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Facts and Events
Information supposedly taken from Milnor Ljungstedt's "County Court Note Book, Vol. 5, No. 1., 1927, indicates Patrick from Scotland came to Maryland in 1716, and that on July 12, 1721, he bought from James Caldwell, Jr., fifty acres of Pharsalia on South side of Kowastice Branch, in exchange for 1750 pounds of tobacco and 165 acres called "Flower Field", for 4400 pounds of tobacco. The records to support these claims have not been located.
References
- ↑ Will of Patrick Donelson, in Maryland Prerogative Court (Wills) 1723-1726
Liber 18, pp. 455-56.
29 Sept 1725
2 Nov. 1725.
"In the Name of Gode Amen. I Patrick Donaldson
of Stepney Parish in Somersett County & Province of Maryland knowing
that it is appointed for all Men to die & the time of Death being uncertain
and I being very sick & weak of Body but in perfect understanding Sense & Memory
do make this my last Will & Testamt. revoking and disannulling all Wills made
by me heretofore either by word or Writing & this to only be my last Will & Testamt.
first I bequeath my Soul to God that gave itt me & my body to the Earth from
whence it was taken in full hopes and Assurance to be raised at ye Resurrection
at the day of Judgment & my Body to be buryed in a Christian & decent
Manner as my Executors hereafter named shall think fitt...
And as for what worldly Goods God hath bestowed on me I think fitt to
Dispose & leave them in Manner & form following &.
first I Leave and Bequeath unto my loving Son John Donelson my large
Bible and Silver Signett.
I Leave and Bequeath unto my two Grand Children George McKean and
Patrick McKean my dwelling plantation with all my interest of land belonging
to me these to them and their heirs forever, they being satisfied with the [?]
Plantation and Land for their Estate that was left to them by their father & Mother.
I Leave and Bequeath unto my Loving Son in Law M. William Stewart and
Catherine his wife, of my personal Estate one equal part before any
Division till they have as much as my Daughter Jane McKean deceased
hath had already from in her Lifetime. &
I Leave and Bequeath the remaining Part of my Estate after my Loving
Wife Jean Donelson's part to M. William Stewart and my two Grand Children
George & Patrick McKean, &
I Leave the care and Oversight of my two Grand Children, George and Patrick
McKean to my loving wife Jean Donelson and M. William Stewart & his wife Catherine.
I Leave my Loving Son M. William Stewart whole and sole Executor of all
my Goods & Chattles and Debts that belong to me.
And for the true confirmation of this my last Will and Testament, I have sett
my hand & seal this twenty ninth day of September Anno 1725 ---
Patrick Donoldson Seal
Signed, Sealed and Acknowledged in presence of us
Mary M. Greer
George O. Greer
Rob. Givan
At the foot of the foregoing Will was written:
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Novemb. 2, 1725 Then came George Greer, Mary Greer
& Rob Given, subscribing Evidences to the within Will who made Oath upon the
Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that they see the within named Patrick Donaldson
the Testator sign & Seal the within Instrument as his last Will & Testament &
that they heard him publish & declare the same so to be & that at the time of his so
Doing he was of sound Disposing mind and Memory to the best of their Knowledge.
Sworn before me the day and year Written.
John Tunstall Dep. Com'r of Som't County
http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/stagser/s500/s538/000000/000026/pdf/msa_s538_000026.pdf
- ↑ Somerset County Court, Tax List, 1724.
Year: 1724; Hundred: NANTICOKE; Household Number: 100
Name: Donelson, Patrick; Standardized Name: DONELSON, PATRICK; Status: HEAD - TAXED
MSA No: C1812-2-4527
- ↑ Somerset County Court, Tax List, 1725.
Year: 1725; Hundred: NANTICOKE; Household Number: 93
Name: Donelson, Partrick; Standardized Name: DONELSON, PATRICK; Status: HEAD - TAXED
MSA No: C1812-3-7309
- ↑ Somerset County Court, Tax List, 1723.
Year: 1723; Hundred: NANTICOKE; Household Number: 109
Name: Donnison, Patrick; Standardized Name: DONELSON, PATRICK; Status: HEAD - TAXED, MSA No: C1812-1-1826
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