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Appendix to The John Willis Family and The Maryland Supply Tax of 1783
An abbreviated descendant chart for John Willis of Wantage with highlighted names of people and tracts of interest. This Appendix supplements the narrative article "The John Willis Family and The Maryland Supply Tax of 1783," which is located immediately below this posting:
….. 1 John Willis b: 3 Jan 1668/9, Wantage, Berkshire, England, d: Nov 1712 in Dorchester Co, MD (patented Wantage in 1702)
……….. 2 John Willis, Jr. b: Abt. 1689 in Dorchester Co, MD, d: bef 23 Jan 1764 (1717 land on Marshy Creek, Willis Regulation)
……….. + Mary Unknown d: Bef. 1731, m: Abt. 1702
…………….. 3 John Willis b: Abt. 1703 (25 Old 26), d: likely Bef. 1783
…………….. 3 Mary Willis
…………….. + Unknown Clift (Poss. Joseph or Mark)
…………….. 3 Judeath Willis
…………….. 3 Elizabeth Willis
…………….. + Unknown Killingsworth
…………….. 3 Isaac Willis d: Abt. May 1789 (Letters Admin to Henry & Joshua Willis)
………………….. 4 Henry Willis b: Bef. 1760 ("of Isaac" in Loyalty Oath 1778)
………………….. 4 Andrew Willis b: Bet. 1761-1767 ("of Ic" in 1783 Supply Tax)
…………….. 3 Richard Willis b: Abt. 1718 (15 Old 452), d: 1764 in Dorchester Co., MD
…………….. + Rebecca Granger d: Aft. 14 Aug 1771
………………….. 4 Richard Willis, Jr. b: 08 Aug 1759 in Dorchester Co., MD, d: 14 Feb 1823 in Caroline Co., MD (Sarah's Delight, New Foundland)
………………….. + Britannia Gootee b: Abt. 1765 in Dorchester Co., MD, d: 03 Jan 1826 in Caroline Co., MD, m: 22 Jan 1788 in Caroline Co., MD
………………….. 4 Thomas Willis d: 1795 in Caroline County, MD (Perry's Delight, New Land)
………………….. + Elizabeth Perry
………………….. 4 Joshua Willis b: Abt. 1765, d: Bet. 1793-1805 (Good Luck, New Land)
………………….. 4 Robert Willis d: 1804 in Caroline County, MD (Perry's Discovery)
………………….. + Sarah Rumbold b: 31 Oct 1757, m: 08 Nov 1774 Dorchester Co., MD
…………….. 3 Joshua Willis b: Abt. 1720, d: Abt. 1797 (First Constable Caroline Co.) (Painter's Range, Bank of Pleasure, Willis's Right)
…………….. + Susannah Unknown poss. Richardson d: Bef. 1774
………………….. 4 Elizabeth Willis b: Abt. 1762
………………….. + William Everngham m: 1786
………………….. 4 Joshua Willis b: Abt. 1763
………………….. + Elizabeth Wright m: 02 Sep 1799
………………….. 4 Frances Willis b: Abt. 1767
………………….. + Charles Baker d: Bef. 1805 in 23 HD 181, m: 1785
…………….. +Deborah Greenhawk m: 1774
………………….. 4 Deborah Willis
………………….. + Joshua Lucas m: 1789
………………….. 4 Charles Willis b: Abt. 1776, d: Bef. 1801
………………….. 4 Peter Willis b: Abt. 1777, d: 03 Oct 1834
………………….. + Elizabeth Holmes m: 1798
………………….. 4 Thomas Willis b: Abt. 1778, d: Bef. 1801
………………….. 4 James Willis b: Abt. 1779
………………….. 4 John Willis b: Abt. 1780
………………….. 4 Annaretta Willis b: Abt. 1781
………………….. + Unknown Fleming
………………….. 4 Mary Willis b: Abt. 1783
…………….. 3 Dorcas Willis
…………….. + Benjamin Nicols
……….. + Elizabeth Sharp d: Aft. Nov 1768, m: 1730
…………….. 3 John Willis III b: 1731, d: Abt. Nov 1794 (inherited Willis Regulation)
…………….. + Keziah Unknown d: Aft. Nov 1794
………………….. 4 Philemon Willis b: 1764, d: 05 Mar 1836 in Talbot Co., MD
………………….. 4 John Willis
………………….. 4 William Willis
………………….. 4 Lewis Willis
………………….. 4 Sarah Willis
………………….. + John Nabb
………………….. 4 Nicholas Willis b: Aft. 1771
………………….. 4 Henry Willis b: Aft. 1771
…………….. 3 Gernay "Jarvis" Willis b: 1735, d: 1799
……….. 2 Grace Willis b: Abt. 1685, d: Aft. 1722
……….. 2 Andrew Willis b: 1690, d: 1738 in Dorchester Co., MD
……….. + Jennet Jones d: Bef. Apr 1728
…………….. 3 William Willis b: 1717, d: 1782
…………….. + Unknown poss. Elizabeth Hill
………………….. 4 Elizabeth Willis b: Abt. 1736, d: 1793
………………….. + James Buchanan b: 1737, d: 1805
………………….. 4 William Willis b: Abt. 1740, d: 1793
………………….. 4 Jacob Willis b: Abt. 1742, d: 1782
………………….. + Elizabeth Nancy Eaves b: 1756, d: 1782
…………….. 3 Thomas Willis b: 1715, d: 1751
…………….. + Rachel Bullock d: 1757
…………….. 3 Andrew Willis b: 1719, d: 1778
…………….. + Sarah Hill b: 1720
………………….. 4 Andrew Willis b: 12 Feb 1768 in Dorchester Co., MD (Fisher's Venture)
………………….. 4 Keziah Willis b: 12 Oct 1770 in Dorchester Co., MD
………………….. 4 George Willis b: 03 Dec 1775
…………….. 3 Sarah Willis b: 1721
……….. + Rebecca Goostree b: 1697, d: 1746 (inherited land that became New Town)
…………….. 3 Richard Willis b: 1721, d: 1773 (inherited New Town)
…………….. + Rachel Possibly Pritchett
………………….. 4 Mary Willis b: 17 Feb 1754 in Dorchester Co., MD (inherited New Town)
………………….. + Benjamin Meekins b: 03 Oct 1747 in Dorchester Co., Maryland, d: Bef. Sep 1782
………………….. 4 John Willis b: 03 Jan 1755
………………….. 4 Elizabeth Willis b: 08 Dec 1755 in Dorchester Co., MD (inherited Buttons Chance)
………………….. + possibly Budd Shinton (owner of Buttons Chance in 1783)
………………….. 4 Richard Willis b: 20 Mar 1761 in Dorchester Co., MD
…………….. 3 George Willis b: 1723, d: Bef. 1784 without issue
…………….. 3 John Willis b: 1725, d: Aft. 1784 (inherited New Town through George)
…………….. + Ann/Nancy Unknown
………………….. 4 Jarvis Willis b: 06 Dec 1758 in Dorchester Co., MD, d: 1852 in Lawrence, AL
………………….. 4 John Willis b: 21 Apr 1762 in Dorchester Co., MD
……….. 2 Thomas Willis b: Abt. 1692, d: 1722
……….. 2 William Willis b: Bet. 1694-1700, d: Aft. 1746 (inherited Wantage)
……….. + Judith Seward/Soward b: Bet. 1696-1702, d: Aft. 1746
…………….. 3 Thomas Willis b: Abt. 1714, d: Aft. 1784
Author Gary WillisPosted on July 21, 2017 July 10, 2018 Categories Charts, Willis ChartsTags Andrew Willis, Bank of Pleasure, Benjamin Meekins, Britannia Gootee, Buttons Chance, Caroline County MD, Dorchester County MD, Elizabeth Perry, Fishers Venture, Good Luck, Henry Willis, Isaac Willis, Jarvis Willis, John Willis, Joshua Willis, Judith Soward, Mary Willis, New Foundland, New Land, New Town, Painters Range, Perry's Delight, Perrys Discovery, Rebecca Goostree, Rebecca Granger, Richard Willis, Robert Willis, Sarah Rumbold, Sarahs Delight, Thomas Willis, Wantage, William Willis, Willis's Regulation, Willis's Right4 Comments on Appendix to The John Willis Family and The Maryland Supply Tax of 1783
Willis DNA Project … Maryland Group
There are currently about 300 participants in a Willis DNA project. Eleven of those participants are known through Y-DNA testing to descend from John Willis d. 1712 of Wantage in Dorchester County, Maryland. Below is a chart indicating some of John's descendants. Nine of the current Y-DNA participants are descended from the first seven legs of this chart. The other two do not yet have a paper trail specifying from which of John's four sons they descend. Currently, none of the participants are from the last two branches, John's sons Thomas or William.
Willis Y-DNA Chart
Author Gary WillisPosted on February 21, 2017 February 28, 2017 Categories Charts, Uncategorized, Willis ChartsTags Andrew Willis, Charles B Willis, Dorchester County MD, Henry F Willis, Henry N Willis, Jacob Willis, Jarvis Willis, Jennet Jones, Jesse Willis, John Willis, Rebecca Goostree, Richard Willis, Thomas Willis, William Willis, Willis DNA, Zachariah Willis3 Comments on Willis DNA Project … Maryland Group
Who Was Jarvis Willis
The name Jarvis Willis appears only a few times in the 18th century civil records of Dorchester and Caroline Counties, Maryland. In one instance, a 1764 will names a Jarvis Willis as a son of John and Elizabeth Willis.[1] In a second, a 1768 land valuation records where a Jarvis Willis is living.[2] Third, the 1783 Maryland Supply Tax assessment lists a Jarvis Willis in the upper district of Dorchester County heading a household of eight and a Jarvis Willis in Caroline County with a family of four.[3] Fourth, a Jarvis Willis appears as a head of household in the 1790 federal census for Dorchester County.[4] Further, a 1798 deposition proves that one Jarvis Willis was born in 1735 ("Jarvis/35"),[5] while church records establish that another Jarvis Willis was born in 1758 ("Jarvis/58"). The latter was a son of John and Nancy Willis.[6] Finally, the name Jarvis Willis appears several times in records related to Maryland's role in the Revolutionary War.
It is not immediately apparent how many different men named Jarvis Willis are represented in this handful of records. However, it is clear that at least two men named Jarvis belonged to different generations of the Willis family: Jarvis/35 and Jarvis/58. It is also clear that two different Willis couples had a son named Jarvis: John and Elizabeth, and John and Nancy. To learn more about these men, we need to correlate other information with the records mentioned above.
