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From: "James Clark" <>
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] MD>NC: SUIT/SUITE/MORAN, DENT, HIGGS, SHEMWELL,CLARKE, DENT etc.
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 15:45:53 -0700
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There was a Elizabeth E. Clark who married a Willie Parham in Granville
Co.NC 13 MAY 1815. I know these are part of my family but don't know who
they are.

Jim

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Subject: [MDSTMARY] MD>NC: SUIT/SUITE/MORAN, DENT, HIGGS, SHEMWELL,
CLARKE,DENT etc.


> REl SUIT/SUITE/MORAN/DENT/HIGGS/SHEMWELL/CLARKE/DENT etc.
>
> Does anyone have a listing of the surnames of families who went to
> Granville Co. NC from SMC and vicinity?
>
> I know a John SUTE/SUITE, Dent SUITE, William and Samuel SUIT/SUITE went
> on to NC. There was a will in SMC for Dent SUIT. Did he come back to MD?
>
> I also wonder if my James SUIT wasn't in NC for a while but his will and
> property were still in MD when he died. I think these SUIT folks who went
> to Granville Co. were possibly brothers of my ancestor James. There was
> also a James SUIT who was in the War of 1812 in Granville Co. Who was he?
> My James died about 1813 and his will was in MD.
>
> Ralph SUIT married a Nancy WEATHERINGTON. He was in the Granville 1800
> census. There was an Ann WETHERTON or (not sure how it was spelled)
> living next to my James SUIT before he died in the earlier 1800's. I
> think it is amazing how many names connect.
>
> Most of the families listed in the will noted are connected to the
> migration to NC.
> These families intermarried in NC and beyond after leaving MD. I have
> been looking at information on the SUIT family in particular. But I also
> wondered if some families did not return to MD after going to Granville
> Co.
>
> If anyone has a good list of the families that migrated together to
> Granville Co. I would be very interested. I live here in NC and will try
> to check more books in the library about early settlers here.
>
> Thanks for any help or futher information. SUIT and LOCKE (various
> spellings of both) intermarried in Granville Co as did SHEMWELL, HIGGS,
> CLARKE, etc.
>
> My family descending from James SUIT somehow had "Price's Rest" land which
> was passed down to my great grandfather, Norris SUIT/SUITE, son of Samuel
> who was son of James SUIT before he lost it in the 1860's to a man named
> BURROUGHS at a Sheriff's sale. This land was owned by Meverell LOCKE/LOCK
> in the mid 1700's. I think it was also in the KEECH family. There were ay
> least 2 and maybe 4 LOCK and SUIT marriages in Granville Co in the late
> 1700's.
>
> My ancestor Samuel SUIT, son of James married a Lydia CLARKE 1st as well
> in 1817 in MD. I have found absolutely no information about her except
> that she married him. Apparently she died soonafter as he remarried to
> Elspeth JONES in the 1820's. Who were her parents? Did she leave a will?
>
> It is quite interesting how these allied surnames are all so
> "interconnected" in MD, NC and beyond. SUIT is also intermarried with
> MORAN in MD and some went west. Jesse MORAN supposed married Elisabeth
> "Ellis" SUIT who was said to be daughter of Nathaniel SUIT/SUITE & Mary
> BURCH. Then later, Zephaniah SUIT/SUITT married Mary MORAN in Prince
> George's Co MD then they moved on to OH.
>
>
> RE: HIGGS from previous posting:
>
>> Zacharias Higgs and his wife, Elizabeth Clarke moved to Granville Co.,
>> NC.
>> Actually there was a "boat load" of folks who moved from the vicinity of
>> Chaptico to Granville Co. Anyway, I think the Samuel Higgs witnessing
>> the
>> will of William Moran was the son of John Higgs, brother of Zacharias
>> Higgs.
>> And, I'm suspicious that Eleanor, wife of William Moran, just might be
>> Eleanor Higgs, sister of Samuel Higgs and Mary Ann Higgs might just have
>> been the wife of Joseph Edwards.
>>
>> Samuel Higgs, Sr. died in St. Mary's County before December 6, 1785.
>>
>> 12/6/1758: Admin. accts. of Samuel Higgs, SMC. NOK: John Higgs and
>> Zacharias Higgs. Admx.: Elizabeth Higgs.
>>
>> 8/7/1759: Admin. accts. of Samuel Higgs, SMC. Sureties: Isaac
>> Shamwell,
>> Zachariah Higgs. Received from: Isaac Shamwell, Jeremiah Higgs, John
>> Watson. Payments to: Richard Cook, Alexander McFarlane, Samuel Briscoe,
>> Samuel Suite, Samuel Swann, Robert Horner, James Scroggin. Distribution
>> to:
>> Widow, 1/3. Residue to (orphans): Susanna Higgs (at age); Eleanor Higgs
>> (at age); Elizabeth Higgs (at age); Mary Higgs (at age); Samuel Higgs
>> (age
>> 16); Sarah Higgs (age 13); Jonathan Higgs (age 12); Mary Ann Higgs (age
>> 10);
>> Chloe Higgs (age 7). Admx.: Elizabeth Higgs. (Admin. accts. of the
>> Prerogative Court of Maryland, Libers, 37-45, 1754-1760 by V. L. Skinner,
>> Jr.). NOTE: This record is not on CD #206.
>
> Bonnie in NC
> ===============
> ---- Linda Reno <> wrote:
>> Jerry,
>>
>> Thanks for posting.
>>
>> What is your source for this information? I have a couple of issues.
>> First, here again we have somebody prior to the Rev. War who supposedly
