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During the construction of the Elk Ridge and Annapolis rail- road at that time, the old building was used for the engineer corps. It was later destroyed by fire, and now only an out building marks the spot, at Gott's station. It was a long building, sixty feet in length, forty feet wide, with dormer windows.
Many descendants of Richard Warfield, will be found in the history of Howard County.
ALEXANDER WARFIELD, OF "BRANDY."
One mile south of Millersville, is the only remaining survey of Richard Warfield, stil held by a descendant. It was granted to his third son, Alexander, the surveyor.
Alexander was upon the committee for extending Annapolis. He was, also, one of the executors of his brothers-in-law, Captain John Howard and Amos Peirpoint. The latter made him sole heir of his estate. From Amos Peirpoint's will it is shown that Sarah, wife of Alexander Warfield, was a daughter of Francis Peirpoint and Elizabeth, his wife, who held an estate upon South River. Alexander Warfield's children were all baptised at " All Hallows." He surveyed a thirteen hundred acre tract near Savage, known as "Venison Park," in 1720.
His will, of 1740, granted "Benjamin's Discovery" to his son, Samuel, and also, "Warfield's Addition." "Venison Park" was divided between his sons, Alexander and Absolute. The home- stead, "Brandy," was left to his youngest son, Richard. His three daughters inherited slaves and money. They were Rachel, Eliza- beth and Catherine.
Samuel, of Alexander, married Sarah Welsh, daughter of Cap- tain John, by his first wife, Thomasin Hopkins, of Gerard. Issue, John, Samuel, Gerard, Vachel, Richard and Welsh Warfield. All except Samuel and Gerard remained in Anne Arundel County. Samuel removed to Pennsylvania. Gerard married Susanna Ryan, of John, who inherited "Duvall's Delight." They lived in Augusta County, Virginia.
John, of Samuel, married Mary Chaney, in 1761. Issue, Samuel -Susannah Donaldson; Richard-first Nancy Benson, second Eliza- beth Lucas; Benjamin-Rebecca Spurier; John-Miss Mewshaw; Nancy-Edward Smith; Betsy-Charles Carroll; Nelly-William Westley; Polly-Thomas Forsythe; Rachel-David Clarke.
Richard, of Samuel, married a daughter of Thomas Welsh, and resided near Annapolis Junction. His children all removed to the west. Mr. John Hollister Warfield, of Salem, Oregon, who married a daughter of Wm. J. Brent, of Virginia, is one of their decendants.
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He holds lands in the Red River Valley. Another decendant was Rev. James Welsh Warfield, who married Hannah McCoy, a cousin of Jas. G. Blaine.
Vachel, of Samuel, resided at Portland, Anne Arundel County. His wife was Eleanor Griffith, daughter of Charles and Ann Davidge. Their issue were Charles Griffith Warfield, Vachel, Jr., William, Allen and Henrietta. The latter became Mrs. Joshua Marriott. Charles Griffith and Allen, her brothers, were bachelors. Vachel, Jr .- Achsah Marriott. Issue, George Warfield, of Jessups, a promi- nent man in both political and church circles, during the war of States. His issue are: Achsah, Joseph, Mordecai, John, George, Jr., Evamina and Fannie Warfield.
Mr. Joseph Warfield is in charge of the courthouse in Annapolis, and George T., Jr., is a prominent lawyer of Baltimore.
William, of Vachel, removed to Baltimore City, and became a real estate broker. He married Sarah Ann Merryman. Issue, Oliver Charles Warfield-Adah Gartrell; Wm. Vachel, bachelor, and Adah Warfield. The firm is now known as Wm. Warfield & Sons, on St. Paul Street.
Richard, of Alexander, inherited " Brandy." His wife was Sarah Gaither, daughter of John and Agnes (Rogers) Gaither. "Brandy" was left to their two sons, Lancelot and Richard, Jr. The former bought out his brother, who removed to Frederick County.
Lancelot became an officer in the militia, and was upon the com- mittee of the present courthouse of Annapolis. He married, first Mary, sister of Major Robosson. Issue, Charles, Lemuel, Lancelot. Charles, of Lancelot,-Miss Sewell; dying he left an infant, George Warfield. . The widow, removing to Baltimore, became the wife of Rev. Mr. Gambrall, grandfather of Dean Gambrall.
