>> and
>> died Bef. December 30, 1773 in St. Mary's Co., MD. He married SUSANNA
>> DARE.
>> She was born Bef. 1739.
>>
>>
>> Child of JAMES SOMERVELL and SUSANNA DARE is:
>>
>> 4. i. JAMES3 SOMERVELL III, b. April 19, 1751, Calvert Co., MD; d. May
>> 15,
>> 1815, Pr. Geo's Co., MD.
>>
>>
>>
>> 3. ALEXANDER2 SOMERVELL (JAMES1) was born August 09, 1734 in Calvert Co.,
>> MD, and died 1783. He married REBECCA DAWKINS December 02, 1759 in Christ
>> Church, Calvert Co., MD, daughter of WILLIAM DAWKINS and MARY MACKALL.
>> She
>> was born May 03, 1738 in Calvert Co., MD, and died Aft. 1756.
>>
>>
>> Children of ALEXANDER SOMERVELL and REBECCA DAWKINS are:
>>
>> i. THOMAS3 SOMERVELL, b. September 24, 1760, Calvert Co., MD.
>>
>> 5. ii. WILLIAM SOMERVELL, b. January 30, 1763, Calvert Co., MD.
>>
>> iii. REBECCA SOMERVELL, b. March 29, 1765, Calvert Co., MD; m. JAMES
>> DUKE,
>> June 25, 1786; b. July 15, 1765, Calvert Co., MD.
>>
>>
>>
>> Generation No. 3
>>
>>
>> 4. JAMES3 SOMERVELL III (JAMES2, JAMES1) was born April 19, 1751 in
>> Calvert
>> Co., MD, and died May 15, 1815 in Pr. Geo's Co., MD. He married (1) ANN
>> TRUMAN Bef. 1786, daughter of ALEXANDER TRUMAN and REBECCA LETCHWORTH.
>> She
>> was born Bef. 1771, and died Bef. 1792 in Pr. Geo's Co., MD. He married
>> (2)
>> ELIZABETH HAWKINS MAGRUDER November 07, 1792 in Pr. George's Co., MD,
>> daughter of ALEXANDER MAGRUDER and ELIZABETH HOWARD. She was born Bef.
>> 1777
>> in Pr. Geo's Co., MD.
>>
>>
>> Child of JAMES SOMERVELL and ANN TRUMAN is:
>>
>> i. THOMAS TRUMAN4 SOMERVELL, b. 1786, Calvert Co., MD; d. February 26,
>> 1845,
>> Pr. Geo's Co., MD; m. MARGARET TERRETT HOLLYDAY, November 03, 1807, Pr.
>> Geo's Co., MD; b. 1790, Pr. Geo's Co., MD; d. 1872.
>>
>>
>> Children of JAMES SOMERVELL and ELIZABETH MAGRUDER are:
>>
>> ii. ALEXANDER4 SOMERVELL, b. June 11, 1796, Aquasco, Pr. Geo's Co., MD;
>> d.
>> February 1854, TX.
>>
>> iii. ANN SOMERVELL, b. Bef. 1802, Pr. Geo's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1817; m.
>> THOMAS
>> HORRELL, September 20, 1817, Pr. George's Co., MD; b. Bef. 1797; d. Aft.
>> 1854.
>>
>> iv. JAMES SOMERVELL IV, d. Aft. 1835, Aquasco, Pr. Geo's Co., MD.
>>
>>
>>
>> 5. WILLIAM3 SOMERVELL (ALEXANDER2, JAMES1) was born January 30, 1763 in
>> Calvert Co., MD. He married ELIZA W. IRELAND February 03, 1795 in Christ
>> Church, Calvert Co., MD. She was born Bef. 1780, and died Aft. 1795 in
>> Calvert Co., MD.
>>
>>
>> Child of WILLIAM SOMERVELL and ELIZA IRELAND is:
>>
>> i. ALEXANDER4 SOMERVELL, b. Bef. 1823; d. Aft. 1843, Calvert Co., MD; m.
>> CORNELIA OLIVIA SEWELL, November 06, 1832, Calvert Co., MD; b. Bef. 1828;
>> d.
>> Aft. 1843, Calvert Co., MD.
>>
>> Now, for the St. Mary's County folks. John Somerville (aka Somervell), a
>> merchant, came to Maryland before 1751. His father is said to have been
>> named James. I have a different birth date--March 10, 1722/23. John
>> Somerville married Susanna Clarke, daughter of George Mackall Clarke and
>> Susanna Attaway, February 14, 1753. He died in St. Mary's County,
>> December
>> 21, 1788.
>>
>> 3/11/1750-1: Deed from Stephen Cawood of SMC, Gent. to John Somervell of
>> SMC, merchant land in CC called "Addition to Hull", 140 ac. and "Mount
>> Paradise", 160 ac. Eleanor Cawood released her dower. (Charles County
>> Land
>> Record Book Z, #2). NOTE: Charles County adjoins St. Mary's County.
>>
>> John's sons either moved away or left no male issue and the name
>> Somerville
>> died in St. Mary's. There are African American folks here with that
>> surname, however, as they descended from slaves owned by the Somervilles.
>> Some say this John was one of the Scots banished to America and say it
>> was
>> in 1752, but the deed above does not agree with that--he was here
>> earlier.
