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The record of the proceedings for the laying out of All Faith Parish is as follows: "At a Court held at Benedict- Leonardtown, the 14th day of February, in the year of our Lord God, 1692, and in the fifth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord and Lady, King William and Queen Mary, by the grace of God, King and Queen of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defenders of the faith, etc., by the justices therein, authorized and appointed, together with the most principle freeholders thereunto called for the laying out of Parishes on the east side of the Patuxent River, in Calvert County, being in obedience to an Act of Assembly, entitled an Act for the service of Almighty God, and for the establish- ment of the Protestant Religion in this Province, made at the City of St. Mary's, the 10th day of May, Anno Dom. 1692, present, Mr. Thomas Tasker, Mr. Thomas Holliday, Mr. John Bigger, Mr. Francis Hutchins, Mr. James Keech, Mr. William Parker, and Mr. Francis Freeman, commissioners It is concluded and agreed on by the justices above named and by the principal freeholders at the time and place
1 Extract in Whittingham Library.
2 History, Western Maryland, I, p. 505.
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above said, met together: that from the main branch of Swanston Creek to the lower part of Harvey Hundred, be in one parish, the church of the said parish being already built, standing by the fork of Trent Creek, called by the name of All Faith Church. This remarkable name was probably cor- rupted from Alt Faith, Alt being an old English word synon- ymous with old, meaning, the Old Faith. The vestrymen appointed and chosen by the principal freeholders, met to- gether at the time and place above said, being Capt. James Keech, Mr. John Smith, Mr. Richard Sotheron, Mr. John Gillam, Mr. Charles Ashcom, Mr. Richard Gardner. Very Copia pr Henry Jowles, Clk. of Calvert County".1
In 1695, the territory embraced within the limits of All Faith Parish, lying between Indian Creek and the lower part of Harvey hundred, was annexed to Saint Mary's County,2 and in 1744 that part of the parish lying north of Indian Creek, was united to Trinity Parish in Charles County, thus leaving the whole of All Faith Parish within the domain of St. Mary's County.
The first westerly boundary of the parish, was the original dividing line between Saint Mary's County and Calvert County, and this continued for many years and until the new dividing lines between All Faith and King and Queen Parishes, fully described in sketch of the latter parish, were established. The southerly boundary of the parish, was in 1745, changed from the lower part of Harvey Hundred to Bretton's Bay run, the line as thus adopted, extending from Major Barnes' mill to Coles Creek on the Patuxent River.
In 1765, the Justices of Saint Mary's County were directed by the Assembly to make a levy of 120,000 lbs. of tobacco for the use of the vestry of All Faith Parish, who were authorized to "build a new church where the old one stands" and also to "purchase from Mr. Thomas Reeder an acre of the land whereon John Knott formerly lived, and to contract for build-
1 Archives (Pro. Cl. 1692) p. 473.
2 Act, 1695, C. 13.
3 Act, 1744, C. · 14.
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ing thereon a chapel of ease".1 The old parish church was pulled down and a handsome brick edifice, still in excellent preservation, was erected on the same site.
The land upon which All Faith Church stands was donated it appears, by Mr. John Price, who gave one acre of ground for that purpose, and to enlarge the lot, Mr. James Keech, in 1734, gave an additional half acre.2
The one acre of ground for the "Chapel of Ease" provided for in the Act of 1765, was purchased and the Chapel erected. It was known as the "Red Church" and stood on the west side of the public road leading from Saint Josephs to Oakville, about fifty yards from the road, and about two hundred yards below the fork made by the conjunction of the Patuxent road with it. This little chapel has long since dis- appeared, and lives only in the memory of a few, but its site, and that of the adjoining graveyard, although sadly neglected, and now covered with a wild and luxuriant forest growth, are still discernible.
