Person:Henry Ridgely (6)

Liber 27, folio 160
6 Feb. 1749
RIDGELY, Col. HENRY, Anne Arundel Co., Gent.
To wife [not named], for life, the use of Harry Lot & 1/3 my p. e.
To son Greenberry, 500a comprising 1/3 of Partnership, my part (188a) of Hickory Ridge, that part of The Resurvey of Tracts needed to make up the 500a, to be laid out at the discretion of Philemon Dorsey, & negro girl Nell.
To son Henry, my part of Broken Land, Saplin Range, The Coopers Lot (for the purchase of which I have bargained with William Fisher), & negro girl Soo.
To son Joshua, the rest of The Resurvey of Tracts & all of Round About Hills.
To son Charles Greenberry, my of Huntington & Harry Lot, the use reserved for my wife.
To son Nicholas Greenberry, Small Land, 100a of Altogether lately laid out by itself by Messrs. Nicholas Watkins & Philemon Dorsey, & the land s Philemon & I have agreed to purchase of Aquila Dorsey when he is of age, & s Nicholas may use what timber he needs from Harry Lot.
To Nicholas Dorsey (s. o. Joshua), the other of Huntington Quarter, the 60a added to the s Nicholas lives on, which is to be div. betw. him & s son Charles Greenbury according to the will of Joshua Dorsey dec .
To Thomas Worthington, [under certain conditions], 66a of Partnership.
To sons Greenberry & Henry, L 150 each, including 2 negro lads [not named].
To dau. Katharine, 5 sh. & 5 sh. to be paid to dau. Anne.
To son Joshua, negro boys Tam Porringer & Sam.
To son Charles Greenberry, negro boy Isaac & mulatto boy Nedd.
To son Nicholas Greenberry, negro boys John & Toby.
To dau. Elizabeth, negro boy George & negro girl Martha.
To dau. Sara, negro boy Daniel & negro girl Pegg.
To each of my 3 youngest sons, at age 21, L 150 incl. their negroes.
To each of my 2 younger daus., Elizabeth & Sara, at mar., L 150 including their negroes.
If any of my 5 younger chldn. d. before receipt of legacies, they shall be distrib. equally among these 8 of my chldn: Greenberry, Henry, Joshua, Charles-Greenberry, Nicholas-Greenberry, Katharine, Elizabeth, & Sara.
My son Joshua is to be under the care of Mr. Philemon Dorsey until he is 21.
Extrs: wife & sons Greenberry & Henry.
Witn: Alexr Warfield, James Macgill, John Warfield, Joseph Hall, Joshua Warfield.
14 March 1749, sworn to by the Revd. James Macgill, Alexr Warfield, & Joseph Hall.

27 Jun 1723.
John Howard 5.136 A, AA £896.2.6.
Payments to: Jacob Regnier.
Payments to (equally):
Henry Ridgley due from estate of his father Henry Ridgley,
Joshua Dorsey due his wife Ann [from estate of father Henry Ridgley],
Nicholas Ridgley due from estate of his father Henry Ridgley,
Thomas Worthington due his wife Elisabeth [from estate of father Henry Ridgley].
Executors: Richard Warfield, Alexander Warfield.

Ridgely, Henry, Jr., A.A. Co., 13 Sep 1699 ; 26 Apr 1700.
To wife Catherine, extx., dwelling plantation during life and 200 A., part of "Warren's Ridge."
To son Henry and hrs., dwelling plantation and 200 A. afsd. at death of wife; also 282 A., "Ridgely's Beginning," on n. side of Rogue Harbor Branch, Paturent R.
To son Nicholas at 18 yrs. of age, and hrs., 275 A., "My Quarter Plantation," at hd. of Broad Ck., and 272 A., "Ridgely's Lot," on n.e. side of great branch of Patuxent R.
To son Charles and hrs., money with which to buy land, at 21 yrs. of age.
To dau. Anne and hrs., 1/2 of "Huntington Quarter" taken up by testator's father (unnamed) and himself.
To dau. Elizabeth and hrs., 1/2 of 300 A. at Chester at hd. of Morgan's Ck.
Sons to be of age at 21 yrs. and daus. at 16 yrs.
Overseers: Henry Ridgely and brother Charles Greenbury.
Test: Robert Goldsborough, Thomas Reynolds, William Johnson.
6. 371.