Evening star., 1926-03-07

lated to the families named. My
recollection is that a Middleton
farm was the first piece of land
most of the land through which the
Was ashington- -Bladensburg. Bunker Hill.
Brentwood and Queen Chapel roads
run was owned by Queens. Middle
tons. Brooks and Fenwicks and there
was no doubt relationship between he
Brooke, Middleton, Thomas, Gilpin,
Lukens. E,llicott. Chandlee. knight,
Candy, Staber. PeirCe. Pleasa nts,
Hallowell. Osburn, Moore. Kirk, Bowie
Hammond Scott, Duvall. Palmer.
Moore. Magruder and hundreds of
other families in Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties and the Dis
trict.
THINKING of the FenWick family
the Rambler recalled that the first
tract of land bought for Mount Olivet
Cemetery was part of Fenwick farm
and looking up the matter he found
the deed. August 81, 1857, from Ed
ward F'enwick and his wife Mary
Caroline of Washington County. to
Timothy J. O'Toole. John b. Byrne,
Edward A. Knight and Nicholas r.
Young of Washington City. The land
sold was part of a tract known as
YoungborOugh. containing 80 acres
and 15 percheS, together with build
ings, improvements, rights" etc The
price was 10000 The deed describes
the land as on the west side of the
turnpike road leading from Washing
ton to Baltimore. There is mention of
road leading to Edward F'enwick s
house. and said road dividing said
tract from the land now owned by
Hugh B. Sweeny."
The Rambler looked at deeds from
Richard NJ. A. Fenwick and his wife
Cavinia f. F'enwick to Laura Burke.
Edward Fenwick and his wife Mary G.
to Martin and Winfred Martin of
Charles County. Benjamin I. Fenwick
and his wife Mary T.. to Ebenezer
Redbird all Of Washington County.
John T. Fenwick to Nicholas MCGUIRE
Robert W. Fenwick to Sampson
Simms. Philip Fenwick to James S
FenWick. and many other Fenwick
deeds in the period Of 1850 to 1857. One
deed ! scanned was from the Rev.
Charles II. Stonestreet president of
Georgetown College. conveying to
Richard NJ. A. Fenwick a lot fronting
on First street between G. and d north.
east. The date of the deed was April
%, 1858, and consideration $37404
Names of some buyers of land from
the Fenwicks were Timothy Callahan.
John kean, John J. Sager, Ruckner
Bayless. William b. Todd, Michael
Mcguire, James Deggle Thomas
Hosans' Michael Dooley. James f.
Johnson, Martha A. G.. Lincoln.
George T. Langley. David A. Hall and
Catherine and Elizabeth Windsor.
The first Fenwick the Rambler
finds in Washington records was
George Fenwick of Montgomery
County who. on April 14,1794, bought
from John Threlkeld Of Montgomery
County a lot in Threlkeld's addition
to Georgetown for so pounds current
money of Maryland. On July 25.
1894, Bennett Fenwick bought from
David Burnes for 100 pounds of
Maryland money, lots '16 and II on
the west side of Eight half way be.
tween d and f streets northwest.
There is record of agreement be.
tween Bennett Fenwick and Samuel
Elliot. Jun, dated July 1. 1895. by
Whlch tenWlck agrees to make, burn
and deliver to Elliot by the 22d of
September next, 10000 good merchant
able bricks. the size of moulds to be
the same as are now generally used by
Mr.. Young and others, and also
to dig cellar on the lot, making
the corner of Four and half
and n streets, said cellar to be 6
feet in depth and to be ready in every
respect to raise the foundation" Fen.
wick contracted to make and deliver
the brick for Sc a thousand and to
dig the cellar for 80 cents a cubic
foot.
The old Fenwick wills recorded in
the District are: James Fenvick
1906: George Fenwick, 1911; Ann Fen.
wick, 1916; Mary Fenwick, 1922: Rich
ard Fenwick, 1929: Tereas Fenwick.
1899: Thomas Fenwick. 1847; Edward
Fenwick, 1857; Philip Fenwick. 1869.
Mary c. Fenwick, 1865: Mary Helen
Fenwick, 1868; James Fenwick, 1872.
and Benjamin Fenwick, 1872.
The Rambler meant to give YOU in
this story such information as he has
obtained of the Brooke family, but as
his typewriter clicked from line to
line he thought the Fenwick notes
would touch the memory of many
grandchildren, collateral descendants
and friends of the Fenwicks. one of
the very old families of the Potomac
country