Person:George Athey (1)

Circa 1662, he was transported from Ireland to Maryland as a bond servant to Thomas Dent. On 26 Mar 1663 Thomas Dent, Gent., entered his rights for land due for transporting "George Athley" (and others).

Lived at Nanjemy (now Nanjamoy), Charles Co., Maryland (6 Dec 1682). He was a tobacco planter. He sold a tract of land on Broad Creek to his church and helped build a new Protestant Episcopal Church in 1692.

On 3 Nov 1668, "George Attee of St. Maries County proves his right to fifty acres of land due for his time of service performed to Mr. Dent, and assigns the same to Mark Cordea the same day." (Ref: S1, p. 15)

On 10 Sep 1673, "Registers cattle and hog mark. (Geo: Athy his marke vizt cropt and underkeeled and overkeeled the right and Swallow forked the left eare)" (Ref: S2, Vol. III, p. 66)

1.   Athey, C. E. (Charles Edgar); Altha T. Coons; and H. C. Bumgarner. Geneaology [sic] of the Athey family in America, 1642-1932. (Marietta, Ohio: Hyde Brothers, 1932).
2.   Jourdan, Elise Greenup (Elise Walton Greenup). Early families of southern Maryland. (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1992-)
   5/274, 1996.