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     Elizabeth Ramsey? was born circa 1672; per Register"...probably under 16 at date of [father's] will" = aft 1671.^2,3,5,6 She married John Belt, son of Humphrey Belt and Anne (?), in 1679 at Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, USA,
; Her 1st of 2 husbands; Barnes [2015:245] says "probably m. John Belt."^5,7,6,8,9 Elizabeth Ramsey? married John Lamb on 25 July 1701 at All Hollows Parish, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, USA,
; His 2nd of 2 wives.
per Register: "John Lam b -...., d-1715, m-7-25-1701 Mrs. Eliz. Belt, widow of John Belt and dau-of Richard Tydings. A Dau-Margaret Lamp, bap 12-14-1703, d-1774, m-Nicholas Watkins (Sr.), 1691-1770.^5,10,4
Elizabeth Ramsey? died between 1 August 1737 and 14 December 1737 at Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, USA; Presumably died between date of will and date of probate there of.⁴

Her estate was probated on 14 December 1737 at Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, USA.⁴

     She was a mentioned with Richard Tydings; from: Ancestry.com - Register of Maryland's heraldic families : period from 1634, March 25th to March 25th, l935, tercentenary of the founding of Maryland, p. 341
     Ancestry.com. Register of Maryland's heraldic families : period from 1634, March 25th to March 25th, l935, tercentenary of the founding of M [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
     Original data: Parran, Alice Norris. Register of Maryland's heraldic families : period from 1634, March 25th to March 25th, l935, tercentenary of the founding of Maryland. Baltimore, Md.: Printed by H.G. Roebuck & Son, cl935-c1938.
"Richard Tydings - will d-1687. Wife unknown; pre-deceased. Was in Md. as early as 1659 as he demanded 50 acres. "Haslenut Ridge" was resurv., 1680, for him. It was on Rhode River and he was there in 1689. No probate of will known. Eliz. Tydings, second dau - probably under 16 at date of will. M-1st-John Belt; m-2nd-John Lamb (.... - 1715) of Annapolis."⁵ Elizabeth Ramsey? was a mentioned with Richard Tydings and Charity Adams; from Saunder Website - Page created by: fzsaund@ix.netcom.com
     Fredric Z. Saunders
     1234 Waterside Cove #21
     Midvale, UT 84047-4293
     Last revised: 20 Dec. 2014
     "Records show that three families, those of Richard TYDINGS and wife Charity, William RAMSEY and wife Pretiotia, and John BELT and wife Elizabeth were all closely related to each other. Their ages, plus the records would suggest that one person from each couple was a sibling to one person from each of the other two couples. What is unknown, is exactly which persons were the siblings.
     "TYDINGS FAMILY: Richard TYDINGS wrote his will 2 Feb. 1687. Richard named his son John who was under 21, his eldest daughter Charity, second daughter Elizabeth, third daughter Pretitia, and fourth daughter Mary. All four of his daughters were individually stated to receive bequests at the age of 16 or marriage. As overseers he named Solomon SPARROW, John BELT, and John JORDAIN. The witnesses were Elizabeth CHESELL, Elizabeth BUTLER, Charles CHISELL, and John ELSEY. Of note, is that to his daughters Charity and Elizabeth he left 375 acres in Baltimore County called Nanjomie.1
     "Richard TYDINGS' will included no probate dated, but he died between 4 June 1688 when he was made an appraiser of the estate of Edward MARRIOTE2 and 4 July 1689 in Anne Arundel Co., MD. On 13 Feb. 1692/3 Cap. Henry HANSLAP, former sheriff of AA County showed that a commission was granted to said HANSLAP on 4 July 1689 to prove the will of Richard TYDINGS and that it was by him subscribed and proved on 13 July 1689. At the same time, the administration was given to John JORDAIN "who intermarried with Charity the Exex of the sd will."3 Note that no executor was named in the recorded copy of the will. On 20 July 1689 John JORDAIN posted bond for the administration, with John BELT and Jos. WILLIAMS his securites.3
     "Various publications over the past 100 years have incorrectly listed Richard TYDINGS daughter Elizabeth as being identical to Elizabeth, wife of John BELT. That Richard's daughter Elizabeth actually married Robert CRUMP is proved by the following:
     "On 25 June 1719 Robert CRUMP and wife Elizabeth of Queen Anne's County, MD sold to Philip THOMAS of Anne Arundel Co., MD, the aforesaid Robert CRUMP "standing legally seized in right of the said Elizabeth his wife of the moiety or half part of a tract of Land called Nanjamie" of 375 acres.4 The deed stated they sold the half part (187.5 acres) that was the right of his wife Elizabeth. Elizabeth's right in the land would have been from it having been her one half of the tract willed to her and her sister Charity in their father's will. Therefore the Elizabeth that first married John BELT, and second John LAMB, and died testate in 1737 as Elizabeth LAMB is NOT the daughter of Richard TYDINGS of the 1687 will. In 1748 Philip THOMAS of Anne Arundel County sold the 187.5 acres, the "undivided moiety" of the tract "Nanjemy" to Thomas HARRISON.5
     "The inventory of Robert CRUMP's estate taken 11 March 1748 in Queen Anne's Co. and was signed by "next of kin" Preposia BOSTICK.6 A Preciosia CRUMP married Samuel BOSTOCK 14 Jan. 1730 at St. Luke's Parish, Queen Anne's County.7 Use of the name Preciosia/Pretiotia among the CRUMP family is added evidence that Richard TYDINGS daughter Elizabeth married Robert CRUMP.
     "On 23 Sep. 1706 Jno JORDAN and wife Charity filed an additional account on the estate of Richard TIDINGS. Included were payments to Dutton LEAN for his wife's portion, Eliza TIDINGS for her portion, Mary TIDINGS for part of her portion, Phillip DOWELL "who married Mary TYDINGS afterwards" for another part of her portion, and Jno TIDINGS for his portion.8 Had Richard's daughter Elizabeth been identical to John BELT's wife/widow, then the payment should have been to Elizabeth BELT if before 1702 (when she married John LAMB) or Elizabeth LAMB (if after 1702).
     "Charles Brashear had stated that Richard TYDINGS' wife Charity was a SPARROW, daughter of Thomas SPARROW and Elizabeth KINSEY, and that this was the Thomas SPARROW who died about 1674.9 There is simply no evidence to support such a conclusion.
     "One of the more important SPARROW documents was recorded in Anne Arundel Co, MD Land Records.10 This shows that:
     " 1. Thomas SPARROW transported himself and his wife Elizabeth, and his children Thomas and Elizabeth to MD in 1649.
     " 2. In 7 Sep. 1659 Thomas SPARROW, son and heir of the first Thomas SPARROW received a patent of 590 for Sparrow's Rest, which had been surveyed for his father.
     "The above show that the first Thomas SPARROW was deceased by 1659, and that his Thomas [Jr.] obtained the patent for his land in 1659.
     "Thomas SPARROW [Jr.] wrote his will on 1 Jan. 1674, which was proved on 5 June 1675.11
     "He named his wife Elizabeth, son Thomas, daughter Elizabeth, brother Solomon, and sister Elizabeth CHAMP. Witnesses were Nath. HEATHCOTE and Richard TYDEINGS. As his brother Solomon was not listed as having been transported in 1649, he would have been born after 1649. No mention was made of a daughter named Charity.
     "Another error in Brashear's book is that he stated Richard TYDINGS was born 6 Dec. 1654 in All Hallow's Parish, the son of John TYDINGS and wife Ann. There are no records for All Hallow's Parish at that early a date. There was a John TYDINGS and wife Ann who were the parents of a son Richard born in All Hallow's Parish on 4 Dec. 1754.12
     "There was a Richard TYDINGS baptized 29 May 1625 at St. Mary's Whitechapel, Middlesex, England, son of John TYDINGS and wife Margaret.47 Some researchers have assumed that this was the Richard of MD, but he is not. Richard TYDINGS and Margaret TYDINGS [his mother] were both buried 30 June 1625 at St. Mary's Whitechapel, the same locality where he was born.
     "It was brought to my attention by Mary Kay Coker that there was a Richard TITHINGS who was baptized at St Saviour Church, Southwark, Surrey, which is just across the Thames River from London.
     "She stated there were entries for:48
     " John Tithings married Ann Willson 20 Sep 1630
     " John s/o John Tiding a carpenter bpt 26 Feb 1631/2 (John Tyding Inf[ant] buried 01 Aug 1633)
     " Richard s/o John Tithing a turner bpt 09 Mar 1633/4
     " John s/o John Tydings a turner 12 Aug 1638
     " John Tydings [not marked as infant] buried 03 Jul 1639
     " Ann Tidings [not marked as infant] buried 13 Feb 1641/2
     "This has not been further investigated, but listed only as a possibility that could be explored for the identity of Richard TYDINGS of Maryland.
     "In 1682, Richard TYDINGS claimed rights for the transportation Charity TYDINGS into Maryland.36
     "Children of Richard TYDINGS and wife Charity:
     "1. Charity TYDINGS1 b. say 1673;16 m.1. John JORDAIN;3,40 m.2. Michael PACQUINET;13 m.3. Mr. SELMON;14 living 175014
     "2 John TYDINGS1 b. say 1675;16 m. Mary ELLIS 16 day, 6th month (this is NOT June), 170512
     "3. Elizabeth TYDINGS1 b. say 1677;16 m. Robert CRUMP4 before 10 Jan. 1700;15 living 1719 Queen Anne's Co., MD4
     "4. Pretiotia TYDINGS1 b. say 1679;16 m.1 Dutton LANE;8 his will 31 May 1716, but not probated until 8 Oct. 1726;17 she m.2 John BOREING18
between 8 Aug. 171719 and 22 Jan. 1718 ;20 d. 2 Feb. 1734 St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore Co., MD21
     "5. Mary TYDINGS1 b. say 1681;16 m. Phillip DOWELL 11 June 1702;12 d. between 5 Apr.171722 and 26 Jan. 1733 Anne Arundel Co., MD23
     "On 27 Dec. 1726 Michael PACQUINET (signed as PAQUNETT) and wife Charity of Bath Co., NC gave a Power of Attorney to our loving "cuzin" John BELT of Baltimore Co., MD to sell the tract "Nangemy" on the Gunpowder River in Baltimore County.13 This John BELT was the son of John BELT and wife Elizabeth. As "cousin" was a term that was often used for "nephew" it was upon this record that some genealogical publications concluded that John BELT's wife Elizabeth was identical to Elizabeth, daughter of Richard TYDINGS, and that her son John BELT [Jr.] of the Power of Attorney was a nephew to Charity. In this case, though, it would appear that Charity, daughter of Richard TYDINGS and wife Charity, and John BELT, son of John BELT and wife Elizabeth were actual first cousins.
     "On 12 Dec. 1750 Charity SELMAN "one of the daughters and devisees of Richard TIDINGS" sold to Thomas HARRISON all right and claim to one moiety or half part of a tract called Nanjemy, the whole tract containing 375 acres.14 (Note: Thomas HARRISON would then possess the whole 375 acres. This would be a different Charity SELMAN from the daughter of John TYDINGS and Mary ELIIS that first married Solomon SPARROW, and secondly a SELMON.)
     "BELT FAMILY: On 1 Oct. 1649 Humphrie BELT of Lower Norfolk County, VA made oath that he was due 50 acres for transporting Margery CRAGGES his wife.24 The last record known of "Humfrey" BELT in VA was on 15 March 1654 [1654/5], when he was sued by Thomas JAYNES for a debt of 338 pounds tobacco.25
     "The first record of Humphrey BELT in MD was on 30 June 1663 when he entered rights for 200 acres for the transportation of himself, John BELT, Anne BELT, and Sarah BELT.26
     "If Humphrey was married about about 1649 at the time he claimed transportation for his wife, then the assumed children whom he transported by 1663 could have been born:
     "1. John BELT born say 1650; m. ca. 1677 Elizabeth; d. 1698
     "2. Anne BELT born say 1652
     "3. Sarah BELT born say 1654
     "That no transportation was claimed for his wife Margery, she may have died. The move from VA to MD may have occurred at any time between 1655 and 1663. Often a number of years may have passed between the actual transportation to MD, and the claiming of land. Sometimes land was only claimed for part of the family at one time, with the remainder claimed at a different date. If that happened, then Humphrey BELT may not have claimed land for his entire family, intending to claim any remaining land for a different tract.
     "Information on the FAMILY OF JOHN BELT is on a separate page.
     "RAMSEY FAMILY: William RAMSEY was in St. Mary's Co., MD as early as 1653 when he was about 14 years old. The will of Edward COTTEN was written there on 4 Apr. 1653.27 To Barnaby JACKSON he gave the labor of William RAMSEY and George SPROUSE until the ensuing St. Andrew's Day, provided he provide them sufficient apparell during that time and 3 months following. On St. Andrew's Day, William RAMSEY, "my servant" was to be delivered to John WARREN for 7 years.
     "On 17 October 1682 as a resident of Anne Arundel Co.28 William RAMSEY, age 43, gave a deposition for George THOMPSON regarding land formerly belonging to Barnaby JACKSON in St. Mary's County.29
     "William RAMSEY had settled in Anne Arundel County by 1665, when as a resident of there he purchased a tract in (then) Talbot County from Henry HAWKINS.32
     "In 1675 William RAMSEY of Anne Arundel Co. had proved his right to 150 acres, 50 due for his own time of service, and 100 acres due for the transportation of Anne WETHERALL and Thomas BULL in 1663.30
     "The will of William RAMSEY was written written on 12 May and proved on 20 June 1689 in Anne Arundel County. He left land to his "eldest son" Charles on the Gunpowder River [in Baltimore Co.] with the residue of land to his sons William and John. Also named was his wife Pretiotia who was the executrix and received the dwelling plantation and 250 acres on the Chester River along with the remainder of the personal estate, and to be disposed of according to her discretion "for the maintainance of her & my three youngest Children."31
