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"My funeral cost for wine and cake and gloves I would not have exceed two hundred pounds. I used to buy good thick deer- skin gloves for two shillings and six pence a pair. As to the cost
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of my tombstone, I am not for a fine one. I leave that to the dis- cretion of those concerned. I desire, also, the following books to be sent for, to be delivered to every person that has a pair of gloves, and can read, or that promises to take all opportunity of getting some person to read to him or her. Any one having such books shall not sell them but they shall descend to the next of kin. The party to have his name wrote or stamped on the book.
"List of books: 200 Bibles, with testaments and common prayer book; 100 of Dr. Jeremy Taylor's Holy Living and Dying .; 100 of ditto Golden Grove and Guide; 100 Dr. Wm. Sherlock on Death; 100 of Dr. John Goodman's Penitent Pardoned; 100 of Thomas Doolittle's on Lord's Suffering; 80 of Dr. Wm. Bates Sermons; 100 of Thomas Wordworth's Remains; 100 of Matthew Meade's Good of Early Obedience; 20 of John Bonn's Guide to Eternity, making in all 1,000 books.
"I give out of my personal estate, to the children of my sister, Mary Woodard, £600; to sister, Elizabeth Ginn, £600; To loving mother, £1,000; to my brother-in-law, Henry Woodard, £300.
"To Henry Faces and Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Seth Garrett, £100 and one lot in Annapolis, where a free school is kept. To Thomas Faces, a lot in Annapolis, adjoining John Baldwin. To James Garrett, of Seth of London, lots in Annapolis, formerly Chas. Killburnes. To niece Elizabeth Woodward, daughter of Henry, £300 and six tracts of land; to niece Mary Woodward, of Henry, £300 and six tracts of land; to nephew, William Woodward, £400 and six tracts of land and two lots in Annapolis; to Hannah Woodward, of Henry, £300 and six tracts of land; to Amos Woodward, of Henry, £500 and six tracts and two lots, in Annapolis; to nephew Garrett Woodward, of Henry, £500 and six or eight tracts; to mother, Sarah Garrett, thirteen tracts and four lots, in Annapolis, during life, to descend to sister Elizabeth Ginn; to the Church of St. Anne's, for the use of its minister, a house bought of Samuel Dorsey, and four- teen tracts of land; to my mother, £100 for mourning rings and such memorials.
"In witness whereof to every side of this my will set my hand and seal, it containing sheets of paper fairly writ .- AMOS GARRETT."
On March 29th, 1728, was exhibited the administration bond of Amos Garrett, in common form by Amos Woodward, his admin- istrator, with Samuel Relee, William Chapman, Caleb Dorsey, Rich- ard Warfield, Richard Hill and John Beale, his sureties, in sixty thousand pounds sterling, dated 28th, March, 1728, which bond is ordered to be filed. At the same time, was exhibited by said Amos Woodward, a will of said Amos Garrett, Esq., made in the year, 1714, but not evidenced or executed, which at the request of said Amos Woodward, is ordered to be recorded at the expense of the estate.
The tablet seen on Mr. Garrett's tombstone, in St. Anne's churchyard, is identical with the words of his will. It is upon a slab of white marble, with a griffin rampant surrounded by fleur
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di lis, with the following inscription: "Here lieth interred the body of Mr. Amos Garrett, of the City of Annapolis, in Anne Arundel County, in the Province of Maryland, merchant, son of Mr. James and Mrs. Sarah Garrett, late of St. Olive Street, Southwark, then in the Kingdom of England, now a part of Great Brittian, who departed this life on March 8th, 1727. Aetatis 56."
WOODWARDS.
William Woodward, of London, sent three sons to Maryland. They were Henry Woodward, William Woodward and Abraham Woodward.