George Warfield, of Charles,-Ellen Schekels. Issue, William, Elizabeth, Sarah, Margaret, Achsah S., Richard, Joseph, Washing- ton, Ellen, Maria and George. The last was president of the Chester River Steamboat Co .; director of the Fidelity & Deposit Co .; sheriff of Baltimore, and now a member of the City Council. He married Ellen Fryer. His father was in the war of 1812, and his brother, Richard, was in the Civil War, after which he removed to Florida, and married Ellen Williard. His older brother, William-Sarah Brushwood, of Virginia. The daughters of Mr. George Warfield, Sr., became Mrs. Wm. H. Sheets, Mrs. E. C. Chickering, Mrs. Mat- thias Hammond, of Nebraska.
Lemuel Warfield was a shipping merchant, of Baltimore; lost three ships laden with flour for the West Indian ports; became a British subject, and died a bachelor, 1820, at St. Bartholomew.
Lancelot Warfield, Jr., inherited the entire estate of his father, whose will required him to pay $1,000 each, to his half brothers, Captain Allen and John Warfield, sons of Rachel Marriott, second wife. Captain Allen commanded the militia at the reception of LaFayette, in 1825.
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Lancelot Warfield, the second, married Mary Warfield, daughter of Captain Philemon-thus inheriting the homestead of Richard Warfield, the immigrant. Issue, Philemon, Lancelot, third, and Ann Maria, wife of Thomas Owings, of Richard and Ruth (Warfield) Owings.
To Philemon was granted, "Hammond's Inclosure," "Ham- mond's Connection," and "Friendship," lying upon the Millers- ville and Annapolis road. He married Ann Wright, and left Mary Ann Turner, Camilla Howell, later Mrs. Young and afterwards Mrs. Hartwick, of Minneapolis, whose daughter married Earl M. Golds- borough, son of S. Brice Goldsborough.
Captain Lemuel Warfield, of Philemon, was upon the staff of General O. M. Mitchell, U. S. Army; married Miss Miller, of Tria- delphia; died of yellow fever at Beaufort, S. C., 1862. She removed West and died recently, leaving a son, Lemuel Warfield, of Kansas City; Mrs. George T. Webb, Mrs. Eben D. Marr, and Mrs. Chas. G. Gaither, of Kansas City.
Lancelot Warfield, third, held "Brandy"; sold the old home- stead of Richard Warfield, to Mr. Gott; married Elizabeth Sarah Hodges, (of Thomas). Issue, Lancelot, Charles, Elizabeth, Sarah- Dr. William Edwin Hodges.
Lancelot, fourth, came into possession of "Brandy," in 1882; married Margaret E. Beard, descendant of Major Richard, the sur- veyor of South River. Issue, Lancelot, fifth, died in infancy; Dr. Clarence Warfield, formerly of Galveston, now, after a tour of the globe, residing in San Antonia, Texas; John Warfield, of Australia, and the late Victor Warfield, who died in New Mexico, and lies buried beside his father at "Brandy." In a well-preserved garden graveyard, of this homestead, are the remains of Richard, of Alex- ander, four Lancelot Warfields, and other members of their lines.
The recent death of the last owner, and the absence of his sons, may soon result in the sale of "Brandy." Mrs. Warfield resides in Baltimore.
Richard Warfield, of Richard and Sarah Gaither, lived at "Brandy" during the life of his first wife, Nancy Gassaway of Thomas. Their only daughter, Sarah, became the wife of Amos Warfield, of "Warfield's Range." Removing to Frederick County, Richard Warfield married again, Anna Delashmutt, daughter of Elias and Betsy (Nelson) Delashmutt, daughter of John Nelson, and sister of Dr. Arthur Nelson. Issue, Lindsey Warfield and Eliza- beth Warfield.
Lindsey Warfield entered the war of 1812, and was stationed in the Genessee Valley. He was engaged in the battle of Lundy's Lane. Pleased with the country of that valley, he returned after the war, and settled there. He married Elizabeth L'amoreaux. Issue, Richard Nelson Warfield, of Rochester, Delashmutt Warfield, Andrew Walker, Charles Henry, Myron Franklin, Rowena, Hester, Jane and Sarah Warfield, all of Rushville, New York.
