Will of Thomas Cissell, SMC 18 Oct 1700. 28 Mar 1701.
To: Unborn child and heirs all land. In event of its death without heirs to the following: Daughter-in-law, Betty _____ [Thompson] plantation, to pass in turn to son-in-law, George ____ [Thompson].
Son-in-law: James Thompson, residue of land.
Wife: Mary (Exec.) personal estate and life interest in land she may choose.
Overseer: James French.
Wit: John Baptist Carberry, John Bailey, Richard Chapel.
[Maryland Calendar of Wills]
Oct 1702 - Provincial Court Judgements TG, f. 124-125, October 1702, Ejectment.
Tho Davies v Sebastian Thomson, Planter and [widow] Mary Cecile.
William Dent att for Plts [plaintiffs].
Sebastian Thomson accused of ejecting Wm. Hayden from 1 dwelling 1 house 1 tobacco house 100 acres of land and pasture which Thomas Davies and Mary his wife, and Wm. Arthur and Grace, his wife had demised to him for a term which had not yet expired.
Tennant in possession - Mary Cecile, a widow.
Plea-nothing in bar.
Thomas Davies and Mary his wife and Wm. Arthur and Grace his wife remain undefended.
NOTE: William ARTIS vs. Arthur.
Plts [plaintiffs] request his Majesty's writ to cause them to have possession of the land and places afsd. Plts [plaintiffs] also to recover costs.
[from the file of Sebastian Thompson (Lois Green Carr's St. Mary's City Men's Career Files)]