Henry Woodward located upon the Patuxent, and married Mary Garrett, sister of Amos Garrett, the wealthy merchant of Annapolis, first mayor of the city. They had issue, William Wood- ward, known as the Goldsmith; Mary-Mr. Holmes, of England; Elizabeth-Benjamin Baron, of Maryland; Sarah-C. Calhon, of England. Amos Woodward, of Henry, married Achsah Dorsey, of Caleb and Elinor (Warfield) Dorsey. Issue, Mary, Elinor, Eliza- beth; Henry Woodward, only son of Amos, married Mary Young, daughter of Colonel Richard Young and Rebecca Holsworth, his wife, of Calvert County. Issue, Rebecca-Philip Rogers; Eleanor- Samuel Dorsey; Mary-first, Mr. Govane, second, Samuel Owings; Harriet-first, Colonel Edmund Brice, second, Colonel Alexander Murray; Achsah died young.
Mary (Young) Woodward-second John Hessilius Artist.
William Woodward, of William, of London, left three children, Elizabeth, Hannah and William.,
Abraham Woodward, (of William of London)-first, Eilzabeth Firlor, second, Mrs. Priscilla Orrick, widow of James Orrick. Issue, William, Rebecca, Martha, Abraham, Thomas, Mary-Wm. Tarris, Priscilla, Henry, Elizabeth and Eleanor.
William - Alice Ridgely, daughter of William and Jane (Westall) Ridgely. Issue, Jane-Nelson Waters; Henry-Mary White; Abraham, killed in the Revolution; William, Jr .- Jane Ridgely, daughter of William and Mary Orrick. Issue, William-Mary Jacobs and went west; Henry, born 1770; Alice-Stephen Wat- kins; Ann-William Ridgely, of Allegheny; Sarah-Mr. Connand went to Tennessee.
Henry Woodward, born 1770-Eleanor Turner (widow), daugh- ter of Colonel Thomas Williams and Rachel Duckett, his wife. Issue, Jane Maria-Judge William Henry Baldwin; William- Virginia Burneston; Henry Williams Woodward-first, Sarah Gambrill, second, Mary E. Webb; Rignal Duckett-second, M. J. Hall; Rachel Ann, Eleanor, and Martha Ridgely-James Rawlings.
Henry Williams Woodward and Sarah Gambrill, of Augustine, had issue, Juliet-Professor Phil. Moore Leakin. Issue, Mrs. Robert Welsh, of Baltimore; Phil. Moore Leakin, of New York, and a brother in Baltimore.
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Henry Williams Woodward-second, Mary Edge Webb. Issue, William Woodward, born December 31st, 1835, died March 20th, 1889, and James T. Woodward, president of the Hanover Bank, New York. (Elsewhere recorded.)
William Woodward was a cotton merchant, and one of the founders of the Cotton Exchange. In 1864, he removed from Baltimore to New York, where he died. He was a member of the Union, Manhattan, Yacht Club, Lewannaka, Tuxedo, South Side Fishing Club, Racket, and, also, member of the Baltimore and Washington clubs. He married, September 27th, 1865, Sarah Abigail, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Peckham) Rodman, of Rhode Island. Issue Mary Edge, Julia Rodman, Edith and William Woodward, graduate of Harvard, class of '98, and of the Harvard Law School, of 1901. His clubs are Institute Porcellain, Institute Zees.
Jas. T. Woodward, of New York, holds the homestead, "Edge- wood," just north of Gambrill's Station. It was his birthplace. Mr. James T. Woodward went to New York soon after the war, and became connected with the importing house of Ross, Campbell & Co. His good business judgment and habit of observing closely the conditions of trade throughout the general field, gave value to his opinions on commercial matters. In the early seventies he became a director in the Hanover Bank. His acquaintance among the important men of the financial district was broadening, his experience was ripening.
In 1877, the large interest of the well-known bankers J. & I. Stewart, in the Hanover Bank, was bought by Mr. Woodward and his late brother, William Woodward, Jr. He was elected to the presidency of the bank, and retired from the importing firm in which he had become a partner.
Mr. Woodward has been president of the Hanover Bank since that time. When he assumed the presidency the deposits of the bank were $6,000,000; they are now $45,000,000. There could be no more striking evidence of the wisdom of his management.
