Individual Details

James Keech

(Abt 1680 - Bef 2 Mar 1725/26)

Notes:
p. 64, Charles County Land Records, Volume III
Liber Z, Page 276; [This page is very dark, almost illegible]
1 Oct 1707; Elizabeth Hawkins enters a Negro boy now 8-9 years old....John, eldest s/o James Keech and Ruth his now wife, d/o Elizabth Hawkins ... sister of John... return to Henry Holland Hawkins...

The Maryland Calendar Of Wills; Compiled And Edited By Jane Baldwin (Jane Baldwin Cotton) And Roberta. Bolling Henry; Wills From 1720 To 1726; Volume V; Family Line Publications Westminster, Maryland; 1988, p. 218
Keech, James, gent, St Mary's Co, 14th Jan, 1725; 2nd Mar 1725-6.
To wife Mary, extx, entire real estate from the River to "Hill Fields, " formerly "Kennedy," during life; use of entire personal estate during widowhood; shd. she marry, 2/3s thereof to all living children by sd. wife Mary equally.
" son Samuel and hrs, "Hills Fields" and "Draiton."
" 2 daus. Mary and Dorothy and unborn child and their hrs, "Charles' Lot"; shd. all die without issue, to pass to son James and hrs.
" daus. Elizabeth and Martha, personalty.
Overseer: Bro. Courts Keech.
Test: Charles Ashcom, James Crooke, Philip Key (James Crooke dec'd at date of probate). 18,473.

Abstracts of the Inventories Of The Prerogative Court Libers 10-11 1724-1727 V. L. Skinner, Jr, Brookeville, Maryland 20833 May 1991, p. 37
Mr. James Keech 11.522 SM £219.0.11 Jul 6 1726 Jul 4 1726
Appraisers: Charles Ashcom, Thomas Goslin.
Creditors: John Cade, Rand. Morris.
Next of kin: Elisabeth Keach, Margerett Seager.
Executrix: Mrs. Mary Keech (widow).

Abstracts Of The Administration Accounts Of The Prerogative Court Of Maryland Libers 6-10 1724-1731 V. L. Skinner, Jr., p. 71
James Keech 8.187 A SM £219.0.11 £30.0.2 Apr 26 1727
Received from: Mr. Tobias Bowles, Mr. James Bradley, Capt. Piper, Michael Welsh.
Payments to: William Brogden, John Cade, Mary Pritchard, Mr. Randall Morris.
Legatees: Mrs. Martha Keech, Elisabeth Keech.
Executrix: Mary Keech.

Events

BirthAbt 1680
MarriageAbt 1700Ruth Hawkins
MarriageBet Oct 1707 and Jun 1714St Mary's County, Md - Mary Somerhill
DeathBef 2 Mar 1725/26St Mary's County, Md

Families

SpouseMary Somerhill (1690 - )
ChildMary Keech (1710 - )
ChildDorothy Keech (1712 - )
ChildSamuel Keech (1715 - 1751)
SpouseRuth Hawkins (1684 - 1707)
ChildMartha Keech (1702 - 1752)
ChildElizabeth Keech (1705 - )
ChildJohn Keech (1707 - 1725)
ChildJames Keech (1709 - 1776)
FatherJames Keech , Capt. (1650 - 1708)
MotherElizabeth Courts (1663 - 1730)
SiblingJohn Keech (1685 - 1710)
SiblingCourts Keech (1688 - 1754)
SiblingMargaret Keech (1690 - )