John E. Jacob Jr.'s Lower Eastern Shore Indexes and Abstracts (Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties)

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by  John E. Jacob Jr.

John E. Jacob Jr.'s Lower Eastern Shore Indexes and Abstracts
(Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties)
Part One: Locations (pages 4-745)
Part Two: Surnames (pages 746-1521)
1984.016
Transcribed by Jane Burt
2019-2020
Local History Archives, Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva
History and Culture, Salisbury University
Preferred citation: Item, collection name, [Box #, Folder #,] Edward H. Nabb
Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University,
Salisbury, Maryland.
ABBREVIATIONS
addn = addition
addn’l = additional
adm(r) = administrator
app. = appointed
atty. = attorney
Aug ct = August Court
B of S = bill of sale
bal = balance
bll = barrel
bldg. = building
bus. = business
cem = cemetery
co. = county
commdr = commander
commrs = commissioners
con. = conveyed
conf = confirmed
cont = continue
cor = corner
ct = court
dau = daughter(s)
del(s) = delegate(s)
div = dividing
est = estate
execs = executor
extrx = executrix
fi fa = fiera facias
gdn = guardian(s)
gen = general
hgshd = hogshead
hrs = heirs
incl = include(s)
inh = inherited
install = installment
int = interest
K/A = known as
m = 1000?
MD Arch = Maryland Archives
mngment = management
mem = member
ment = mentioned
merch = merchandise
mgrs = managers
mtg(ed) = mortgage(d)
mtgee = mortgagee
nr = near
NW = northwest
occ = occupied
opp = opposite
OS = old style for dates
pd = paid
pers = personal
Phila. = Philadelphia
P. of Atty. = Power of Attorney
prev = previously
prop = property
prov. = provided
purch = purchase
r. = rights
rd. = road
reg = register
reg’t = regiment
req = required
resig = resignation
shf (shf) = sheriff
shill = shilling
sit. = situated
Som Jud = Somerset Judicial
secy = secretary
sub =
tr = transfer
yr = year
Location-based Index and Abstracts
1. Allen
2. Basket Town
3. Berlin
4. Bishopville
5. Dames Quarter
6. Devils Island (Deal Island
7. Eastern Shore Railroad Co.
8. Fruitland
9. Green Hill and Tarrapin Town
10. Liberty Town
11. Little Annemessex Neck
12. Mardela
13. Mt. Vernon
14. Newark
15. Pocomoke
16. Poplar Town
17. Princess Anne
18. Puncheon Landing
19. Quantico
20. Rehoboth
21. Salisbury
22. Shad Point
23. Sharptown
24. Smith's Island
25. Snow Hill
26. Stockton
27. Whaleyville
28. Whitehaven
Allen
(Date column is Year/Month/Day)
Name Date Record Information
Adams, Andrew Mar Mary TAYLOR 25 Jan 1797?
Adams, Andrew 1799/2/12 L393 Got from James BENNETT £200 all his int in mills at head of
Wic. Creek including saw and grist mills condemned by
late John Adams
Adams, Andrew 1821/12/20 JD7/107 Con to David BARKLEY $1 mill prop at Allen
Adams, Andrew 1821/12/20 JD7/110 Got from David BARKLEY $1 mill prop at Allen
Adams, Andrew 1825/8/22 GH3/73 Con to George A. DASHIELL, George A. PORTER, &
Joseph BARKLEY lot for schoolhouse, part of Miles End
beg. Near for of road at Sandy Hill 1A 18pX9pX18pX9p,
in neighborhood of Dashiell’s Mill
Adams, James JD6/584 Son-in-law Matthew CANNON con to James BOUNDS
$10 life estate in lot in Upper Trappe in right of wife,
Henrietta, Dau of James
Adams, Stephen H. Wife Media
Adams, Stephen H. 1836/3/7 GH8/271 Con to Fielder R. AUSTIN $10 2A adj Joseph S. COTTMAN
Stephen’s father John got from E.K. WILSON tr.
Allen, Mary Wife of William W.
