Individual Details
John Douglas
(1664 - Bef 21 Jan 1705)
Notes:
DOUGLAS JOHN, son of John & Cathn. of Pyckyawaxon, b. 29,Oct.1686.
DOUGLAS ANN, (perhaps) dau of John & Catherine, b. Mar 22, 1692.
Archives of Maryland, Volume 51, Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679. Page 297;
Liber C D (fol. 296) An Inquisition Indented and taken at Pickawaxen in Charles County this Sixteenth day of July ... in the year of our Lord one thousand Six hundred Seventy and nine ... the Said John Douglas is fifteen years of age,
Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin; Winter 1984 Vol 25 No 2; Charles County, MD: Probate Records and Inventories Part I 1673-1753; [The first number is the page or folio number for the beginning of the document (spelling is as read) (the date is that of the Inventory) Charles County Maryland Probate Records, Inventories, Book 1677-1717
198: John Douglas decd. 21 Jan 1705/6
John Duglas 25.215 I £39.13.0 Jan 21 1705/06
Appraisers: Robert Yates, William Hawton.
John Duglass 28.101 A CH £39.13.0 £37.13.7 Mar 15 1707
Payments to: Joseph Duglass, Charles Brandt, William Brown.
Administrator: Benjamin Duglass.
Volume 51, Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679. Page 297
Liber C.D. (fol. 296) Wm Heards Senr Inquisition
An Inquisition Indented and taken at Pickawaxen in Charles County this Sixteenth day of July in the fourth year of the Dominion of the R.t Hon.ble Charles absolute Lord and Prop.ry of the Provinces of maryland & Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &c and in the year of our Lord one thousand Six hundred Seventy and nine before Henry Adams and Ignatius Caussen Gentl.n By virtue of a Commission in the nature of a writt of mandamus to them directed and to this Inquisition annexed to Enquire after the Death of William Heard late of Charles County deceased by the Oaths of Henry Bonner, William Hinsey, John Harvey Thomas Gibson Robert Inglesby, William Ward, Thomas Craxstone Arthur Turner, (fol. 296) Edmund Dennis, Thomas Wakefield, George Newman & Joseph Bullett Jurors upon their Oaths Says that the Sd Willm Heard dyed Seized of at the time of his Death as of ffee in the County of Charles upon the day of w.ch he dyed (viz) the fourth day of January one thousand Six hundred Sixty four of one thousand acres of Land Lying Scituate & being at the head of Portobacco Creek in the County of Charles County Comonly known and Called by the name of Beech neck though not Patented in the life time of the Sd William Heard, but by assignments of Severall warrants from Humphrey Warren late of this County deced to the Said William Heard in his life time doth appear to us to Remain upon Record in the Secretarys office of this Province for the Said one thousand acres of Land as by Patent Granted unto Coll.° John Douglas late of this County deceased the Exr of Bridgett Heard the Relict of the Said William Heard for the use of the Legatees exprest in the will of the Said Bridgett, By the R.t Hon.ble the Lord Prop.ry of Maryland according to his Grant under the broad Seale of this Province bearing date the two and twentieth day of September in the four and Thirtieth year of the Dominion of the Right Hon.ble Caecilius of happy memory and in the year of our Lord one thousand Six hundred Sixty and five as by the Said Grant Recourse being thereunto had it doth & may more at Large appear To be holden of his Lord ship's manno.r of Zachiah in free and Common Soccage by ifealty only for all manner of Services Yeilding and paying therefore yearly at