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Facts and Events
Records in Maryland
- BENJAMIN BROWN AND MARY HIS WIFE T0 GRIFFITH GORDON
- Recited in Deed Book S-l, page 160, below:
- SHADRACH BOSTICK AND ANNE HIS WIFE, RACHEL BROWN, SPINSTRESS, AND THOMAS PEACOCK SMITH AND REBEKAH HIS WIFE TO WILLIAM HOWELL
- 27 April 1769
- Deed Book S-1, page 160
- John Brinkloe conveyed part of Lisbon to Benjamin White, who conveyed part of his purchase to Henry Barns, who conveyed, it to Thomas French. When Thomas French died, he left a will, calling for the estate to be divided among his four daughters. However, his son Robert was born after his death, and the will was null and void. After the death of Susanna French, the widow, the real estate became the property of Robert French and his two surviving sisters, Mary Brown and Katharine Dickinson. With her husband, Walter Dickinson, Katharine conveyed her share to Benjamin and Mary Brown. The Browns, in turn, conveyed this half of the Thomas French estate to Griffith Gordon.
- When Robert French died in his minority, and without issue, his half became the property of the Dickinsons and the Browns. Walter and Katharine conveyed their half-share to Samuel Dickinson, his cousin, who demanded a division. This is the property later of Ware. Mary Brown's half of her brother's share was then to become the property of her four daughters, Rebecca Smith, Anne Bostick, Elizabeth Howell, and Rachel Brown. Three of the daughters then conveyed the share to William Howell.
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