Individual Details

Joseph Hedges

(Abt 1675 - 1732)

Joseph Hedges came for England around 1700 to Chester Co. Pennslyvannia and then to Prince George Co. Maryland, later called Frederick Co., Maryland.

Events

BirthAbt 1675England
MarriageJan 1708 or 1709Mary Fettleplace
MarriageSep 1713Catherine Stalcop
Death1732Prince George's, Maryland, British America
Will6 Sep 1732Prince George's, Maryland, British America
Probate29 Nov 1732Prince George's, Maryland, British America

Families

SpouseMary Fettleplace ( - )
ChildSolomon Hedges ( - )
ChildCharles Hedges (1712 - 1795)
SpouseCatherine Stalcop ( - 1749)
ChildRuth Hedges (1722 - 1761)
ChildJoshua Hedges ( - )
ChildJonas Hedges (1716 - )
ChildJoseph Hedges Jr. (1718 - )
ChildCatherine Hedges (1724 - )
ChildDorcas Hedges (1726 - )

Notes

Will

I, Joseph Hedges of Manaquicy in Prince Georges County in Maryland do recommend my soul into the hands of God and profess faith in full and free pardon of his sins through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  I order my body be decently buried at the discretion of the Executor, and all my debts be paid in convenient time after my decease by my Executor.
     I give and bequeath to my well beloved son Solomon Hedges whom I likewise constitute make and ordain Executor of this my Last Will and Testament a certain tract of land computed to be 258 [exact number unclear] acres lying up Manaquicy Creek on the West side of said Creek.
     I give unto Charles Hedges and Joshua Hedges, my 2 sons, each of them, two hundred acres of land at Opeckon [or Opecken] to be cleared and paid for out of my estate and effects.
     My will is that my Executors Solomon Hedges and Charles Hedges shall purchase 400 acres of land at Opecken which shall be equally divided between my two sons Jonas Hedges and Joseph.
     My Will is that my Executors above named do purchase one hundred and ninety acres on Manaquicy out of my estate and effects for my son Samuel Hedges.
     I give unto my Daughter Ruth my gray mair and colt and to my Daughter Cathren a young brown mear and to my daughter Dorcas a young sorrel mear and to my son Joseph a dark bay mear and colt. I give to my son Samuel by brown mear and colt.
     And my will is that what remains of my estate stock and effects with household goods and furniture be equally divided amongst my children and wife.

Endnotes

1. Wood, Melba, Loper-Keller-VanMeter and allied lines : Rhoads, Keele, Searles, Haynes, and many other pioneer settlers of Macoupin County, Illinois (Godfrey, Ill.: Illinois Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1969, 57 pgs. ).

2. Unknown. A Story of a Van Matre Family. (Eleven pages copied by Shirley Lillie, found at the Genealogical Dept., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.).

3. Miller, Franklin Jr., Van Meter Family Origins. (Gambir, Ohio 43022: August, 1970. Three pages copied by Shirley Lillie, ).

4. Wood, Melba, Loper-Keller-VanMeter and allied lines : Rhoads, Keele, Searles, Haynes, and many other pioneer settlers of Macoupin County, Illinois (Godfrey, Ill.: Illinois Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1969, 57 pgs. ).

5. Wood, Melba, Loper-Keller-VanMeter and allied lines : Rhoads, Keele, Searles, Haynes, and many other pioneer settlers of Macoupin County, Illinois (Godfrey, Ill.: Illinois Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1969, 57 pgs. ).