There had been a Chapel of Ease in the parish from a much earlier date. It was located on the east side of the "three notched road", near what is known as "Sandy Bottom", then in the lower part of the parish. When, however, the bounds of the parish were curtailed in 1745, this little chapel fell with- in the limits of Saint Andrew's, and for further particulars of it, see the account of that parish.
In 1724, the Rev. Robert Scott, the then rector, reported to the Governor that the parish contained "two churches about twenty miles apart", a "glebe with a small house on it", "two setts of communion service, two flaggons, cushions and valance for the pulpit" besides "152 protestant and 52 popish families".3
In May, 1734, the Rev. Arthur Holt wrote the Bishop of London that "he had been inducted in the parish that year", and that though in "most respects an agreeable position", it
1 Act, 1765, C. 5.
2 Records, All Faith Parish.
3 Perry's American Colonial Church.
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was "such a laborious one", that he was compelled to ask to be relieved from the charge. The parish, he stated "is but little short of 60 miles in length, and is very mountainous and hilly. One Lord's day I must ride (going and coming) about 14 miles, and the next about 34 miles. My congregations are much larger than my two churches can hold, so that the people are obliged to crowd at the outside of the doors and windows".1
Than the last mentioned fact, it may be added, no other evidence is necessary to establish the position which Mr. Holt occupied in the parish as a pulpit orator, whatever may be the consensus of opinion upon his unwillingness to traverse the "gentle hills and beautiful valleys" of the lower Patuxent.2
The clergymen who officiated in All Faith from its organi- zation as a parish to the Revolution, were Rev. Thomas Davis, 1694 : William Dacres, (clerk of the vestry) 1695; Rev. Mr. Plats, (six sermons at 500 fbs. of tobacco per sermon) 1698; Rev. Benjamine Nobbs, (minister for lower half of parish officiated occasionally at the Parish church) 1698, 1699 and 1700; Rev. Joseph Holt, (six sermons) 1701; Rev. George Tubman, (four sermons) 1702; Rev. George Trotter, (one year) 1703; Rev. Mr. White, (six sermons on Saturdays) 1707; Rev. Henry Jennings, (at the chapel one year) 1708; Rev. Robert Scott, served from 1708 to time of his death, 1733, with Rev. Hugh Jones as assistant, at both churches from 1730 to 1733; Rev. Arthur Holt, (one year) 1734; Rev. John Urquhart, served from 1734 to time of his death, 1764; Rev. Mr. Lander, (eleven months, preaching every second
1 Ibid.
2 In 1719, the vestry, through, Thomas T. Greenfield, purchased in London, at a cost of £25, 15s. "two silver Chalices, two silver Patens, two pewter bottle Flagons washed with gold or laquer." In 1725 Robert Stourton bequeathed to the upper church of the parish a silver tankard weighing 35 ounces. In 1840 the vestry passed an order to have "the plate belonging to the church repaired or ex- changed" the result of which order was that the old plate was ex- changed for a new silver Chalice, Flagon and Paten, each piece being marked "All Faith Church 1840."-Record All Faith Parish.
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Sunday only ) 1764; Rev. John Stephens, Curate, from 1765 to 1769; Mr. Stephens was inducted Rector by Governor Eden in 1769, and served until 1777, when he resigned.1
In 1744, an Act of Assembly was passed directing the Justices, Sheriff, and Surveyor of Saint Mary's County, to lay out a new parish in the county, thus increasing the number to four. The Commissioners were to meet in Leonardtown on or before the 20th of August of that year, and to give twenty days notice of such meeting .? This Act not having been executed within the time prescribed, the following year a supplementary Act was passed, under which new commis- sioners were appointed, and the county laid out into four parishes.3 The new parish thus formed, was called Saint Andrews, and was made up of parts of All Faith and William and Mary Parishes, the dividing line between it, All Faith and King and Queen, being Bretton's Bay and Run, and a line drawn from Major Barnes' mill on said Run to Coles' Creek on the Patuxent, and the one separating it from William and Mary, being a line drawn from Legrande's Creek, on the Patuxent, to a point on the Potomac, it is said, between Hampton and Tower Hill.