the two most usuall feasts in the year viz.t at the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary & at the feast of St Michael the Archangell by Even & Equall portions the Rent of Twenty Shillings Sterling in Silver or Gold And we the Said Jurors Say that the Said one thousand acres of Land in all profits and issues thereof is worth five hundred pounds of Tobacco p annum and further we the Said Jurors Say that the sd one thousand acres (p. 243) of Land hath been Occupied and possessed by the Said John Douglas by virtue of the aforesaid Grant as Executor of Bridgett Heard for the use of the Legattees menconed in the will of the Bridgett Heard & that the Said John Douglas hath Received the profits & issues thereof untill about November last past, and hath paid his Lordships Rents for the Said one thousand acres of Land untill that time and Since, thence and now the Said one thousand acres of Land is in the possession of the Hon.ble Coll.o Benjamin Rozer, But by what means we the Jurors aforesaid are altogether Ignorant And further we the Said Jurors Say that John Douglas Junr the Son of the afsd John Douglas deceased is the Sole Surviveing Legatee of the Sd Bridgett Heard according to the best information we can gett, therefore we the Said Jurors do find that the Said John Douglas is the true and Lawfull heir to the Said one thousand acres of Land no other Legattee appearing to us to be Liveing and that the Said John Douglas is fifteen years of age, And We the Jurors aforesd (fol. 298) further Say that we find not William Heard afores.d possessed within his life any more Lands, In Testimony whereof as well the Commission.rs as the Jurors as aforesaid to these prsent Indentures have Set their hands and Seals the day and year first above Written William [sic] Adames (sealed) Ignatius Causeene sealed Henry Bonner sealed Thomas Craxton sealed Willm Hinsey sealed Arthur Turner sealed John Harvey sealed Edw.d Dennis sealed Thomas Gibson sealed Thos Wakefield sealed Robert Inglesby sealed George Newman sealed William Ward sealed Joseph Bullett sealed
Which being Read and heard It is Ordered by the Court here this day (to witt) the Eighth day of Octob.r in the fourth year of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Anncxp Domini one thousand Six hundred Seventy nine, That a melius Inquirendum issue better to Enquire concerning the Land in the aforegoing Inquisition menconed Nicho: Painter Cl Cur Provincialis
DOUGLAS JOHN, son of John & Cathn. of Pyckyawaxon, b. 29,Oct.1686.
DOUGLAS ANN, (perhaps) dau of John & Catherine, b. Mar 22, 1692.
Archives of Maryland, Volume 51, Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679. Page 297;
Liber C D (fol. 296) An Inquisition Indented and taken at Pickawaxen in Charles County this Sixteenth day of July ... in the year of our Lord one thousand Six hundred Seventy and nine ... the Said John Douglas is fifteen years of age,
Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin; Winter 1984 Vol 25 No 2; Charles County, MD: Probate Records and Inventories Part I 1673-1753; [The first number is the page or folio number for the beginning of the document (spelling is as read) (the date is that of the Inventory) Charles County Maryland Probate Records, Inventories, Book 1677-1717
198: John Douglas decd. 21 Jan 1705/6
John Duglas 25.215 I £39.13.0 Jan 21 1705/06
Appraisers: Robert Yates, William Hawton.
John Duglass 28.101 A CH £39.13.0 £37.13.7 Mar 15 1707
Payments to: Joseph Duglass, Charles Brandt, William Brown.
Administrator: Benjamin Duglass.
