Individual Details
(Abt, 1709 - Abt July, 1742)
"James Greer. His name is placed here, because it is mentioned in ST. JOHN'S PARISH REGISTER, page 119, Episcopal Church, Joppa, Baltimore County, Maryland, together with the other children of John and Sarah Greer. He was born circa 1709; died 1742; married Elizabeth Wright, a widow with two sons, Abraham and Jacob Wright; as shown in his will, dated 12 July 1742; proven 5 August 1742; recorded in Baltimore, Maryland, COURT HOUSE, WILL BOOK 1, FOLIO 340: "James Greer of Baltimore County, being weak... first to my good friend, Henry Adams, my best gun for ten years, then to my son-in-law, Abraham Wright (meaning his step-son). All the rest and residue to my wife, Elizabeth Greer and her child supposed to be with her, if not, then to her youngest son, Jacob Wright, to them and theirs forever." His wife was appointed executrix. Witnesses: Richard Caswell, William Bond and Catherine Adams. If a son, James Greer, Jr. were born, he could account for one by that name, born 1742/1743, who went to Franklin County, Virginia; appeared in 1762, in Bedford County, with Aquilla and William Greer in a land purchase; married Rhoda Divers and had a daughter, Sarah Greer, who married Henry Childers, and removed to Barren County, Kentucky. This Divers family came from Devonshire, England, to Berwick, Maine, from whence members went to Pennsylvania and Virginia. ST. JOHN'S PARISH RECORD, page 193 shows that an Elizabeth Greer, could be James' widow, married on 6 February 1754, Jacob Divers (Dives)." (GREGOR, MacGREGOR, MacGHEE, MAGRUDER, GRIERSON, GRIER, GREER --- A HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE ABOVE FAMILIES AND MANY OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1954, compiled by Robert M. Torrence, A.B., F.G.S.P., F.I.A.G., 110 Edgevale Road Baltimore 10, Maryland, page 149.)
Events
| Birth | Abt, 1709 | Gunpowder River, Baltimore County, Maryland | | | |
| Marriage | May 28, 1741 | Maryland - Elizabeth Barton | | | |
| Death | Abt July, 1742 | Baltimore County, Maryland | | | |
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