     "After the death of William RAMSEY, his widow Pretiotia secondly married to Thomas BEVAN by 22 Oct. 1691 when Thomas BEVAN/BEVON and his wife Pretiotia executors of the will of William RAMSEY of Anne Arundel County sold to John "JURDAN" [JORDAN/JORDAIN], also of Anne Arundel County, the tract on the Chester River in Talbot County that William RAMSEY had purchased in 1665, and left to his wife Pretiotia in his will.33 On 4 Oct. 1692 Thomas BEVON and wife "Pretiosa" sold the Anne Arundel County land willed by William RAMSEY to his wife Pretiotia.34
     "William RAMSEY and wife Pretiotia had additional children that were not named in the will that were just called "my three youngest children." A "Peshoshia" RAMSEY was buried 2 [blank] 1698/9 at All Hallow's Parish in Anne Arundel County and thought to be a daughter. A few months later on 14 May 1699, Thomas RAMSEY, "son of William and Peshoshia" was baptized there.12 Another believed child is Charity, wife of Thomas HODGES. Thomas HODGES was a witness to the will of John BELT. Thomas and wife Charity were the parents of children:35
     "Thomas HODGES born 3 Nov. 1697
     "Pretiotia HODGES born 13 May 1700
     "John HODGES born 30 Sep. 1702
     "Charles Ramsey HODGES born 18 Feb. 1704
     "Charity HODGES born 5 Aug. 1707
     "Elizabeth HODGES born 7 May 1710
     "Sarah HODGES born 22 Mar. 1713
     "William RAMSEY and wife Pretiotia had children:
     "1. Charles RAMSEY31 b. say 1667; m. Elizabeth (THURSTON) WHALLEY by 1 Mar. 169137 [1691/2]
     "2. William RAMSEY31 b. say 1669
     "3. John RAMSEY31 b. say 167138
     "4. Charity RAMSEY b. say 1680; m. ca. 1696 Thomas HODGES
     "5. "Peshoshia" RAMSEY b. ca 1680s; bur. 2 (blank) 1698/9 All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD12
     "6. Thomas RAMSEY b. posthumously? ca. 1689; bap. 14 May 1699 All Hallow's Parish as "son of William and "Peshoshia."12 Called nephew in the will of John BELT, Sr. written in 1697. (Note than many children from families that had Quaker ties appear to have been baptized when they were older at All Hallow's Parish. Elizabeth, widow of John BELT had 4 children from her first marriage baptized at the same time as her daughter Margaret in 1703. The eldest had to be over age 10.)
     "THE RELATIONSHIPS:
     "BELT TO TYDINGS
John BELT, son of John BELT and wife Elizabeth was "cousin" of Michael PACQUINET and wife Charity TYDINGS. If first cousins, then there would be a sibling relationship of either Richard TYDINGS or his wife Charity to either John BELT or his wife Elizabeth.
     "BELT TO RAMSEY
The elder John BELT in his 1697 will made a bequest to his "nephew" Thomas RAMSEY. Thomas was listed in the baptismal records as a son of William and "Peshoshia." That would imply that either John BELT or wife Elizabeth was a sibling to either William RAMSEY or wife Pretiotia.
     "TYDINGS TO RAMSEY
     "The use of the name Pretiotia among the children of Richard TYDINGS and wife Charity, the use of the name Charity among the children of William RAMSEY and wife Pretiotia would imply a relationship between the two families. Added evidence would be that William RAMSEY's wife Pretiotia and her second husband Thomas BEVAN/BEVON sold his Talbot County land to John "JURDAN" [JORDAN/JORDAIN] who was the husband of Richard TYDINGS and wife Charity's daughter Charity.
     "THE POSSIBILITIES:
     "POSSIBILITY ONE:
     "1. Richard TYDINGS b. say 1642; m. Charity (b. say 1656); he d. ca. 1689 Anne Arundel Co., MD
     "2. Pretiotia TYDINGS b. say 1650; m.1. William RAMSEY/RAMSAY (b. ca. 1639); m.2. Thomas BEVON/BEVANS
     "3. Elizabeth TYDINGS b. say 1661; m.1. John BELT; ca. 1677; m.2. 25 July 1701 John LAMB; d. between 1 Aug. and 14 Oct. 1737 Anne Arundel Co., MD
     "On 10 Aug. 1663, George NOTTLEFOLD/NOTTLEFORD transferred Foldland in Anne Arundel Co., MD to Richard TIDING, who on 11 Sep. 1665 as Richard TIDINGS, cooper, granted the deed and assigment to Elizabeth BREWER, widow. Richard signed his mark, as an "R".39 As Richard TYDEINGS he witnessed the 1674 will of Thomas SPARROW,11 as TYDINGS he was an appraiser for the 1676 estate of John SHAW,41 as TIDINGS an appraiser for the 1676 estate of Thomas SPARROW,42, as TYDINGS an appraiser for the 1679 estate of Thomas BESSON the elder,43 as TIDENS an appraiser for the 1679 estate of Enoch BOULTON,44 and as TYDING an appraiser for the 1684 estate of Edmond TOWNHILL.45
     "In each case his mark was indicated as an "R". Although his will was indicated as signed with the mark "RT", there is no reason to believe it is not the same man, or that there was more than one Richard TYDINGS at that time in MD.
     "The likelihood that this possibility is the correct one would seem extremely remote.
     "POSSIBILITY TWO:
     "1. William RAMSEY b. ca. 1639; m. Pretiotia b. say 1650
     "2. Charity RAMSEY b. say 1656; m. Richard TYDINGS ca. 1672
     "3. Elizabeth RAMSEY b. say 1661; m. John BELT ca. 1677
     "William RAMSEY was in MD as a 14 year old servant. There is no indication that his parents were in MD for him to have had siblings there. This possibility would also seem unlikely.
     "POSSIBILITY THREE:
     "Humphrey BELT the father of:
     "1. John BELT b. ca. 1650; m. ca. 1677 Elizabeth, she b. ca. 1661
     "2. Pretiotia BELT, b. say 1650; m. ca. 1666 William RAMSEY (b. ca. 1639)
     "3. Charity BELT b. say 1656; m. ca. 1672 Richard TYDINGS
     "As discussed under the TYDINGS section, Richard TYDINGS claimed land by 1682 for the rights in the transportation of his wife. As rights could be transferred, it does not necessarily mean that Richard was the person to actually transport her to MD. Humphrey BELT was living in VA as of 1655. If Charity was his daughter and born in VA, and he moved to MD about 1656, he may have reserved the rights for her transportation for a later time. If so, on the death of Humphrey BELT, Charity's husband Richard TYDINGS could have claimed the rights. Left unexplained is the lack of a transportation entry for either a Pretiotia BELT by Humphrey, or by her husband William RAMSEY.
     "A possibility is that Pretiotia was a second marriage for William RAMSEY, and that in his will he named only those children by an unknown first wife. If Pretiotia was a BELT, and a second wife of William RAMSEY, this would give:
     "Humphrey BELT father of:
     "1. John BELT b. ca. 1650 VA; m. ca. 1677 Elizabeth, she b. ca. 1661
     "2. Anne BELT b. ca. 1652 VA
     "3. Sarah BELT b. ca. 1654 VA
     "4. Charity BELT b. ca. 1656 VA; m. Richard TYDINGS
     "5. Pretiotia BELT b. ca. 1658-1662 MD; m. William RAMSEY as his second wife
     " 1. Charity RAMSEY born say 1680; m. ca. 1696 Thomas HODGES
     " 2. "Peshoshia" [Pretiotia] RAMSEY born 1680s; d. 1698
     " 3. Thomas RAMSEY called nephew in the will of John BELT
     "This last revised version of this possibility would seem very possible as being the correct version.
     "POSSIBILITY FOUR:
     "1. Pretiotia -?-, b. say 1650; m. ca. 1670 William RAMSEY (b. ca. 1639)
     "2. Charity -?-, b. say 1656; m. ca. 1674 Richard TYDINGS
     "3. Elizabeth -?- b. say 1659; m. ca. 1677 John BELT
     "the three being sisters, father unknown.
     "This scenario could also have the option as in possibility three, where Pretiotia was a second wife to William RAMSEY. The father of the three girls never claimed transporation for Charity, and Richard TYDINGS later did.
     "1. Charity -?- b. say 1656 outside of MD; m. Richard TYDINGS
     "2. Elizabeth -?- b. say 1659 MD; m. ca. 1677 John BELT
     "3. Pretiotia b. say 1662 MD; m. as his second wife, William RAMSEY
     "This possibility is also possible as being the correct version.
     "The witnesses to John BELT's will were John TIDINGS, Charity JORDAN, Ann SMITH, Thomas HODGES, Daniel PIERCE, Darby SWEANY and Ann PIERCE. Note that under all scenarios, that John TIDEINGS and Charity JORDON would have been his nephew and niece, and Thos. HODGES would have been the spouse of his niece.
     "CONCLUSION:
     "Either Possibility 3 or 4 would appear to be the most likely relation of the TYDINGS, BELT and RAMSEY families to each other. Unfortunately, for her descendants, the identity of Elizabeth, wife of John BELT remains unknown in either possibility.
     "1. Richard Tidings will, Maryland Wills 6:40-41. Note that the witnesses were Elizabeth Chesell, Elizabeth Butler, Charles Chisell, and and Jno. Elsey. Some publications incorrectly abstracted the one witness as Charity (rather than Charles) Chisell.
     "2. Appraisers of Edward Marriote, Maryland Testamentary Proceedings 14:95.
     "3. Richard Tydings estate, Maryland Testamentary Proceedsing 15:9, FHL microfilm 0,012,934.
     "4. Baltimore Co., MD Deeds TR#DS:47-51, FHL microfilm 0,013,325
     "5. Baltimore Deeds TR#C:89-91, and TR#C:99-101, FHL microfilm 0,013,330.
     "6. Robert Crump inventory, MD Inventories 41:209-210, FHL microfilm 0,012,876.
     "7. F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records 1726-1750, (Silver Springs, MD: Family Line Publications, 1983), 48.
     "8. Richard Tidings account, MD Inventories and Accounts 26:16-17.
     "9. Charles Brashear and Shirley Brashear McCoy, A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 1, The First Two Hundred Years of Brashears in America, (San Diego, CA: 1998), 131-133. E-mail with the author Charles BRASHEAR at brashear AT mail.sdsu.edu dated 16 Nov. 1999 shows he was unable to offer any source for his inclusion of this in his book. He stated: "Here's what I have. It looks like a will record, though I don't seem to have the book and page references," and then recited the information contained in his book. It is apparent he had no documentation for his statement that Charity was a SPARROW. There is no will listing Richard's wife Charity as a SPARROW, or any record of Thomas SPARROW having a     "daughter named Charity.
     "10. Anne Arundel Co., MD Land Records WT1:20-26, FHL microfilm 0,013,209.
     "11. Thomas Sparrow will, MD wills 2:76-78 [image 77 of 412].
     "12. F. Edward Wright, Anne Arundel County Church Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, no date).
     "13. Baltimore Co., MD Land Records IS#I:36-38, FHL microfilm 0,013,326.
     "14. Baltimore Co., MD Land Records TR#D:107-108, FHL microfilm 0,013,330.
     "15. Kent Co, MD Land Records M:110-111 , FHL microfilm 0,014,148.
     "16. Estimates based on all daughters under age 16, and son under 21 in 1687 in #1, the stated birth order of the daughters, and the known marriage dates of John and Mary.
     "17. Dutton Lane will, MD Wills 18:530 [image 528 of 557]
     "18. Evidence that Pretiosia (Tydings) Lane secondly married John Boreing includes:
     " a) Dutton Lane's will was written in 1716, but not probated until 1726 because there was nothing to administer. See #46.
     " b) Pretiosia witnessed a deed of John Boreing in 1717, in which no wife signed. See #19.
     " c) In 1718, John Boreing had a wife named Pretiotia. See #20.
     " d) Dutton Lane, Jr., son of Pretiotia married a daughter of John Boreing.
     "19. Baltimore Co., MD Land Records TR#A:417-419, FHL microfilm 0,013,325. On 8 Aug. 1717 Presoecie (x) Lain witnessed the sale of a tract from John Boreing (no wife signed) to Jonathan Tipton.
     "20. Baltimore Co., MD Land Records TR#RA:524-528, FHL microfilm 0,013,324. John Boreing and wife Pretotia sold a tract of land.
     "21. Bill and Martha Reamy, Records of St. Paul's Church, Volume 1, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1988), 42.
     "22. Baltimore Co., MD Land Records TR#A:436-437, FHL microfilm 0,013,325.
     "23. Phillip Dowell will, MD Wills 21:109-111 [image 137 of 484].
     "24. Lower Norfolk Co., VA Deeds and Wills B:123, FHL microfilm 0,032,823.
     "25. Lower Norfolk Co., VA Deeds and Wills C:136, FHL microfilm 0,032,823.
     "26. MD Land Patents liber 5 (vol. 7):373, FHL 0,013,065.
     "27. Edward Cotten will, MD wills 1:46-49 [image 46 of 640].
     "28. Archives of Maryland 70:290.
     "29. Archives of Maryland 70:253.
     "30. Maryland Land Patents 15:300 (Vol. 18), FHL microfilm 0,013,072, item 2.
     "31. William Ramsey will, MD Wills 6:59 [image 63 of 423].
     "32. Talbot Co., MD Land Records 1:7, FHL microfilm 0,014,521.
     "33. Talbot Co., MD Land Records 5:331, FHL microflm 0,014,523.
     "34. Anne Arundel Co., MD Land Records IH3:91-95, FHL microfilm 0,013,208.
     "35. Register of Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's Co., MD (copied in 1885), FHL microfilm 0,014,304, item 3.
     "36. Carson Gibb, A Supplement to The Early Settlers of Maryland.
     "37. Baltimore Co., MD Land Records RM#HS:340, FHL microfilm 0,013,323.
     "38. Nicholas Gassaway Senr. will, MD wills 2:228-231 [image 229 of 412]. Of an age to have witnessed his will on 10 Jan. 1691 [1691/2].
     "39. Anne Arundel Co., MD Land Records IH3:114-115, FHL microfilm 0,013,208.
     "40. Richard Tydings account, MD Inventories and Accounts 14:143.
     "41. Richard Shaw inventory, MD Inventories and Accounts 2:172-173,
     "42. Thomas Sparrow inventory, MD Inventories and Accounts 2:359-360.
     "43. Thomas Besson inventory, MD Inventories and Accounts 6:105-106,
     "44. Enoch Boulton inventory, MD Inventories and Accounts 6:612.
     "45. Edmond Townhill inventory, MD Inventories and Accounts 8:178.
     "46. Dutton Land administration, Maryland Testamentary Proceedings, 27:342. 10 Oct. 1726 exhibited from Baltimore Co., the will of Dutton Lane by Richard Lane his son one of the legatees who says there is no effects to Administor on.
     "47. St. Mary's Whitechapel, Church of England, 1558-1643 Parish Register, p. 102 [back side of 102, across from 103], FHL microfilm 0,094,691.
     "48. Email from M. K. Coker [mkcwrites AT yahoo.com], 22 May 2014.¹¹

