Jane Wharton

50yrs old in 1738

Charles Co Land Records 1756-1761; Liber G#3, Page 370. Depositions.

Jane Wharton, wife of Henry Wharton of St Mary's County, Gentleman, aged about 50, said that on about Nov 10, 1698, she, this deponent, was present at the house of Mrs. Jane Doyne in St Mary's County, and saw Thomas Jameson married according to the rites of the Church of Room [Rome], by the Revd William Hunter, to her, this deponent's sister, Mary Matthews, and on about Dec 25, 1699. She was present at the house of sd Thomas Jameson in CC when her sd sister Mary was delivered of her eldest son Francis (sic: Thomas-NJL) Jameson, who is now living. Her sd brother-in-law, Thomas Jameson, went one or more times during his intermarriage, with her sd sister, to England, and she has frequently heard him say that he was next heir to an estate in England, which he could not expect to enjoy, but hoped it would come to some of his children. Sd Thomas Jameson, her sd sister's husband, died on about Nov 18, 1733. For several years before his death, was in a very weak, languishing condition. Signed-Jane Wharton. Sworn to before John Briscoe, Gentleman, a CC JP, on Jan 16, 1738, per S. Hanson, Clerk Cur Pred:.Recorded Oct 10, 1759.

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