>>
>> Descendants of John Somerville
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Generation No. 1
>>
>>
>> 1. JOHN2 SOMERVILLE (JAMES1) was born March 10, 1722/23 in Kennox,
>> Ayreshire, Scotland, and died December 21, 1788 in St. Mary's Co., MD. He
>> married SUSANNA CLARKE February 14, 1753 in St. Mary's Co., MD, daughter
>> of
>> GEORGE CLARKE and SUSANNA ATTAWAY. She was born Bef. 1738 in St. Mary's
>> Co.,
>> MD, and died Bef. 1788 in St. Mary's Co., MD.
>>
>>
>> Children of JOHN SOMERVILLE and SUSANNA CLARKE are:
>>
>> i. JOHN3 SOMERVILLE, JR., b. December 06, 1754, St. Mary's Co., MD; d.
>> November 18, 1806, Granville Co., NC; m. MARY GOODLOE, August 10, 1779,
>> Granville Co., NC; b. September 20, 1763; d. Aft. 1773, Granville Co.,
>> NC.
>>
>> 2. ii. WILLIAM SOMERVILLE, b. December 25, 1755, St. Mary's Co., MD; d.
>> December 28, 1806, St. Mary's Co., MD.
>>
>> iii. GEORGE CLARKE SOMERVILLE, b. March 21, 1758, "Mulberry Fields",
>> Valley
>> Lee, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. 1791, Bayside, Cedar Pt., St. Mary's Co., MD.
>>
>>
>>
>> Generation No. 2
>>
>>
>> 2. WILLIAM3 SOMERVILLE (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born December 25, 1755 in St.
>> Mary's Co., MD, and died December 28, 1806 in St. Mary's Co., MD. He
>> married
>> (1) ELIZABETH CHESLEY September 07, 1779 in St. Andrew's Ep., California,
>> St. Mary's Co., MD, daughter of WILLIAM CHESLEY and ANN CLARKE. She was
>> born
>> Bef. 1764 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died Bef. 1788 in St. Mary's Co.,
>> MD.
>> He married (2) ANN ELIZABETH HEBB May 01, 1788 in St. Mary's Co., MD,
>> daughter of VERNON HEBB and ANNA HOPEWELL. She was born November 22, 1770
>> in
>> St. Mary's Co., MD, and died November 02, 1792 in St. Mary's Co., MD.
>>
>>
>> Child of WILLIAM SOMERVILLE and ELIZABETH CHESLEY is:
>>
>> 3. i. ANN ELIZABETH4 SOMERVILLE, b. Bet. 1780 - 1783, St. Mary's Co., MD;
>> d.
>> July 1802, "Sotterley", Hollywood, St. Mary's Co., MD.
>>
>>
>> Children of WILLIAM SOMERVILLE and ANN HEBB are:
>>
>> ii. WILLIAM CLARKE4 SOMERVILLE, b. March 25, 1790, St. Mary's Co., MD; d.
>> January 05, 1826, France.
>>
>> iii. HENRY VERNON SOMERVILLE, b. March 12, 1792, St. Mary's Co., MD; d.
>> August 26, 1837, Baltimore, MD; m. REBECCA M. TIERNAN, December 26, 1815,
>> Baltimore, MD; b. December 11, 1795, Baltimore, MD; d. May 08, 1863,
>> Baltimore, MD.
>>
>>
>>
>> Generation No. 3
>>
>>
>> 3. ANN ELIZABETH4 SOMERVILLE (WILLIAM3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born Bet.
>> 1780 -
>> 1783 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died July 1802 in "Sotterley", Hollywood,
>> St. Mary's Co., MD. She married GEORGE B. PLATER March 22, 1798 in St.
>> Mary's Co., MD, son of GEORGE PLATER and ELIZABETH ROUSBY. He was born
>> September 01, 1776 in "Sotterley", Hollywood, St. Mary's Co., MD, and
>> died
>> April 1802 in "Sotterley", Hollywood, St. Mary's Co., MD.
>>
>>
>> Child of ANN SOMERVILLE and GEORGE PLATER is:
>>
>> i. ANN ELIZABETH5 PLATER, b. Bet. 1799 - 1802, "Sotterley", Hollywood,
>> St.
>> Mary's Co., MD; d. Bef. 1831; m. JOHN ROUSBY PLATER, JR., November 03,
>> 1818,
>> St. Mary's Co., MD; b. 1796, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. March 1831,
>> "Bloomsbury", St. Mary's Co., MD.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 9:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Alexander SOMERVELL
>>
>>
>>> Dear Linda,
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for the information you sent about Alexander
>>> Somervell.
>>> It is very interesting. I am trying to figure out whether Alexander's
>>> father, James, was related to John Somervell who was born 10 Mar 1729
>>> at
>>> Kennox,
>>> the family estate near Ayrshire, Scotland. John is said to have died
>>> in
>>> St.
>>> Mary's County, MD in 1788. This information about John is from
>>> wc.rootsweb.com and I have not yet tried to prove it.
>>>
>>> The reason I am researching this is because my deceased cousin's
>>> children
>>> have asked me to trace their genealogy. One of their great grandmothers
>>> was a
>>> Somervell and thru censuses I have proved her line back a couple of
>>> generations and have found further generations on rootsweb, which seem
>>> logical.
>>>
>>> They are Texans and I thought it would be neat if I could find a link
>>> between Alexander and their line of Somervells. It seems that with a
>>> name
>>> like
>>> that, they must be related.
>>>
>>> Thanks again. I really appreciate having the information you sent.
>>>
>>> Mildred Greenstreet
>>>
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