The Connection to an Original Immigrant
Two of the Willis men named Jarvis were descended from John Willis ("John #1"). John #1 was very likely the original immigrant to the Eastern Shore of Maryland of one ancestral Willis line. John #1 had several proved children, and two of his sons had proved children of their own. One such son is John ("John #2"), whose proved children include a son Jarvis. Consequently, at least one Jarvis Willis is a proved grandson of John #1.
The other son of John #1 having proved descendants was Andrew, who had a son John ("John #3"). Several researchers have suggested that John #3 is the same man as the John Willis who was the father of Jarvis/58. In fact, DNA evidence indicates that Jarvis/58 is descended from John #1. Thus, the notion that Jarvis/58 was a son of John #3 is, on its face, a reasonable theory. The purpose of this paper is to provide documentary proof of that theory. The evidence will also establish some other Willis family relationships.
Specifically, the evidence will show that Jarvis/58 was the great-grandson of John #1 through John#1's son Andrew and Andrew's son John #3. Further, the records will establish that Jarvis, son of John #2, was very likely the same man as Jarvis/35, and was, therefore, the uncle of Jarvis/58.
John #1 Was the Father of Andrew Willis
The records establishing that Andrew Willis was a son of John #1 are fairly straightforward, despite the fact that the 1712 will of John #1 failed to name a son Andrew.[7] Records filed during probate of the will at the Perogative Court of Maryland plainly identified Andrew as a son of John #1.[8] Thus, John #1 was clearly the father of Andrew Willis.
Andrew Willis Was the Father of John #3
At this point, the record trail becomes more interesting. Fortunately, records concerning a tract of land called "New Town" (or, "Newtown") prove that Andrew Willis was the father of John #3. The New Town record trail starts with Andrew Willis, who was born in 1690[9] and died in 1738.[10] Andrew married first Jennet Jones, and they he had four children: sons William, Thomas, and Andrew and daughter Sarah.[11] Jennet had died before April 1728, by which time Andrew had married Rebecca Goostree. By 1733, when Andrew wrote his will, he and Rebecca had four children: sons Richard, George and John and another daughter Sarah. The following transactions concerning New Town, inherited from Rebecca's father, establish the relationship between Andrew Willis and John #3:
1728 – Richard Goostree devised 100 acres called Newtown to his daughters Elizabeth, wife of Robert Johnson, and Rebecca, wife of Andrew Willis.[12] Thus, Rebecca and Andrew inherited fifty acres of land from her father.
1730 – the Maryland Land Office granted a warrant for forty-five acres called New Town to Andrew Willis. The tract was located in Dorchester County on the west side of Blackwater River, east of Cattail Swamp, and west of Andrew's dwelling plantation.[13] This appears to be acreage that Andrew added to the fifty acres inherited from Richard Goostree with the combined acreage still known as New Town.
1733 – Andrew Willis devised New Town to his sons Richard and George to be divided equally. Andrew's will provided if either son died without issue, then the deceased son's part would go to Andrew's son John #3.[14]
New Town can, therefore, be tracked from Rebecca's father, to her husband Andrew Willis, and then to their sons Richard and George, with a contingent right to the land held by their son John #3. Thus, Richard and George each received about forty-seven acres, half the ninety-five acres Andrew held. Subsequent records confirm Richard's possession of the land. However, the record shows that by 1784 Andrew's son John #3 held an interest New Town, rather than George. Apparently, George had died without issue, triggering John #3's contingent right. These records are as follows:
1759 – the Maryland Land Office granted a special warrant to Richard Willis to resurvey New Town. The resurvey certified a total of eighty-seven acres.[15]
1773 – Richard Willis devised Newtown to his daughter Mary Meekins. If she were to die without heirs, the land would descend to Richard's daughter Sarah.[16]
1782 – Mary (Willis) Meekins sold land, including New Town, to Levin Hughes of Dorchester County.[17]
1784 – John #3 sold his ownership in New Town to Levin Hughes, ending the Willis family's ownership of any part of the tract.[18]
In short, the Willis family's transactions involving New Town began in 1728 when Andrew and Rebecca first acquired ownership and ended in 1784 when Andrew's son John #3 sold the final parcel of the land. Tracking this ownership conclusively proves that Andrew was the father of John #3.
John #3 Was the Father of Jarvis/58
As we already know from church records, a man named John Willis was the father of Jarvis/58. Compelling circumstantial evidence proves the father of Jarvis/58 to be John #3.
The Old Trinity Church Birth Register confirms the birth date of a "Jarvey" (Jarvis) Willis born 6 Dec 1758, son of a John and Nancy (a common nickname for Ann) Willis.[19] The parish records, however, do not directly prove that the John Willis who was named in that register was John #3, i.e., the son of Andrew. Nevertheless, we can reasonably come to that conclusion from other entries in the record. First, the register also contains the record of birth of "John," another son of John and Ann (Nancy) Willis.[20] Second, the parish record contains names of other Willis parents who were of the same generation as John Willis. During the period 1754-1775, a couple named Richard and Rachel Willis had six children, while a couple named Andrew and Sarah Willis had three.[21] There were, therefore, three Willis men – Richard, Andrew and John — who attended the same church during the same time period. We know from the will of Andrew Willis that he had sons named Richard, Andrew and John. It is reasonable to conclude that these men who attended Old Trinity Church were all sons of Andrew Willis. Consequently, the John Willis named in the church register as father of "Jarvey" was almost certainly John #3.
It follows that Jarvis/58 was a son of John #3, a grandson of Andrew Willis who owned New Town, and a great-grandson of John #1, the original immigrant.
Additional Relationship
We can also conclude that the Jarvis Willis who was born in 1735 — Jarvis/35 — was the son of John #2 and an uncle of Jarvis/58. Several facts make that likely.
First, we know from his will that John #2 and his second wife Elizabeth had a son named Jarvis.
Second, Jarvis/35 was born at the right time to have been a son of John #2. John #2 would have probably been 45 and 50 years old when Jarvis/35 was born.[22] That age for a new father is not uncommon, especially since Jarvis was a child of his second wife.
Third, the name Jarvis was extremely rare in the Willis line. The instances named at the beginning of this paper are almost the only record of that name in Dorchester and Caroline Counties during a 100-year period. We can safely conclude there were few men with that name.
Fourth, the 1790 federal census shows only one Jarvis Willis in the region, while the 1800 census shows none. That record agrees with the fact that Jarvis/35 lived in the region until at least 1798 when he gave a deposition in Caroline County. Furthermore, as will be shown later, Jarvis/58 had moved to North Carolina by 1790.
Finally, a 1799 estate administration in Caroline County for a Jarvis Willis names a Joshua Willis, Jr., as administrator. John #2 had a son named Joshua, who also had a son Joshua. Thus, the administration records indicate a possible connection to the Willis family that included John #2.[23]
We can reasonably surmise that the Jarvis who died in 1799 was also the Jarvis who was deposed in 1798 at age 63, that is, Jarvis/35. Furthermore, by process of elimination, there are no good candidates other than John #2 to be the father of Jarvis/35. The indirect evidence, therefore, indicates it is highly probable that Jarvis/35 the Jarvis Willis who was the son of John #2. Consequently, we can say with a large degree of assurance that Jarvis/35 was the grandson of John #1, the original immigrant, and that Jarvis/35 was an uncle of Jarvis/58.
The Military Service of Jarvis Willis – Jarvis/58 or Jarvis/35
One last issue to clarify is the military service of Jarvis Willis. Some researchers have confused the military records of these men. However, analyzing the military records in conjunction with census data clearly distinguish the two. To begin, other researchers indicate that both men served:
Dora Mitchell states that Jarvis Willis (son of John #2, i.e., Jarvis/35) served in the Revolutionary War.[24]
William Hunt states that Jarvis Willis (son of John #3, i.e., Jarvis/58) served in the 1st Carolina [sic] Company … under Capt. Joseph Richardson, citing The History of Caroline County, p. 75.[25]
The History of Caroline County states the company in which Jarvis Willis served was one of seven formed by various counties in Maryland during the period July to September 1776. These units were designated as part of the "Flying Camp," a militia regiment from Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware tasked with operating from Maryland to New York. In that role, the Caroline County contingent fought in the Battle of Harlem Heights. The soldiers were then discharged according to their enlistment terms on 1 Dec 1776 after only a few months service.[26]
A little background is helpful in understanding the various military records of Maryland. Initially, the state organized militia companies from each county. These were generally "Minute Men," called to duty for defense of their local area. Subsequently, the states abandoned the Minute Man concept, opting for organized militia committed to larger operations and centralized control, i.e., the Flying Camp. While the Flying Camp was an improvement over previous organizations, the limited enlistment term of just a few months significantly hindered its effectiveness. Finally, the Continental Congress determined that the war effort required a standing army with longer-term enlistments. Thus, Congress directed each state to organize and field a certain number of battalions. Each county in a state supplied one or more companies depending on the size of the county. In addition to these actions, Maryland required men age 18 and older to sign an oath of fidelity. That endeavor not only induced a pledge of loyalty to the state, but also provided a list of potential future recruits for the war effort.
Appearance of Jarvis Willis(es)
The records generated by these activities provide information about many of the men in the region, including both Jarvis Willis/35 and Jarvis/58. The name Jarvis Willis first appears in Joseph Richardson's company of militia assigned to the Flying Camp. Thomas Wynn Loockerman enrolled a Jarvis Willis in that company by at least 17 Jul 1776.[27]
Second, that name appears twice in companies of militia organized by 13 Aug 1777 in Caroline County as part of the 14th Battalion. Company Captain Joseph Richardson enlisted one Jarvis Willis.[28] At the same time, Captain Joseph Douglass enlisted a second Jarvis Willis in a different company.[29]
Also, the name Jarvis Willis appears three times in the 1778 loyalty oaths of Caroline County. The evidence suggests those three occurrences represent two different men. Various officials in the county collected signatures of men who swore allegiance to the state. The Constable for each political district, or "Hundred," then combined the names collected by these officials into a consolidated list and submitted it to the county court. Charles Dickinson, Justice of Caroline County, prepared one document indicating that a Jarvis Willis signed the oath with his mark (signifying he could not read or write).[30] On 28 Feb 1778, Thomas Wynn Loockerman, Constable of Great Choptank Hundred, a district in the southwest part of Caroline County, submitted to the court a consolidated list for the Hundred, incorporating names collected by others including Dickinson.