;
Per Early Col Settlers:
Mrs. Elisabeth Lamb 23.213 AA £282.19.4 Aug 5 1738
Appraisers: Thomas Stockett, Fardinand Batte.
Creditors: Jeremiah Belt, Samuell Chew.
Next of kin: Joseph Belt, Jeremiah Belt.
Executor: Nicholas Watkins.
===
Elisabeth Lamb 16.351 A AA £282.19.1 £86.5.9 Dec 7 1738
Received from: Mr. Charles Rogers (merchant in London).
Payments to: Jeremiah Belt, Zachey Maccubbin, William Rogers, Zachy Maccubbin.
Legatees: Mary Norwood, Joseph Belt, John Belt, Jeremiah Belt, Benjamin Belt,
Charity Mullakin, Sarah Harwood, Margaret Watkins (wife of accountant),
accountant.
Executor: Nicholas Watkins.
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http://fzsaunders.com/tydings.html

Name: Fredric Z. Saunders
Email:
URL: http://fzsaunders.com/tydings.html
URL title: Tydings-Ramsey-Belt Relationships
Note:
Elizabeth who married John BELT and John LAMB was not a daughter of Richard TYDINGS and wife Charity (who was not surname SPARROW). Richard TYDINGS daughter Elizabeth married Robert CRUMP as shown by the sale of the land she received from the will of her father Richard TYDINGS.

(Richard TYDINGS and wife Charity, John BELT and wife Elizabeth) were all of the same generation, and a sibling relationship was involved. What is not certain is which two were the siblings. Most likely Charity was a sister to either John or Elizabeth. Details at above site.

Various publications over the past 100 years have incorrectly listed Richard TYDINGS daughter Elizabeth as being identical to Elizabeth, wife of John BELT.

That Richard's daughter Elizabeth actually married Robert CRUMP is proved by the following:

On 25 June 1719 Robert CRUMP and wife Elizabeth of Queen Anne's County, MD sold to Philip THOMAS of Anne Arundel County, MD, the aforesaid Robert CRUMP "standing legally seized in right of the said Elizabeth his wife of the moiety or half part of a tract of Land called Nanjamie" of 375 acres. The deed stated they sold the half part (187.5 acres) that was the right of his wife Elizabeth. Elizabeth's right in the land would have been from it having been her one half of the tract willed to her and her sister Charity in their father's will. Therefore the Elizabeth that first married John BELT, and second John LAMB, and died testate in 1737 as Elizabeth LAMB is NOT the daughter of Richard TYDINGS of the 1687 will. In 1748 Philip THOMAS of Anne Arundel County sold the 187.5 acres, the "undivided moiety" of the tract "Nanjemy" to Thomas HARRISON.

