Individual Details

Michael Brown gives his first name. Will of William Peake, SMC, 8/19/1 8 41-1/22/1842. Wife: Dorothy Peake, two thirds of the land where I now l i ve known as "Laurel Hills" said to contain 160 acres; my negro man nam e d Tom; my negro woman named Harriett; a negro boy named Peter; a negro g i rl named Matilda; a negro boy named John Henry; a negro child four wee k s old not named; half of a negro girl named Catherine Matilda as well a s h alf of her increase should there be any; all of my stock of horses, h o gs, sheep and cattle; and all of my household and kitchen furniture. M o ther: (unnamed), a negro man named Ralph to dispose of as she thinks p r oper. Exec.: Wife, Dorothy Peake. Wit.: William Hayden (of William), J a mes E. Heard, Susan Sophia Heard. NOTE: James Norris who marrie d E lizabeth Peake, a sister of the deceased, did not object to the prob at e of this will.

Birth	1810	St. Mary's Co., MD
Marriage	14 Mar 1836	St. Mary's Co., MD - Ann Lucinda Adams
Marriage	18 Jan 1842	St. Mary's Co., MD - Elizabeth Peake
Death	1848/49	St. Mary's Co., MD
Alt name		James Norris

Spouse	Elizabeth Peake (1805 - 1860)
Child	John Norris (1708 - )
Child	James ( Ignatius) Romanus "Big Jim" Norris (1843 - 1894)

Spouse	Ann Lucinda Adams (1821 - 1855)
Child	Maria Josphine Norris (1836 - )
Child	William Cornelius Haverman Norris (1841 - )

Father	James Edward Norris (1912 - 1990)
Mother	Living
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Anna Marie Norris (1939 - 1995)