Martha Duvall

Biography

Lewis Duvall was born about 1665 in Middle Plantation, Anne Arundel, Maryland, son of Mareen Duvall I (1630 - 1694) and Marie (Bouth) Duvall (~1639 - ~1672).

Lewis (~33) married Mary Ridgely (~19) (~1679 - ~1709) on 5 Mar 1699 in Maryland.[1] "LEWIS Duvall married Martha Ridgley, only daughter of the Honorable Robert Ridgely, of St. Inigoes, in 1699."[4]

Their children were:

1. Martha Duvall, bapt. Aug. 24, 1701, d. spinster 1739.
2. Mary Duvall, bapt. Oct. 18, 1702, d. young.
3. Susanna Duvall, bapt. Sept. 14, 1797, died spinster.
4. Anne Duvall, born Sept. 22, 1709. Marriage 1 Joseph Way Married: 3 SEP 1728 in South Carolina Marriage 2 Thomas Sacheverall Married: in 2nd Marriage Marriage 3 John Winn Married: in 3rd Marriage

Notes

However, according to "Mareen Duvall of Middle Plantation" by Harry Wright Newman, page 142: Susannah Duvall daughter of Lewis and Martha Ridgley Duvall was baptized September 14 1707....

"Within a reasonable time his daughters joined him in South Carolina and there he died in 1724, leaving his three daughters co-heiresses to his estate. Susannah, the second daughter, died unmarried within a few years, and Martha, the senior daughter, about 1730 returned to her native Maryland home in order to dock the entail of "Middle Plantation", but was apparently unsuccessful. She made her home with her step-grandfather, the Rev. Mr. Henderson, in Prince Georges County.

On February 6, 1732/3, a commission was appointed to define the boundaries or division of "Middle Plantation" belonging to Mistress Martha Duvall and Anne Wey wife of Joseph Wey of South Carolina, daughters and co-heiresses of Lewis Duvall, deceased.

During her last illness Martha Duvall was nursed by Elizabeth Wells, daughter of Nathan Wells, to whom she on October 20, 1739, shortly before her death deeded her a negro child called Peg "inasmuch as Elizabeth hath carefully attended to me in my sickness". The deed of gift was witnessed by Jacob Henderson and Elizabeth Denune.

She dated her will May 2, 1739, by Benjamin Jacob, Mordecai Jacob, and John Thomson. She bequeathed personally to Martha the wife of Thomas Wells, and to her cousins - Mary Whitehead, Anne Carrick and Elizabeth Denune. The residue of her estate was willed to her sister, Ann Way, of South Carolina. The Rev. Jacob Henderson was named as executor."

Origins

Carroll improved his fortunes through a judicious marriage. In November 1689, he wed Martha Ridgely Underwood, a widow whose two former husbands had left her a small fortune. Carroll inherited a portion of this fortune after Martha's death in 1690 in childbirth.[19] The child, named Anthony in honor of Carroll's brother, also died.[20] Restricted in his law practice by the new Protestant government, Carroll used the inheritance to begin importing goods to the colony.[21] He also purchased a store in the town of Annapolis.[22]

Martha had children by her first husband: Robert, Charles and William Ridgely, and Martha Ridgely Duvall.

References

1. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I1906...
2. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Lewis_Duvall_%282%29
3. "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4Z2-Y4W : 12 December 2014), Anne Duvall, 23 Sep 1709; citing Anne Arundel County, Maryland; FHL microfilm 13,279.
4. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Duvall-84
5. Harry Wright Newman, Mareen Duvall of Middle Plantation: a genealogical history of Mareen Duvall, Gent., of the Province of Maryland and his descendants with histories of the allied families of Tyler, Clarke, Poole, Hall, and Merriken (Washington, D.C.: H.W. Newman, 1952), digitized by FamilySearch.org. page viewer 149 of 609. < FamiySearch >