The fact that he has brought his bank to be one of the three leading banks of the City of New York, is ample proof that he has won and enjoys the confidence of the business community. But Mr. Woodward has a broader sphere of influence than that. His attentive observation of the money market, now a fixed habit, has made him a man to be consulted in the financial district. In the preliminary discussions of large investments, in investigations that precede bond sales by the United States Treasury, and in the determination of financial policies, Mr. Woodward's views are influential and always incline to the side of safety and prudence.
He has a characteristically positive way of expressing his opin- ions, which is often observed in men whose conclusions are the fruit of ripe thought, and may, therefore, be given with confidence. At a meeting of the Clearing House Association, held on October 4th, last, Mr. Woodward, although he had not sought the place, was
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elected president of the Association; an office, at once, of both dignity and responsibility. The Clearing House is the vigilant guardian of the financial interests of the commercial community, and a tower of observation over all banks; guarantor to the business public that no bank can go far into imprudence without detection.
Like a wise man, Mr. Woodward looks also to the pleasant things of life, as the means for banishing cares.
Though a model of punctuality, when duty calls, yet when the season and weather are propitious, he comes to visit his plantations in Anne Arundel, near Gambrill's Station, and in Prince George, at Collington, to hunt across country, maintaining the old favorite pastime of his colonial ancestors. He delights to have his social companions of New York join him, at his bachelor quarters, during the hunting season. Amiable, agreeable and entertaining, his friends are lasting and loyal.
He is a member of numerous clubs, among them being the Union, the Knickerbocker, the Metropolitan, the Tuxedo, and the Riding Club.
Mr. Woodward is also taking interest in developing the useful- ness of St. John's College. Woodward Hall has been erected to his name. He has also succeeded in paying off the debt upon St. John's. After the inauguration of Governor Warfield, Mr. Woodward brought a tally-ho party from New York, to call upon him at the govern- ment house.
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE RIGNAL T. WOODWARD, OF ABINGTON FARM, MILLERSVILLE, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD.
Rignal T. Woodward was born at Abington Farm, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, his father's place. His father was the Hon. Rignal Duckett Woodward, the third son of Henry Woodward, of Anne Arundel County, and his wife, Eleanor Williams, of Prince George County. His mother was a Miss Elizabeth Hardisty, whose mother was Miss Hodges. The Hon. Rignal Duckett Woodward was a planter, one time sheriff of the county, and for a number of years, presiding justice of the Orphans Court. He died in 1888.
Rignal T. Woodward was educated at the Academy at Millers- ville. His father wanted him to go to college, but he preferred to go into business. When he was seventeen years old he entered the office of his uncle Mr. William Woodward, a commission merchant, doing business in the city of Baltimore under the firm name of William Woodward & Co. Later the firm name was changed to Wood- ward, Baldwin & Co. In 1863, the firm opened an office in New York City, and he was sent there. In October, 1863, he was admitted into the firm as a partner. On January 26th, 1864, he married Mary H. Raborg, the eldest daughter of Dr. Christopher H. Raborg, of Baltimore. By her he had eight children, namely:
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Mary Raborg, born December 19th, 1864, died August 10th, 1865; Rignal Duckett, December 28th, 1865; Christopher Raborg born January 24th, 1867, died August 16th, 1868; William Baird, born April 4th, 1868, died August 18th, 1868; Christopher H. R., born May 31st, 1869; Mary Raborg, born December 16th, 1870; Charles Woodward, born June 2nd, 1872; Elijah, born July 14th, 1874.
Mr. Woodward continued to reside in New York City until May, 1898, when he moved to Morristown, New Jersey. His wife, Mary H. (Raborg) Woodward, died March 5th, 1900. On the death of his father, Mr. Woodward became the owner of Abington Farm. On February 5th, 1902, he married Julia Winchester Bowling, daughter of Chief Justice Benjamin Winchester, of Louisiana. The death of Mr. Woodward was recently announced in the Baltimore Sun. The interment was in his native county.
