Individual Details
Leonard Wayman Sr.
(ABT, 1650 - ABT APRIL 6, 1721)
Events
| Birth | ABT, 1650 | England |  | ||
| Event-Misc | 1675 | Immigration and Land Record, MD |  | | |
| Event-Misc | 1688 | Land Record, MD | | | |
| Event-Misc | From 1692 to 1701 | Will Testimony, Anne Arundel Co., MD | | | |
| Event-Misc | From 1693 to 1697 | Military Officer, Anne Arundel Co., MD | | | |
| Death | ABT APRIL 6, 1721 | Anne Arundel Co., MD | | ||
| Probate | APRIL 6, 1721 | Will Probate, Anne Arundel Co., MD | | | |
| Marriage | Dorcas Abbott | |
Families
| Spouse | Dorcas Abbott (1650 - 1721) |
| Child | Deborah Wayman (1680 - ) |
| Child | John Wayman (1684 - ) |
| Child | Edmund Wayman Sr. (1693 - 1762) |
| Child | Leonard Wayman Jr. (1699 - ) |
Notes
Event-Misc
In 1675 Leonard Wayman was given a land patent in Maryland.He is listed in "The Early Settlers of Maryland", edited by Gust Skordas, which was compiled from Maryland
Land Patents, 1633-1680.
This indicates he had immigrated from England by this date.
Event-Misc
In 1688 Leonard Wayman was given a land patent in Maryland which is documented in Settlers of Maryland 1679-1783, published by Genealogical Publishing Co.,Baltimore, 2002. Original data is from "Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s", edited by P. William Filby.This parcel of land is also referred to in other documents as Ovenwood Thickett and was later inheirited by his son, Edmund.
Event-Misc
In June, 1692 he was a testifier to the will of Jane Pattison and in May, 1702 he was named in the will of George Eestall as overseer of his estate along with Thomas Cheeney.This information was found at Ancestry.com in the Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. 2.
Event-Misc
He signed a document in the Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1694-1697 as a Military Officer of Anne Arundel Co.This information was found in Archives of Maryland, Vol. 20, page 541.
Probate
Leonard Wayman's will was dated 3-16-1720 and proved on 4-6-1721.His heirs were:
Daughter, Deborah Linthicum, to receive 100 acres of a tract of land named Happy Choyse, which was to go to her eldest daughter, Dorcas Hardisty, after Deborah's death.
Son, Leonard, to receive the remainder of the tract of land named Happy Choyse.
Son, Edmund, to recieve a tract of land named Overwood (Ovenwood) Thickett on the Patuxent River and 57 acres adjoining named Wayman's March (Marsh).
Sons, Leonard and Edmund, were also to receive The Brotherhood, a tract of land near Robenhood's Forest, Tangier, located at the head of South River, and the residue of his personal estate.
His wife was to receive the dwelling plantation and at her death this property was to be sold for the benefit of the estate except for 50 square feet in the orchard to be used as a graveyard.
This information was found at Ancestry.com in the Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. 5.
Endnotes
1. Julia Ann Melbern Robinson, Williamson Research of Julia Ann Melbern Robinson, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence (08/2004).
2. Ancestry.com Website, Url: www.ancestry.com.
3. Ancestry.com Website, Url: www.ancestry.com.
4. Ancestry.com Website, Url: www.ancestry.com.
5. Compiler: Cotton and Baldwin, Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. I-VIII (Unknown, Baltimore, MD, 1904).
6. Editor: Browne and Hall and Steiner, Archives of Maryland, Vol. 13, 17-19, 21-26, 28-44 (Baltimore, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD, 1894-1925).
7. The Maryland State Archives Website, Url: www.mdarchives.state.md.us.
8. Julia Ann Melbern Robinson, Williamson Research of Julia Ann Melbern Robinson, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence (08/2004).
9. Ancestry.com Website, Url: www.ancestry.com.
10. Compiler: Cotton and Baldwin, Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. I-VIII (Unknown, Baltimore, MD, 1904).
11. Julia Ann Melbern Robinson, Williamson Research of Julia Ann Melbern Robinson, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence (08/2004).