The inventory of Robert CRUMP's estate taken 11 March 1748 in Queen Anne's Co. and was signed by "next of kin" Preposia BOSTICK. A Preciosia CRUMP married Samuel BOSTOCK 14 Jan. 1730 at St. Luke's Parish, Queen Anne's County. Use of the name Preciosia/Pretiotia among the CRUMP family is added evidence that Richard TYDINGS daughter Elizabeth married Robert CRUMP

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1696-1702 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber A, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Deed, 12 April 1701
From: ELIZABETH BELLT of Anne Arundel County, widow
To: JOSEPH BELT of P. G. County, second son of said ELIZABETH BELLT.
Price: Natural affection and a competent "maintainances," and considering that said JOSEPH BELT is grown to the age and maturity of managing the affairs of the country, and in consideration of the fact that said JOSEPH BELT has released his title to a tract called "Friends Choyce" to said ELIZABETH BELT by deed dated 12 April 1701.
Property: A 150 acre parcel consisting of parts of the tracts "Good Luck," and the addition to this tract called "Widows Purchase," lying in P. G. Co. on the forks of the west branch of Patuxent River and on the north side of Beaver Damm Branch, bounding on THOMAS HILLARY'S tract "Three Sisters," and "Addition to Good Luck." The part of "Good Luck" conveyed to said JOSEPH BELT had been willed to him by his father JOHN BELT, to be received after the decease of his mother, the said ELIZABETH BELT.
Signature: ELIZABETH BELT
Wit.: ROBERT TYLER, THOMAS SPRIGG, JUNR. Ackn'd.: ELIZABETH BELT, 12 April 1701 Recorded: 21 June 1701, Vol. A, Page 368

Sources      [S54] Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume: 9 - Corrections.

; There appears to be controversies concerning 1) the identity of Richard and Charity Tydings' daughter Elizabeth, and 2) the maiden name of her mother, Charity:
--- Early Colonial Settlers suggests that the Elizabeth (MNU) BELT may have been Elizabeth (RAMSEY) BELT, but indicates that this is unproved.

--- A Find A Grave website memorial records: "Elizabeth Tydings Crump:
     Birth:      1673, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
     Death:      1719, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
     Elizabeth Tydings, daughter of Richard Tydings (1638-1686) and Charity (______) Tydings, of Ann Arundel Co., MD, married Robert Crump I, son of William and Frances (Mountney) Crump of Queen Ann's Co., MD. There is a widely propagated genealogical error involving the husband of Elizabeth Tydings which contends she married John Belt, son of Humphrey Belt. Another genealogical error involving the Tydings family concerns the maiden name of Richard Tydings' wife, Charity, claiming it to be "Sparrow". Richard Tydings' wife WAS named Charity but her surname is unknown. That her given name was Charity is gleaned from the Quaker marriage record of their son, John, where he is listed as the son of "Richard and Charity". The Tydings family and the Sparrow family literature is replete with the inaccurate statement that Richard Tydings married Charity Sparrow, the daughter of Thomas Sparrow, Sr. (1615-1659). There is NO accepted record that Thomas Sparrow, Sr. had a daughter named Charity. See Thomas Sparrow's FAG memorial #124905698.
     Various publications over the past many decades have incorrectly listed Richard Tydings' daughter, Elizabeth, as being identical to Elizabeth, wife of John Belt. Innumerable family trees published on Ancestry.com have propagated this error without seeking proper documentation. That Richard Tydings' daughter, Elizabeth, actually married Robert Crump I is accepted presently and is proven by the following:
     "Richard Tydings of Anne Arundel Co., MD left his will dated 02 Feb 1687 (Maryland Prerogative Court Wills 6, p40, without probate entry) which gave a 375 acre tract (called "Nanjomie") in Baltimore Co. to his daughters, Charity and Elizabeth. On 25 June 1719, Robert Crump and his wife, Elizabeth, of Queen Anne's Co., MD, sold 187.5 acres, half of "Nanjomie", to Phillip Thomas, "of which Robert was seized in right of his wife" (Baltimore Co., MD Deed Bk. TR #DS, pp 47-51).
     On 12 Dec 1750, Charity Sellman, "one of the daughters and devisees of Richard Tidings" (and widow of William Sellman), sold to Thomas Harrison all right and claim to one moiety or half part (187.5 acres) of a tract called "Nanjemy" (Nanjomie), the whole tract containing 375 acres. (Baltimore Co., MD Land Records TR#D:107-108, FHL microfilm 0,013,330) (See also "Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5" by John Frederick Dorman, Vol. I, 2004, p362, Footnote #50, which confirms the above documentation). (FYI: John Frederick Dorman's book is a seminal genealogy reference book which is accepted by the Jamestowne Society and all other hereditary organizations for which its information is pertinent).
     To clarify, the 25 June 1719 deed mentioned above stated Robert and Elizabeth (Tydings) Crump (I) sold the half part that was the right of his wife, Elizabeth. Elizabeth's right to the land would have been from it having been her one half of the tract (Nanjomie) willed to her and her sister, Charity, in their father's will dated 02 Feb 1687. Therefore, the Elizabeth who first married John Belt, and secondly John Lamb, and died testate in 1737 as Elizabeth Lamb is NOT the daughter of Richard Tydings of the 02 Feb 1687 will. In 1748 Phillip Thomas of Anne Arundel County sold the 187.5 acres, the "undivided moiety" of the tract "Nanjomie" to Thomas Harrison (Baltimore Deeds TR#C:89-91, and TR#C:99-101, FHL microfilm 0,013,330). Unfortunately for her descendants, the identity (maiden name) of Elizabeth, wife of John Belt and John Lamb, remains unknown.
     The inventory of Robert Crumps's estate taken 11 March 1748 in Queen Anne's Co. was signed by "next of kin" Preposia Bostick (Robert Crump inventory, MD Inventories 41:209-210, FHL microfilm 0,012,876). A Preciosia Crump married Samuel Bostock 14 Jan 1730 at St. Luke's Parish, Queen Anne's County. Repeated use of the name Preciosia/Pretiotia among the Crump family is added evidence that Richard Tydings daughter, Elizabeth, married Robert Crump as Elizabeth's sister and third daughter of Richard Tydings was also named Pretiotia. This name is found spelled in various ways , i.e. Letitia/Pretosia/Prelitia/Preciosia.
     Robert and Elizabeth (Tydings) Crump (I) had the following children:
     1) Robert Crump II (see below).
     2) Mary Crump, m. 1) 10 Jun 1719 Abraham Montague, 2) (_____) Godfree.
     3) Preciosia Crump, m. 14 Jan 1730/1 Samuel Bostick of Queen Anne's Co., MD.
     Sources:
     1) "Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5" by John Frederick Dorman, Vol. I, 4th Ed., 2004, p362.
     2) "Tydings-Ramsey-Belt Family Relationships" by Fredric Z. Saunders, 1234 Waterside Cove #21 Midvale, UT 84047-4293
     3) Baltimore Co., MD Deeds TR#DS:47-51, FHL microfilm 0,013,325
     4) Baltimore Deeds TR#C:89-91, and TR#C:99-101, FHL microfilm 0,013,330.
     5) Robert Crump inventory, MD Inventories 41:209-210, FHL microfilm 0,012,876.
     Bio by Gresham Farrar.
     Family links:
     Parents:
      Richard Tydings (1638 - 1686)
      Charity Sparrow Tydings (1640 - 1687)
     Spouse: Robert Crump (1673 - 1749)
     Children: Robert Crump (____ - 1825)*
     Sibling:
      Elizabeth Tydings Lamb (1660 - 1737)*
      Elizabeth Tydings Crump (1673 - 1719)
     Burial: Unknown
     Created by: Gresham Farrar
     Record added: Aug 31, 2013
     Find A Grave Memorial# 116324713

Note: I have severed the relationship between Elizabeth (MNU) BELT LAMB and Richard and Charity (ADAMS) TYDINGS, that I had earlier. I have added a dau. Elizabeth (TYDINGS) CRUMP as proposed by the FaG memorial. GA Vaut.^12,13
In Richard Tydings's will dated 2 February 1687, Elizabeth Ramsey? was named as an heir;      From Barnes [2015:244]: "In it he left to his sone John (at age 21) the tract Haselnut Ridge; if John were to s.p., the land was to go to his daus. Charity, Eliza, Preti(o)tia, and Mary. Daus. Preti(o)tia and Mary were to have New Year's Gift, also in B[altimore] Co. Solomon Sparrow, John Belt, and John Jordaine were to be overseers. The will was wit. by Eliza Chesell, Eliza Butler, Charity Chesell and John Elsey."^14,15
In John Belt's will dated 13 May 1697, Elizabeth Ramsey? was named as executor;
Per Early Col Settlers:
Belt, John, Sr.,A. A. Co.,13th May, 1697; 17th Nov., 1698.
To eld. son John and hrs., 200 A. and "Velmead."
To wife Eliza: in lieu of dower rights, dwelling plantation and 100 A. during life.
To 2nd son Joseph and hrs., afsd. estate bequeathed his mother and 100 A., part of 300 A., "Belt's Posterity," at hd. of Gunpowder R.
To 3rd son Benjamin, 200 A., residue of "Belt's Posterity."
To neph. Thomas Ramsey, eld. dau. Eliza:, 2nd dau. Charity, young. dau. Sarah, at marriage or 16 yrs. of age, personalty. In event of death of either dau. her estate to pass to her sisters. Should any son afsd. die under age or without issue his share of real estate to pass to eld. dau. afsd.
Wife Eliza:, extx. and residuary legatee.
Test: Jno. Tideings, Charity Jordon, Anne Smith, Thos. Hodges, Dan'l Pierce, Darby Sweany, Anne Pierce. 6. 175.

Elizabeth Ramsey? left a will on 1 August 1737 at Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, USA;
Per Early Col Settlers:
Lamb, Elizabeth, A. A. County, 1st Aug., 1737; 14th Dec., 1737.
To sons John, Joseph, Benjamin and Jeremiah Belt, 20s. each,
to daus. Charity Mullakin, Sarah Harwood and Margaret Watkins, 20s. each.
to son-in-law Nicholas Watkins, ex... 25.
to granddau. Mary Norwood, personalty.
to grandson Nicholas Watkins and hrs., entire estate; shd. sd. grandson die before he attains age of 20, estate to pass to two granddaus. Elizabeth and Anne Watkins,
Test: Samuel Smith, George Taylor, Edward Scott. 21. 815.⁴

     Pertitia Tidings was born circa 1674 at Maryland, USA.^5,3,4 She married Dutton Lane in 1695/96 at Baltimore City, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA.^1,2,3
Pertitia Tidings married Dutton Lane, son of Major Samuel Lane and Margaret Maulden, before 15 January 1708/9.⁶
Pertitia Tidings married an unknown person before 22 January 1717/18.