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Richard Nelson Warfield married Rachel Elone Hill, daughter of Whitney Hill, who was one of "The Minute Men, of Lexington." Issue, General Richard Henry Warfield, of San Francisco, Cal .; Emma Elizabeth Warfield, wife of Colonel Samuel B. Williams, City Treasurer, of Rochester; and Luella A. Warfield, wife of W. A. Gracy, of Geneva, New York. A few years before his death, Mr. Richard Nelson Warfield visited Maryland in search of information of his family, and by correspondence through many states, accumu- lated much data, all showing that Anne Arundel was the family starting point.
His son, Brigadier-General Richard Henry Warfield, is thus mentioned: "General Warfield is of the Warfields of Maryland, who still hold lands granted by the Crown of England. His grand- father figured gallantly in the battle of Lundy's Lane, while his great-grandfather, on the distaff side, Whitney Hill, was one of the Men of Lexington. General Warfield was studying at the Univer- sity of Rochester, when the Civil War broke out. In 1862, he joined the Fiftieth N. Y. Engineers, rising to first lieutenant. In 1876, he went to Healdsburg, California, as cashier of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank. He is now in charge of two of the leading hotels of California. In 1894, he was made Brigadier-General, command- ing the Second Brigade of the National Guards of California. When the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic was held, in Washington, in 1892, he was elected Senior Vice Com- mander-in-Chief, an honor seldom conferred upon a comrade in any other city than the one in which the comrade lives. He is a mem- ber of the "Sons of the American Revolution," of the "Loyal Legion," a "Shriner," a "Knight Templar," and 32nd Degree of the A. & A. Rite.
"General Warfield has two sons, George H. and Richard Emer- son Warfield. The first is cashier of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, of Healdsburg, California; the second was a student in Stan- ford University.
General Warfield has been twice married. His present wife was Lula Emerson, eldest daughter of Colonel William Emerson, who was Colonel of the 151st New York Volunteers, and, for a time, in command of one of the Brigades of the Third Division of the Sixth Army Corps.
"At the outbreak of the Spanish War, in 1898, General Warfield personally mobilized his Brigade of the National Guard as United States Volunteers of California; and the First Californian, of his brigade, was the first twelve-company regiment of the United States Volunteers mustered out, in the United States service from any state. General Warfield was later in charge of the whole Militia of California, but after promotion resigned."
The farm of four hundred acres, of Lindsey Warfield, in Yates County, New York, is still held by Walter Walker Warfield and his wife, Sarah. Myron Franklyn Warfield, youngest son of Lindsey, born ¿1836, married Francis Helena Green, October 25th, 1866.
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Issue, Charles Henry Warfield, born 1867, Carrie Isabelle Warfield, Anna Delashmutt, Richard Nelson, Frederick Parkman, Augustus Bennett, born July 24th, 1878.
Charles Henry Warfield was principal of Little Falls High School, New York. On June 28th, 1900, he married Janet Cook Jessup, to whom was born, May 1st, 1901, Janet MacDonald Warfield. Mr. C. H. Warfield in now a resident of New York City. Frederick Parkman Warfield is of Duell, Megrath and Warfield, Patent law- yers, of New York.
Carrie Warfield married Charles H. Barton, and has a daughter, Francis Green Barton. Augustus Bennett Warfield is now First Lieutenant, Artillery Corps of U. S. A.
Dr. Andrew Walker Warfield married Delight Weir. Charles Henry Warfield was a druggist of Rushville. Hester Jane Warfield married Alvin Chamberlain. Rowena Warfield married Dr. Jas. A. Bennett.
BENJAMIN WARFIELD, OF "LUGG OX."
The youngest son of Richard and Elinor (Browne) Warfield, was Benjamin, who joined his brother, Richard, in surveying " Win- copin Neck," in the forks of Savage and Middle River, immediately at Savage Factory. This was willed to his daughter, Elizabeth Ridgely, by both himself and his brother Richard.
Benjamin Warfield's inheritance in "Warfield's Range" was never occupied by him. He surveyed "Benjamin's Discovery," in Anne Arundel. He married Elizabeth Duvall, daughter of Captain John and Elizabeth (Jones) Duvall. Her marriage dower was a tract of 780 acres, known as "Lugg-Ox," in the forks of the Patuxent. This adjoined his own survey. One son, Joshua, and a daughter, Elizabeth, were their issue. Benjamin Warfield died in early man- hood, in 1717, leaving his children minors. His widow married John Gaither, the second, who administered.
