Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-17

manship ~ good, much Of 10 tenNrk. /
atty st nui b. ns uAtily read ns a well |
wtii.en muirrn unto.
"trum This TotoS can be lcatnUi /
the NAMES oil the original holdora oi !
tur laud, nud approximately tns d2e |
on their arrival tn tue country. The /
number o. pefsons iuclu led in their |
households is alsI indicated more OF |
less clearly.
"Frpn the earliest settlement % the |
cllOuy, transfers OF land appear To |
have teun attended with moro iormai- |
ity than in most Of tho new cJmmun.. |
Ties Ia Amrrict. Deuls drawn up iu |
due form were in almost all cho'
executed and recorded, and thc result
n that Maryland has what are ptJh.
ably the most complete iauu feclfls
~ be- found in any ui ihe older states
Oi tue Union. IL was more or less
| prevalent custom 10 fecitu in the deed
/ the manner in which thc grlnior
I became POSSESSED OF lnr land hc was
conveying, aud NOT iurtqurn'ly a
/ sort OF abstract Of tue tiu o. given in
/ the decd, tracing II from rttutue 'n
gfant0r, back 10 the certificate Of sur
[ vpy D. uUI under the authority % the
! Lord Proprietary. . uuurau lands
were conveyed by vii, aud tnu dts
| tribuiUn OF estates ui decciuuts; ard
clues Afforded Ivy thr rocprte ui uceds
are often Of great value % the genoa
/ lOglst
"Much attention wa. given % the
/ forms Of law aud lcsal procedure
! during the colonial period. The c3tfst
held regular sessions tt0m the r1rIieaa
timrf, law and equity cases 1ievUfy uc-'
eruption were aIlullCatcd, nui tatilcs
1 Ut docudUuis were almost AlWhyt
settled Ia accordance win established
ipgal mcthO 10; and "a record OF the
inventory, administrators nusnu aui
dual accounts, ETC., was maize. In
some clsaB tue admiul-.rat0t'f hnHl
account gives thu nnmes VI tne heirsi
but iu most instances " does not TOE
records OF the Administuuun9 hhl
under tho authority ot the colonial
courts appear 20 bee tolcrably complete
from worry early date, anu are IN "a
good s,atc OF preservation.
Gin the oiilce Of the clork ot Tho
state supreme COURT IA thc State
House Of Anuarolis, arc several
manuscript volumes which contain,
among other things, petitions lhht
were presented 10 tha cOlpnia. leSislh-
turu by Immigrants, asking TO lie
I hAAhN ANNNNNa AAfFN hNNNA 'AfH'aN' 80
quently afford much Information CON
crrniug tho retiu1nrr, by giving tue
place aud uatc OF mis- birlh, an
account OF his marriage, the uumoui
OF his chill dton, the date " his arrival,
his occupation, etc. A. was the fult
for a private act 10 be passe1 ErinliuG
such q petition. La the year lto1i thl
Rev. Thomas Bacon complied al tht
nC,s VI the colonial legislature passed
Z from its first session I'll then, aud
caused the same 70 be printed. Iht
compilation flla large iuiiI volume
inuludgs the private naturalization ncli
that had been passoj, ami has an IN
dux.
"rhu most valuable source Of In
formation, " the parish registers h'
excepted, nru the records ui Wills
. These are in cool HAtU OF preEvfyn
lion nui are well iulrxcd. La goncf'
nj character they do not differ muCt
from similar records ia other colonies
Gan OF the above records made IL
any part Of the colony pglOr 10 ia,
. year l777, are kept Ia Annapolis. IL
. that yUar tho colonial Legislature
. passed law which required 20 be
kept at the county seat OF each county
recor1s OF Ia d trAusicrt, probate pro
, ccoding-, Wills, marriage licenses, etc
b All records pertaining % lhnd, Ia any
: county In the state, ua,od prior % l1i7
are s.ofei in what o. known ns ia,
Land once. All wills proved Ia Ga,
) colony up To that year nru in the Uiiic,
OF the Register OF Wills &c Annapolis,
/ who d., however, an officer OF Anne
/ Arundel county. Tue manuscript
volumes which contain the records VI
! probate proceedings, accounts Of ad,
. miuistfatious, guardianship matters,
etc, up 20 l571, are la the custody o!
, the last named officer.
"Prl0r % the year l717, no civil
recOri Of marriages WAS Kept n tht
colony. But tue law OF that ycai
relating 20 records provided Tor the
issuance OF marriage licenses by the
, clerks OF the circuit courts Of the
: respective counties. As each mar
fiage license blank was charged "a
the account OF the court CLERK ia
whom u was Issued, AS 90 much
money, by the state treasurer the
, recipient OF the blanks was impeIlol
by a pecuuiary consideration, 90 koep
a strict account OF ms disposal oi
them; heucs Ia each county IL a
fairly complete record OF marriage
licenses issued.
: "At no time has there been kent Ia
MARY laud, under any requirement Of
civil law, "A record oi birtus on deaths
/ There h now, aud has hosu Tor s1ht
) years, law requiring births 10 b,
3 reported TO and recorded by the Clorh
OF the circuit court OF the county; hui
. che law h imperative.
, "Pefsous desiring 10 procure, by cor
! responsiveness, Information from records
Ia MARYLAND, may address the follow.
ing officials; For data from land
records prior TO l777, Chief CLERK,
, Land ONCE, Annapolis. For data
, from wills, administration recofds etc.
prior to that year, Register Of Wills,
Annapolis. Il. Information concern.
ing early ADMINISTRATIONS, Clerk Su.
pTemo Court, Annapolis. For lH.
/ formation from land records and mar.
. riage licenses 6inou III, Clerk Circuit
, Court, ht the county seat. For Ia.
formation from wills, administration
records, etc, since l777, Register Of
Wills, at county scat For names Of
present taxpayers, Clerk County Conn
mlssiOners, NJ the county seat.
"rhe main reliance Of the genralo-
, gist working In Maryland, for dates OF
birth and death, Aud Of marriage prior
TO l777, are the parish registers I'm.
fortunately these are very imperfect,
and none Of them now In existenoe
+ date back 10 the early years or the
, settlement Of the colony. baltimore
, county WAS organized about forty year.
before It could boast u regularly settled
pastor. No doubt tho settlers habit
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