While the parish was thus formally laid out at that time, the division, it appears, did not actually take place until after the death of the then incumbents of the two parishes from which it was carved, the Rev. Mr. Urquhart, of All Faith, continuing to serve in that part severed from his parish, as did also the Rev. Mr. DeButts, of William and Mary. In 1753, the General Assembly authorized the parishioners "in that part of the parish made vacant by the death of the Rev. Lawrence DeButts, to elect a vestry, church-wardens and inspectors for such vacant part".4 In September of the same year this was done, the Rev. Moses Tabbs of William and Mary agreeing to officiate temporarily in such vacant part of the parish. He was succeeded there in 1757, by the Rev.
1 Records of All Faith Parish.
2 Act, 1744, C. 14.
4 Act, 1753, C. 19.
3 Act, 1745, C. 4.
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Alexander Williamson, who in turn was followed, in 1761, by the Rev. Clement Brooke. The place of worship for that part of the parish was the Court House at Leonardtown, while that for the Patuxent side was the little chapel at Sandy Bottom, or the "Four Mile Run Church" as it was called, and which had hitherto been the Chapel of Ease of All Faith Parish.
Upon the death of the Rev. Mr. Urquhart of All Faith, in 1764, Saint Andrew's Parish was organized for the first time, by the election of a vestry, etc., for the entire parish, and the Rev. Francis Lauder, by appointment of Governor Sharpe, was inducted as its first minister. Steps were then taken, looking to the erection of a parish church, and in 1765,1 the General Assembly authorized a levy of 200,000 lbs. of tobacco, for the purpose. The site selected for the new church was "Waldrums Old Fields" .? Two acres of this land was purchased of Samuel Bellwood, the then owner, the price paid being £5 currency. The architect was Mr. Richard Boulton ; the contractors were Messrs. Samuel Abell, sr., Samuel Abell, jr., and Stourton Edwards ; the contract price being 160,000 lbs. of tobacco, and fioo sterling. The specifications called for a "brick building, fifty-five feet long in the clear, exclusive of the chancel, and forty feet wide in the clear, with a porch in front connecting two pyramids, or low towers, which orna- mented each front corner of the church; the walls to be three bricks thick to the water table, and two bricks thick above; the aisles to be laid with flagstone, and the ceiling to be square on the sides and arched in the center". The unique and
1 Act, 1765, C. 4.
2 A tradition prevails in the parish, that when the question of where the Parish Church should be located, was first before the con- gregation, some years before it was built, there was a strong sentiment, headed by the Hon. George Plater, (father of Governor Plater) the most prominent man, perhaps, in the parish, in favor of building it on the site of the little Sandy Bottom Chapel. So pronounced were Mr. Plater's feelings in favor of that location, and so decided his convic- tions that his views would be carried out and his wishes gratified, that he requested to be buried in the chapel yard there, which was accord- ingly done.
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artistic alter-piece, containing the Lord's Prayer and Ten Commandments was carved by Mr. John F. Limner.1
The church was completed in 1767. It still stands, is well preserved, and is a pleasing specimen of early church architecture. After the completion of Saint Andrews Church, the little chapel at Sandy Bottom, having survived its useful- ness, soon went to ruin. It appears for the last time upon the parish records, as having been the place of meeting of the vestry on September 6th, 1764, which met and determined upon the erection of the present parish church. No traces of it are now to be found, even in the recollection of the oldest inhabitants, except as imperfectly indicated by its old grave ward, which though neglected, and even plundered, it is said, of its once substantial brick enclosures, and left a barren and forsaken spot, it is still susceptible of identification, and relatively points out the site once occupied by this early church-the first Chapel of Ease of All Faith, and the first place of Protestant worship in Saint Andrews Parish.