William Woodward, (of Henry, of William, of London,) and Jane, his wife, had William Garrett Woodward and Maria G. Woodward, who became Mrs. Edmiston, of London. A letter from the former to the latter, giving a good view of the trying days in which he lived, and containing some genealogical information, is still pre- served by his descendants.
William Garrett Woodward married Dinah Warfield, daughter of Alexander and Dinah Davidge. They had two daughters.
Maria Graham became the second wife of Captain Henry Bald- win; Elizabeth Woodward became the second wife of Alexander Warfield, of Sam's Creek.
William Woodward, late head of Woodward, & Baldwin & Co., of Baltimore, leading dry-goods merchants, descendant of Henry and Eleanor (Williams) Woodward, removed to Baltimore, and entered the house of Mullikin & Co. He later formed the partnership of Jones & Woodward, which was merged into Woodward, Baldwin & Co. Mr. Woodward was an organizer of the first temperance society of Maryland. He was a director in numerous institutions. His wife was Virginia Barnetson, of Baltimore. Six daughters and three sons are their heirs.
Mr. Woodward was ranked as a christian philanthropist, and an enterprising man of business, worthy to succeed the great merchant, Amos Garrett, of Annapolis.
Thomas Woodward, son of Abraham, of William, lived at Wood- wardville, in Anne Arundel, upon the Patuxent. He married Mrs. Margaret Ijams, nee Margaret Waters. Issue, Abraham, Nicholas R., Priscilla. Nicholas R. Woodward married Margaret Mullikin, and left Sophia Hall-Richard Anderson; Eliza Ann, Catherine M. -Jacob Strider. By a second wife, Sarah Gambrill, Nicholas R. Woodward had John Randolph-Caroline V. Gardner; Abraham -Annie Anderson; Emily R. Nicholas; Daniel Dodge-Jennie nderson.
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Mr. William Nicholas Woodward, son of John Randolph Wood- ward, is now Deputy Clerk of Anne Arundel. He married Jennie G. Ashwell, of New Jersey. His sisters are, Mrs. Laura M. Moore, of West Virginia, and Annie V. Woodward.
Mr. Woodward was born at Woodwardville. He has a place south of Gambrill's Station, and also holds the old Dorsey property near Savage. He resides in Annapolis, and has recently purchased a property upon Murray Hill.
THE PINKNEY FAMILY.
In the house just opposite the Chase mansion, afterward owned by the Lockerman and Harwood families, was born William Pink- ney, the fifth Bishop of Maryland. His paternal grandfather, Jonathan Pinkney settled in Annapolis before the Revolution. He was a sturdy Englishman, but "He adhered with a mistaken, but honest firmness, to the cause of the mother country, and suffered severely the consequences of his conscientiousness." All of his property was confiscated.
The five children of Jonathan Pinkney by his two wives, both sisters, were Margaret, Nancy, Jonathan, William and Ninian.
Jonathan, Jr., was cashier of the Farmers Bank of Maryland. He left a large family. William became the great lawyer and states- man, whose history is given below. The third son, Ninian, was the father of Bishop Pinkney, of Maryland. He was twice married; his first wife was a sister of Mr. Louis Gassaway, but left no heirs; the second was Mrs. Amelia Grason Hobbs, a widow with three children. She was the daughter of Richard Grason, of Talbot County, and sister of the governor. The children by Mr. Pinkney were Amelia, William and Ninian.
The father held the important position of "Clerk of the Council" for thirty years. Mrs. Pinkney's vivid remembrances of both wars are extant, and are reproduced in Rev. Orlando Hutton's life of Bishop Pinkney.
After removing from their home on Maryland Avenue, the family lived, until the death of Mrs. Pinkney, in a frame cottage, under the shadow of. the Naval Academy, and close to the then governor's palace. In 1853, the site was sold to the government, but Mrs. Pinkney was allowed to remain during life.
