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About Francis Wheeler
3rd Nov., 1735; 18th Feb., 1735-6. Will of Francis WHEELER, planter, Prince George's Co., MD. To son William and hrs., tract on
upperside of Joseph NOBLE'S plantation (being part of "Major's Choice"); should sd. son die without issue to pass to son Leonard's
second son John and hrs.; also tract lying on other side of sd. NOBLE'S plantation joining to the FRANKLIN'S land, sd. son dying
without issue to pass to Joseph NOBLE'S son Francis and hrs. The lease is to make good the deed given to Joseph NOBLE'S son
Joseph in case any land is taken from him. To son Francis and hrs., dwelling plantation, "Major's Choice;" sd. son dying without issue to
pass to son Clement and hrs. To son Ignatius and hrs., 80 A. lying in Calvert Manor adjoining to Mr. NOBLE'S land near head of Aqua.
Creek; sd. son dying without issue to pass to Ignatius son of son Leonard. To Mary dau. of Joseph NOBLE, dau. Ann JONES, sons
Ignatius, William, Francis and Clament, personalty, including 600 lbs. due from Charles ROBINSON. To four sons: Leonard, Francis,
Ignatius and Clement, exs., residue of stock. To five sons, household goods not before mentioned. Test: Peter ROBINSON, Henry
JONES, James JOHNSON, William PRESLEY. (21. 611. Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. 7, pp. 161-2) SW: Aquia
p. 36
Liber Z, Page 8
Recorded at request of William HUTCHINSON:
9jan1702; Indenture from Samuell TAYLOR of Prince Georges Co. and Verlinda his wife, one of the daus of Robert DOYNE, Gent. to William Hutchinson of Prince Georges Co., merchant, at the time of his death Robert owned diverse tracts and parcels of land, in particular 2 tracts; one containing 550ac granted him by patent 9jun1676 called Rotterdam; the other adjoining same on the lower side called The Indian Towne of 600ac conveyed to him 11mar1685 by William WHITTINGTON, Gent., of Accomack, Virginia, now of Somerset Co., MD; Robert Doyne d. intestate and his children were Wharton, Wm, Sarah, Virlinda, Ellinor and Mary; estate descended to Wharton as eldest son; William inherited this land at the death of Wharton; Wm d. intestate and Virlinda who m. Samuel Taylor inherited 1/4 of land and sold to Wm Hutchinson for L70.
/s/ Samuell Taylor, Verlinda Taylor; wit Fra WHEELER, George BUSSE, Henry PICKETT; ack. 9jan1702 by Samuel and Verlinda Taylor.
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56.John Rigg dec'd acct of Susanna Rigg admx of John Rigg. From John WHEELER, Pyer Smallwood, Wm STONE, Thomas Plunkett, John CORNISH, Charles GARDINER, Francis WHEELER, Thos Wheeler, Thos Osborn, Wm. Sargent. 18 May 1712.
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As late as 1661, William DRUMMOND, afterwards appointed by Sir William Berkeley the first Governor of Old Albermarle, N.C. used the headright of John Thomas and many prominent and wealthy notables, who are known never to have lived in Westmoreland County in taking
up a patent to 4750 acres of land (Nugent pp. 403-4). Then again, on January 30, 1659, Capt Francis WHEELER had died, and his estate was appraised by Christopher Harris, Robert Harrison, John Stampe and JOHN COTTEN. Christopher Harris was a wealthy planter, who eventually returned to England,
where he died; Robert Harrison married Elizabeth Comins (CUMMINS), daughter of Nicholas Comins, and was the ancestor of the Harrisons of South of the James who married into the Thomas Family, and Capt Francis Wheeler had married the widow of Nicholas Comins. John Stampe lived in York County at that time,
but his brother or son, Thomas Stampe was the head of a prominent neighbor of William Boddie, the Jordans, Lawrences, Exums and others, along chuckatuck in Nansemond and Isle of Wight County. All of the appraisers and parties mentioned owned lands on Queens Creek with John Thomas, Nicholas
Jernew, Joseph Croshaw, the Bennetts and Harrisons in York, and it follows that JOHN COTTEN was also of that neighborhood. This compiler has no shadow of doubt but that the JOHN COTTEN, who married MARTHA GODWIN and left a will in Bertie County, NC in 1728, was a son, nephew or other close relative of this Queen's Creek JOHN COTTEN.
Richard Exum and THOMAS GODWIN, in 1650 patented 550 acres of land in what is now (it is said) Essex County, Virginia, using the headrights of eleven persons, among them being Morgan Thomas, Richard Exum, and WILLIAM COTTEN. (Nugent 197). In 1664, Henry Corbin used the headright of JACOB
COTTEN. There was a JACOB COTTEN in North Carolina at the turn of the next century possibly the same one. (Nugent 432). John Prosser in 1665 used JOANE COTTEN (Nugent 528) and the mother of Rev. WILLIAM COTTEN was named JOANE. David Williamson in 1666 used nearly everybody in Virginia as a headright in obtaining 6000 acres in Accomac, including THOMAS COTTEN and PETER
COTTEN. (Nugent p. 554). Where these people listed by David Williamson settled nobody knows. They were perhaps all over the county. Many of the names are well known and familiar to research workers in Virginia history. As late as 1682 Arthur Jordan used the headright of THOMAS COTTEN (Valentine 704).
Anthony Matthews in taking up a patent next to lands of Edward Palmer (See York notes above) in Isle of Wight County used the headright of a WILLIAM COTTEN (Looks like he just brought him across the James River, from York County). This Anthony Matthews was probably the father of the Anthony
Matthews who married Elizabeth Boddie, the daughter of our old friend, William Boddie, of Isle of Wight County. (Nugent p 444). To me this WILLIAM COTTEN looks very much like the father of JOHN and THOMAS COTTEN who died in Bertie County, North Carolina.
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Francis Wheeler's Timeline
| 1659 |
March 18, 1659
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Charles, Maryland, Colonial America
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| 1693 |
November 14, 1693
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Piscataway Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
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1701
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Piscataway, Prince George's County, Province of Maryland
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| 1704 |
September 14, 1704
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Piscataway Township, Prince George's County, Province of Maryland
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| 1706 |
June 3, 1706
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Prince George's County, Maryland
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1736
Age 76
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Prince George's, Maryland, Colonial America
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