Allen, Mary 1822/9/30 JD7/425 Got from Stephen DRURA $700 lot Drura Purch. From
Obadiah STANFORD
Allen, William W. Mar Mary HUFFINGTON 19 May 1819 D before
9/30/1828
Allen, William W. 1828/9/30 GH4/318 Shf. Con Allen lot & house nr Trap to William HOPKINS
formerly of Obadiah STANFORD
Anderson, Andrew W. Mar Elizabeth C. FLETCHER 30 Oct 1827
Anderson, Andrew W. 1829/9/12 GH5/54 With Sarah STEWART con to trustees M.E. Church $50 lot
90’ x 230’ part of Monsham 1/2A adj Bordwine BAYLY &
George KIBBLE
Anderson, Andrew W. 1828/1/25 GH4/201 Got from Sarah FLETCHER $100 part of Monsham on Ws
of Rd Sal to P.A. owned by Elizabeth wife at death
Anderson, Andrew W. 1836/12/20 GH9/130 With wife con to Sarah FLETCHER $175 GH4/201 above
Austin, Fielder R. 1836/3/7 GH8/271 Got from Stephen H. ADAMS, son of John, $10 2A adj
Joseph S. COTTMAN John got from E.K. WILSON tr
Bayly, George of 1811/10/5 U166 Got from Sarah STUART £20 part of Monsham 7/8A adj
Bordwine George KIBBLE lot from Kirk GUNBY & tract called Sand
Hill
Bayly, George of Sand Hills patented 1782 150 3/4A by Andrew ADAMS
Bordwine
Bennett, James Descr as gentleman
Bennett, James 1796/11/18 K/501 Got with George MURRAY as ten-in-common £300 2/3
int in mills at head of Wicomico Creek. Devised by
William ADAMS, son of John
Bennett, James 1799/2/12 L/393 Con to Andrew ADAMS, gent, £200 his int in mills at head
of Wicomico Creek including saw & grist condemned by
John Adams
Bennett, James 1799/10/8 M/1 Got from Talmai DOREY & Betsy, his wife, £20 their int in
Fitzwater’s study nr. Adams Mills
Bennett, James 1799/12/10 M/16 Got from Stephen ROACH & Mary, his wife £20 their int in
Fitzwater’s Study
Bennett, James 1799/12/13 M/17 Got from Jenkins, Benjamin, John, Samuel, Isaac &
Tabby HENDERSON £100 their int in Fitzwater Study
between head of Wicomico Creek & Upper Ferry
Bounds, James 1821/7/26 JD6/584 Got from Matthew CANNON life est. in lot of JAMES
ADAMS in which CANNON had life est in right of wife,
Henrietta, Dau of Adams
Bratten, Jesse 1831/8/30 AX331 Got from Joshua BURROUGHS $30 part of add’n to
Pleasant Grove on Ex Aydelotte’s Branch & Ss of other
land of BRATTEN 8 1/2A
Burroughs, Joshua 1831/8/30 AX331 Con to Jesse BRATTEN $30 part of addn to Pleasant
Grove on Es of Aydelotte’s Branch & Ss BRATTEN’s land 8
1/2A
Byrd, Benjamin Henry M. Henrietta FOOKS sister of James MINOS Dau of
of Somerset Jonathan of Daniel
Byrd, Benjamin Henry 1832/6/9 AY242 With James M. FOOKS got from WaltonPARSONS $33 6A
of Somerset of Harship (AS199) adj Henry DENNIS & Job T. PARSONS
Byrd, Benjamin Henry 1833/6/8 AZ261 Got with FOOKS from John DENNIS $300 13A & all of
of Somerset Dennises Choice 100 yds from Dericksons Cross Rds & adj
gift to my first son
Byrd, Benjamin Henry 1834/2/15 AZ597 With FOOKS got from Henry DENNIS SR. $75 6A of gift to
of Somerset my first son of Lachern? Rd 100 yds from store built by
LEVIN DERICKSON
Cannon, Matthew Wife Henrietta ADAMS Mar 1 Jan 1811
Cannon, Matthew 1821/7/26 JD6/584 Con to James BOUNDS $10 part of lot at Upper Trappe
which belonged to James ADAMS decd in which
Cannon has a life estate in right of his wife, Henrietta,
Dau of James ADAMS
Dashiell, Sarah B. Widow of George A.