Pertitia Tidings died on 2 February 1733/34 at St. Paul's Parish, Kent Co., Maryland, USA.
     She was a mentioned with Richard Tydings and Charity Adams; from Saunder Website - Page created by: fzsaund@ix.netcom.com
     Fredric Z. Saunders
     1234 Waterside Cove #21
     Midvale, UT 84047-4293
     Last revised: 20 Dec. 2014
     "Records show that three families, those of Richard TYDINGS and wife Charity, William RAMSEY and wife Pretiotia, and John BELT and wife Elizabeth were all closely related to each other. Their ages, plus the records would suggest that one person from each couple was a sibling to one person from each of the other two couples. What is unknown, is exactly which persons were the siblings.
     "TYDINGS FAMILY: Richard TYDINGS wrote his will 2 Feb. 1687. Richard named his son John who was under 21, his eldest daughter Charity, second daughter Elizabeth, third daughter Pretitia, and fourth daughter Mary. All four of his daughters were individually stated to receive bequests at the age of 16 or marriage. As overseers he named Solomon SPARROW, John BELT, and John JORDAIN. The witnesses were Elizabeth CHESELL, Elizabeth BUTLER, Charles CHISELL, and John ELSEY. Of note, is that to his daughters Charity and Elizabeth he left 375 acres in Baltimore County called Nanjomie.1
     "Richard TYDINGS' will included no probate dated, but he died between 4 June 1688 when he was made an appraiser of the estate of Edward MARRIOTE2 and 4 July 1689 in Anne Arundel Co., MD. On 13 Feb. 1692/3 Cap. Henry HANSLAP, former sheriff of AA County showed that a commission was granted to said HANSLAP on 4 July 1689 to prove the will of Richard TYDINGS and that it was by him subscribed and proved on 13 July 1689. At the same time, the administration was given to John JORDAIN "who intermarried with Charity the Exex of the sd will."3 Note that no executor was named in the recorded copy of the will. On 20 July 1689 John JORDAIN posted bond for the administration, with John BELT and Jos. WILLIAMS his securites.3
     "Various publications over the past 100 years have incorrectly listed Richard TYDINGS daughter Elizabeth as being identical to Elizabeth, wife of John BELT. That Richard's daughter Elizabeth actually married Robert CRUMP is proved by the following:
     "On 25 June 1719 Robert CRUMP and wife Elizabeth of Queen Anne's County, MD sold to Philip THOMAS of Anne Arundel Co., MD, the aforesaid Robert CRUMP "standing legally seized in right of the said Elizabeth his wife of the moiety or half part of a tract of Land called Nanjamie" of 375 acres.4 The deed stated they sold the half part (187.5 acres) that was the right of his wife Elizabeth. Elizabeth's right in the land would have been from it having been her one half of the tract willed to her and her sister Charity in their father's will. Therefore the Elizabeth that first married John BELT, and second John LAMB, and died testate in 1737 as Elizabeth LAMB is NOT the daughter of Richard TYDINGS of the 1687 will. In 1748 Philip THOMAS of Anne Arundel County sold the 187.5 acres, the "undivided moiety" of the tract "Nanjemy" to Thomas HARRISON.5
     "The inventory of Robert CRUMP's estate taken 11 March 1748 in Queen Anne's Co. and was signed by "next of kin" Preposia BOSTICK.6 A Preciosia CRUMP married Samuel BOSTOCK 14 Jan. 1730 at St. Luke's Parish, Queen Anne's County.7 Use of the name Preciosia/Pretiotia among the CRUMP family is added evidence that Richard TYDINGS daughter Elizabeth married Robert CRUMP.
     "On 23 Sep. 1706 Jno JORDAN and wife Charity filed an additional account on the estate of Richard TIDINGS. Included were payments to Dutton LEAN for his wife's portion, Eliza TIDINGS for her portion, Mary TIDINGS for part of her portion, Phillip DOWELL "who married Mary TYDINGS afterwards" for another part of her portion, and Jno TIDINGS for his portion.8 Had Richard's daughter Elizabeth been identical to John BELT's wife/widow, then the payment should have been to Elizabeth BELT if before 1702 (when she married John LAMB) or Elizabeth LAMB (if after 1702).
     "Charles Brashear had stated that Richard TYDINGS' wife Charity was a SPARROW, daughter of Thomas SPARROW and Elizabeth KINSEY, and that this was the Thomas SPARROW who died about 1674.9 There is simply no evidence to support such a conclusion.
     "One of the more important SPARROW documents was recorded in Anne Arundel Co, MD Land Records.10 This shows that:
     " 1. Thomas SPARROW transported himself and his wife Elizabeth, and his children Thomas and Elizabeth to MD in 1649.
     " 2. In 7 Sep. 1659 Thomas SPARROW, son and heir of the first Thomas SPARROW received a patent of 590 for Sparrow's Rest, which had been surveyed for his father.
     "The above show that the first Thomas SPARROW was deceased by 1659, and that his Thomas [Jr.] obtained the patent for his land in 1659.
     "Thomas SPARROW [Jr.] wrote his will on 1 Jan. 1674, which was proved on 5 June 1675.11
     "He named his wife Elizabeth, son Thomas, daughter Elizabeth, brother Solomon, and sister Elizabeth CHAMP. Witnesses were Nath. HEATHCOTE and Richard TYDEINGS. As his brother Solomon was not listed as having been transported in 1649, he would have been born after 1649. No mention was made of a daughter named Charity.
     "Another error in Brashear's book is that he stated Richard TYDINGS was born 6 Dec. 1654 in All Hallow's Parish, the son of John TYDINGS and wife Ann. There are no records for All Hallow's Parish at that early a date. There was a John TYDINGS and wife Ann who were the parents of a son Richard born in All Hallow's Parish on 4 Dec. 1754.12
     "There was a Richard TYDINGS baptized 29 May 1625 at St. Mary's Whitechapel, Middlesex, England, son of John TYDINGS and wife Margaret.47 Some researchers have assumed that this was the Richard of MD, but he is not. Richard TYDINGS and Margaret TYDINGS [his mother] were both buried 30 June 1625 at St. Mary's Whitechapel, the same locality where he was born.
     "It was brought to my attention by Mary Kay Coker that there was a Richard TITHINGS who was baptized at St Saviour Church, Southwark, Surrey, which is just across the Thames River from London.
     "She stated there were entries for:48
     " John Tithings married Ann Willson 20 Sep 1630
     " John s/o John Tiding a carpenter bpt 26 Feb 1631/2 (John Tyding Inf[ant] buried 01 Aug 1633)
     " Richard s/o John Tithing a turner bpt 09 Mar 1633/4
     " John s/o John Tydings a turner 12 Aug 1638
     " John Tydings [not marked as infant] buried 03 Jul 1639
     " Ann Tidings [not marked as infant] buried 13 Feb 1641/2
     "This has not been further investigated, but listed only as a possibility that could be explored for the identity of Richard TYDINGS of Maryland.
     "In 1682, Richard TYDINGS claimed rights for the transportation Charity TYDINGS into Maryland.36
     "Children of Richard TYDINGS and wife Charity:
     "1. Charity TYDINGS1 b. say 1673;16 m.1. John JORDAIN;3,40 m.2. Michael PACQUINET;13 m.3. Mr. SELMON;14 living 175014
     "2 John TYDINGS1 b. say 1675;16 m. Mary ELLIS 16 day, 6th month (this is NOT June), 170512
     "3. Elizabeth TYDINGS1 b. say 1677;16 m. Robert CRUMP4 before 10 Jan. 1700;15 living 1719 Queen Anne's Co., MD4
     "4. Pretiotia TYDINGS1 b. say 1679;16 m.1 Dutton LANE;8 his will 31 May 1716, but not probated until 8 Oct. 1726;17 she m.2 John BOREING18
between 8 Aug. 171719 and 22 Jan. 1718 ;20 d. 2 Feb. 1734 St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore Co., MD21
     "5. Mary TYDINGS1 b. say 1681;16 m. Phillip DOWELL 11 June 1702;12 d. between 5 Apr.171722 and 26 Jan. 1733 Anne Arundel Co., MD23
     "On 27 Dec. 1726 Michael PACQUINET (signed as PAQUNETT) and wife Charity of Bath Co., NC gave a Power of Attorney to our loving "cuzin" John BELT of Baltimore Co., MD to sell the tract "Nangemy" on the Gunpowder River in Baltimore County.13 This John BELT was the son of John BELT and wife Elizabeth. As "cousin" was a term that was often used for "nephew" it was upon this record that some genealogical publications concluded that John BELT's wife Elizabeth was identical to Elizabeth, daughter of Richard TYDINGS, and that her son John BELT [Jr.] of the Power of Attorney was a nephew to Charity. In this case, though, it would appear that Charity, daughter of Richard TYDINGS and wife Charity, and John BELT, son of John BELT and wife Elizabeth were actual first cousins.
     "On 12 Dec. 1750 Charity SELMAN "one of the daughters and devisees of Richard TIDINGS" sold to Thomas HARRISON all right and claim to one moiety or half part of a tract called Nanjemy, the whole tract containing 375 acres.14 (Note: Thomas HARRISON would then possess the whole 375 acres. This would be a different Charity SELMAN from the daughter of John TYDINGS and Mary ELIIS that first married Solomon SPARROW, and secondly a SELMON.)
     "BELT FAMILY: On 1 Oct. 1649 Humphrie BELT of Lower Norfolk County, VA made oath that he was due 50 acres for transporting Margery CRAGGES his wife.24 The last record known of "Humfrey" BELT in VA was on 15 March 1654 [1654/5], when he was sued by Thomas JAYNES for a debt of 338 pounds tobacco.25
     "The first record of Humphrey BELT in MD was on 30 June 1663 when he entered rights for 200 acres for the transportation of himself, John BELT, Anne BELT, and Sarah BELT.26
     "If Humphrey was married about about 1649 at the time he claimed transportation for his wife, then the assumed children whom he transported by 1663 could have been born:
     "1. John BELT born say 1650; m. ca. 1677 Elizabeth; d. 1698
     "2. Anne BELT born say 1652
     "3. Sarah BELT born say 1654
     "That no transportation was claimed for his wife Margery, she may have died. The move from VA to MD may have occurred at any time between 1655 and 1663. Often a number of years may have passed between the actual transportation to MD, and the claiming of land. Sometimes land was only claimed for part of the family at one time, with the remainder claimed at a different date. If that happened, then Humphrey BELT may not have claimed land for his entire family, intending to claim any remaining land for a different tract.
     "Information on the FAMILY OF JOHN BELT is on a separate page.
     "RAMSEY FAMILY: William RAMSEY was in St. Mary's Co., MD as early as 1653 when he was about 14 years old. The will of Edward COTTEN was written there on 4 Apr. 1653.27 To Barnaby JACKSON he gave the labor of William RAMSEY and George SPROUSE until the ensuing St. Andrew's Day, provided he provide them sufficient apparell during that time and 3 months following. On St. Andrew's Day, William RAMSEY, "my servant" was to be delivered to John WARREN for 7 years.
     "On 17 October 1682 as a resident of Anne Arundel Co.28 William RAMSEY, age 43, gave a deposition for George THOMPSON regarding land formerly belonging to Barnaby JACKSON in St. Mary's County.29
     "William RAMSEY had settled in Anne Arundel County by 1665, when as a resident of there he purchased a tract in (then) Talbot County from Henry HAWKINS.32
     "In 1675 William RAMSEY of Anne Arundel Co. had proved his right to 150 acres, 50 due for his own time of service, and 100 acres due for the transportation of Anne WETHERALL and Thomas BULL in 1663.30
     "The will of William RAMSEY was written written on 12 May and proved on 20 June 1689 in Anne Arundel County. He left land to his "eldest son" Charles on the Gunpowder River [in Baltimore Co.] with the residue of land to his sons William and John. Also named was his wife Pretiotia who was the executrix and received the dwelling plantation and 250 acres on the Chester River along with the remainder of the personal estate, and to be disposed of according to her discretion "for the maintainance of her & my three youngest Children."31
     "After the death of William RAMSEY, his widow Pretiotia secondly married to Thomas BEVAN by 22 Oct. 1691 when Thomas BEVAN/BEVON and his wife Pretiotia executors of the will of William RAMSEY of Anne Arundel County sold to John "JURDAN" [JORDAN/JORDAIN], also of Anne Arundel County, the tract on the Chester River in Talbot County that William RAMSEY had purchased in 1665, and left to his wife Pretiotia in his will.33 On 4 Oct. 1692 Thomas BEVON and wife "Pretiosa" sold the Anne Arundel County land willed by William RAMSEY to his wife Pretiotia.34
     "William RAMSEY and wife Pretiotia had additional children that were not named in the will that were just called "my three youngest children." A "Peshoshia" RAMSEY was buried 2 [blank] 1698/9 at All Hallow's Parish in Anne Arundel County and thought to be a daughter. A few months later on 14 May 1699, Thomas RAMSEY, "son of William and Peshoshia" was baptized there.12 Another believed child is Charity, wife of Thomas HODGES. Thomas HODGES was a witness to the will of John BELT. Thomas and wife Charity were the parents of children:35
     "Thomas HODGES born 3 Nov. 1697
     "Pretiotia HODGES born 13 May 1700
     "John HODGES born 30 Sep. 1702
     "Charles Ramsey HODGES born 18 Feb. 1704
     "Charity HODGES born 5 Aug. 1707