The name Jarvis Willis appears twice on Loockerman's consolidated list, with one occurrence presumably coming from Dickinson, and the second occurrence indicating another Jarvis Willis. That second instance provides an additional piece of information. That listing indicates Jarvis Willis lived in Forke Hundred, a district neighboring Great Choptank to the east.[31] Thus, the record establishes two men named Jarvis Willis: one who lived in Choptank Hundred of Caroline County, and the other who lived in Forke Hundred. One researcher from Caroline County states that "Jarvis Willis (Forke)" was Jarvis Willis, son of John #2.[32] Meanwhile, the name Jarvis Willis does not appear on any loyalty oath list from Dorchester County. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that the Caroline County list contains the names of both Jarvis/35 and Jarvis/58.
In addition, the name Jarvis Willis appears on the Muster Rolls as a corporal in Williams' battalion, having enlisted 17 Feb 1777 and serving until discharged 14 Feb 1780.[33] This unit was part of the Maryland Continental Line. Significantly, only one Jarvis Willis appears in that record. It is logical to conclude that this man was Jarvis/58 rather than Jarvis/35. While both men would have signed loyalty oaths and likely served in the local militia, when the state began recruiting for the Maryland Line it would have sought soldiers the age of Jarvis/58, not Jarvis/35.
Federal Pension Records
Finally, only one Jarvis Willis appears in the Federal pension rolls. He can be clearly identified as Jarvis/58 and as the corporal who served in the Maryland Continental Line. In that regard, the first pensions were only for veterans disabled during the war and unable to earn a living. Neither Jarvis/35 nor Jarvis/58 qualified under that criteria. Congress loosened the criteria in 1818, but by that time Jarvis/35 had died. However, Jarvis/58 was able to apply under the 1818 act, and is, therefore, the man who appears in the record. His pension application indicates the following:
Jarvis Willis (#S39128) of the Maryland Line applied for a pension 24 Nov 1823 in Franklin County, TN, at age 60. In 1837, he had moved to Alabama because his children had moved there (his P.O. address was Moulton, AL).[34]
There is an age discrepancy in this application. The 60-year age Jarvis gave at the time he applied is not correct. That age indicates he was born in 1763 not 1758. A five-year error in estimated age is not terribly significant. However, the error was perpetuated in the Pension Roll of 1835. That listing shows the following:
Jarvis Willis, Corporal, was entitled to $96.00 per year and had collected thus far $1,050.93. He served in the Maryland Continental Line. He was placed on the Pension Roll on 9 Jun 1824, and his pension commenced 25 Nov 1823. It states his age as 71.[35]
The information for this publication was gathered in 1834. Therefore, a stated age of 71 would again indicate Jarvis Willis was born in 1763 not 1758. Despite the age discrepancy, I am convinced that Jarvis/58 is the Jarvis Willis who appears in the Muster Rolls and the Pension Rolls.
Federal census data provide further proof that the man in the pension records is Jarvis/58. Those data confirm that a Jarvis Willis lived in the places mentioned in the pension records, and also that he was inconsistent in estimating his age. Researchers have identified him in the census at the following locations: Stokes County, NC, in 1790 and 1800; Franklin County, TN, in 1820; and Lawrence County, AL, in 1840 and 1850. The birth years indicated in those census data range from 1750 to 1765. Regardless of the birth year discrepancy, it is clear from the record that this pensioner was the Jarvis Willis born in 1758 who served in the Maryland Continental Line.
A few questions not answered in this analysis are as follows:
Why did Jarvis/58 join a Caroline County militia company? I thought at age 17 he would still be living at home with John #3 in Dorchester County. That county, of course, fielded its own company of soldiers for the Flying Camp under Captain Thomas Burk[36] and for the subsequently organized Maryland Line. Why did he not join Captain Burk's company?
Or, am I mistaken that John #3 and Jarvis/58 resided in Dorchester at this time? Even though John #3 held an interest in New Town until 1784, he certainly could have lived elsewhere, possibly in neighboring Caroline County.
In that regard, Jarvis/58 and his brother John (born 1762) were the only births John #3 and Nancy/Ann recorded at the Old Trinity Church in Dorchester Parish. Is this a sign that the couple had no additional children, or moved away after 1762, or just stopped going to church?
And what about Jarvis/58's age as a corporal? During his years of service, 1777-1780, he would have been only 19 to 22 years old. I thought that more mature men held these noncommissioned officer ranks.
Finally, is there a third, younger, Jarvis Willis indicated in the 1790 Federal Census for Dorchester County, or does Jarvis/35 head that household? In 1790, Jarvis/35 may have been living in Caroline County with someone else or, maybe, the census taker missed him. After all, the deposition Jarvis/35 gave in 1798 indicates he a resident of Caroline County not Dorchester. If there is a third Jarvis Willis, how is he related to Jarvis/35 and Jarvis/58?
These questions will just have to wait.
[1] Jane Baldwin Cotton, Maryland Calendar of Wills, (Baltimore: Kohn and Pollock, 1904, reprinted Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1988), XIII:58. Will of John Willis proved 23 Jan 1764. Dorchester County, MD, Will Book 33:27
[2] James A. McAllister, Jr., Abstracts from the Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland, (Cambridge, MD, 1964), XIX:21. Report recorded 26 Nov 1768 stated Jarvis Willis was living on land called Richardson's Choice owned by Peter Edmondson. Dorchester County, MD, Deed Book 23 Old 184.
[3] 1783 Maryland Supply Tax, http://www.mdssar.org/membership/marylandtaxlists, Dorchester County Upper District, p. 21, and Caroline County, p. 58. Neither is shown as owning land. Presumably, each lived on rented land, possibly rented from a relative.
[4] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790, Maryland, (Washington, DC: GPO, 1908, reprinted Bountiful, UT: AGLL, Inc., 1977), 57.
[5] Irma Harper, Heirs and Legatees of Caroline County, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1989), 20. Deposition of Jarvis Willis given at age 63 in 1798. Caroline County, MD, Deed Book B:105.
[6] Katherine H. Palmer, Birth Register of Old Trinity Church, Protestant Episcopal, Dorchester Parish, Church Creek, MD, 19.
[7] Cotton, Calendar of Wills, IV:23. Will of John Willis dated 18 Sep 1712, proved 24 Nov 1712, naming sons William and John (John #2) and daughters Grace and Eliza. Dorchester County, MD, Will Book 14:12.
[8] V.L. Skinner, Jr., Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Perogative Court (Westminster, MD, Family Line Publications, 1994), X:33. June 1714 inventory of John Willis of Dorchester County named Andrew as John's son. Liber 36A:203.
[9] McAllister, Land Records, V:145. 1730 deposition of Andrew Willis, age 40. Dorchester County, MD, Deed Book 8 Old 404.
[10] Cotton, Calendar of Wills, VII:259. Will of Andrew Willis dated 24 May 1733, proved 23 August 1738. Dorchester County, MD, Will Book 21:918.
[11] Id. at 259.
[12] Id. at 80. Will of Richard Goostree dated 30 Apr 1728, proved 12 Nov 1728. Dorchester County, MD, Will Book 19:501.
[13] FHL Film No. 13086, Maryland Land Office Records of Warrants, Surveys and Patents, Book EI 2:164.
[14] Cotton, Calendar of Wills, VII:259.
[15] FHL Film No. 13102, Maryland Land Office Records of Warrants, Surveys and Patents, Book BC 14:350. On 23 Mar 1759, the Maryland Land Office granted a special warrant to Richard Willis of Dorchester County to resurvey New Town. The resurvey certified 39 original acres and 48 acres of vacant land for a total of 87 acres in Dorchester County on the west side of Blackwater River, east of Cattail Swamp and west of Willis's plantation.
[16] Cotton, Calendar of Wills, XV:141. Will of Richard Willace dated 4 Jun 1772, proved 13 Oct 1773, devised a tract called Newtown to daughter Mary Meekins, but if she died without heirs, then to daughter Sarah. Dorchester County, MD, Will Book 39:692.
[17] McAllister, Land Records, XXVI:11. On 25 Sep 1782, Mary Meekins, widow of Benjamin Meekins, sold to Levin Hughes 87 acres on Blackwater River at Cattail Swamp, and all lands devised to her by her father Richard Willis. Dorchester County Deed Book 2 NH 88.
[18] Id. at 60. On 13 Oct 1784, John Willis sold to Levin Hughes land on west side of Blackwater River, east side of Cattail Swamp, called New Town, devised to John Willis by his father Andrew Willis. Dorchester County Deed Book 2 NH 546.
[19] Katherine H, Palmer, Birth Register of Old Trinity Church, Protestant Episcopal, Dorchester Parish, Church Creek, MD, 19.
[20] F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, 1751-1775, (Silver Springs, MD: Family Line Publications, 1984). John Willis was born 21 Apr 1762, 34.
[21] Id. at 33-39.
[22] Cotton, Calendar of Wills, IV:23. John #2, named in the will of John #1, was the eldest son. He was, therefore, born before 1690, the birth year of his brother Andrew.
[23] Sandra Willis, Caroline County Original Inventories, Box 9450 (1792-1799), http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdwillis/CCInventory.htm Inventory filed 26 Jun 1799 in the estate of Jarvis Willis mentions the following: Joshua Willis, Jr., administrator; next of kin, Ann Trice, John Carrol; creditor, Peter Willis. Note: Sandra Willis collected data directly from the Maryland Archives and posted it on her website prior to her death in 2007.
[24] Dora W. Mitchell, A History of the Preston Area in Lower Caroline County, Maryland, (Caroline County Historical Society, Inc., 2005), 123.
[25] William P. Hunt, "A Documentary History of One Branch of the Willis Family of the State of Maryland, c.1680-c.1805," (New York: Copyrighted as an Unpublished Manuscript, 1975), 2.
[26] Caroline County School Teachers and Students, The History of Caroline County, (Baltimore: Regional Publishing Company, 1971), 70-75.
[27] Maryland Archives, Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution, 1775-1783, (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1900, reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1972), XVIII:69.
[28] S. Eugene Clements and F. Edward Wright, Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1987), 154.
[30] Bettie Sterling Carothers, 1778 Census of Maryland, (Chesterfield, MD), 1.
[31] Id. at 6.
[32] Mitchell, History of Preston, 123.
[33] Maryland Muster Rolls, 254.
[34] Virgil D. White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Volume 3: N-Z, (Waynesboro, TN: The National Historical Publishing Company, 1992), 3876.
[35] United States Senate, Pension Roll of 1835, (Washington, DC: GPO, 1835, reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992), III:543.
[36] Maryland Muster Rolls, 70.
