Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-04-11

several persons ssby the form and
ceremony of the church of England"
one or whom was Mr.. sMarreen'
Duvall, whose widow afterwards
married the Reverend Jacob Hen
derson, Rector of st. Anne's Par
! ish in 17I3. Davis who is said to
have been afterwards silenced re-
sided in the neighborhood Of what
is now the city Of Annapolis in 1851
and possibly earlier, where he con-
Quoted religious services at Ralph
Story's and at the Public House of
one Proctor, there not being as the
doponant expressly states, any place
of public worship thereabont at that
time.
These dispositions were generally
taken by Commissioners appointed
by the Court, who resided in the
county in which the property in
ques ton Was situated or where the
witnesses could be conveniently ex-
amined, though for few years ow-
ing to the expenses and delays of
this method a special officer of the
Court was appointed for that pur-
pose. The sittings of the Commits
sioners were held either at the house
(of one Of the parties to the suit,
often the principal house of the
neighborhood, )or at one of the lead
ing taverns. 'sThe Crown and
Thistle" in st. Anne's Parish, in
Anne Arundel county; ''The Balti-
more Wines" at Annapolis; "The
Black Horse in Baltimore county;
"The Crown and Thistle, " at Prin-
cess Anne in Somerset county, and
s'The Red Legion" at Charlestown,
in Cecil county, are few of her old
inns mentioned.
Historical matter of more or less
importance is scattered through the
various volumes, but your contribu-
tor has merely made short notes for
his index and will only venture to
refer to some points which possess a
local interest.
A suit in which the Woodward
family were involved supplies
nearly complete list of the inhabi-
tants Of Annapolis and the vicinity
in the year 1884.
The suit of Samuel Hastings, of
Pennsylvania, boat builder and 9TH
ers against Calverts' executors gives
an interesting account of large
sdip called "The Maryland Mer-
chant" built and launched at An
napolis in 1728, which only failed
to be complete success by the MIS-
management of the subscription
funds amounting to over $4,000
sterling.
In 1747 Lord Baltimore granted
to Daniel Dulany, Esquire, of An
napolis and his heirs forever the
privilege of holding semi-annual
fairs and weekly markets at Freder-
icktown, in Prince Georges county,
now the city of Frederick and the
county seat Of the county of that
name. AS this is believed to be the
only instance in Maryland Of a
grant of such privileges to an indi-
yidual the copy Of the document
which accompanies this paper may
be of some interest to your Society.
A full list of the grants of sites
for water mills and iron FORCES made
in accordance with the Acts of As
sembly for the encouragement Of
those industries will be found in
the Ohancery Proceeding aud many
facts of considerable Importance, as
touching the history of the latter
industry can be found in the suits
arising between partners in those
enterprises, their heirs or representa-
tives. A full list of the Chancel-
lors of Maryland and nearly COM
plete list of the Sheriffs and JUS
tees Of Peace for the various conn
ties can be compiled from these
records.
A curiosity is the following entry
on one of the leaves in Liber ID. d.,
No. l, viz: ''Ann Ridgley, the An
napolis Beauty" 1t is dated 26th
April, 1906 and signed by Louis
Gassaway.
To your contributor, however, the
most interesting suits are those in
yolving the title to lands, both in
the county and abroad, from which
more or less complete pedigrees of
the following families can be CON-
piled, viz /: The families of Tasker,
Contee, Harwood, Middleton, Ham
mond, Coursey, Beale, Janifer,
Long, Phillips, Slye, Lewis, Pile,
Richardson, Cheseldine, Forbes.
Harris, Patterson, Chamberlain,
MacNamarra, Dulany, Carroll,
Dent, Lawrence, Blackstone, Gal