Person:James Neale (5)

Vol 6, p 40 -
Neale (Neal), James, Sr., Wolleston Mannor, Charles Co., 1st April, 1725; 11th Oct., 1727.
- To eldest son James, Jr., deed of Woolleston Mannour afsd. confirmed; and personalty.
- To second son Henry, deed of 500 A. Gills Land confirmed; and personalty.
- To son Benjamin and hrs., 500 A. leased to and known by names of Davies, Antho. Smith, Jno. Castles and Tho. Sparkes; sd. son dying without issue, to son William and hrs.; and personalty.
- To son William and hrs., 500 A. leased to Cha. Rocks, Nat. Freeman and Thomas Marrish; and all land at Matta Woman bou. of Geo. Hinson; sd. son dying without issue or during minority, to son Benj. and hrs.; and personalty at age of 21.
- To wife Elizabeth and hrs., interest in 340 A. lying at Upper Machoteck, Va., lately in poss. of Michaell Webb and Benja. Berryman; 1/3 personal estate.
- To daus. Mary Deaton, formerly Vanswerring, Mary Tawney, formerly Neale, Ann, now wife of Mr. Edward Cole, and Margaret, personalty.
- To dau. Mildred, £30 at age or marriage.
Exs.: Wife and sons Benjamin and William to divide residue of personal estate equally.
Test: Walter Story, Thos. Taney, Joseph Alvey.

Codicil: Son William and dau. Mildred to have no interest in bequests until they give bond to acquit themselves and hrs. of all interest in certain slaves once property of dau. Elizabeth.

Date and tests same as above will. 19, 246.

Source: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/westmoreland/court/misc0002.txt

*4. John Lord and Elizabeth, his wife, made a deed (dated November 28, 1687) to their daughter, Elizabeth, who is to marry "James Neale of Woolleston, in Charles County, Maryland, Esquire", for 800 acres at Machotick, in Westmoreland County, and 500 acres in Stafford, near until Giles Brent's mill, given said Lord by Joseph Edmunds." Other records show that he left a son, William, who went to Maryland. In 1692 Elizabeth Lord is mentioned as "widow of Captain John Lord".

*8. James Neale was one of the Councillors of Maryland, and was an English merchant in Spain before coming to America. His son, James Neale, Esq., appears to have married Elizabeth Lord, of Westmoreland County, daughter of Captain John Lord, of that County.

p 39 -
Contract for Building a House.
Condicon between Capt Neale & ffran: West.
It is condiconed & agreed betweene James Neale, Esqr of the one party francis West of ye other party as followeth, ye said francis West doth hereby promise & oblige himself to build for ye said James Neale on his plantacon on Wollaston manor one house of forty foote long & twenty five foote wide framed worke to bee nine foote betweene ye groundsill & Wall plate & all ye groundsills to bee of Locust wood ye Lower part to bee divided into five Roomes wth two chimnies below & one snall chimnye above And build to it a proch ten foote long & eight foote wide ye Loft to bee layed wth sawed wood And to build two Dormer windowes above & other window at ye end of ye left And to point all Windowes & Dores below Stayres & all Compleatly finished except ye covering & weather board-ing for & in consideration whereof I ye sayd James Neale doe oblige myself to furnish ye said ffrancis West Meate Drinke & Lodging dureing ye time of ye building ye said House & to allow him two servants namely my boy John ye Dutchman & ye other John which I have hired by Captn ffednall to doe all such workes Concerning ye said building as ye said francis shall appointe or Command them & not to bee hindered by mee ye said James Neale in Doeing any other worke & further I doe oblige myself my heires & Executors to pay ye said francis West three thousand five hundred pounds weight of tobco & Caske ye one halfe to be payd at or before ye feast of ye Nativitie of our Lord next ensueing And ye other halfe at ye finishing of ye worke. In Witness whereof ye parties aforesaid have hereunto put theire hands this 22d Day of July, 1661. And ye said ffrancis West not to goe off ye plantacon of James Neale to worke or build till the worke bee fully furnshed.
James Neale,
ffrancis West Testes Wiliam Bretton John Leeke feb ye 4th 1661 This condition was Recorded.

Vol 2, p 117 -
Will of Henrietta Maria LOYD OF Talbot Co., MD. 6th Apr., 1697; 2nd June, 1697.
- To mother, Ann NEAL, estate given testatrix by will of her father, and personalty during life; sd. personalty to pass to brother Anthony NEALE and sister Jane BOREMAN.
- To son Richard BENNETT, 400 A., "The Folly," 400 A., "Buckingham," on Sassafras R., and 2 town lots ont of tract of land.
- To son Edward and hrs., 250 A., "Bettys Branch," bought of Rich'd WOOLEMAN.
- To son Philemon, all land bought of Chas. HELMSLEY on the Great Island in Wye R., and 216 A., "The Outlet."
- To 2 sons, Philemon and James, house and lot at the town on Wye. R.
- To son James and hrs., 400 A., "Timber Land," on Tuckahoe bought of Jas. SCOTT.
- To dau. Henrietta Maria, 450 A., "The Adventure," on St. Michael's R., and "Upper Range" purchased of Geo. HILLOCK.
- To dau. Ann and hrs., 500 A., "Loyd's Coftyne," bought of Henry COFTYNE.
- To dau. Alice and hrs., residue of "Buckingham."
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- To dau. Margaret, "Groscoate" bought of Wm. GROSS, "Lambert," bought of Henry COSTIN; "Court Road" bought of Jacob GIBSON, all lying on Gross Ck. in Wye R.
- To the priests of the Chapel at Wye R., 100 A., "Town Road," bought of Rich'd HAZELTINE, and 200 A., part of "Henrietta Maria's Discovery," and also land bequeathed testatrix by Jno. LONDY of Chester R.
- To Sarah GRASON, 16 A., part of "Henrietta Maria's Discovery."
- To William HUNTER, Mr. GULICK, and Mr. HUBBARD, all priests, personalty.
- To brother William BOREMAN and sister Jane BOREMAN, cousins Dorothy BROOKES, Mary and Henrietta NEALE, and to Joseph HUNNIWELL, personalty.
- To daus. Alice, Ann and Margaret jointly, the great wrought silver dish.
- To 8 child. afsd., residue of personal estate; 2 shares bequeathed to dau. Margaret in lieu of one having been given to dau. Susanna LOWE, desiring dau. Margaret to remember Henrietta Maria LOWE, dau. of Susanna LOWE afsd.
Mother Ann NEAL, brothers James and Anthony NEAL, sons Richard BENNETT and Philemon LOYD, joint exs. and to have charge of child. until they attain majority.
Test: Philip HELMSLEY, Jno. BURKE, Wm. PURITE, Wm. FITZGERALD. 7. 252.

[Note: not all individuals have been identified at this time.]