     "Elizabeth HODGES born 7 May 1710
     "Sarah HODGES born 22 Mar. 1713
     "William RAMSEY and wife Pretiotia had children:
     "1. Charles RAMSEY31 b. say 1667; m. Elizabeth (THURSTON) WHALLEY by 1 Mar. 169137 [1691/2]
     "2. William RAMSEY31 b. say 1669
     "3. John RAMSEY31 b. say 167138
     "4. Charity RAMSEY b. say 1680; m. ca. 1696 Thomas HODGES
     "5. "Peshoshia" RAMSEY b. ca 1680s; bur. 2 (blank) 1698/9 All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD12
     "6. Thomas RAMSEY b. posthumously? ca. 1689; bap. 14 May 1699 All Hallow's Parish as "son of William and "Peshoshia."12 Called nephew in the will of John BELT, Sr. written in 1697. (Note than many children from families that had Quaker ties appear to have been baptized when they were older at All Hallow's Parish. Elizabeth, widow of John BELT had 4 children from her first marriage baptized at the same time as her daughter Margaret in 1703. The eldest had to be over age 10.)
     "THE RELATIONSHIPS:
     "BELT TO TYDINGS
John BELT, son of John BELT and wife Elizabeth was "cousin" of Michael PACQUINET and wife Charity TYDINGS. If first cousins, then there would be a sibling relationship of either Richard TYDINGS or his wife Charity to either John BELT or his wife Elizabeth.
     "BELT TO RAMSEY
The elder John BELT in his 1697 will made a bequest to his "nephew" Thomas RAMSEY. Thomas was listed in the baptismal records as a son of William and "Peshoshia." That would imply that either John BELT or wife Elizabeth was a sibling to either William RAMSEY or wife Pretiotia.
     "TYDINGS TO RAMSEY
     "The use of the name Pretiotia among the children of Richard TYDINGS and wife Charity, the use of the name Charity among the children of William RAMSEY and wife Pretiotia would imply a relationship between the two families. Added evidence would be that William RAMSEY's wife Pretiotia and her second husband Thomas BEVAN/BEVON sold his Talbot County land to John "JURDAN" [JORDAN/JORDAIN] who was the husband of Richard TYDINGS and wife Charity's daughter Charity.
     "THE POSSIBILITIES:
     "POSSIBILITY ONE:
     "1. Richard TYDINGS b. say 1642; m. Charity (b. say 1656); he d. ca. 1689 Anne Arundel Co., MD
     "2. Pretiotia TYDINGS b. say 1650; m.1. William RAMSEY/RAMSAY (b. ca. 1639); m.2. Thomas BEVON/BEVANS
     "3. Elizabeth TYDINGS b. say 1661; m.1. John BELT; ca. 1677; m.2. 25 July 1701 John LAMB; d. between 1 Aug. and 14 Oct. 1737 Anne Arundel Co., MD
     "On 10 Aug. 1663, George NOTTLEFOLD/NOTTLEFORD transferred Foldland in Anne Arundel Co., MD to Richard TIDING, who on 11 Sep. 1665 as Richard TIDINGS, cooper, granted the deed and assigment to Elizabeth BREWER, widow. Richard signed his mark, as an "R".39 As Richard TYDEINGS he witnessed the 1674 will of Thomas SPARROW,11 as TYDINGS he was an appraiser for the 1676 estate of John SHAW,41 as TIDINGS an appraiser for the 1676 estate of Thomas SPARROW,42, as TYDINGS an appraiser for the 1679 estate of Thomas BESSON the elder,43 as TIDENS an appraiser for the 1679 estate of Enoch BOULTON,44 and as TYDING an appraiser for the 1684 estate of Edmond TOWNHILL.45
     "In each case his mark was indicated as an "R". Although his will was indicated as signed with the mark "RT", there is no reason to believe it is not the same man, or that there was more than one Richard TYDINGS at that time in MD.
     "The likelihood that this possibility is the correct one would seem extremely remote.
     "POSSIBILITY TWO:
     "1. William RAMSEY b. ca. 1639; m. Pretiotia b. say 1650
     "2. Charity RAMSEY b. say 1656; m. Richard TYDINGS ca. 1672
     "3. Elizabeth RAMSEY b. say 1661; m. John BELT ca. 1677
     "William RAMSEY was in MD as a 14 year old servant. There is no indication that his parents were in MD for him to have had siblings there. This possibility would also seem unlikely.
     "POSSIBILITY THREE:
     "Humphrey BELT the father of:
     "1. John BELT b. ca. 1650; m. ca. 1677 Elizabeth, she b. ca. 1661
     "2. Pretiotia BELT, b. say 1650; m. ca. 1666 William RAMSEY (b. ca. 1639)
     "3. Charity BELT b. say 1656; m. ca. 1672 Richard TYDINGS
     "As discussed under the TYDINGS section, Richard TYDINGS claimed land by 1682 for the rights in the transportation of his wife. As rights could be transferred, it does not necessarily mean that Richard was the person to actually transport her to MD. Humphrey BELT was living in VA as of 1655. If Charity was his daughter and born in VA, and he moved to MD about 1656, he may have reserved the rights for her transportation for a later time. If so, on the death of Humphrey BELT, Charity's husband Richard TYDINGS could have claimed the rights. Left unexplained is the lack of a transportation entry for either a Pretiotia BELT by Humphrey, or by her husband William RAMSEY.
     "A possibility is that Pretiotia was a second marriage for William RAMSEY, and that in his will he named only those children by an unknown first wife. If Pretiotia was a BELT, and a second wife of William RAMSEY, this would give:
     "Humphrey BELT father of:
     "1. John BELT b. ca. 1650 VA; m. ca. 1677 Elizabeth, she b. ca. 1661
     "2. Anne BELT b. ca. 1652 VA
     "3. Sarah BELT b. ca. 1654 VA
     "4. Charity BELT b. ca. 1656 VA; m. Richard TYDINGS
     "5. Pretiotia BELT b. ca. 1658-1662 MD; m. William RAMSEY as his second wife
     " 1. Charity RAMSEY born say 1680; m. ca. 1696 Thomas HODGES
     " 2. "Peshoshia" [Pretiotia] RAMSEY born 1680s; d. 1698
     " 3. Thomas RAMSEY called nephew in the will of John BELT
     "This last revised version of this possibility would seem very possible as being the correct version.
     "POSSIBILITY FOUR:
     "1. Pretiotia -?-, b. say 1650; m. ca. 1670 William RAMSEY (b. ca. 1639)
     "2. Charity -?-, b. say 1656; m. ca. 1674 Richard TYDINGS
     "3. Elizabeth -?- b. say 1659; m. ca. 1677 John BELT
     "the three being sisters, father unknown.
     "This scenario could also have the option as in possibility three, where Pretiotia was a second wife to William RAMSEY. The father of the three girls never claimed transporation for Charity, and Richard TYDINGS later did.
     "1. Charity -?- b. say 1656 outside of MD; m. Richard TYDINGS
     "2. Elizabeth -?- b. say 1659 MD; m. ca. 1677 John BELT
     "3. Pretiotia b. say 1662 MD; m. as his second wife, William RAMSEY
     "This possibility is also possible as being the correct version.
     "The witnesses to John BELT's will were John TIDINGS, Charity JORDAN, Ann SMITH, Thomas HODGES, Daniel PIERCE, Darby SWEANY and Ann PIERCE. Note that under all scenarios, that John TIDEINGS and Charity JORDON would have been his nephew and niece, and Thos. HODGES would have been the spouse of his niece.
     "CONCLUSION:
     "Either Possibility 3 or 4 would appear to be the most likely relation of the TYDINGS, BELT and RAMSEY families to each other. Unfortunately, for her descendants, the identity of Elizabeth, wife of John BELT remains unknown in either possibility.
     "1. Richard Tidings will, Maryland Wills 6:40-41. Note that the witnesses were Elizabeth Chesell, Elizabeth Butler, Charles Chisell, and and Jno. Elsey. Some publications incorrectly abstracted the one witness as Charity (rather than Charles) Chisell.
     "2. Appraisers of Edward Marriote, Maryland Testamentary Proceedings 14:95.
     "3. Richard Tydings estate, Maryland Testamentary Proceedsing 15:9, FHL microfilm 0,012,934.
     "4. Baltimore Co., MD Deeds TR#DS:47-51, FHL microfilm 0,013,325
     "5. Baltimore Deeds TR#C:89-91, and TR#C:99-101, FHL microfilm 0,013,330.
     "6. Robert Crump inventory, MD Inventories 41:209-210, FHL microfilm 0,012,876.
     "7. F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records 1726-1750, (Silver Springs, MD: Family Line Publications, 1983), 48.
     "8. Richard Tidings account, MD Inventories and Accounts 26:16-17.
     "9. Charles Brashear and Shirley Brashear McCoy, A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 1, The First Two Hundred Years of Brashears in America, (San Diego, CA: 1998), 131-133. E-mail with the author Charles BRASHEAR at brashear AT mail.sdsu.edu dated 16 Nov. 1999 shows he was unable to offer any source for his inclusion of this in his book. He stated: "Here's what I have. It looks like a will record, though I don't seem to have the book and page references," and then recited the information contained in his book. It is apparent he had no documentation for his statement that Charity was a SPARROW. There is no will listing Richard's wife Charity as a SPARROW, or any record of Thomas SPARROW having a     "daughter named Charity.
     "10. Anne Arundel Co., MD Land Records WT1:20-26, FHL microfilm 0,013,209.
     "11. Thomas Sparrow will, MD wills 2:76-78 [image 77 of 412].
     "12. F. Edward Wright, Anne Arundel County Church Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, no date).
     "13. Baltimore Co., MD Land Records IS#I:36-38, FHL microfilm 0,013,326.
     "14. Baltimore Co., MD Land Records TR#D:107-108, FHL microfilm 0,013,330.
     "15. Kent Co, MD Land Records M:110-111 , FHL microfilm 0,014,148.
     "16. Estimates based on all daughters under age 16, and son under 21 in 1687 in #1, the stated birth order of the daughters, and the known marriage dates of John and Mary.
     "17. Dutton Lane will, MD Wills 18:530 [image 528 of 557]
     "18. Evidence that Pretiosia (Tydings) Lane secondly married John Boreing includes:
     " a) Dutton Lane's will was written in 1716, but not probated until 1726 because there was nothing to administer. See #46.
     " b) Pretiosia witnessed a deed of John Boreing in 1717, in which no wife signed. See #19.
     " c) In 1718, John Boreing had a wife named Pretiotia. See #20.
     " d) Dutton Lane, Jr., son of Pretiotia married a daughter of John Boreing.
     "19. Baltimore Co., MD Land Records TR#A:417-419, FHL microfilm 0,013,325. On 8 Aug. 1717 Presoecie (x) Lain witnessed the sale of a tract from John Boreing (no wife signed) to Jonathan Tipton.
     "20. Baltimore Co., MD Land Records TR#RA:524-528, FHL microfilm 0,013,324. John Boreing and wife Pretotia sold a tract of land.
     "21. Bill and Martha Reamy, Records of St. Paul's Church, Volume 1, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1988), 42.
     "22. Baltimore Co., MD Land Records TR#A:436-437, FHL microfilm 0,013,325.
     "23. Phillip Dowell will, MD Wills 21:109-111 [image 137 of 484].
     "24. Lower Norfolk Co., VA Deeds and Wills B:123, FHL microfilm 0,032,823.
     "25. Lower Norfolk Co., VA Deeds and Wills C:136, FHL microfilm 0,032,823.
     "26. MD Land Patents liber 5 (vol. 7):373, FHL 0,013,065.
     "27. Edward Cotten will, MD wills 1:46-49 [image 46 of 640].
     "28. Archives of Maryland 70:290.
     "29. Archives of Maryland 70:253.
     "30. Maryland Land Patents 15:300 (Vol. 18), FHL microfilm 0,013,072, item 2.
     "31. William Ramsey will, MD Wills 6:59 [image 63 of 423].
     "32. Talbot Co., MD Land Records 1:7, FHL microfilm 0,014,521.
     "33. Talbot Co., MD Land Records 5:331, FHL microflm 0,014,523.
     "34. Anne Arundel Co., MD Land Records IH3:91-95, FHL microfilm 0,013,208.
     "35. Register of Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's Co., MD (copied in 1885), FHL microfilm 0,014,304, item 3.
     "36. Carson Gibb, A Supplement to The Early Settlers of Maryland.
     "37. Baltimore Co., MD Land Records RM#HS:340, FHL microfilm 0,013,323.
     "38. Nicholas Gassaway Senr. will, MD wills 2:228-231 [image 229 of 412]. Of an age to have witnessed his will on 10 Jan. 1691 [1691/2].
     "39. Anne Arundel Co., MD Land Records IH3:114-115, FHL microfilm 0,013,208.
     "40. Richard Tydings account, MD Inventories and Accounts 14:143.
     "41. Richard Shaw inventory, MD Inventories and Accounts 2:172-173,
     "42. Thomas Sparrow inventory, MD Inventories and Accounts 2:359-360.
     "43. Thomas Besson inventory, MD Inventories and Accounts 6:105-106,
     "44. Enoch Boulton inventory, MD Inventories and Accounts 6:612.
     "45. Edmond Townhill inventory, MD Inventories and Accounts 8:178.
     "46. Dutton Land administration, Maryland Testamentary Proceedings, 27:342. 10 Oct. 1726 exhibited from Baltimore Co., the will of Dutton Lane by Richard Lane his son one of the legatees who says there is no effects to Administor on.
     "47. St. Mary's Whitechapel, Church of England, 1558-1643 Parish Register, p. 102 [back side of 102, across from 103], FHL microfilm 0,094,691.
     "48. Email from M. K. Coker [mkcwrites AT yahoo.com], 22 May 2014.⁷ GKJ-8. Pertitia Tidings was also known as Pretiotia Tydings.²
In Richard Tydings's will dated 2 February 1687, Pertitia Tidings was named as an heir;      From Barnes [2015:244]: "In it he left to his sone John (at age 21) the tract Haselnut Ridge; if John were to s.p., the land was to go to his daus. Charity, Eliza, Preti(o)tia, and Mary. Daus. Preti(o)tia and Mary were to have New Year's Gift, also in B[altimore] Co. Solomon Sparrow, John Belt, and John Jordaine were to be overseers. The will was wit. by Eliza Chesell, Eliza Butler, Charity Chesell and John Elsey."^8,9