On April 13th, 1769, the vestry met at Saint Andrews Church to dispose of its pews. Thirty were taken, and the sum realized for them was £150, 5 s., the highest bidders being Hon. George Plater and Col. Abraham Barnes, who con- jointly became the possessors of pew No. 1 for £16 sterling.
In 1755, 292 acres of land were purchased from Thomas Wheatty and Clement Norris, for a glebe for the parish, the price paid being 33,035 ibs. of tobacco, and, in 1763, the ves- try contracted with Samuel Abell, to erect a dwelling house thereon, for the sum of 26,000 Ibs. of tobacco. This glebe, it is said, was located on the road which leads from Leonardtown to Saint Andrews Church, and about three miles from the latter. After many years of service it was sold, and another, situated about half way between the church and the "Three Notched Road" was purchased in its stead.
On April II, 1757, a silver Chalice and Salver were pur- chased for the parish, which are said to be the same now in use
1 Parish Records.
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at Saint Andrews Church. A Bible, prayer book and surplice were also purchased.1
The rectors of Saint Andrews Parish, in addition to those already mentioned were Rev. Robert Ranney, from 1765 to 1767; Rev. William West, from 1767 to 1772; Rev. Joseph Hindman, from 1772 to 1773; Rev. George Gowndril, curate, from 1773 to 1775; Rev. Joseph Messenger, from 1775 to 1787; (all inducted by appointment by the Governor), the Rev. John Wilson, (first rector elected by the vestry, 1787) served 5 years; Rev. Francis Walker, from 1792 to 1818, when the Rev. John Brady was elected, who was succeeded in turn by the Rev. Clement F. Jones, Rev. John Claxton, Rev. James A. Buck, Rev. Mr. Scull, and Rev. George R. Warner.2
One of the most historical of the early parishes is Prince George, commonly known as Rock Creek Parish. It was erected in 1726, and embraced within its limits all the territory lying between the Potomac and Patuxent Rivers, and the eastern branch and a line drawn from thence to the Patuxent and extended westward to the westerly bounds of the Province ; thus including not only a part of the District of Columbia, but Georgetown and all the Counties of Western Maryland and
1 Parish Records.
While digging a grave in Saint Andrew's Grave yard in January, 1894, a memorial gold breast pin was found, of unique design with hair settings and bearing the following inscription: "Edmund Porteus ob March 28th, 1752. Aged 32." There was a Robert Porteus, from Baltimore City in the Continental Army in 1774, but the name in Mary- land is a very uncommon one.
2 Records of Saint Andrews Parish.
The vestry men of the parish, during the same period were Col. Abraham Barnes, Robert Hammett, John Hammett, James Tarleton, John Newton, Samuel Abell, Matthew Wise, Enoch Abell, John Hall, Thomas James, Cyrus Vowles, John Black, George Plater, Hugh Hope- well, John Hammond, Michael Wellman, Stourton Edwards, Peter Urquhart, Philip Clarke, Charles King, William Martin, John Thomp- son, Cuthbert Abell, John Hatton Read, Timothy Bowers, Robert Watts, John DeButts, Archibald Campbell, William Somerville, Dr. Henry Reeder, William H. Brown, James Hopewell, John Abell, Ed- ward Abell, Thomas Dillon, Peter Thompson, Charles Chilton, Joseph Hammett, Vincent Thornton, John B. Abell, Francis Abell, John S.