William Pinkney, second son of the English settler, was a student of King William's School. It is related that Judge Samuel Chase, towards the close of the American war, stepping one day into a debating society, was astonished at the eloquence of a young drug clerk. Seeking him out, the Judge urged him to study law. The young clerk made known his necessities, whereupon Judge Chase offered him his library, which was accepted. The young man was William Pinkney. Admitted to the bar in 1786, he afterwards became "the wonder of his age."
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In 1788, William Pinkney was a delegate to the convention which ratified the Constitution of the United States. He was later a member of the House, Senate and Council. In 1796, was commissioner under the Jay treaty. In 1805, was Attorney-Gen- eral of Maryland. In 1806, was minister to England. In 1811, was Attorney-General of the United States.
At the battle of Bladensburg, in 1812, he commanded a volunteer company, and was wounded. He handed down to his distinguished relative, Bishop William Pinkney, of Bladensburg, a statement giving the cause of that disastrous defeat as a want of both powder and preparation. Mr. Pinkney was in Congress in 1815, and a minister to Russia in 1816. Upon his return, he was given an ovation in his native city. In 1819, he was elected United States Senator, which he held until his death in 1822.
The latest Pinkney homestead, in Annapolis, stood facing the State House. The site is now occupied by the new State building for the Court of Appeals and State Library, but the Pinkney building was removed intact, to a site opposite College Green. It is still held by his descendants.
HON. REVERDY JOHNSON.
Honorable Reverdy Johnson was born at Annapolis, 21st of May, 1796, in the house, the beautiful park of which, extends to State House Circle, now the property of Hon. J. Wirt Randall.
Mr. Johnson was educated at St. John's College, and at seven- teen years of age, began the study of law. He was the son of Hon. John Johnson, Judge of the Court of Appeals and Attorney-Gen- eral of Maryland, who married Deborah Ghiselen, daughter of Reverdy Ghiselen, long commissioner of the Land Office at Annapolis.
Reverdy Johnson commenced his career at Marlborough. His first attempt was a failure. He became discouraged and thought of giving it up; but upon the advice of Judge Edmund Key, of that judicial circuit, determined to continue. He was appointed State's Attorney for Prince George, in 1817. Two years later removed to Baltimore, where he made the reputation of a profound student of law. With Mr. Thomas Harris, he reported the decisions of the Maryland Court of Appeals (seven volumnes).
In 1821, he was elected a State Senator and re-elected in 1825. In 1845, was chosen United States Senator; resigning, in 1849, to accept the office of Attorney-General under President Taylor. He was a member of the Peace Commission, in 1861; was elected United States Senator again in 1862. In 1868, General Grant appointed him minister to England, where he negotiated the treaty for the settlement of the Alabama claims. This treaty was rejected and he was recalled in 1869. Though a Unionist, he voted, in 1866, against the impeachment of President Johnson.
Reverdy Johnson married Mary Mackall Bowie, daughter of Governor Robert Bowie. Her portrait, painted by Sully, whilst at the Court of St. James, is now in the Peabody Institute. She was
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the financial manager of the household that he might be free for public duties. In 1869, they celebrated their golden wedding. She died in 1873, and he in 1876, whilst a guest at the governor's man- sion in Annapolis, within a stone's throw of his birthplace, and in sight of his Alma Mater.
SAPPINGTON FAMILY.
The records of All Hallows show two brothers, Thomas and John Sappington, near South River. They had clearly come down the bay from the homestead of Nathaniel Sappington, of Cecil County, whose home was near the Sassafras River.
The will of Thomas Rutland, of South River, probated 1731, names his son, Thomas ; daughter, Elizabeth Stuart; grandson, Thomas Sappington, and granddaughter, Jeane, child of daughter Ann Wayman, wife of Leonard Wayman.
The records of All Hallows show the marriage of Thomas Sappington to Mary Rutland, and the birth of their son, Thomas Sappington, legatee of Thomas Rutland. John Sappington, of All Hallows, located his son, John Sappington, Jr., upon the estate known as "Sappington," upon which still stands the quaint little college at Sappington Station, of the Annapolis & Elk Ridge railroad. The present house is claimed to have been built by Caleb Sappington, of John, Jr. It is an interesting relic of earlier days.