Dashiell, Sarah B. 1839/6/28 LH/137 Got from Philip MEZICK $100 his R.T. & int in mill & pond
formerly of George DASHIELL nr Upper Trappe called mill
lot
Dashiell, Sarah B. 1839/10/2 Lh/182 Got from Jonathan E. MOORE $200 his int in above prop
Dashiell, Sarah B. 1839/10/24 LH/209 Got from Alexander P. WALLER $135 his int in above prop
Dashiell, Sarah B. 1841/10/15 LH/730 Got from Levin MORRIS & Eliza, his wife $800 all of their int
in est of John JONES dec’d in mill & mill pond above
Dennis, Ananias 1836/1/16 JCH3/81 Got from Henry DENNIS SR. $32.50 2A of Dennis’ Last
Choice adj John’s lot surv for John COBB in 1801
Dennis, Henry Sr. Wife Elizabeth
Dennis, Henry Sr. 1820/2/26 AK305 Con to Wm. PARSONS of John, Daniel FOOKS, John
DENNIS SR., George SMITH & Thomas WHITE SR. to tr of
Methodist Church 10p square of Gift to My First Son
Dennis, Henry Sr. 1821/11/17 AM440 Con to Billy FOOKS $30 part of gift to my first son
resurveyed for Littleton ROBINS adj Derrickson Cross
Roads Meeting House on Ns rd Mitchell’s Bridge to
Salisbury & Es Socum Rd from Snow Hill to meeting house
beg at SE cor of church lot N10p XW10p X N to Porter
PARSONS X e to Socum Rd X S to Levin DERICKSON &
John DENNIS to co rd X co. rd. to X 6A
Dennis, Henry Sr. 1825/7/2 AR705 Con to JamesFOOKS of D $35 part of Gift to My First Son
on co rd. W from Derickson’s Xroads to X of Socum Rd 4
1/2A
Dennis, Henry Sr. 1827/12/22 AT377 Con to James DERICKSON $100 25A of Gift to My First
Son adj lot owned by JAMES DERICKSON
Dennis, Henry Sr. 1834/2/15 AZ597 Con to Benjamin H. BYRD & James M. FOOKS $75 part of
Gift to my First Son at Derrickson’s Crossroads on the
Lachern? Rd. about 100 yds form the store built by LEVIN
DERICKSON 6A
Dennis, Henry Sr. 1836/1/16 JCH3/81 Con to Ananias DENNIS $32.50 2A of Dennis’ Last
Choice adj John’s lot surveyed for JOHN COBB in 1801
Dennis, John of M 11/19/1824 Wife Peggy (Margaret FOOKS of Billy) B
Thomas 5/15/1794 D 2/19/1855
Dennis, John of 1833/6/8 AZ261 Con to Benjamin Henry BURD & James Minos FOOKS
Thomas $300 allof Dennises Choice surv. For Dennis 7/9/1816 at
Dericksons Cross Rds beg. About 100 yds from K at end
of 2nd line of Gift to My Rist Son 13A
Dennis, John of Children: Stephen Purnell, Hester Ann Hulda Jane, Isaac,
Thomas Stephen, Gertrude m Henry R. DUNLAP, Lillie, Mary E.,
Denard James
Dennis, Linda Free Blacks
Caroline
Nancy
Dennis, Linda 1826/6/17 GH3/228 Linda got life est from John GOSLEE $50 then to Daus.