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from it all the parishes now within that domain were originally carved, or are the result of subdivisions.1
The first Rector of the parish was the Rev. George Murdock, who was commissioned by Gov. Charles Calvert, in December, 1726, and who officiated for thirty-four years, and until his death, in 1761. He was followed by Rev. Alexander Williamson who served fourteen years, and was succeeded by the Rev. Thomas Read, who had previously been Curate of the parish, and also Rector of Saint Anne's, Annapolis. He was inducted in 1777, and continued to be Rector of the parish thirty-four years, when he resigned. During Mr. Read's pastorate of Rock Creek Parish, he kept a record of the marriages performed by him within the parish, and as well also a necrology covering the same period. A part of this record has been preserved-from 1796 to 1808, inclusive.2 After the death of Mr. Read it came into the possession of his son, the
Abell, James A. Crane, John Rousby Plater, Matthew W. Simmonds, Dr. William Thomas, Richard Clark, Robert Hammett, George Clark, Joseph Harris, John Leigh, Adam Wise, G. N. Causeen, H. G. S. Key, George Plater, Bennett Hammett, John R. Plater, Jr., George Dent, George Teal, James Forrest, Thomas Barbour, Hatch Turner, George S. Leigh, Chapman Billingsley, Thomas Hebb, J. M. Hammett, Dr. Walter H. S. Briscoe, Luke E. Barbour, William B. Scott, Benjamin G. Harris, Dr. Thomas J. Franklin, Enoch Hammett, John R. Thompson, Hezekiah Dent, Joseph H. Greenwell, Edward Plater, Henry Gough, and James R. Thompson.
1 A detailed and interesting sketch of this parish may be found in Scharf's History of Western Maryland, vol. 2, p. 742.
2 MARRIAGES-MONTGOMERY COUNTY, 1796.
Jan. 12th, John Buxton, To Eleanor Macoy
Feb. 2d, Theophilus Roby
Ann Willett
9th, James Stewart,
Grace Clarke
66 IIth, Edw. Medcalf,
Cloe Butt
18th, George Bowman,
Sarah Howse
22nd, Richd. Dorsey,
Anne Wayman
28th, Wm. Welsh Cordingly,
Ann Moore
Mar. 3d, Jno. Campbell,
Polly Craton
66 6th, Rich. Thompson,
Eliz. Pelly
10th, Jeremiah Nicholson,
Hester Nicholson
22nd, Jesse Wilcoxen,
Ruth Wilcoxen
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late Robert Read, of Cumberland, after whose demise it was presented by his widow, Sarah Johns Read, through the author of this work, to the Maryland Historical Society. This old record is singularly valuable, not only because of the large
Mar. 24th, Thomas Moody, To Mary Berry
28th, Henry Jones' Geo.,
" Charles Jones' Polly, (Negroes)
Apr. 21st, Wm. Wilson,
Anne White
2Ist, Thomas Davis,
Catherine Worthington
May 15th, Mr. Crabb's James and Clary (Negroes)
15th, Mrs. Johns' Jerry and Mollie "
June 16th, Rev. Nicholas Lane,
To Esther Selby
Priscilla Smith
Aug. 2d, Walter C. Williams,
" 15th, Richd. Downes,
" 30th, Benj. Nicholls,
Sept. 22d, William Lowry,
Rebecca Groome
= 18th, Henry Lowe,
27th, Caleb Windel,
Martha Parker
Nov. 17th, Thomas Riggs,
24th, Thomas Buxton,
Fanney Macbeey
Susanna Porter
Dec. Ist, Jno. Riddle,
8th, James Ray,
Eliz. Warfield
15th, Hezekiah Austin,
22d, Robert Fish,
Eliz. Jeans
25th, John Leach,
€6 Rachel Bowmen
29th, Henry Hardey,