Author Gary WillisPosted on December 28, 2016 July 4, 2017 Categories Articles, Dorchester County, Maryland, Willis ArticlesTags Andrew Willis, Jarvis Willis, John Willis, Richard WillisLeave a comment on Who Was Jarvis Willis
The Case of the Unhelpful Mutant Marker
by Gary N. Willis
Rapidly mutating DNA markers can be extremely helpful for genetic genealogists. These mutations can identify sublineages that differentiate relatives within only a few generations and can sometimes solve mysteries where there are gaps in the written record. I recently thought I had discovered such a useful mutation. My Y-DNA test results differ from other members of the Maryland Group of the Willis DNA Project at position 439. That location is noted for being rapidly mutating. The genealogical paper trail indicates that seven of the nine members in the Maryland Group descend from Andrew Willis, son of John Willis the immigrant. The other two of us descend from John, Jr., another son of Immigrant John.
If the anomalous marker at 439 originated with John, Jr., it would clearly separate descendants of Andrew from descendants of John. However, the other group member who descends from John, Jr. does not share the anomaly. The mutation must therefore have originated in one of John, Jr.'s descendants rather than John himself. The paper trail shows that the line of the other John, Jr. descendant and my line diverge at Zachariah Willis, a great-great-grandson of Immigrant John. I am descended from Zachariah's son Henry Fisher Willis, while the other Maryland Group member descends from Zachariah's son Francis Asbury Willis. The mutation at 439 obviously occurred with Henry Fisher or his descendants, since Francis Asbury's line lack the mutation.
Mutant Marker Chart
One of my brother's test results are identical to mine, including the anomaly. The mutated marker at 439 therefore did not begin with my generation. It must have first occurred with one of three men: our father Noble Sensor Willis, his father Henry Noble Willis, or Henry Noble's father Henry Fisher Willis. This conclusion is illustrated in the Mutant Marker Chart linked above. Unfortunately, this knowledge has limited value because there are so few male descendants of Henry Fisher. Henry Noble Willis was the only son of Henry Fisher, and Noble Sensor was one of only two sons of Henry Noble. The other son of Henry Noble was Harry McMaster Willis who had no sons. Absent actually digging up a dead relative, it is not possible to determine exactly where the mutation occurred. Thankfully, it is not necessary to be more precise. The remaining males in the entire line of Henry Fisher Willis are the three sons of Noble Sensor (my two brothers and I), plus our five sons and four grandsons. We should all share the mutant marker. No mysteries to be solved there.
Had the mutation occurred with Zachariah rather than further down the line, it would have been extremely useful in identifying kin. Zachariah had a number of sons including some who left the Eastern Shore of Maryland to establish families elsewhere in the country.
(For more information on this family, see "The John Willis Family of Dorchester and Caroline Counties, Maryland" and "The John Willis Family … The Second Generation" recently posted on this site.)
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The John Willis Family … The Second Generation
An earlier article on this site concluded that John Willis, the Court Cryer of Dorchester County Court and owner of "Wantage" several miles from Cambridge, had six children at the time of his death in 1712. He made a will on 18 September 1712 and died soon thereafter.[1] In his will, John devised or bequeathed the following to his children:
To son William and his heirs, all of John's land and a mare, a cow, three yearlings, and a frying pan;
To daughter Grace, 2 cows, three yearlings, a young horse, bed & furniture, and his "Great Chest", and all of John's land if William died without issue;
To daughter Elizabeth, a mare and colt; and
To son John, 12 pence.
The will named four children … William, Grace, Elizabeth and John. Probate records prove an additional son, Andrew,[2] and circumstantial evidence points to a fourth son named Thomas.
Assigning accurate dates of birth to the children is difficult. Andrew was born about 1690 based on his testimony in a 1730 deposition.[3] Another deposition proves John Jr. was the eldest son.[4] A third deposition establishes that William was born between 1694 and 1700.[5] Grace was named before Elizabeth in the 1712 will, suggesting she might be the elder of the two. It is unclear whether Thomas was older than William. I suspect William was the youngest child. It was not uncommon for the youngest son, the last to leave the household, to serve as a caregiver for aging or ill parents. Such service would put him in good stead with regard to inheritance. The same is true of unmarried daughters who remained in their parents' household.
Although establishing a birth order is not necessary to this discussion, it provides a picture of the family consistent with the known facts. A feasible order of birth satisfying that criterion is:
1689 – John, Jr. 1690 – Andrew
1692 – Thomas 1694 – William
1696 – Grace 1698 – Elizabeth
Records indicate that of these children, only John and Andrew had offspring. This article discusses the four siblings who had no children before turning to John and Andrew.
Elizabeth Willis
Beyond the 1712 will there is no further mention of an Elizabeth Willis in the Dorchester County records in the early 1700's. However, one item of interest is a corrected interpretation of her name. Several abstracters have called this daughter Eliza, but a close review of the Dorchester Will Book entry suggests otherwise. The hand-written record shows the letters "Eliz," followed by a colon, and then followed by a superscript that appears to be "th." I interpret this writing as shorthand for Elizabeth, not Eliza.
Thomas and Grace Willis
A Thomas Wallis [Willis] bought 50 acres of land from John Sharpe in 1717 on Marshy Creek. This land was half of a 100-acre tract called "Sharp's Prosperity" that Sharpe patented a year earlier.[6] Thomas's purchase adjoined the other half of the same tract that Sharpe sold on 10 Mar 1717 to John Willis.[7]
There is no record of a marriage or children for either Thomas or his sister Grace.[8] I speculate that neither brother nor sister married and that they lived under the same roof on the land Thomas bought. Thomas Wallis [Willis] died intestate five years later and a Grace Wallis [Willis] administered his estate.[9] Nothing further is known of Grace, except that she likely died before 1734, based on the sale of Wantage mentioned below.
William Willis
William married Judith (likely Seward/Soward), and they probably lived at Wantage, devised to William by his father in 1712. In 1734, William and Judith sold Wantage to Richard Seward for six pounds. Two weeks earlier, William's brother John Willis sold the same land to Henry Ennalls for 20 shillings.[10] It is unclear from the extant records how John and William could both sell that same land to different people. The de minimis price paid to John suggests his transaction may have been to clear the title rather than to sell the land. John had filed a will contest back in 1712, which must have been unsuccessful. Otherwise, John would have been in possession of Wantage rather than William. But, that old suit may have been enough to cloud the title. I speculate that the document missing from the record is a Power of Attorney whereby Henry Ennalls acts on behalf of William to buy any claim John might have to the property. That action would clear the way for William to sell to Seward.
The sale of Wantage also suggests that sister Grace Willis may have died before the date of the transaction. The 1712 will devised the land to Grace if William died without heirs. There is no record of Grace having signed away that conditional interest, which would have descended to her heirs, if any. Two possibilities exist to explain William being able to sell the land without a quitclaim deed from Grace. Either William and Judith had children, or Grace died before 1734 and without issue, extinguishing her potential ownership. In the absence of a quitclaim deed or proof of children of William and Judith, it would be more likely that Grace had died. However, William and Judith likely had at least one son, as we shall see.
Between 1746 and 1752, William and Judith each testified regarding the boundaries of a tract of land located in Casson's Neck or Ross's Neck. [11] The so-called Neck Region of Dorchester County is on the north side of Little Choptank River about 10 miles west of Cambridge and 14-15 miles from Wantage. Ross's Neck lies east of Hudson's Creek with Casson's Neck to the west. William and Judith must have lived nearby to give credible testimony about those property boundaries. While there is no record that they bought land in this area, a William Willis is definitely living on Hudson's Creek at the head of Willis's Cove.[12] With no evidence of any other Willis family in the vicinity, I conclude that this is the home of William and Judith.
Either the Willis's deed for that land is lost or they rented the land, possibly from a relative. In that regard, various facts suggest a family connection between Judith and the Sewards. First, William and Judith sold Wantage to Richard Seward. Second, a woman named Mary Seward testified in the 1746 boundary proceeding along with William and Judith. Mary was 68 years old at the time of that deposition and Judith was 50, so Mary was old enough to be Judith's mother. It is probably not a coincidence that the Willises sold land to a man named Seward, and then, a dozen years later, lived near a woman named Seward. The following records suggest a family connection rather than a coincidence:
In 1669, a tract called "Bridge North" located west of Hodson's [Hudson's] Creek was first surveyed.[13]
In 1710, John Seward and his wife Mary conveyed an interest in land called "Bridge North" on Hudson's Creek to a sister Clare and her husband.[14]
In 1749, Richard Seward administered the estate of John Seward, deceased.[15]
In 1750, widow Mary Soward [Seward] made a will leaving land on Hudson's Creek to her son Richard Seward.[16] The devised tract was named "Bridgeworth" ["Bridge North."]
Those facts establish that John and Mary Seward were husband and wife, and they had a son named Richard. Mary named him as a son and executor in her will, and he was administrator of John's estate. The Sewards owned land west of Hudson's Creek, which qualified Mary to testify in the boundary dispute. William and Judith sold Wantage to Richard Seward for only £6, a favorable price suggesting a "brother-in-law" deal. Finally, after selling Wantage, William and Judith Willis lived in the vicinity Richard's parents John and Mary Seward.
One explanation for the Willises' sale of Wantage and move to the Neck Region might have been to help farm Bridge North and to care for Judith's parents as they aged. Perhaps to assist in the Willises' transition, the family arranged for Richard to buy Wantage. At her death, Mary gave Bridge North to Richard, and William and Judith may have lived at the head of Willis's Cove until they died. In any event, I believe there is enough circumstantial evidence to conclude that Judith who married William Willis was the daughter of John and Mary Seward and the sister of Richard. Richard Seward still possessed Wantage as late as 1755.[17]
Circumstantial evidence also suggests William and Judith had a son. A Thomas Willis gave a deposition in 1784 about the boundaries of Bridge North, owned by William Seward. At the time of that deposition, Thomas was 70 years old, meaning he was born about 1714. He testified that he was shown the boundary markers in about 1754. Therefore, Thomas was definitely the right age to be a son of William and Judith Willis and to have come with them to the Neck Region of Dorchester County as a young man in 1734. If so, he had been a resident of the area for 50 years at the time of his deposition.[18] With no evidence of another Willis family in the area, it is highly likely that Thomas was a son of William and Judith. We can also speculate that Thomas's parents were deceased by 1784 (they would have been 88 – 90 years old) or they also would have been deposed about the boundaries. Possibly, Thomas was living at the head of Willis's Cove.
John Willis, Jr.
