Evening star., 1925-11-08

wife Ann and their son John
| were buried on the Wight
| farm, which descended to the
| Brooks family, and on which the
town of Brookland, or much OF 1t,
stands. The maiden name of Mrs.
David Burnes, mother of Marcia
! Burnes and John, was Ann Wight.
| When the District of Columbia was
| created in 1871 the Wight farm was
owned by John Wight, who. / assume,
was a brother of Mrs. Ann Wight
Burnes. The land records of the Dis
| trict begin with 1871, and the Ram
bier will do what he can to satisfy
your curiosity as to owners OF the
! land between 1871 and it's patent in
/ 1888, and when and how the Wightts
| came to live on it The Wightt-Brooks
| farm was called Enclosure and was
| part of tract of 500 acres patented
| by that name. The Rambler has been
| to the land office at Annapolis for facts
about this land, and information got
there will be served to you in the
course of this narrative.
John Wight, owner of Enclosure in
| 1871. died in 1907, and his will Is
among District records. He "devises
the tract of land or farm on which
| reside called Inclosure, with the
| improvements and appurtenances
| thereon belonging, to my son John
| Magruder Wight his heirs and as
| signs forever and in case my said son
shall die before the age of q and
(, leaving no lawful issue, then l give
| and devise the said farm or plantation
to Mary Ann Wight and Susannah
| Wight, children of my deceased
! brother Benjamin Wight, and to my
wife Cave tspelled Cary in other
papers) Wight to have and to hold
| the one undivided moity to them as
! tenants in common and not as joint
| tenants" John Wight wills that
| should Mary Ann Wight and Susan
| nah die before their twenty-first year
| and without lawful issue, the title to
! the farm should vest in George Moore
! and Peter Dent Moore of Washington
| City. John Wight bequeaths to
| George Moore and Peter Dent Moore
each 100 pounds Maryland money as
| full payment of a balance due from
| John Wight in settlement of their
| fathers estate. Executors We're Wash
| ington Boyd and George Moore and
testator's wife, Cave Cary Wight.
| Witnesses We're Benjamin Belt, Josias
| Ray and Lot uanceloO Wilson of
| Henry. The will was signed July Is.
| 1906, and filed for probate September
! l3, 1907.
| The farm descended to John Ma
gruder Wight and was In his posses
| bier believes that extracts from his
will are interesting. He bequeathed
| Enclosure to his mother Cary Wight,
and Nellie G.. Queen jointly during
their lives. "At the death of Cary
Wight and Nellie G.. Queen" says the
testator. II give and bequeath In
closure to Henry. Mary, Ann and
Elizabeth Queen. children of Nicholas
L. Queen. to be equally divided be
cIa a
and in case of their dying or either
of them dying under 21 years of age
and without lawful issue. the share of
the decedents shall pass to the sur
vivors.'
The testator makes free my old
negro woman Jenny and my negro
woman Daphny at the expiration of
three years from this time He also
makes free my negroes Simon and
Peggy at the expiration of five years
' from this time. and all their children
| and increase. born or to be born. when
they shall be, respectively. 35 years of
age" Continuing the will reads: Il
declare and make free my negroes 81
of Josiah, Betty and Norah and their
increase when they shall. respectively.
be 80 years of age. | give and devise
until they shall be free as aforesaid
all the said negroes to said Cary
Wight and Nellie G.. Queen. to be
their joint property. so long as they
both live and to the survivor after the
death of either, and after the death of
both of them, | give and devise the
said negroes until they shall be free
as aforesaid to the said Henry. Mary.
Ann and Elizabeth Queen. to be their
joint property" To Henry McGee.
John Magruder Wight left a bed. bed
stead and furniture: to William VIII
liams 500, ''in discharge OF all ac-
counts between u.s." and to Thomas
&. Henry. 800. The executors were
Cary Wight and Nicholas l.. Queen.
Witnesses to the will were Samuel H.
Smith. George W. May. Levi Bett and
John A. Wilson. The will was filed for
probate August 81. 1919.
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WITH the thought that he might
come upon interesting matter
the Rambler read many of the papers
in the execution of the personal estate
of John Magruder Wight. Letters
We're applied for September G. 1919.
and the final account returned by
Nicholas l.. Queen, executor. July 6,
1927. His Sureties We're John Queen
and James Young. The Rambler can
not tell you why eight years passed
between the grant of letters of exc
cution and the return of the final ac-
Magruder Wight brought S3.SS7 .06,
and from the return of the executor.
showing articles sold. names of pur
chasers and price paid, the Rambler
takes what follows:
A violin, So, bought by James L.
Gordon: set of small knives and forks.
$3.50. e. Mcdaniel; walnut table, $3
Mr.. Belt: dressing box. so cents. Mr..
Gray: small mahogany table. $3.50,
Mr.. Belt; four jugs. $1,2S. John A.
Wilson: four sheets. $3.50. George
Beale: one feather bed. weighing 3512
pounds, $3375, H. Timins; fender,
s1.50. George Beale; large harrow,
S4.75. T. I. or T. J. Belt; brindle cow.
cropped, SIS. John Davis; black-and-
s35, Mr. Belt; black horse, $40, T. /.
Tor F. ~ Belt; bay colt, $50, DR.. Brad
ley; slaves, Motley, II years old, 1925;
Norah years old. $3.50; Dennis, 4
years old. SITS; Lucy, 6 years old,
5000: Daffiny Daphne). age not given.
$50; all sold to n. L. Queen; Betsy, 10
years old, $370, Lewis Macken; Synex,
21 years. $3.50. John p. Van Ness.
Most of the farm tools were bought by
N. L. Queen and most of the house
hold goods were bought by Mrs. John
NJ. Wight, widow of John Magruder
Wight, and who l believe was a Miss
Queen.
There is a gap in the history of
this land which the Rambler did not
fill in. and he rang up his old friend,
George H. O'Connor, vice president
of the District Title Insurance Co.
George" 1 phoned I'm stuck on
Enclosure and If you'll turn over the
resources of your company to me
it'll save me about 10 hours work
lifting and going through the wrong
books at the recorder of deeds office"
aSurov Said Gaorpe "I11 have the