Evening star., 1951-10-07
Early D. c. Indian Lore
Peace Treaties With Tribes Of the Potomac Valley
and Nearby Areas; the Widows Mite Leoend
By John CIoeett Proctor

gett Proctor
ward transferred to his brother Will
liam, for this brother, as will be seen
IN his will drawn February 7, 1898,
and probably May /, 1894, disposes
by name Of this identical piece of
property
The Loneworth Will
William Langworth's will gives to
his wife Ann a plantation called
Mills Marsh, and to his daughter
Agatha 240 acres known as High
park. Eliza was given 120 acres
called Barbaries Addition, and Mary
and her heirs the residue of land in
st. Marys County; they also being
daughters. To Sarah Brown he gives
personally; the residue of the estate,
real and personal, wife's dover ex-
cepted, he gives to his three daugh-
ters before mentioned, in equal parts.
To brother Sampel Lucket's three
sons: Samuel, Thomas and 1gnatius,
he left the estate bequeathed his
daughters, in the event of their
death during minority. He concludes
by directing that the 600 acres called
Widows Mite be sold.
The executor of the will was his
father-in-law, Thomas Hussey. A
memorandum attached to the will
DEGREES that certain personally be-
longing to his deceased wife Mary
and which was given to her by her
mother, shall not be appraised with
his estate, it having already been
given to his daughters aforesaid by
their mother Mary The will was
witnessed by Walter Ross, Mary Dor.
rell and Charles Charles.
The will of the testator in the fore.
going document was manifestly car
ried out, and Widows Mite was quite
likely sold to John Bowling Of st.
Marys County, Md. In whose will
we next come across this tract Of
land.
Trocts in St. Moys County
Bowling's will was drawn on Apnl
80, It'll. and probated on June 8
following. To James Martin and
heirs, he gives High Park, in st.
Marys County. To sons William and
John, all other land obtained by him
by patent certificate or deed in St.
Marys County. Son Thomas is given
two tracts known as Charley and
Chessman, on the south side of Myrie
Branch. He designates his wife Mary
as executrix, and gives to her the
residue of Charley and Chessman
and Charleys addition during life,
to revert to his son Thomas upon
the death of the widow. He directs
that 500 acres Of Widows Mite be
sold for the benefit of the estate.
His personality, he bequesths to his
daughter Mary and to James Had
dock, priest, and directs that should
his wife die during the minority of
the children, Capt. Benjamin Hall
shall have charge of Thomas and
that James Hagen shall have charge
OF the other children. James Hagan,
William Simons and Thomas Hagan
signed the will as witnesses.
Again, Widows Mite was sold. ac-
cording to the instructions of the
testator. and Thomas Fletchel was
the likely purchaser. though he did not
live long to enjoy it. for we find him
dlspoSing of it by will drawn July II,
l7l7, and probated August 2, TIT:
Here 800 acres of Widows Mite went
to his son Thomas and heirs. when he
arrived at the age of q years.
The remaining 800 acres went
to testators wife for life, with re-
malnder to son. John Bradford,
James Riggs and William Rentshaw
signed as witnesses.
Taggert described the location and
shape of Widows Mite as being in
the form of a parallelogram and ex-
tending from the river at the old
Observatory grounds in a northerly
direction, and that a greater portion
Of it was included in the City Of
Washington, Bryan is more specific
and says that it occupied that portion
of the City of Washington which lies
to the northward from the Naval
Medical Hospital. at Twenty fourth
and E street NV. It extends
through the city in comparatively
narrow strip to Florida avenue, be-
yond which it extends from about
Seventeenth street to Rock Creek.
At an early date the northern por-
ton was sold to Anthony Holmead,
whose name appears in the agree
ment made with the Commissioners
in 1891.
Benjamin Stoddert and James M.
Lingan. merchants of Georgetown,
purchased in 1884 a part of Widow S
Mite. and their names also appear in
the list of original proprietors. Lin
gan's holdings were in the vicinity Of
Dupont Circle.