Robert L. Veazey

1718 --leases land:

Assignment of Lease. John Butrum of Cecil Co. planter, for 40 shillings, to John Ham of the same place, smith, transfers a lease of land. Made 31 April 1717. Wit. Ephra. Aug. Herman, Joseph Tilasso [Tilafro?].

John Hamm of Cecil Co., smith, because he is moving, transfers a lease of land to John Eldridge of the same place, planter. Made 14 Feb.

1718. Wit: Robert Ware, Ephr. Aug't Herman.

John Eldridge of Cecil Co. planter, for 11 lbs. of tobacco, to Robert Veazey of the same place, planter, transfers a lease of land. Made 15 Feb. 1718. Wit. Jon: Hamm, Ephr. Aug't Herman.

Rec. 24 Oct. 1719, S. Knight, Clerk. The lease these 3 assignments refer to is recorded in Lib. I.D. no. 2, folio 141:142, recorded by Jno. Dowdall, Clerk.

[p. 130, Abstracts of Cecil County, Maryland Land Records 1673-1751, by June D Brown] [the lease these assignments refer to was 140 acres of land, made by Ephr. Aug't Herman in 1715 to John Buttrom (also Butterom). The land was by lands of Richard Taylor and John Hamm, and the lease was for the lifetime of John Buttrom and his two sons, William Buttrom and John Buttrom. See p. 102, Abstracts of Cecil County, Maryland Land Records 1673-1751, by June D Brown]]

1722 --son Robert Jr mentioned:

Lease. Eph. Aug't Herman of Cecil Co. gent., for yearly rents and services, to Robert Veazey of the same place, planter, 140 acres of land, part of Bohemia Manor, by the lands of Richard Taylor and John Ham. Lease is for the natural lives of Robert Veazey, his spouse Lusey, and his son Robert. Rent of £2 and 2 dunghill fowls due 10 Dec.

yearly. Made 2 Jun 1722. Wit.: Abel Burkloo, John Jawert. JPs: Jno Jawert, Sam Alexander. Rec 16 July 2733 sic!. S. Knight, Clerk.

[p. 154, Abstracts of Cecil County, Maryland Land Records 1673-1751, by June D Brown]

--Robert V's wife's sister:

A 1722 lease to Charles Dermot by Eph. Herman indicates that two daughters of his were Lucey (who married Robert Veazey) and Sarah, who had married Thomas Rose (dcd by 29 Dec. 1721) and had sons William and Thomas Rose. Ephraim Herman had leased land on 29 Dec. 1721 to Sarah Rose, widow of Thomas, "130 acres of land taken up by her husband Thomas Rose on Bohemia Manor by Herring Creek and Back Creek and by Mr. Brungham's land." Wm. FLOYD was one of the wits to this one. See p

146 and p. 156, Abstracts of Cecil County, Maryland Land Records 1673-1751, by June D Brown.

1. # So Thomas and William Rose were first cousins of Robert Veazey's children.

Robert Veazey's line is near Herring Creek. See p. 24, Abstracts of Cecil County, Maryland Land Records 1734-1753, by June D Brown.

Charles Dermott is "recently deceased" in 1735. See p. 24, Abstracts of Cecil County, Maryland Land Records 1734-1753, by June D Brown.

1736

Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Md. vol. 6, by Peden and Wright mentions Aaron Latham, father in law to James Forster, innholder. Latham submitted an administration acct. in 1740. Witnesses were Robert Veasy, Peter Polson and Thomas Forster.

The will for James Forster was verbal made 11/25/1736 and proved 11/28/1736. Est to. brother Francis Forster. A former will had been destroyed and Aaron Latham had been appointed an exec. to protect the wife and children. Wife and children are not named in this book.

1745 --guardian of another neighbor child:

Thomas Boulding, orphan, son of Richard Boulding, is under the guardianship of Robert Veazey. (April 1745). Thomas Boulding owns 180 acres of land (of his father's). See p. 143, Abstracts of Cecil County, Maryland Land Records 1734-1753, by June D Brown.

1751 Robert Veazey JR

20 June 1751Robert Veazey JR wits deed of "Lone Tree" from Elinor Taylor widow to John Hamm son of Ephraim. [See p. 185, Abstracts of Cecil County, Maryland Land Records 1734-1753, by June D Brown].

Elinor Taylor is Ephraim Hamm's mother; m2 __ Taylor, I believe Edward taylor, innholder.

1752 --Robert V has a grandson John:

Lease. Joseph Wood of Cecil Co., for yearly rents and services, to John Holtham of the said county, 91 acres on the north side of Back Creek by the mill and Jacob Young's cart road (except the mill land which was condemned.) Said land is part of Three Bohemia Sisters which was formerly Willed by Augustine Herman to his daughter Francine, grandmother to the said Joseph Wood, and later resurveyed and named Frasncina. John Holtham has liberty to divide 10 acres to Thomas Mills. Lease is for the term of the natural lives of John Holtham's son Spencer Haltham, his daughter Mary Mills and the life of John Veazey, son of John Veazey the son of Robert Veazey. Rent of 7s.6p and

2 dunghill fowls due every 27 Oct. [John Holtham is also called John Altham.] Made & Ackn: 30 Jul 1752. Wit & JPs: Adam VanBebber, Geo.

Rock. Rec: 3 Aug 1752. M's. Bordley, Clerk.

[p. 146, Abstracts of Cecil County, Maryland Land Records 1734-1753, by June D Brown]

Robert's will was dated 29OCT1767 and listed a grandson, Robert Husband, and his own son John Veazey. The 1752 tax list shows Robert Veazey, the father, with Veazey Husband and one slave as taxables in his household. On 02JUN1722 Robert Veazey, planter, leased from Ephraim Augustine Herman, Lord of Bohemia Manor, by an indenture, 140 acres. A yearly rental fee for and during the natural lives of lessee and his wife Lucie and their son Robert Veazey. (Cecil Co. Deeds 3-493)