Joshua, of Benjamin, held the homestead. By his wife, Ruth Davis, of Thomas, he had Benjamin, Joshua, Henry, Thomas, Caleb, Mary, Elizabeth and Elinor. "Lugg-Ox" was divided among these heirs. Benjamin removed to Frederick County. Joshua left no records. Henry was an attorney, and died a bachelor. Thomas and Caleb remained upon the homestead and left heirs. Thomas was executor. He was an officer in the militia. He married, first, Elizabeth Holliday, and second, Elizabeth Marriott, and had issue, Mary, Lydia Ellender, wife of Captain Francis Bealmear; William, merchant of Annapolis; Dr. Anderson, legislator; Thomas Wheeler. Singleton-William Warfield and David Ridgely were merchants of Annapolis, and loaned money on real estate. At the time of his death, William Warfield held most of "Lugg Ox." His wife was Mary Tyler Worthington, granddaughter of Hon. Brice Thomas Beale Worthington. Issue, Thomas Henry Warfield and Elizabeth Holliday Warfield, legatees of Mrs. Mary Tyler Warfield; Thomas
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Henry married Mary Worthington. Thomas Wheeler Warfield sold his interest in "Lugg Ox" to William; his wife was Sarah White. Dr. Anderson Warfield, the bachelor, was a ready writer, in- dependent politician, legislator, and closed his career as a physician, of Baltimore, leaving his house and practice on Eutaw Street, to Dr. Bealmear, stepson of his sister. Caleb Warfield, of Joshua, sold his interest in "Lugg Ox" to Dr. Anderson Warfield, and resided upon his wife's interest in the Sappington estate. His daughters, Elizabeth and Elinor, died maidens. Thomas Warfield, of Caleb, married Margery Browne, daughter of Philemon Browne and Mar- gery Gaither, sister of Colonel Edward Gaither, Jr. Their issue were, Thomas Warfield, of "Good Hope," and Caleb Warfield, who removed to Kentucky.
Thomas Warfield, of "Good Hope,"-Margaret Foster-issue, Abel Davis Warfield, of Alexandria, Virginia .- Sarah Ann Adams issue, Geo. Thos. Warfield, of 17th Virginia Infantry, killed in de- fence of Richmond, 1862. Edgar Warfield, druggist, of Alexandria, Virginia and commander of Lee's Legion of Confederate soldiers- Catherine Virginia Batcheller-issue, Edgar Warfield, Jr.,-Abbia Virginia Belles-issue, Edgar Ashley, George Elmon-Nellie J. Soud- son. Wm. Ryland-Alice Down; Marion Roberts-Thomas F. Burroughs; Andrew Adgate Warfield-Jane Elizabeth Pattie; Ada Francis Warfield-B. P. Kurtz; Susan Alice-Walter Gahan; Frank Warfield-Cora May Smith, Richmond, Virginia. Harry Lee War- field-Lizzie Allen. Caleb Warfield, of Thomas and Margery Brown, removed to Kentucky,-first, Nancy Livingstone; second, Nancy Ray; third, Anne Steel. Issue by second, Thomas Brown, John, Louisa, James, George; issue by third, William Warfield.
Thomas Brown Warfield-first, Sabra Ann Steele-issue, Sabra Steele Warfield; second, Margaret Rebecca Campbell-issue, Charles, Thomas, Myra Alice, Clara Maria, Nancy Margaret, and William Campbell Warfield, who married Dora Rawlings. Issue, Edwin, Herbert, Theodora Margaret. William Campbell Warfield is Super- intendent of Public Schools, and State Secretary of the Reading Circle, Mt. Stering, Kentucky.
MAJOR JOHN WELSH, HIGH SHERIFF, OF A. A. CO.
In 1667, Major Welsh was a Commissioner of Anne Arundel County. In 1675, as the husband of Mrs. Anne Grosse, widow of Hon. Roger Grosse, he was executor of the large Grosse estate, and summoned John Grosse, Richard Snowden and his wife, Elizabeth, lately Elizabeth Grosse, Roger Grosse, Jr., Wm. Grosse and Francis Grosse, in settlement of the estate.