Even before the death in 1712 of John Willis, Sr., his eldest son John had established a large family. He married Mary (last name unknown) probably by 1702, and they had several children. He was a carpenter and likely also farmed on rented land. Five years after the unsuccessful contest of his father's will, John Willis, Jr., bought a 50-acre tract of land from John Sharpe on Marshy Creek Branch, about 15 miles from Cambridge upstream on the Choptank River.[19] As noted previously, less than five months later, Sharpe sold an adjoining 50 acres to Thomas Wallis (Willis).[20] In 1723, John expanded his property. That year, John sought a warrant to survey an additional 50 acres that he named "Willis's Right;" the patent for the land issued in 1726.[21] In 1728, John Willis engaged John Edmondson to build a new house, probably on this new land. A lane from his new home opened onto Marsh Creek Road, which ran westward from Hunting Creek Mill past John's property.[22]
John eventually discovered that some of his land encroached on earlier surveys. In 1736, he resurveyed Willis's Right and his half of Sharp's Prosperity. The resurvey found Willis's Right ran into an elder tract called "The Plains" to the south and east. Furthermore, Sharps Prosperity ran into an elder tract to the north and east called "Bennett's Purchase."[23] About half of Willis's 50 acres purchased from Sharp fell within the Bennett survey, and a few acres of Willis's new land overlapped The Plains. The consolidated resurvey compensated for the loss of land to the elder surveys and added some vacant land for a total of 111 acres. The new patent, named "Willis's Regulation," included some of the land that now falls within the town of Preston.[24]
John and Mary had at least eight children who were alive in 1764: John, Mary, Judeath [Judith], Elizabeth, Isaac, Richard, Joshua and Dorcas. There is no record of Mary's death, but she probably died between 1720-1725 based on John's subsequent marriage and children. After Mary's death, the senior John Willis married Elizabeth Sharpe, a daughter of his neighbor John Sharpe.[25] John and Elizabeth had two children, a son also named John born in 1731 and a son Jarvis born about 1735.[26]
John Willis's 1764 will named all of these children.[27] Significantly, his will referred to him as a planter rather than a carpenter. "Planter" most often applied to those who had others working the land for them, and denoted a more elevated status than "carpenter," "farmer," or "yeoman." John's will left a very small amount of money to the children of his first wife: five shillings to John, Jr. and two shillings, sixpence to each of the other seven. He devised a life estate in his land to his second wife Elizabeth and then to their son John 3rd after her death. Also after her death, John 3rd and Jarvis were to split the remaining personal property.
All the children of his first wife were not only grown but were relatively old by the time John passed away. In effect, he had two families separated by almost a generation in age. Most of these children lived to see the formation in 1774 of Caroline County from parts of Dorchester and Talbot Counties. Some were involved in governance of the new county. Others added land to Willis's Regulation or established other farms in the region. They also witnessed or took part in the formation of a new country as the Colonies declared their independence from Great Britain and established a new republic.
Andrew Willis
While John, Jr. moved his family north up the Choptank River and further into the county, Andrew initially remained closer to his father's original land on the headwaters of the Little Blackwater River. Andrew married Jennett Jones, the daughter of neighbor William Jones, who was one of the executors of John, Sr.'s will. The 1718 will of Thomas Ennals and a 1722 land sale both mention Andrew Willis and William Jones as having previously lived on adjacent tracts at head of Shoal Creek.[28] That location is about three miles from Cambridge (near the current Cambridge-Dorchester Airport), and a mile or so from the headwaters of the Little Blackwater River. Those records establish that, prior to 1718, Andrew occupied a 50-acre tract owned by Thomas Ennals called "Ennalls Purchase." Presumably, Andrew was a tenant farmer. There is no record of Andrew's family residence for ten years after leaving the Ennals tract. He may have moved to new farmland purchased by his father-in-law, or he may have rented elsewhere. In 1718 and 1719, William Jones bought 250 acres on Cabin Creek, which flows into the Choptank River further upstream of Cambridge and Shoal Creek, but not as far upstream as Marsh Creek where brothers John and Thomas had moved.[29]
Andrew's and Jennett's four children were Andrew, William, Thomas and Sarah. Doubtless they named the sons for Andrew and two of his brothers, and daughter Sarah for one of Jennet's sisters. Jennet died about 1725. William Jones died in 1729 and devised 100 acres of his land on Cabin Creek to his son William, and 150 acres to his daughters Sarah and Elizabeth. He gave 1 shilling each to his four grandchildren by Andrew and Jones's deceased daughter Jennet.[30]
Shortly after Jennet died, Andrew married Rebecca Goostree, daughter of Richard and Rebecca Goostree. It is unclear where Andrew and Rebecca met. Later generations of the Goostree and Willis families attended Old Trinity Church at Church Creek.[31] It is possible Andrew and Rebecca attended as well and their names are just not in the record. In any event, the couple had three sons, Richard, George and John. Those names honor her father, her brother George, and Andrew's elder brother and father John. In 1728, Rebecca's father died, and she inherited half of a 100-acre parcel named "Newtown" near the Great Beaver Dam.[32] I have not located the deed record for Goostree's acquisition of Newtown. However, land records indicate in 1694 he surveyed 100 acres called "Goostree's Delight" between Cattail Marsh and Russell Swamp, which he devised to his wife during her lifetime.[33] Current Maryland maps show Russell Swamp and Beaverdam Creek located close together about 12 miles southeast of Cambridge west of State Highway 335. Richard Goostree's Newtown property was in that vicinity, some 20 miles or more from Cabin Creek.
Within two years after Rebecca inherited the 50 acres from her father, she and Andrew had established their residence on the land. At that time, Andrew patented an adjoining 45 acres named "New Town."[34] The land office record locates the new 45 acres on the west side of the Blackwater River, east of the Cattail Swamp and adjacent Andrew's dwelling plantation, presumably the inherited land.
Andrew Willis, Sr., died in 1738 leaving a will naming his wife and all seven of his children. He devised New Town, divided equally, to his sons Richard and George. If either died without issue, his share would descend to son John. Andrew gave a pewter plate each to Sarah, William, Thomas, Andrew, and John. He left a featherbed and iron pot to Richard. Andrew named his wife Rebecca executrix and left her the residue of the personal estate as long as she was single. If she remarried, the remainder of the personal estate was to be equally divided among Richard, George, and John.[35]
Some of Andrew's children would expand New Town and occupy the land for almost another 50 years. Some of the children and grandchildren were active supporters of the coming revolution, while at least one opposed it. However, those are all stories for the next generation.
[1] Cotton, Jane Baldwin, The Maryland Calendar of Wills, (Baltimore: Kohn & Pollock, 1904, reprinted Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1988), IV:23 – The date given in this source for the submission to probate is 24 Nov 1714. This date conflicts with the date John Willis, Jr., filed a protest to the will and the dates of activity in the Perogative Court records. I conclude the correct date for submission to probate is 24 Nov 1712. Dorchester County Will Book 14:12.
[2] Wright, F. Edward, Judgment Records of Dorchester, Queen Anne's and Talbot Counties, (Lewes, DE: Delmarva Roots, 2001), 33, L36A:203, Inventory of John Willis, Dorchester County – £23.14.1 – Appraisers John Kirke, Arthur Smith. Next of Kin: Andrew Willis (son), William Willis (son). FHL 975.2 P28w
[3] McAllister, James A., Jr., Abstracts from the Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland, Volume 5 (Libers Old No. 7 – Old No. 8), (Cambridge, MD, 1962), V:145. 8 Old 404, 13 Jun-30 Sep 1730 – Commission to John Hodson, Mark Fisher, Thomas Nevett & Henry Ennalls, Jr to perpetuate bounds of Patrick Brawhaun's land at the head of Blackwater called "Hoggs Island." Deposition of Andrew Willis, about age 40, regarding the first bounder of "Littleworth" or "Stevens."
[4] McAllister, Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland, Volume 9 (Liber Old No. 13: Liber Old No. 14, folios 1-373), (Cambridge, MD, 1963), IX:36, 14 Old 130, 14 Mar 1746 – Deposition of Thomas Pierson, planter of Dorchester County, aged about 60 years, states that John Willis now living in St. Mary's White Chappel Parish near Hunting Creek was to the best of deponent's knowledge the eldest son of John Willis who lived on Blackwater River about 4-5 miles from Cambridge, and who was formerly Cryer of Dorchester County Court.
[5] McAllister, Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland, Volume 10 (Liber Old No. 14, folios 374-741), (Cambridge, MD, 1963), X:74. 14 Old 658, 11 Nov 1746 to 27 May 1752, Commission to perpetuate the bounds of John Harrington's land called "Rosses Range" and "David Ropies", and Return. Nine men and women give depositions regarding this land on Hobson's Creek. Among them are William Willis, age about 52; Judah (Judith) Willis, age about 50; and Mary Seward, age 68.
[6] FHL 13080, Maryland Land Office, v. FF 7:23 – Survey Certificate 22 Nov 1716 for 100 acres to John Sharpe called "Sharp's Prosperity" in Dorchester County beginning at a red oak in the woods on south side of the head of Marshy Creek Branch that issues out of south side of Great Choptank River above Hunting Creek. Beginning at a red oak, then S 13 deg E 80 perches, then S 85 deg E 80 perches, then N 38 deg E 145 p, then N 13 deg W 46 p, then by a straight line to the beginning. Patent issued 6 Aug 1718
[7] McAllister, Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland, Volume 5 (Libers Old No. 7 – Old No. 8), (Cambridge, MD, 1962), at 23, 7 Old 68, no day or month 1717 – John Sharp of Dorchester Co sold to Thomas Wallis, of the same county, 50 acres, part of "Sharps Prosperity" on south side of the head of Marshy Creek branch out of Great Choptank River above Hunting Creek. Bounded on one side by land sold to John Willis. Wits Jerem? Thomas, J Lookerman. Acknowledged 19 Aug 1718
[8] The land on Marshy Creek was located within St. Mary's White Chapel Parish. Unfortunately, the church records for that locale which might prove the marital status of Thomas or Grace do not survive.
[9] Skinner, Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative Court, XVI:60, 61 and 151. Filings by John Pitts, gentleman, of Dorchester County, bond of Grace Wallis, administratrix of Thomas Wallis, and inventories of the estate of Thomas Wallis, and Skinner, Administration Accounts of the Perogative Court, Libers 1-5, 1718-1724, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1995), 138. L5:38, Account of Thomas Wallis of Dorchester dated 13 Mar 1723 – Account total £12.17.7, Payments totaled £18.5.2 made to Patrick Mackalister, Mr. Charles Ungle, John Sharp, John Pitt, Edward Billeter, William Edmondson. Administratrix Grace Willis.