Volume 51, Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679. Page 297
Liber C.D. (fol. 296) Wm Heards Senr Inquisition
An Inquisition Indented and taken at Pickawaxen in Charles County this Sixteenth day of July in the fourth year of the Dominion of the R.t Hon.ble Charles absolute Lord and Prop.ry of the Provinces of maryland & Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &c and in the year of our Lord one thousand Six hundred Seventy and nine before Henry Adams and Ignatius Caussen Gentl.n By virtue of a Commission in the nature of a writt of mandamus to them directed and to this Inquisition annexed to Enquire after the Death of William Heard late of Charles County deceased by the Oaths of Henry Bonner, William Hinsey, John Harvey Thomas Gibson Robert Inglesby, William Ward, Thomas Craxstone Arthur Turner, (fol. 296) Edmund Dennis, Thomas Wakefield, George Newman & Joseph Bullett Jurors upon their Oaths Says that the Sd Willm Heard dyed Seized of at the time of his Death as of ffee in the County of Charles upon the day of w.ch he dyed (viz) the fourth day of January one thousand Six hundred Sixty four of one thousand acres of Land Lying Scituate & being at the head of Portobacco Creek in the County of Charles County Comonly known and Called by the name of Beech neck though not Patented in the life time of the Sd William Heard, but by assignments of Severall warrants from Humphrey Warren late of this County deced to the Said William Heard in his life time doth appear to us to Remain upon Record in the Secretarys office of this Province for the Said one thousand acres of Land as by Patent Granted unto Coll.° John Douglas late of this County deceased the Exr of Bridgett Heard the Relict of the Said William Heard for the use of the Legatees exprest in the will of the Said Bridgett, By the R.t Hon.ble the Lord Prop.ry of Maryland according to his Grant under the broad Seale of this Province bearing date the two and twentieth day of September in the four and Thirtieth year of the Dominion of the Right Hon.ble Caecilius of happy memory and in the year of our Lord one thousand Six hundred Sixty and five as by the Said Grant Recourse being thereunto had it doth & may more at Large appear To be holden of his Lord ship's manno.r of Zachiah in free and Common Soccage by ifealty only for all manner of Services Yeilding and paying therefore yearly at the two most usuall feasts in the year viz.t at the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary & at the feast of St Michael the Archangell by Even & Equall portions the Rent of Twenty Shillings Sterling in Silver or Gold And we the Said Jurors Say that the Said one thousand acres of Land in all profits and issues thereof is worth five hundred pounds of Tobacco p annum and further we the Said Jurors Say that the sd one thousand acres (p. 243) of Land hath been Occupied and possessed by the Said John Douglas by virtue of the aforesaid Grant as Executor of Bridgett Heard for the use of the Legattees menconed in the will of the Bridgett Heard & that the Said John Douglas hath Received the profits & issues thereof untill about November last past, and hath paid his Lordships Rents for the Said one thousand acres of Land untill that time and Since, thence and now the Said one thousand acres of Land is in the possession of the Hon.ble Coll.o Benjamin Rozer, But by what means we the Jurors aforesaid are altogether Ignorant And further we the Said Jurors Say that John Douglas Junr the Son of the afsd John Douglas deceased is the Sole Surviveing Legatee of the Sd Bridgett Heard according to the best information we can gett, therefore we the Said Jurors do find that the Said John Douglas is the true and Lawfull heir to the Said one thousand acres of Land no other Legattee appearing to us to be Liveing and that the Said John Douglas is fifteen years of age, And We the Jurors aforesd (fol. 298) further Say that we find not William Heard afores.d possessed within his life any more Lands, In Testimony whereof as well the Commission.rs as the Jurors as aforesaid to these prsent Indentures have Set their hands and Seals the day and year first above Written William [sic] Adames (sealed) Ignatius Causeene sealed Henry Bonner sealed Thomas Craxton sealed Willm Hinsey sealed Arthur Turner sealed John Harvey sealed Edw.d Dennis sealed Thomas Gibson sealed Thos Wakefield sealed Robert Inglesby sealed George Newman sealed William Ward sealed Joseph Bullett sealed
Which being Read and heard It is Ordered by the Court here this day (to witt) the Eighth day of Octob.r in the fourth year of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Anncxp Domini one thousand Six hundred Seventy nine, That a melius Inquirendum issue better to Enquire concerning the Land in the aforegoing Inquisition menconed Nicho: Painter Cl Cur Provincialis
Events
| Birth | 1664 | Charles County, Maryland, United States | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1685 | Catherine Heard | |||
| Death | Bef 21 Jan 1705 | Charles County, Maryland, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Catherine Heard (1664 - 1692) |
| Child | Elizabeth Douglass (1685 - 1717) |
| Father | Colonel John Douglas (1636 - 1678) |
| Mother | Sarah Bonner (1640 - 1718) |
| Sibling | Joseph "Gentleman Joseph" Douglas (1676 - 1756) |
| Sibling | Robert Douglas (1667 - 1694) |
| Sibling | Sarah Douglas (1672 - 1718) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Douglas (1673 - 1749) |
| Sibling | Charles Douglas ( - 1703) |