Mrs. Elizabeth (Grosse) Welsh was the mother of Silvester and John Welsh, Jr. The latter was known later as Major and Colonel John. She died before 1675, when Major Welsh married Mary, stepdaughter of Nicholas Wyatt, and half-sister of Sarah (Wyatt) Dorsey, wife of Colonel Edward.
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In 1679, Major Welsh was one of "The Quorum," and was High Sheriff in 1678 and 1679. In the former year, he was defend- ant against John Homewood in a suit against his deputy. In 1683, Major Welsh was a commissioner for building the courthouse, and in the same year, a commissioner for the advancement of trade in Anne Arundel. In short, Major Welsh was continuously in the pub- lic service. His will, of 1686, left his South River lands, " Arnold's Grey," to Sylvester and John, because they came through his Grosse wife. Benjamin Welsh was installed in the South River homestead. The four daughters, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah and Damaris Welsh, were joint heirs of his lands upon the Gunpowder. "Unto my wife, Mary, 'Preston's Enlargement,' near River Dam, Herring Creek. I give to my brother, Henry Welsh, my tobacco box, silver headed cane, broadcloth suit and one thousand acres of land." This brother I could not find in our records. Though named an executor, the estate was settled by son, Sylvester, and his widow, Mary, then wife of James Ellis.
Sylvester's wife was Elinor. They had issue, Sylvester, Jr., Elinor and Lucia.
Captain, or Colonel John, married, first, Thomasin Hopkins, daughter of Gerard and Thomasin Hopkins, of South River. Their daughter, Sarah, became Mrs. Samuel Warfield. Colonel John's second wife was Rachel, without doubt, daughter of John and Ann (Greenberry) Hammond. By her were Ann, wife of Nathan Ham- mond, son of Major Charles and Hannah Howard. (2.) Rachel; (3.) Captain John, who married Hannah Hammond, daughter of John and Ann (Dorsey) Hammond; (4). Thomas; (5.) Benjamin; (6.) Elizabeth; (7.) Henry O'Neale; (8.) Comfort.
The above testator was a large shipping iron merchant. His partner was his cousin, Richard Snowden, son of Richard and Eliza- beth (Grosse) Snowden, a half-sister of Colonel John Welsh. They bought and sold lands also as partners. His will of 1733-34, reads: "I give to my son, John Welsh, my lands, 'Arnold's Grey' and 'Neglect.' To my sons, Thomas and Benjamin, I give 'Welsh's Discovery.' I give to William Davis, 'William's Delight.' " Lands and money were left to wife, Rachel, and daughters, Rachel and Comfort. The married daughters also named were Sarah, wife of Samuel Warfield, and Sophia Hall. "To my brother, Robert, my wearing apparel, my watch, and my gold ring. My cousin, Richard Snowden, my brother, Robert, and my wife, Rachel, to administer."
Benjamin Welsh, his brother, married Elizabeth Nicholson. The daughters of Major John Welsh were: Mary, wife of Josias Toogood; Sarah-John Giles; Elizabeth-Daniel Richardson; Damaris-Thos. Stockett. A thousand acre tract in Baltimore County, known as "Three Sisters," was sold by these sisters.
Robert, the youngest child of Major John Welsh, born after the death of the Major, married Katherine Lewis. Issue, James, Lewis, Robert, Jemima Edwards, Elizabeth Tongue, Grace Elliot, Kath- erine Stewart, John, and Benjamin, inheritor of "Preston's En- largement."
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John Welsh, the third-known also as Captain-inherited the homestead, but married in Howard County, Hannah, daughter of John and Ann Dorsey Hammond, whose residence was adjoining the "Old Brick Church." John Welsh took up an immense tract in Northern Howard, and on it placed his sons, John, Philip, Henry and Samuel.
These sons married kindred wives. The fourth John Welsh, married both a Hammond and a Dorsey-Lucretia, daughter of Colonel Nicholas, and Sarah (Griffith) Dorsey. Philip Welsh-Eliza- beth Davis, daughter of Caleb and Lucretia Griffith. Samuel Welsh -Rachel Griffith, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Dorsey-all daughters of sisters and a brother, heirs of Orlando Griffith and his wife, Katherine Howard.
The grounds upon which St. Ann's Church stands, and the Peggy Stewart house, in Annapolis, were held by Major John and his heirs.