[10] McAllister, Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland, Volume 6 (Liber Old No. 9), (Cambridge, Maryland, 1962), 9 Old 223, 30 Jul 1730 [or 1734], John Willis of Dorchester County, planter, for 20 shillings to Henry Ennalls, of same, gentleman, "Wantage," 50 acres, originally taken up by John Willis, dec'd, on Blackwater Riv., adjoining "Littleworth." Signed by mark, John Willis. Witnesses: William Murray, Bw. Ennalls. Acknowledged 30 Jul 1734, and 9 Old 214, 15 Aug 1734, William Willis and wife Judith of Dorchester Co., planter, for 6 pounds to Richard Seward, of same, "Wantage," 50 acres near head of Blackwater River adjoining "Littleworth." Signed by marks, William Willis, Judith Willis. Witnesses: Henry Trippe, Cha. Lowndes. Dorchester County Court (Land Records) MSA CE46 10, http://mdlandrec.com
[11] McAllister, Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland, Volume 10 (Liber Old No. 14, folios 374-741), (Cambridge, MD, 1963), X:74. 14 Old 658, 11 Nov 1746 to 27 May 1752, Commission to perpetuate the bounds of John Harrington's land called "Rosses Range" and "David Ropies", and Return. Nine men and women give depositions regarding this land on Hobson's Creek. Among them are William Willis, age about 52; Judah [Judith] Willis, age about 50; and Mary Seward, age 68.
[12] McAllister, Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland, Volume 15 (Liber Old No. 19, (Cambridge, MD, 1964). 19 Old 343, 11 Jun 1764, John Taylor Sr. of Dorchester Co, Merchant, to Nicholas MacCubbin of Annapolis, Merchant: ½ of "Rosses Chance" containing 42 A. Also 200 A, being part of "Addition to Rosses Chance" on Hudson's Creek, laid out to said John Taylor for 400 acres. Also "Littleworth" on east side of Hudson's Creek, at the head of Willis's Cove near where Wm. Willis lives, 49 A. (Mortgage). Wit: Thomas Taylor, Thos. Harwood. Ackn: Robt. How and Jno. Anderson, Justices.
[13] Keddie, Leslie and Neil, Dorchester County, Maryland, Rent Rolls 1659 – 1772 Volume #1, (The Family Tree Bookshop, 2001), 35, "Bridge North" surveyed 8 Apr 1669 for John Tench, lying on the west side of Hodsons Creek.
[14] McAllister, Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland, Volume 4 (Liber Old No. 6), (Cambridge, MD, 1961), 6 Old 154, 13 Jun 1710 – John Seward of Dorchester County, planter, and Mary his wife, to their sister Clare and to Aaron Tunice of said county, planter, her husband, part of two parcels of land of the west side of Hudson's Creek called "Bridge North" and "Addition", containing 98 acres more or less. Conveyed to Aaron and Clare Tunice for the lifetime of Clare, and after her death to Edward Tunice their son. Wit: Jno Snelson, Theo. Bonner, Jno Hambrooke. Acknowledged 14 Jun 1710
[15] Skinner, V.L., Jr., Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Perogative Court, 1744-1750, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1994), 131 – Admin Accounts of John Soward, dec'd, of Dorchester County, 10 Sep 1749 – Account Balance £29.9.6, Payments £35.3.1; Received from: Joseph Harrington; Payments to: Foster Cunliff & Sons per John Caile, Thomas McKeel, Henry Ennalls, Henry Hooper, Jr.; Administrator Richard Soward.
[16] Cotton, v. 10 at 218, Will of Mary Soward, widow of Dorchester County, 5 Oct 1750 – To son Edward Soward 1 Shilling; to son William Soward 1 Shilling; to son Richard Soward dwelling house and plantation, which is part of two tracts "Bridgeworth" and "Addition". Executor: son Richard. Wit: Thomas Calwell (or Caldwell), Abraham Walker, and Cornelia Jones. Probate 4 Nov 1751. 43. V.10, P 218 28:323
[17] McAllister, Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland, Volume 11 (Liber Old No. 15, folios 1 – 368), (Cambridge, MD, 1963), XI:52, 15 Old 247, 11 Aug 1754 -15 Mar 1755, Commission to perpetuate the bounds of Richard Soward's land called Wantage. A deposition of Thomas Soward, about 30 years old, mentions the widow Brawhawn; John Stevens grandfather of the present John Stevens; Richard Soward, brother of the deponent; and a bounded tree of Littleworth and Wantage between Roger Woolford's plantation and Brawhawn's, about 15-16 years ago.
[18] McAllister, Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland, Volume 27 (Liber NH No. 5), (Cambridge, MD, 1967), 5 NH 259, 12 Oct 1784 – 8 Oct 1785, Commission to Charles Eccleston, Nathaniel Manning, Stanley Byus and John Trippe of Dorchester Co, Gent., to perpetuate the bounds of Wm Soward's land called "Bridge North", and Return. Deposition of Thomas Willis, aged about 70 years, concerning a bounder on a cove of Hudson's Creek, shown about 30 years ago by Joseph Blades who had possession of the land. Mentions Henry Claridge who was also present when Blades showed the bounder, and who has died in the last two years. The land where the said Joseph Blades lived 30 years ago is the same land where Wm. Lee now lives, called "Bridge North".
[19] McAllister, Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland, Volume 5 (Libers Old No. 7 – Old No. 8), (Cambridge, MD, 1962), 16. 7 Old 51, 10 Mar 1717 – John Sharp of Dorchester Co sold to John Willis, of the same county, carpenter, 50 acres, part of "Sharps Prosperity" on Marshy Creek Branch above Hunting Creek. Wits Thomas Noble, Jane Noble. John Nichols, attorney for John Sharp. (Note that Thomas Noble and John Nicols co-owned "Hampton" located on west side of Hunting Creek, bought from Richard Bennett 15 Jan 1713, 6 Old 230)
[20] Clerks frequently varied the spelling of the name Willis, sometimes within the same document. Those variants include Wallis, Wallace, Wallice, Willace, Willes and Willous. In fact, John Willis Sr. appears in early rent rolls as John "Wallis" in possession of "Wantige."
[21] Maryland Land Office – Warrant for 50 acres surveyed, called "Willes's Right," beginning at red oak standing in the woods on south side of Great Choptank River and west side of main road from Hunting Creek Mill [Murray's Mill] to Parsons Landing, then N 82 deg W 40 perches, NNW 30 perches, SW 24 perches, SE 26 perches, SW 66 perches, SE 98 perches, NNE 11 perches, and then straight line to the beginning. Patent issued 5 Jul 1726
[22] Mitchell, Dora, A History of the Preston Area in Lower Caroline County, Maryland, (Denton, MD: Caroline County Historical Society, 2005), 122
[23] Maryland Land Office – Warrant granted John Willis 1 Jul 1736 for resurvey of "Willis's Right" of 50 acres and one moiety of "Sharp's Prosperity" of 100 acres. Resurvey of 14 Oct 1736 found: 1) "Willis's Right" was adjacent Sharps property but ran into an elder tract called the Plains; 2) "Sharps Prosperity" began on the south side of the head of Marshy Creek and two legs ran into an elder tract called "Bennett's Purchase." The consolidated survey for John Willis contained 111 acres including some vacant land and is called "Willis's Regulation." It adjoins "Bennett's Purchase." Patent examined and allowed 21 Nov 1737; fees collected and patent issued 21 Oct 1743.
[24] Mitchell at 122
[25] Mitchell at 122, in 1732 probate records for John Sharpe, deceased, indicate a next of kin as Elizabeth Willis.
[27] Maryland Calendar of Wills – 23 Jan 1764 – Will of John Willis, Sr., Planter, Dorchester County – Wife Elizabeth; Children: elder son John Willis, Jr. (born of first wife, Mary) (5 shillings), Mary Clift, Judith, Elizabeth Killingsworth, Isaac, Richard, Joshua, Dorcas Nichols (each 2 sh, 6 p) Wife Elizabeth got all remaining personal property for her life, and then to be divided equally between John Willis 3rd, son of Elizabeth, and son Gervey [Jarvis]. Wife Elizabeth to have all land known as "Willis's Regulation" for life and then to go to John 3rd. Executrix: Wife Elizabeth Willis, Wit: Henry Turner, John Barton, 33. V.13, p.58; WB 33:27
[28] Cotton, Maryland Calendar of Wills, IV:167-9 – Will Book 14:631, Will of Thomas Ennals dated 7 May 1718 – To Thomas Hayward and heirs, 50 acres part of "Ennalls Purchase" (plantation where Andrew Willis lived), at head of Shoal Creek, and on branch lying between Wm Jones and Andrew Willis', proved 13 Aug 1718, and, McAllister, Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland, Volume 1 (Libers Old No. 1 – Old No. 2), (Cambridge, MD, 1960), I:71. 2 Old 161, 13 Mar 1722 – Land sale from Thomas Hayward to Henry Ennalls, land devised to grantor by Col. Thomas Ennalls, dec'd, at head of Shoal Creek where Andrew Willis lived adjacent land where William Jones lived, part of "Ennalls Purchase", 50 acres more or less.
[29] McAllister, Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland, Volume 1 (Libers Old No. 1 – Old 2), (Cambridge, MD, 1960), 2 Old 16, 2 Feb 1718 – Thomas Gray and Mary his wife to William Jones: Goodridges Choice on Cabin Creek containing 101 A more or less. Wit: Richard Hooper, Bartholomew Ennalls, and Henry Ennalls. Acknowledged 2 Feb 1718 before Henry Ennalls and Levin Hicks, Justices, by Thomas Gray, And, McAllister, Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland, Volume 1 (Libers Old No. 1 – Old 2), (Cambridge, MD, 1960), 2 Old 27, 15 Nov 1719 – Jacob Gray, planter, and Isabell his wife to William Jones: Part of "Guttridg Choice" on Cabin Creek containing 150 A of land. Wit: Edward Verin, Goovert Loockerman. Assignment from Philadelphia Williams to William Jones of her "third part of ye within mentioned lands," dated June 15, 1720.
[30] Cotton, Maryland Calendar of Wills, VI:127 – Will Book 19: 765 – Will of William Jones, planter, Dorchester County, 10 May 1729. 1) To son William and heirs, 100 acres on north side of Cabbin Creek being part of a tract bought from Jacob Gray; he dying without issue, to daughters Sarah and Elizabeth; and personalty; 2) To daughters Sarah and Elizabeth, 50 acres of afsd tract; they dying without issue, to son William; and 100 acre dwelling plantation illeg., bought of Thomas Gray; and personalty; 3) To daughter Rebecca Vearing, personalty; 4) To four grandchildren, issue of daughter Jennet Willis, deceased, 1 shilling each; 5) To wife Jennet, executrix, use of dwelling plantation illeg., and residue of personalty during life; at her decease to pass to son William and daughters Sarah and Elizabeth. Probate 5 Sep 1729.
[31] Palmer, Katherine H., transcribed Baptism Record, Old Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, Church Creek, MD, (Cambridge, Maryland), 7 and 19.