The Sappington family will be continued in Howard County records.
RUTLAND FAMILY.
Thomas Rutland, the settler, married a daughter of Thomas Linthicum. Three succeeding Thomas Rutlands follow. The daugh- ters of the first were, Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart, Mrs. Ann Wayman and Mrs. Mary Sappington. Thomas Rutland's will, of 1783, names his descendants.
The second Thomas Rutland married Ann Beale daughter of John and Elizabeth Norwood, daughter of Andrew by his wife, Elizabeth Howard, of Captain Cornelius. The will of Mrs. Thomas Rutland, in 1773, names her aunt, Hannah Norwood.
She gave a pair of sleeve buttons to Mary Snowden, daughter of Eliza (Rutland) Snowden, but left the bulk of her estate to the daughters of her sister, Elizabeth (Nicholson) Dorsey. Those nieces: were Ann Beale, Eliza Harrison and Mary Dorsey. The will of Joseph Howard shows his daughter married another Thomas Rutland. There was a row of houses in Annapolis, built by Thomas Rutland, the large importing merchant of Annapolis.
RANDALL.
Early among the land holders of North Severn, was Christopher Randall, who held "Randall's Range," "Randall's Fancy" and " Randall's Purchase." He died in 1684, when an inventory of his
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estate returned by Matthew Howard, shows his wife was Joan. Richard Owings, a brother-in-law of Thomas Randall, son of Christo- pher, was a debtor, and Christopher, Jr., Thomas Randall and one sister were the heirs. All these removed to Baltimore County.
Closely connected with this Randall family were the English merchants, Thomas and Anthony Bale, written in the chancery records as both Bale and Beal. The will of Urath Bale, who names her aunt, Hannah Randall, is on record at Annapolis. Hannah Bale became the wife of Thomas Randall, who died in 1722. Her will, of 1727, names her son, Christopher, and her daughter, Urath (Urith), later wife of Samuel Owings, of Owings Mills.
Mrs. Hannah Randall also named her daughter-in-law, Catherine, wife of Christopher, her son, and leaves a ring to her brother-in-law, Christopher Randall, whose wife was Ann. The latter left a will, in Baltimore, naming his sons, Roger, Aquilla and John. The latter heired the Anne Arundel estate. The daughters were Johanna, Ruth and Rachel.
Christopher and Thomas united, in 1710, in selling "Randall's Range" to John Harwood.
Both branches of this family live in the neighborhood of Ran- dallstown and Owings Mill. The estate of Samuel Owings occu- pied a pretty large slice of Baltimore County, and all through the West are descendants who still bear the name of Urith, handed down from "Urath Bale."
Captain John Randall, of Anne Arundel, held "a flat," in 1731, from which a man fell and was drowned .- (St. Paul Records.)
Richard Randall, of Anne Arundel, owned "Tower Hill." His heirs were Margaret, Elizabeth and John Randall. They sold this tract in 1792. Richard Randall's sisters were, Elizabeth-Ben- jamin Atwell, in 1799; Lorena-Frederick Goatee, in 1800; Atridge -John Smith, 1807; Ruth-Joseph Norman, 1792; Anna-George Kirby, 1798.
Another Anne Arundel branch of the family was Catherine Ran- dall, whose will, of 1729, names "her son Robert Welsh," and her grandsons, James Lewis and Robert Welsh, and gave them "Town Hill" and "Diligent Search."
The present Randall family, of Annapolis, comes from a Virginia settler, who came up much later than Christopher Randall.
This branch will elsewhere be given.
JOHN GILL.
John Gill was born in Annapolis, August 15th, 1841. His father was Richard W. Gill, son of John Gill, of Alexandria, Virginia, and his mother was Miss Ann E. Deale, daughter of Captain James Deale, of Anne Arundel County.
In an autobiography of his early life General Gill writes:
"My father died when I was about ten years old. My mother was left with four children-two girls and two boys. Fortunately, my father had left an estate sufficient to provide comfortably for
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