     GAV-8 GKJ-8.

     Catherine deBrassier married an unknown person.

Catherine deBrassier died. She was born.

     George Monroe was born after 1645 at Charles Co., Maryland, USA.¹ He married Dorothy Cager, daughter of Robert Cager and Dorothy James ?, before 5 September 1667 at Charles Co., Maryland, USA,
;
Her 1st husband.³
George Monroe died before 1668 at Charles Co., Maryland, USA.¹
     Reference:
From "Early Colonial Settlers...":
     "probably from first wife
     "Charles County Circuit Court, Liber B, 5 Mar 1663/4, Page 288
George Monrow, clerk, binds himself to pay Mr. Edmond Custis of London 2312# of tobacco by 10 Nov; 9 May 1663; /s/ George Monrow; wit. Thomas Hussey, Richard Hope
     "Cager, Robert, St. Mary's County, 10th Aug., 1667; 5th Sept., 1667.
To child., Robert Cager, Jr., and Dorothy, wife of George Monroe, estate in equal portions;
Robert to be of age at 21 yrs.
Overseers: John Lawson and Henry Hide. Test:
Thos. Hatton, Patrick Forrest, Evan Lewis. 1. 293."¹

     Elizabeth Jones married an unknown person.

Elizabeth Jones died. She was born in 1670.

     William Jones married an unknown person.

William Jones died. He was born in 1678.

     Sigismond Brassier married Anne de Caucavanne on 15 June 1554 at France.

     GAV-12 GKJ-12.

     Anne de Caucavanne married Sigismond Brassier, son of Maurice de Brassier and Marie Judith de Hautvillar, on 15 June 1554 at France.

     GAV-12 GKJ-12.

     Sir John Stewart of Sticks in Glenquaich, living married Muriel Sutherland.¹
Sir John Stewart of Sticks in Glenquaich, living was born before 1460; His father d. 3 Aug 1460.¹
Sir John Stewart of Sticks in Glenquaich, living died between 1505 and 1558.¹
      ; Per Burke's: "Sir John, of Sticks in Glenquaich, living 1486; m Muriel Sutherland (who d 1510), and d 1505-58, leaving three sons (William, 2nd of Sticks; John, 3rd of Sticks and 1st of Ballechin' and Patrick). The yst s, Patrick, 2nd of Ballechin, was ancestor of the Steuarts of Ballechin (see BURKE's L.G. 1952 edn)."¹ He was living in 1486.¹

     Robert Samuel Brashears was born on 20 August 1731 at Brashears Meadows, Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.^3,4,5 He married Phoebe Nicks, daughter of John (I) Nicks and Margaret Quinton Edwards, on 2 November 1754 at Buffalo Presbyterian Church, Rowan Co. (now Guilford Co.), North Carolina, USA.⁶


His estate was probated in January 1816
; Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008
     Name:     Robert S Brasher
     Probate Date:     14 Oct 1815
     Probate Place:     Roane, Tennessee, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1815
     Inferred Death Place:     Tennessee, USA
     Item Description:     Estate Books, 1802-1842
     Source Citation: Estate Books, 1802-1842, Roane County, Tennessee; Author: Historical Records Project (Tennessee); Probate Place: Roane, Tennessee
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: Tennessee County, District and Probate Courts.⁷
Robert Samuel Brashears died on 15 January 1816 at Harriman, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA, at age 84.³
Robert Samuel Brashears was buried after 15 January 1816 at Brashears-Kries Cemetery, Sugar Grove, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Reference: I have relied on three key sources for the information on Robert Samuel Brashears and his children:
1. Brashear [1999:III] - Vol. 3 - Robert Samuel Brashears "The Rolling Stone"
2. Lily's Perryman Family Tree on Ancestry.com - This is one of the best documented family btrees I have found on Ancestry
3. Cheryl Grubb's website regarding the Brashear Family (Robert Samuel Brashear Family - Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee), which is also fairly well documented.
4. The Brashear Family Bible (image seen on Ancestry.com)).^8,9,10,11 GAV-5.