[32] Cotton, Maryland Calendar of Wills, VI:80 – Will Book 19: 501 – Will of Richard Goostree, planter, Dorchester County, 30 Apr 1728 – To wife Rebecca, executrix, dwelling plantation "Goostree's Delight" during life; at her decease to son George and heirs; he dying without issue to pass to grandson Robert, son of Robert Johnson; and 1/3 of personal estate – To son George, personalty; – To two daughters, viz, Elizabeth, wife of Robert Johnson, and Rebecca, wife of Andrew Willis, and their heirs, 100 acres "Newtown" near the great Beaver Dam – To children of son-in-law Phillip Phillips, 1 s each – To son George and daughters Elizabeth Johnson and Rebecca Willice, residue of personal estate – Overseers: Sons-in-law Robert Johnson and Andrew Willice. – Test: Redman Fallen, John Shenton (Shinton) Acknowledged: 12 Nov 1728 –
[33] Keddie, Rent Rolls 1688-1707 Volume #3, 7 – 2 Mar 1694, Goostree's Delight, 100 acres surveyed for Richard Goostree, lying in the woods between Cattail Marsh and Russell Swamp.
[34] FHL 13086, Maryland Land Office – Book EI 2:164 – Warrant for 45 acres called New Town granted Andrew Willis 8 Oct 1730, in Dorchester County on west side of Blackwater River and on the east side of Cattail Swamp and on the west side of Andrew Willis's dwelling plantation. Survey certified 21 Oct 1730, Henry Ennalls, Deputy Surveyor Dorchester Co. Patent issued 13 Jun 1734
[35] Cotton, Maryland Calendar of Wills, VII:259, Will Book 21: 918 – Will of Andrew Willis, Dorchester County, 24 May 1738. 1) To two sons Richard and George, "New Town" divided equally, should either die without issue to pass to son John; and personalty; 2) To sons John, William, Andrew and Thomas, and daughter Sarah, personalty. He left a pewter plate to each child plus a feather bed and iron pot to Richard; 3) To wife Rebecca, executrix, residue of personal estate, should she marry to be divided between sons Richard, George and John. Test: Robert Johnson, Mary Carway (Carriwy), John Pritchett Fisher. Probate 23 Aug 1738.
died without issue, his share would descend to son John. Andrew gave a pewter plate each to Sarah, William, Thomas, Andrew, and John. He left a featherbed and iron pot to Richard. Andrew named his wife Rebecca executrix and left her the residue of the personal estate as long as she was single. If she remarried, the remainder of the personal estate was to be equally divided among Richard, George, and John.[35]
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Strange Feeling: The Kapp Records Story 1958-1962
Kapp Records, founded in 1954, was born of good stock. The label was created by Dave Kapp, whose brother, Jack, had founded the US branch of Decca two decades earlier. The brothers had both been involved in the music industry from an early age, with their father, Russian immigrant Meyer Kapp, working as a salesman for Columbia in the early 1900s before setting up his own record shop – an act the brothers would imitate in the Twenties.
Jack passed away in the late Forties before he reached his fiftieth year. Dave spent a brief spell continuing his brother's work at the head of American Decca before embarking on creating his own legacy with Kapp. The label would feature a number of notable artists across a wide variety of genres including pop, jazz and country during its two-decade existence, its artist roster including Cher, Louis Armstrong, film and Broadway star Fred Astaire and a young Burt Bacharach.
The label also licensed acts from across the globe for the American market. An example was English jazz musician Kenny Ball, who arrived at Kapp at the turn of the Sixties via British label Pye. With his band the Jazzmen, Ball became one of their most successful imports in 1961 with the million-selling Number 2 single 'Midnight In Moscow' (disc one). Follow-up hit 'March Of The Siamese Children' (disc two) gained similar success in the UK, but the group were unable to recreate their success across the pond.
Singer Jack Jones was more successful still, scooping a Grammy while under the Kapp umbrella. Jones won the award for best male pop performance in 1962 for his track 'Lollipops And Roses' (disc one). The success of tuxedo-clad Jones with the easy-listening pop track flew in the face of the emerging rock'n'roll phenomenon. He would record more than 20 albums for Kapp over a seven-year period, bagging another Grammy in 1964 for the racier 'Wives And Lovers' before joining RCA in '67.
The label gained a somewhat unfair label as a creator of 'one-hit wonders' in the States. Pop singer Jerry Keller wrote, recorded and released 'Here Comes Summer' (disc one) in 1959. It would send him rocketing into the US Top 20 and to the top of the UK charts, and big things appeared to be happening for the Arkansas native. Unfortunately for both Keller and Kapp, he didn't live up to the hype. That said, he became an established songwriter, translating classic French tracks like 'Un Homme Et Une Femme' into English and having them sung by world-renowned artists including Ella Fitzgerald and Engelbert Humperdinck, as well as writing successfully for the big screen.
Some of the most successful artists on Kapp were pop singers, but Carmen McRae proved that it could do jazz too. Born in Harlem, McRae became one of the most influential female vocalists in the genre, her name mentioned in the same breath as good friend Billie Holiday. Though Carmen was better known for her work with labels like Columbia and Atlantic, it was her formative years at Decca and Kapp that helped establish her as a star. McRae would record a number of LPs for Kapp, covering standards, swing numbers and greats from American songwriters like 'Willingly' (disc two) and 'The More I See You' (disc one).
Kapp could also do novelty. In fact, 'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' (disc one) by teenage bubblegum pop star Brian Hyland gave the label a Number 1 single in 1960, shifting more than two million copies and sending a 16-year-old Hyland to the top of the Billboard charts and onto the bedroom walls of girls across America. The track would go on to be covered many times over the years, most notably by children's TV star Timmy Mallett, who took the track back to the top of the charts in the Nineties, albeit in the UK.
The label would continue to produce stars through the early to mid Sixties and also found a niche recording and releasing cast recordings of popular musicals. But in 1967 Dave Kapp called time on his involvement, selling the label created in his name to US music goliath MCA which had bought out American Decca five years earlier. Kapp would become a subsidiary of MCA-owned Universal City Records and, although it would retain the family name, was eventually folded into MCA during the Seventies.
With that, the Kapp name was removed from US music. But although the industry moved on, the legacy of the Russian immigrant who arrived in the US at the turn of the century to live the American Dream, and that of his sons who both made a mark on the US music scene, endures. This two-disc set showcases Kapp Records' formative years and illustrates the family's musical impact. Listen and doff your Kapp to one of the industry's most influential families.
Strange Feeling: The Kapp Records Story 1958-1962 quantity
Categories: 2CD, One Day Music, Pop/Rock 'N' Roll, Various Artists
1. Strange Feeling ~ Jerry Mason
2. Got My Mo-Jo Working ~ Bobby Gonzales
3. Here Comes Summer ~ Jerry Keller
4. Time ~ Jerry Jackson
5. Apron Strings ~ Billy The Kid
6. Another Girl Like You ~ Gary Haines & The Five Sequins
7. Little Bitty Goose Pimples ~ Jack Hammer
8. If Only For Tonight ~ Babs Tino
9. Teardrops At Dawn ~ Ersel Hickey
10. Cal's Tune ~ The Vel-Tones
11. Echo ~ The Emotions
12. The More I See You ~ Carmen McRae
13. Living Doll ~ David Hill
14. Lollipops And Roses ~ Jack Jones
15. I Think I Love You ~ Helen Troy
16. Midnight In Moscow ~ Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
17. Danny's Dream ~ Kris Jensen
18. The Caterpillar Crawl ~ Dick Dixon & The Roommates
19. With Open Arms ~ Jane Morgan
20. Congratulations ~ Al Reno
21. Hello, A New Love ~ Glenn & Jerry
22. Young In Love ~ The Easy Riders
23. Pasadena ~ Temperance Seven
24. Streets Of Love ~ The Videls
25. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini ~ Brian Hyland
1. Baby Face ~ Brian Hyland
2. Moon River ~ Jane Morgan
3. Big Jimmy, Little Jack And Nellie ~ Bobby Flare
4. When A Man Cries ~ Jack Jones
5. March Of The Siamese Children ~ Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
6. Too Late To Worry ~ Babs Tino
7. If I Had Only Known ~ Jerry Jackson
8. When My Little Girl Is Smiling ~ Jimmy Justice
9. Feelin' No Pain ~ Paul Evans
10. Wimoweh ~ Bill Hayes
11. That Lucky Old Sun ~ Bobby Gonzales
12. Sholem ~ Eartha Kitt
13. Two Brothers ~ David Hill
14. If I Had A Girl ~ Jerry Keller
15. The Jackie Look ~ Kris Jensen
16. Fly Me To The Moon (Bossa Nova) ~ Joe Harnell & His Orchestra
17. Money ~ Skip Cunningham
18. Willingly ~ Carmen McRae
19. I'm Not The One For You ~ Sonny Dee
20. A Letter From Ann ~ The Videls
21. Fortune Cookie ~ Eddie Baxter
22. Ballad Of The Alamo ~ The Easy Riders
23. Bathing Beauty ~ The Beach Boys
24. A Kiss To Remember You By ~ Susan Rafey
25. Yes Sir That's My Baby ~ Jan & Kjeld

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Price (given name)
Price (Sussex cricketer)
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In ordinary usage, price is the quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for goods or services.
In modern economies, prices are generally expressed in units of some form of currency. (For commodities, they are expressed as currency per unit weight of the commodity, e.g. euros per kilogram.) Although prices could be quoted as quantities of other goods or services this sort of barter exchange is rarely seen. Prices are sometimes quoted in terms of vouchers such as trading stamps and air miles. In some circumstances, cigarettes have been used as currency, for example in prisons, in times of hyperinflation, and in some places during World War 2. In a black market economy, barter is also relatively common.
In many financial transactions, it is customary to quote prices in other ways. The most obvious example is in pricing a loan, when the cost will be expressed as the percentage rate of interest. The total amount of interest payable depends upon credit risk, the loan amount and the period of the loan. Other examples can be found in pricing financial derivatives and other financial assets. For instance the price of inflation-linked government securities in several countries is quoted as the actual price divided by a factor representing inflation since the security was issued.
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Price is a male given name which may refer to:
Price Cobb (born 1954), American racecar driver
Price Daniel (1910-1988), US Senator and 38th Governor of Texas
Price Daniel, Jr. (1941-1981), American politician, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 to 1975
Price Ellison (1852–1932), English-born Canadian politician
Price Hartstonge (1692–1743), Anglo-Irish politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons
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Price (full name and dates of birth and death unknown) was an English cricketer. Price's batting and bowling styles are unknown. He appeared in scorecards as Captain Price, suggesting an army or naval connection.
