Individual Details
Mary GRAYLESS
( - )
June Court 1734 (fol. 389)
Presented that Mary Grayley on 10 June 1733 did commit fornication and begat a bastard child. 10 lashes. She swore that the father was Joseph Pearson.
On the 5th of April 1785, then came William Bishop, one of the people called Nicolites or New Quakers...
Will of Mary Grayless Bishop
Mary Bishop, of Caroline County to son, William Bishop,...all that I now have except (for the following legacies) son, Jesse Grayless, grand-daughter, Margaret Grayless, all my clothes
son, Robert Bishop, my stealards and pea(?)
Signed Mary "X" Bishop
Wit: Edward Willoughby, Aaron Mobray, Jonathan "I" Wilson
Presented that Mary Grayley on 10 June 1733 did commit fornication and begat a bastard child. 10 lashes. She swore that the father was Joseph Pearson.
On the 5th of April 1785, then came William Bishop, one of the people called Nicolites or New Quakers...
Will of Mary Grayless Bishop
Mary Bishop, of Caroline County to son, William Bishop,...all that I now have except (for the following legacies) son, Jesse Grayless, grand-daughter, Margaret Grayless, all my clothes
son, Robert Bishop, my stealards and pea(?)
Signed Mary "X" Bishop
Wit: Edward Willoughby, Aaron Mobray, Jonathan "I" Wilson
Events
| Will | 1785 | Caroline County, Maryland |  |
Families
| Spouse | Joseph PEARSON ( - ) |
| Child | Jesse GRAYLESS (1738 - 1799) |
| Spouse | [--?--] BISHOP |
| Child | William BISHOP |
| Child | Robert BISHOP |
| Father | Timothy GRAYLESS ( - ) |
| Mother | Elizabeth [--?--] ( - ) |
| Sibling | Owen GRAYLESS |
| Sibling | Timothy GRAYLESS |
Endnotes
1. , Caroline County, Maryland Wills, Lib. JR#B fol. 15 & 16 (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).