Dr. Welch and his brother, Robert, of Annapolis, who thus write their names, are descendants of the High Sheriff and Member of "The Quorum."
THE STOCKETT BROTHERS.
My record of this family is the work of a descendant of Annap- olis, whose daughter kindly presented a copy.
Our Rent Rolls show surveys made near the Susquehanna River, in Harford, in the name of Stockett. In 1658, four brothers, Thomas, Lewis, Henry and Francis, came to the province and obtained grants under the Calverts.
The family was of the Church of England, loyal to King Charles. After the crushing defeat of the royal cause at Worcester, in 1651, these worthies gathered up all they could from the wreck of their property and came to Maryland.
Captain Thomas Stockett, of "Bourne," had in his family, George Alsop, who wrote the tract on Maryland, known as " Alsops Character of Maryland." Dr. Francis Stockett, was appointed Clerk for the Court of Baltimore, in 1658, but, resigning it, was in the Assembly of Delegates at St. Maries in, 1658-59.
Captain Thomas Stockett was in the Assembly, 1661-66.
Captain Thomas and Henry Stockett were also Judges of the County Courts until 1668, in which year Captain Thomas Stockett was appointed High Sheriff of Anne Arundel, to which he had removed. A commission was issued to Lewis Stockett, of Baltimore County, from 1636 to 1667, as Colonel and Commander-in-Chief of all the forces of Baltimore County, on the Susquehanna and Bay, as well as Kent Island.
In 1668, all three brothers removed to Anne Arundel, and located on "Stockett's Run," near Birdsville. Captain Thomas Stockett held "Obligation," 664 acres; Henry Stockett held " Bridge Hill," 664 acres; Dr. Francis Stockett held "Dodon," 664 acres. They there lived and died.
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Among their old family papers, was a description of the coat of arms, and one engraving on the silver tankards, "or, a lion ram- pant, Sa, on a chief of the last, tower tripple toured, or between two bezants; Crest on a stump of a tree, couped and eradicated or a line sejant, Sa."
Another interesting paper was that of Joseph Tilly, the register or clerk of All Hallows Parish, in Anne Arundel County, in which the Stocketts were located.
" About or in ye year of ye Lord 1667 or 8, I became acquainted with four gents ye were brothers, and then dwellers here in Mary- land. The elder of them went by the name Colonel Lewis Stockett: ye second by the name of Captain Thomas Stockett; ye third was Doctor Francis Stockett, and ye fourth brother was Mr. Henry Stockett.
"These men were but newly seated or seating in Anne Arundel County, and they had much business with Lord Baltimore, then ppetr of ye Province.
"My house standing convenient, they were often entertained there.
"They told me they were Kentish men, or men of Kent, and yet they were concerned for King Charles, ye First: were out of favor with ye following government, they mortgaged a good estate to follow King Charles, the Second, in his exile, and at their return, they had not money to redeem their mortgage, which was ye cause of their coming hither .- (Signed.) JOSEPH TILLY."
Captain Thomas Stockett married Mary Wells, daughter of Richard Wells, of Herring Creek, who was prominent in the Puri- tan colony of Virginia. He was one of the Commissioners appointed to represent the parliament in 1654, with Captain Wm. Fuller, and others, and we find him in the Council of 1658, after the Calverts had regained the province. He was, also, a Justice of the Peace, owning a considerable estate.
Captain Thomas and Mary (Wells) Stockett left one son, Thomas Stockett. After Captain Stockett's death, in 1671, his widow mar- ried George Yate, the surveyor, and had issue, George Yates, John Yates and Ann Yates-sometimes written Yeates. She survived her second husband, whose will, of 1691, left his seal and silver marked with his coat of arms to his son George. The latter married Rachel Warfield, of Richard. Mrs. Yate's will, of 1699, left her daughter Frances, wife of Marius (Mareen) Duvall, her silver seal in a lozenge shield; and to her son, Thomas Stocket, "a black walnut box which hath his father's coat of arms engraved in ye bottom thereof."
Thomas Stockett married Mary Sprigg, daughter of Thomas, of West River, who owned, also, a large tract in Prince George. Upon portions of this were located the descendants of Colonel John Francis Mercer and the Stewart family, connected with, and des- cended from, the Sprigg family. Thomas Stockett, Jr., surveyed many disputed tracts of land-leaving by his first wife, Thomas
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