Price made his first-class debut for Sussex against Kent at the Royal New Ground in 1828. He was dismissed for 3 runs by William Ashby in Sussex's first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a single run, though the bowler who his wicket is not recorded. The match was drawn. His next first-class appearance came twelve years later for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University at Lord's in 1840. The following season he appeared for the Fast Bowlers (suggesting his bowling style was fast in nature) in a first-class match against the Slow Bowlers, while in 1842 he played his final first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Hampshire. In his four first-class matches, Price scored 10 runs at an average of 1.66, with a high score of 6. With the ball, he took 2 wickets, both of which came for Marylebone Cricket Club, although his bowling average and best figures are unknown due to incomplete records.
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Selection may refer to:
In computing:
Selection (user interface)
X Window selection
Selection (genetic algorithm)
Selection (relational algebra)
Selection-based search, a search engine system in which the user invokes a search query using only the mouse
Selection algorithm, an algorithm that finds the kth smallest number in a list
Other uses:
Selection (biology), selection in evolution
A store brand used by Metro Inc.
Selected (album), the compilation album by Recoil
Selection (Australian history), an area of crown land acquired under legislation
Selection (album), by 54•40
Selection in schools, the admission of students on the basis of selective criteria
Selection effect, a distortion of data arising from the way that the data are collected
Selektion, selection of prisoners for execution at a Nazi concentration camp
The Selection, a novel by Kiera Cass
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Death Note is a 37-episode anime series based on the manga series of the same title written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. Death Note aired in Japan on the Nippon Television (NTV) network every Tuesday, from October 3, 2006, to June 26, 2007. The plot of the series primarily revolves around high school student Light Yagami, who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook titled Death Note. This book causes the death of anyone whose name is written in it and is passed on to Light by the God of Death (or Shinigami) Ryuk after he becomes bored within the Shinigami world.
A three-hour "Director's Cut" compilation TV special, titled "Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God", aired on NTV a few months after the anime concluded. Although advertised to be the "complete conclusion", the popularity of the series inspired the release of a second TV special, titled "Death Note: Relight 2: L's Successors" nearly a year later. These specials recap the first and second arcs of the anime respectively, with new scenes added to fill in any plot holes resulted from omitted footage.
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Selection referred to "free selection before survey" of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. These acts were similar to the United States Homestead Act and were intended to encourage closer settlement, based on intensive agriculture, such as wheat-growing, rather than extensive agriculture, such as wool production. Selectors often came into conflict with squatters, who already occupied the land and often managed to circumvent the law.
The Robertson Land Acts allowed those with limited means to acquire land. With the stated intention of encouraging closer settlement and fairer allocation of land by allowing 'free selection before survey', the Land Acts legislation was passed in 1861. The relevant acts were named the Crown Lands Alienation Act and Crown Lands Occupation Act. The application of the legislation was delayed until 1866 in inland areas such as the Riverina where existing squatting leases were still to run their course. In any case severe drought in the Riverina in the late 1860s initially discouraged selection in areas except those close to established townships. Selection activity increased with more favourable seasons in the early 1870s.
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Q: What is the function of "that" in the following sentences? What is the function of "that" in the following sentences?

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*I don't regret having been the jerk that I was.

*Was it me that you said that to? (only the first "that")

*It feels like just yesterday that winter break started.

Also, is it possible for phrases to be inverted within sentences and keep the same meaning?

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Multi clause sentances

I don't regret having been the jerk that I was.

Used as a Relative Pronoun (to be used with the subject). The noun is "jerk" and the restrictive clause is "that I was", this restricts jerk and explains the specific type of jerk
Note that "that" as a Relative Pronoun is used with the subject, not the object.  If the noun was the object then "which" would be used in place of "that".

Was it me, that you said it to?

Used as a Subordinate Conjunction.  The main clause is "was it me", the conjunction is "that" and the relative clause is "that you said it to"

It feels like just yesterday that winter break started.

Used as a Subordinate Conjunction but the other way round.  The main clause is "winter break started", the conjunction is "that" and the subordinate clause is "It feels like just yesterday"

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Thanks Jan – I knew I couldn't be the only stopwatch gardener out there! I'll stop by thanks for today — thank you for stopping by here.


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Greek court to decide fate of fascist Golden Dawn group
Athens, Greece – A five-and-a-half-year trial of the far-right Golden Dawn group draws to a close on Wednesday, with a panel of three judges at the court of appeals in Athens preparing to issue its verdict.
Sixty-eight members of the self-professed fascist entity, including all its leaders, are on trial, accused of involvement in four crimes.
The most well-known case involves Golden Dawn's Giorgos Roupakias who has confessed to murdering anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyass, or "Killah P", stabbing the 34-year-old to death just after midnight on September 18, 2013, in Athens.
The verdict is expected to be announced after 11am local time (08:00 GMT) at the Court of Appeals in Athens.
Golden Dawn members are also accused of attempted murder of Communist trade unionists and their leader Sotiris Poulikogiannis the same month, the attempted murder of Egyptian immigrant fisherman Abouzid Embarak in his home in June 2012, and the broad charge of running a criminal organisation.
The atmosphere outside the courthouse is anxious – people are beginning to gather, to join a rally against the neo-Nazi group pending the verdict.
"Pavlos Fyssas," they chanted.
There is a complete police barricade of buses in front of the courthouse.
They are hoping for a guilty verdict, and among the crowd is a show of unity – there are activists, trade unionists and simply concerned citizens.
"It's a very big trial of Nazis I think in Europe," said protester Sophia, 50, who was born and raised in Athens.
"All over the world I think it's very important to show resistance and demand the biggest punishment for all these years. Many people fight against fascists and racism so we must be here to support [them] but also support immigrants and all people who have been threatened by Nazis and government politics."
Greek police have deployed approximately 2,000 extra officers in the capital in anticipation of Wednesday's rallies.
Zisis Sourlas, 19, said he wanted the group to be designated as a criminal organisation and be accountable for their many crimes.
"It's important because it's the biggest trial of Nazis since Nuremberg," he told Al Jazeera.
This file photo, taken on June 25, 2012, shows Greek musician Pavlos Fyssas [File: Alexandros Theodoridis/AFP]As the largest trial of fascists since Nuremberg draws to a close, much lies at stake for Greek and European society.
"It is significant to send a message inside Greece and also to other countries such as Hungry and Poland that are becoming very authoritarian towards all vulnerable people, but especially refugees and migrants," said Epaminondas Farmakis, the founder of Human Rights 360.
"I think that the main leaders [of Golden Dawn] and those that committed the criminal acts have to be condemned today and charged, but it's also important for Golden Dawn to be characterised as a criminal organisation," said Farmakis, pointing out that if the group are found innocent, they will be able to claim around 8 million euros in state funding from their parliamentary term, which had been withheld pending the verdict.
"A clear decision will send a message to these other far-right parties, as well," he added.
Golden Dawn, known for attacking political and ideological opponents have also targeted people from immigrant and refugee backgrounds, as well as those who spoke up against them.
Lia Gougou, Greece researcher for Amnesty International, said that the outcome of the trial had to condemn the hate and violence that Golden Dawn sowed for years in the country.
"We hope that today's verdict in this landmark case will deliver effective access to justice and reparations to victims, survivors and their families, and address the threat posed by a group that has used and advocated violence and discrimination," she said. "It must send a clear and unequivocal message that hate crimes will no longer be tolerated."
While much has been made of the Golden Dawn's decline, observers fear a guilty verdict does not necessarily mean that the group's ideology, which captured significant parts of Greek society, would fully disappear.
Thanasis Kampagia, a lawyer in Athens representing the Egyptian fishermen in the Golden Dawn trial, said in an editorial last month: "Nothing less than conviction on all counts and the jailing of the defendants will suffice."
Farmakis said he was "optimistic" that Golden Dawn would be found guilty of operating as a criminal organisation but warned, "a lot of my colleagues are not."
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Mississippi Oversight Group Suspends High School Band for 'Performance' Depicting Killing Police
Images of students from the Forest Hill (MS) High School marching band's performance during a game against Brookhaven High School depicting the murder of police officers surfaced over the weekend, causing widespread outrage. Image courtesy of Mayor Joe Cox / Facebook.
In the wake of uproar over a controversial performance in which the Forest Hills (MS) High School marching band was seen simulating the murder of police officers, the band has reportedly been suspended from further activities by the Mississippi High School Sports Activities Association, according to the Clarion Ledger.
The controversial halftime performance by the Forest Hill band occurred in Brookhaven just days after two Brookhaven police officers were killed in the line of duty while responding to a shots-fired call.
Jackson Public Schools Superintendent Errick Greene—who previously apologized for the performance, deeming it 'insensitive'—reportedly intends to appeal the decision, according to WAPT-TV.
Jackson City Councilman Aaron Banks—who represents the Ward where Forest Hill High School is located—said, "We all understand the bad timing for the field show considering what happened to the law enforcement officers there in Brookhaven. However, we are against any punishment toward our children" according to WAPT-TV.
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Authorities identify man fatally struck by car on Interstate 80
Authorities say pedestrian walked in front of vehicle.
Updated: 3:16 PM CDT Sep 25, 2018
Waverle Monroe
Anchor/Reporter
KETV
Update: The Nebraska State Patrol identified the pedestrian who was fatally struck by a car on Interstate 80 as 46-year-old Inocente Perez-Sanchez, from Schuyler, Nebraska.Officials identified Perez-Sanchez on Monday. Previous storyThe Nebraska State Patrol was called to Interstate 80 mile marker 423 at 2:30 a.m Sunday after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle. The crash scene is just west of the rest area and east of the Greenwood interchange. The driver called authorities and told the NSP a pedestrian walked out in front of the vehicle. The pedestrian was struck in the traffic lane and was pronounced dead at the scene.The victim's name has not been released. Officials said there are no signs of alcohol use or impairment use with the driver. The NSP will continue to investigate.
GREENWOOD, Neb. —
Update: The Nebraska State Patrol identified the pedestrian who was fatally struck by a car on Interstate 80 as 46-year-old Inocente Perez-Sanchez, from Schuyler, Nebraska.
Officials identified Perez-Sanchez on Monday.
The Nebraska State Patrol was called to Interstate 80 mile marker 423 at 2:30 a.m Sunday after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle.
The crash scene is just west of the rest area and east of the Greenwood interchange.
The driver called authorities and told the NSP a pedestrian walked out in front of the vehicle. The pedestrian was struck in the traffic lane and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim's name has not been released.
Officials said there are no signs of alcohol use or impairment use with the driver.
The NSP will continue to investigate.