Frances West
1797
Jan. 17th, Andrew Mudd,
To Eleanor Green
17th, William O. Lodge,
" Frances Porter
" 24th, Jno. Roberts,
Eliz. Heater
Anna Green
" Eleanor Wilcoxen
66 Henny Sanders
Eliz. Brown
66 Margaret Thomas
2Ist, Clark Higgins,
26th, James Ridgeway,
28th, Nicholas Minstalled,
28th, Beale Warfield,
Apr. 17th, Nicholas Feburiere,
66 18th, Brice Warfield,
16 Sarah Collins
20th, Jno. B. Allison,
" Rebecca Hurdle
Mary Allison
Amelia Ridgely
Susan Tucker
Eliz. Higgins
" 17th, Jonathan Sparrow,
· July 24th, Wm. Groom,
Maryann Kelly
Christiana Heugh
Eliz. Rose
Drusilla Culver
Ann Macbee
Mary Riggs
Eliz. Odle
" 26th, Lloyd Dorsey,
" 31st, Erasmus Riggs,
Feb. 5th, Ely Denoon,
9th, James McCoy,
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area covered by the parish, embracing, even at that date, nearly the whole of Montgomery County, but more especially by reason of the fact that the Montgomery records do not begin until 1798, and the necrology of the County being
May 4th, Jno. Fields,
To Mary Madden
2Ist, Jno. Wight,
.. Cary Boyd
" 28th, Jno. Hurley,
Eliz. Benton
June Ist, Robt. Ricketts,
Kezia Ricketts
July 20th, Zadoc Ricketts,
Ann Groome
Aug. 3d, James Higgins,
Virlinda Wilcoxen
66 5th, Sylvester Sullivan,
"
Rosanna Hawse
= 8th, Samuel Lyon,
Linny Davis
Sept. 14th, Richd. Bean,
Prudence Kelly
Oct. 14th, Benj. Reeder,
Anne Hungerford
" 26th, William Benson,
Rachel Hensey
Nov. 23d, Edw. Archey,
Eliz. Allison
Dec. 2Ist, Nicholas Merriweather,
Eliz. Hood
" 26th, John Gardner,
Cassandra Dowden
1798.
Jan. 4th, Jno. Higgins and Eliz. Fisher
9th, Henry Culver,
To Mary Patterson
IIth, Charles Bird,
Margaret Barton
66 16th, Amasa Wellin,
Linney Trundle
25th, Francis Hutchison and Sarah Ball
25th, Evan Trundle, To Anna Key
Feb. 6th,
Saml. Love,
Sarah Jones
13th, Richd. Snowden,
Eliza Warfield
24th, Benj. Davis,
Eliz. Thrasher
Apr. Ist,
Christopher A. Coal, 66 Sarah Claton
=
9th, David Crafford's Edward and Linny (Negroes)
May 3d, Thos. H. Wilcoxon To Sarah Prather
22d, Ignatius Davis,
Margaret Wooten
Sept. IIth, Amos Scott,
Annoe West
Oct. 7th, Dawson Cash,
Jemima Beens
" IIth, Benjamin Summers,
Virlinder Beckwith
66 15th, David O'Neal,
Rebecca Lane
30th, Robt. Willoson,
Eleanor Shekells
Nov. 15th,
Nathan Wells,
Sophia Duley
Dec. 8th, Benjamin Crecraft,
Nelly Prather
I8th, Jno. M. Cox,
.6 Eleanor Gray
" 20th, Geo. Ward,
Ann Redman
66 23d, Wm. Cox,
66 Liley Kelly
30th, John Camobell,
Priscilla Oden
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exceedingly meagre and limited. It is also worthy of note that this marriage record is somewhat more comprehensive than the Montgomery records even after the latter were started, as it is not confined to marriages performed by license issued in that county, as are its records.
1799.
Jan. 3d, Charles Davis, 3d, Roby Penn,
To Laurady Howse
.. Lucreta Howse
Ioth, Richd. Turner,
Eliz. Beall
" Ioth, Daniel Carroll,
19th, Jacob Swavaley,
Eleanor Fulks
" 22d, John Adams,
Eleanor Collyer
22d, Thomas Gratton,
66 Ruth Ray,
66 24th, Charles Offutt Jones,
26th, Benj. Thompson,
66 Eliz. Haney
66 27th, Henry Parnnion,
Eliz. Sanders
LICENSE GRANTED-ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.