Caroline Caroline & Nancy part of Dowgate 2A on rd. form Upper
Nancy Ferry to Dashiell’s Mills
Denson, Sarah Dashiell Widow of Isaac Mar 19 Nov 1822
Denson, Sarah Dashiell 1828/5/3 GH4/286 Got from James JONES $35 1 3/4A on So. Side co rd
which leads thru Trappe to Wicomico River in neck
Derickson, James (of 1827/2/10 AS319 As trustee sold prop of Levin DERICKSON dec’d 212A lot
Derickson & Purnell in in Berlin & 10A from Henry DENNIS at Derickson’s
Berlin?) Crossroads $1093 to John C. DERICKSON
Derickson, James (of 1827/2/10 As321 Got from John C. same props. $1500 lot at Derickson’s
Derickson & Purnell in Crossroads called Derickson’s Choice with land &
Berlin?) improvements
Derickson, James (of 1827/12/22 AT377 Got from Henry DENNIS SR. $100 25A of Gift to My First
Derickson & Purnell in Son adj lot from Levin
Berlin?)
Derickson, James (of 1828/2/23 AT374 Con to Johnathan FOOKS of D $551 27A of Gift to My
Derickson & Purnell in First Son & 10 3/4A K/A Derickson’s Choice ¼ mile from
Berlin?) Derickson’s crossroads surveyed for Levin DERICKSON
Derickson, Levin D before 1827
Derickson, Levin Got from Henry DENNIS 10A Derickson’s Crossroads
built store?
Disharoon, John 1842/9/24 AH/330 Got from Philip MEZICK $400 4 1/4A where Mezick lives
on rd from Allen to mouth of Wicomico Creek except
right to mill pond
Drura, George Wife Harriet Benson 13 Jul 1816
Drura, George 1818/1/8 JD3/155 Got from Louther PRICE $200 2A of Monsham. Price got
from Elizabeth WHITE on east side of road. Adam’s mill to
trap adj John JONES
Drura, George 1820/2/15 Jd5/350 Con to Philip MEZICK $250 part of Monsham beg at 1st
bounder of JOHN JONES at head of Wicomico
Creek\on Es of c rd N 7ºW 14p\E to X home line of
Monsham\to X cont. 2A
Drura, Stephen Wife Leah Heath Mar 31 Dec 1818 died 2/26/1829
Mar Lurenna FIELDS 22 July 1829
Drura, Stephen 1820/2/5 JD5/331 Got from Obadiah STANFORD $700 lot purch from
JobSTANFORD who purchased of Ezekiel SAVAGE OF
Monsham on Es of rd Andrew Adams mill to trap 5 1/2p
X 13p X 9p X ? = 1/2A
Drura, Stephen 1821/10/9 JD7/58 Got from tr. For Leah SAVAGE prop Ezekiel SAVAGE
purch from Elizabeth WHITE
Drura, Stephen 1822/2/20 JD7/60 Got from Obadiah STANFORD $500 lot Obadiah purch
from John STANFORD dec’d
Drura, Stephen 1822/9/30 JD7/425 Con to Mary ALLEN (wife of William) $700 lot purch from
Obadiah STANFORD
Farlow, Billy Fooks Wife Sarah
Farlow, Billy Fooks 1831/6/25 AX203 Got from JamesHOPKINS $5 4A 1 rood & 13 sq. p of
addn to Philadelphia. Granted to Jonathan FOOKS of d.
Farlow, Billy Fooks 1836/5/21 JCH3/286 Con to tr. For benefit of neighborhood & use for public
school & place of worship 1A of addition to Philadephia
nr where rd from William PARSONS to William WEST’s
crosses rd from Billy PARSONS to Caleb PARSONS 11P x 13
1/8
Fletcher, James Wife Elizabeth
Fletcher, James 1832/7/2 GH6/336 Got from Noah RIDER $20 3 1/2A of White Chapel
Fletcher, James 1842/7/2 AH/181 Con to Levin FLETCHER $20 above prop.
Fletcher, James 1842/7/2 AH/182 Bill of sale to Levin FLETCHER $200 for land & farm animals
& pers. prop.
Fletcher, Levin 1842/7/2 AH/181 Got from James FLETCHER $20 3 1/2A of White Chapel