>> had
>> three names. Nowhere else do I find his name as William Thomas. A
>> nephew....Willis John?
>>
>> I would find it highly unlikely that once he'd moved to North Carolina,
>> that
>> William Moran, now at least age 50, would return to Maryland to join the
>> army. It would be doubtful that he would have even been in the army at
>> that
>> age.
>>
>> Why was it assumed that James Locke was his brother-in-law, any idea?
>>
>> In running through my database, I found three families who ended up in
>> Halifax Co., NC. (Attention Shirley Platt for the Migration page):
>>
>> Philip Tippett who married Jane Lee. They were in St. Mary's County
>> until
>> at least 1760, but probably moved shortly thereafter.
>>
>> Joseph Edwards whose wife was Mary Ann. They moved prior to 1770.
>>
>> And....last, but certainly not least, Henry Moran, son of John Moran, Jr.
>> and wife, Elizabeth and great nephew of William Moran above. I would
>> assume
>> he followed William to NC, but much later.
>>
>> The 1790 census of Halifax Co. listed 2 men, one named William Moran (d.
>> 1796) and the other named Samuel Moran (son of William). Henry Moran was
>> listed on the 1800 and 1810 censuses.
>>
>> I was very interested to see that Samuel Higgs was one of the witnesses
>> to
>> the will of William Moran.
>>
>> Zacharias Higgs and his wife, Elizabeth Clarke moved to Granville Co.,
>> NC.
>> Actually there was a "boat load" of folks who moved from the vicinity of
>> Chaptico to Granville Co. Anyway, I think the Samuel Higgs witnessing
>> the
>> will of William Moran was the son of John Higgs, brother of Zacharias
>> Higgs.
>> And, I'm suspicious that Eleanor, wife of William Moran, just might be
>> Eleanor Higgs, sister of Samuel Higgs and Mary Ann Higgs might just have
>> been the wife of Joseph Edwards.
>>
>> Samuel Higgs, Sr. died in St. Mary's County before December 6, 1785.
>>
>> 12/6/1758: Admin. accts. of Samuel Higgs, SMC. NOK: John Higgs and
>> Zacharias Higgs. Admx.: Elizabeth Higgs.
>>
>> 8/7/1759: Admin. accts. of Samuel Higgs, SMC. Sureties: Isaac
>> Shamwell,
>> Zachariah Higgs. Received from: Isaac Shamwell, Jeremiah Higgs, John
>> Watson. Payments to: Richard Cook, Alexander McFarlane, Samuel Briscoe,
>> Samuel Suite, Samuel Swann, Robert Horner, James Scroggin. Distribution
>> to:
>> Widow, 1/3. Residue to (orphans): Susanna Higgs (at age); Eleanor Higgs
>> (at age); Elizabeth Higgs (at age); Mary Higgs (at age); Samuel Higgs
>> (age
>> 16); Sarah Higgs (age 13); Jonathan Higgs (age 12); Mary Ann Higgs (age
>> 10);
>> Chloe Higgs (age 7). Admx.: Elizabeth Higgs. (Admin. accts. of the
>> Prerogative Court of Maryland, Libers, 37-45, 1754-1760 by V. L. Skinner,
>> Jr.). NOTE: This record is not on CD #206.
>>
>> Linda Reno
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jerry L. Clark" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 9:22 AM
>> Subject: [MDSTMARY] William Thomas Moran
>>
>>
>> > William Thomas Moran son of Gabriel Moran and Elizabeth Villett
>> >
>> >
>> > (Research):William sold his 150 acre portion of "The Four Brothers" on
>> > 6/9/1767 to his nephew, William Moran, son of John (Willis John). This
>> > deed
>> > was signed by both William Moran and his wife, "Ellinor Morran." This
>> > is a
>> > very important document because it reveals the name of William's wife
>> > and
>> > proves he is the William Moran who later lived in Halifax Co., NC, and
>> > named
>> > his wife, "Elenor Moran," in his Will.
>> >
>> >
>> > After selling his land in Maryland, William moved his family to Halifax
>> > Co.,
>> > NC, appearing in the records there as a witness to a deed on
>> > 12/13/1768,
>> > along with his presumed brother-in-law, James Lock. He also appeared in
>> > court in February 1769 when the deed was proven. It is not known
>> > whether
>> > his
>> > family remained in Halifax Co., moved elsewhere, or possibly even
>> > returned
>> > to Maryland. If they were not living in Maryland when the Revolution
>> > began,
>> > William apparently returned there himself to enlist, perhaps because he
>> > felt
>> > that part of his family was in greater danger, or perhaps because he
>> > wanted
>> > to fight alongside other family members.
>> >
>> >
>> > (Halifax Co, NC. Will #558 pg.276) William Moran 20 Dec. 1796 Feb. Ct.
>> > 1797
>> > wife Elenor Moran rest of my estate after debts are paid sons Bazel
>> > Moran,
>> > Samuel Moran, Elisha Moran and Joseph Moran 5 shillings each Daughters
>> > Elizabeth Moran, Elinor Moran and Susana Moran bed etc. each at my
>> > wife's
>> > death residue of estate after wife's death to be divided between
>> > William
>> > Moran, Gabrael Moran, John Moran, Mary Moran, Sarah Moran and the sd.
>> > Elizabeth, Elinor and Susana
>> > Wit.: Samuel Higs, William Harbert, Solomon Turner Extrs.: James Judge
>> > and
>> > Mathew Cary Whitaker
>> >
>> >
>> > NOTE: 3/21/2001:jperry from Google gave date of death on Wm Thomas
>> > Moran
>> > as
>> > 12/20/1796.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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