Robert Samuel Brashears lived circa 1753 at Orange Co. (now Guilford Co.), North Carolina, USA; According to Cheryl Grubbs: " The family had come here from Maryland about 1753 and settled on the Reedy Fork of the Haw River and Buffalo Creek."¹²

Robert Samuel Brashears appeared in the census of 1790 at Pendleton Co., South Carolina, USA; p. 13, column 2, line 20
     Name: Robert Samuel Barsher [Robert Samuel Brasher]
     Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Pendleton, South Carolina
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 1
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
     Free White Persons - Females: 3
     Number of Slaves : 1
     Number of Household Members: 6
     Source Citation: Year: 1790; Census Place: Pendleton, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 13; Image: 26; Family History Library Film: 0568151
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
     Original data: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.¹³

Robert Samuel Brashears left a will on 14 October 1815 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; Images of will found on Lily's Perry Family Tree.¹⁴

     Capt. Asa Brashears was buried at Burial details unknown ;
Per Find a Grave:
COL Asa Brashears Veteran He was born in 1745 at Fairfax Co., Virginia, USA.^1,2 He married Jemima Nelson in 1770 at Calvert Co., Maryland, USA,
; His 1st of 2 wives.^1,2 Capt. Asa Brashears married Elizabeth Linder on 4 January 1803 at Rockingham Co., North Carolina, USA,
; His 2nd of 2 wives. Image of marriage recrod (attached) from FaG memorial.²
Capt. Asa Brashears died on 4 August 1818 at Rockingham Co., North Carolina, USA.^1,2
     Capt. Asa Brashears began military service at Revolutionary War, Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA,
Per Find a Grave:
DAR link: https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search/.² He witnessed the marriage of Zaza Brashears Sr. and Elizabeth Adkinson on 9 June 1775 at Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA; His 1st of 2 wives. Image of marriage record (attached) from his FaG memorial.^1,4

     Elizabeth Brashears was buried at Burial Details Unknown ;
Per Find a Grave:
Elizabeth Brashear Allen
Elizabeth Brashears died at Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA.¹ She was born circa 1748 at Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA.^2,1 She married John Allen on 4 February 1774 at Orange Co. (now Guilford Co.), North Carolina, USA.²

     Bazil Brashears married an unknown person.

Bazil Brashears died. He was born circa 1750 at Buffalo Creek, Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA.

     Isaac Brashears died. He was born circa 1752 at Buffalo Creek, Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA.

     Martha Brashears married an unknown person.

Martha Brashears died. She was born circa 1754 at Buffalo Creek, Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA.

     Zaza Brashears Sr. was buried at Brashears Family Cemetery, Jacobs Creek, Rockingham Co., North Carolina, USA;
Per Find a Grave:
Zaza Brashear Sr. He was born circa 1747 at Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA.^1,3 He married Elizabeth Adkinson, daughter of Corp. John Adkinson, on 9 June 1775 at Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA,
; His 1st of 2 wives. Image of marriage record (attached) from his FaG memorial.^1,3 Zaza Brashears Sr. married Elizabeth Lomax on 10 March 1798 at Rockingham Co., North Carolina, USA,
; His 2nd of 2 wives. Image of marriage record (attached) from his FaG memorial.^1,3
Zaza Brashears Sr. died in 1817 at Rockingham Co., North Carolina, USA.³
     Zaza Brashears Sr. was also known as Zaza Brashear Sr.³

Zaza Brashears Sr. and Elizabeth Adkinson appeared in the census of 1790 at Salisbury District, Rockingham Co., North Carolina, USA;

Zara Brasher in the 1790 United States Federal Census
The 1790 US Census enumerated Zaza Brasher, Sr. (Zaza Brashear) in Salisbury District, Rockingham Co., N.C. with a family:
The 1790 US Census of Rockingham County, N. C. also enumerated the household of CPL. John Adkinson and near-by was the household of Zaza Brashear, Sr., his son-in-law [husband of his daughter, Elizabeth (Adkinson) Brashear, who died in 1797].
p. 533, column 1, line 11

Zaza Brashears Sr. and Elizabeth Lomax appeared in the census of 1800 at Salisbury District, Rockingham Co., North Carolina, USA;

Laza [sic] Brasher in the 1800 United States Federal Census
p. 441, line 5

     Henri Brassier died. He was born.

     Jacques Brassier married Marguerite d'Orty on 12 February 1580.

     GAV-11 GKJ-11.

     Marguerite d'Orty married Jacques Brassier, son of Sigismond Brassier and Anne de Caucavanne, on 12 February 1580.

     GAV-11 GKJ-11.

     Maurice Brassier was born at France. He married Catherine deBarbotan.
Maurice Brassier married Marie de Cledes on 18 November 1608 at France.

     GAV-10 GKJ-10.

     Catherine deBarbotan married Maurice Brassier, son of Jacques Brassier and Marguerite d'Orty.

Catherine deBarbotan died. She was born.

     Marie de Cledes married Maurice Brassier, son of Jacques Brassier and Marguerite d'Orty, on 18 November 1608 at France.

     GAV-10 GKJ-10. GAV-10? GKJ-10.

     Benois [Benjamin] Brasseur was born circa 1610 at Bouches-du-Rhone, France.¹ He married Mary Richford circa 1645 at Nansemond Co., Virginia, USA.¹

Benois [Benjamin] Brasseur died circa 1663 at The Cliffs, Calvert Co., Maryland, USA.¹
Benois [Benjamin] Brasseur was buried after 25 March 1664 at Calvert Co., Maryland, USA.
      ; Benois/Benjamin[10] Brasseur[60] (A528). Born, circa 1610 (?), in FR. Died, circa 1663, in The Cliffs, Calvert Co., MD. Immigration: before 1653, in Nansemond Co., VA. Occupation: farmer-justice.

Benois or Benoit Brassieur/Brassier came to Maryland from Virginia as is shown from his Certificate of Denization from Cecil Lord Baltimore in 1662/3 (Maryland Hall of Records, Proceedings of the Provincial Council, L. HH, ff. 157-158). Unfortunately, Benois died shortly afterwards (1663) and he did not leave a will. His wife did make a will prior to her marriage to Thomas Starling and it is printed below. In Maryland, Benois Brasseur became Benjamin Brashears and he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Calvert Co.

Benois was probably related to the Brasseur family of Lower Norfolk and Nansemond countiess, Virginia. A Bennet Brasseur is named as one of the persons transported by Robert Brasseur in a patent of 1200 acres in "Nanzemond Co." dated 12 April 1653 (Virginia Patent Book 3, p. 33 in Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 1, p. 244). At least 600 acres of this land escheated to the Crown "by reason Rob. Braseur was an alien". At the time of the escheat, 19 November 1670, the 600 acres was in the possession of Rich. Staples, husband of one of the daughters of Robert Brasseur to whom he willed the land ("Inquisitions on Escheated Lands", The Virginia Genealogist, vol. 20, p. 111). The escheat of an additional 300 acres of the lands of Robert Brasseur is also recorded ("Inquisitions on Escheated Lands", The Virginia Genealogist, vol. 20, pp. 23-24). This land was granted, 7 June 1670, to "Mr. John Brasseur his sonn".

Benois had a patent in Virginia for "300 acres at the head of Indian Creek, a branch of the western branch of the Nansemond River", Virginia Patent Book 3, p. 89, dated 12 April 1653, (Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 1, p. 257). One of the persons claimed as a headright was Mary RICHFORD. This patent was renewed 26 March 1656 (Virginia Patent Book 4, p. 26 (40) in Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 1, p. 329). A Benors Brasheire was granted 100 acres in "Nancimond Co.", by an inquisition of 23 February 1662. This land was granted to Charles Drury 23 September 1663 (Virginia Patent Book 5, p. 450 (543) in Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 1, pp. 539-540).

The home of Benois Brasseuir, "Upper Bennett", was in existence in 1957 and was located at "The Cliffs" in Calvert Co., Maryland.

He married Mary Richford? (86) (A529), circa 1645, in VA. Children:

i. Robert[9] Brashier.
ii. Martha Brassier. Born, circa 1658, in VA/MD. Died in MD.
Occupation: housewife. She married Henry Kent, 1674, in MD.
iii. Elizabeth Brassier. Born, circa 1660, in Calvert Co., MD.
iv. Susannah Brassier. Born, before 1663, in VA/MD. Occupation:
housewife. She married Mareen Duvall.
v. Ann Brassier. Born, before 1663, in VA/MD. Occupation:
housewife. She married William Dalrymple.
vi. Mary Brassier. Born, before 1663. Died, after 1669, in MD?.
Occupation: housewife. She married, first, Nathaniel Robbins, 7
May 1669, in MD. She married, second, Christopher Ellis, after
1670, in Pr. George's Co., MD.
vii. John Brassier. Born, before 1663, in VA/MD. Died, circa 1696, in
Calvert Co., MD. Prob of Est: 1696, in MD Hall Records, Wills, L
7, f 225. He married Ann Sterling?, circa 1660 (?), in MD?.
viii. Benjamin Brassier. Born, before 1663, in VA/MD. Died, Feb
1675/6, in Calvert Co., MD. Prob of Est: 13 Mar 1675/6, in MD
Hall Records, Wills, L 2, f 402.¹ GAV-9? GKJ-9.

; Other spellings of the surname: BRASSIER, BRECHIER.

First immigrant BRASSEUR (BRASHEAR) due to religious persecution in France against the Huguenots. "Brasseur" means "brewer" in French.

Sources:

Brashear, Henry Sinclair, "The Brashear-Brashears Family, 1449 to 1929", published in 1929. Different meaning of the name found on p. 125. HEBERT, Rev. Donald J., Compiler, "Southwest LA Records" Vol. XXXVI, 1904, published in 1991. page 118.

Kilpatrick, Sydney (female) M., "Belt BRASHEAR and Amelia DUVALL", privately published ca. 1960s. His 8 children are listed on pages 10-11 of this book.

"The Huguenot Society of America", p. 42. Address: 122 E. 58th St., NY, NY 10022. See this pamphlet for other sources.

Brashear, Charles, "A BRASHEAR(S) Family History, Vol. 1: The First 200 Years of Brashear(s) in America".

Wealthy at death; no will, but Inventory, Book 1E, p. 92 appraised February 1663/4 ( p. 33 of Charles BRASHEAR's Vol. 1) 8 servants & 1 Negro woman, "Sarah".

Benois [Benjamin] Brasseur immigrated before 1653 to Nansemond Co., Virginia, USA.¹

     Muriel Sutherland married Sir John Stewart of Sticks in Glenquaich, living, son of James II Stewart King of Scotland.¹

Muriel Sutherland died in 1510.¹

     James Stewart Duke of Rothesay was born between 21 February 1506 and 1507.¹
James Stewart Duke of Rothesay died between 27 February 1507 and 1508.¹

     Arthur Stewart Duke of Rothesay was born on 20 October 1509.¹
Arthur Stewart Duke of Rothesay died on 14 July 1510.¹

     Alexander Stewart Duke of Ross was born on 30 April 1514; born posthumously.¹
Alexander Stewart Duke of Ross died on 8 December 1515 at age 1.¹

     Alexander Stewart Archbishop of St. Andrews was born circa 1493; Burke's Peerage: aged "about 20" at time of death on 9 Sep 1513.¹
Alexander Stewart Archbishop of St. Andrews died on 9 September 1513 at Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England.¹
      ; Alexander, Archbishop of St Andrews when aged 12; educ at Padua with Erasmus, was Chancellor of Scotland aged 17, and was k at the battle Flodden, 1513, aged about 20. His mother was Margaret Boyd (see KILMARNOCK, B).¹

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      ; mistress of JAMES IV.¹