Feb. 5th, James Groomes,
14th, Thos. Garrott,
15th, John Austin,
Cassandra Odle
66 26th, Barak Ofutt,
66 Virlinder Offutt
Mar. 14th, James B. Crafford,
19th, Basil Waters,
Ann P. Magruder
¥ Tabitha Oden
¥ Mary Letten
May 23d, Edmund Riggs,
To Jane Willson
And Massy Holland
Susanna Hall
Mary Linthicum
Turecia Lucas
" 24th, Jno. Frey,
Dec. 5th, Thos. Hood,
Ioth, James Magruder,
Nov. 30th, Jonas Parsley,
Eleanor Clayton
Casandra Swearingen
Jane Alnutt
Eliz. Renneton
1800.
Jan.' 2d, William Ramsey, 14th, Jno. Lanham,
66 16th, Camden Riley,
66 2Ist, Nathan Jones,
21St. Edward Porter,
And Margaret Herren
Lucy Ray
Anna Ray
66 Anna Buxton
Hary Heiter
Dec. 12th, Baruck Prather, " 19th, Jno. Perry,
26th, Richd. Stewart,
To Sarah King
And Elizabeth Fee
Apr. IIth, John Nicholson,
18th, Jesse Leateh,
And Ann Allison
Aug. 8th, Solomon Pelly, 29th, Jacob Kirkman,
Nov. 5th, Jno. Magruder,
66 Rachel Wayman Eliz. Linthicum
Rebecca Offutt
¥ Ann Maccnbbin
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As much of the data contained in this old record is now otherwise inaccessible, it is of historic interest and value, and never having been published, it is here reproduced in full.
Jan. 21st, Nathan Orme,
And Polly Beall
" 23rd, Solomon Holland,
Margaret Gatton
" 25th, Jno. Redman,
Harriot Ward
" 30th, Benedict Beckwith,
Eliz. White
Apr. 15th, Edw. Harper,
Sarah Ann Boswell
¥ 15th, Thos. Nicholls,
Priscilla Mackey
May 22d, Michael Merrick,
66 Virlinder Bowman
22d, Everrard Gary,
Ann Cloud
June 26th, John H. Riggs,
Rebecca Howard
July 17th, Thos. Odle Offutt,
Charity Benton
Nov. 18th, Doct. Richd. J. Orme,
66 Ann Crabb
20th, Elias M. Daniel,
66 Margaret Golden
27th, Samuel Inlose,
Eliz. Stone
Dec. 4th, Edw. O. Williams,
". Eliz. Clagett
16th, David Porter,
66 Mary Ray
66 20th, Daniel Reintzel,
23d, Arnold Lashley,
Eliz. Lee
25th, Notley Lanham,
66 Eliz. Hopkins
66 25th, Benj. Kelley,
66 Eliz. Moore
28th, William Wallace,
66 Margaret Brookes
66 30th, Wm. Mullican,
66 Eliz. Dowden
1801.
Feb. Ist, Nathan Moore,
66 Ioth, Leonard H. Johns,
" Margaret Williams
66 Salley Odle
Sarah Benton
27th, Levin Easton,
66 Druzilla Ricketts
66 Achsah Worthington
12th, Samuel Magruder,
3Ist, Geo. Magruder,
Anna Turner
Apr. 5th, Jno. Wiest,
Lydia Shuck
May 24th, Richd. Langford,
July 9th, Lewis Beall,
Eliza Wootton
Eleanor Higgins
Oct. 8th, William Garrett, 8th, Willson Walker,
Deborah Prather
66 8th, Brice Selby,
Cathrine Marker
66 25th, Josiah Bean,
" 27th, Ezekiah Linthicum,
And Eliz. Hantz
Mar. 3d, Leonard Young Davis,
Eliz. Hawkins
14th, John Getty,
Eleanor Carey
66 Amelia Soper
66 Eleanor Wilson
Mary Hickman
66 17th, David Clagett,
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