Margaret Merryman

Margaret Lane, a daughter of Dutton Lane and Pretitia Tydings, was born about 1703 in either Anne Arundel or Baltimore County, Maryland. She was named in the will of her father, receiving a tract of land called "Hamton (Hampton) Court", along with her sister, Sarah. She married William Merryman about 1725.

William and Margaret were the parents of the following children whose births were recorded in St. Paul's Parish:
1 Jemima b.24 Nov 1726 d. 13 Aug 1736
2 Margaret b. 24 Feb 1727/28 d. 5 Aug 1736
3 William b. 11 Apr 1729
4 George b. 25 Oct 1734
5 Joanna b. 15 Oct 1736
6 Chloe b. 28 Feb 1741 [1]

On 14 Feb 1733/34, "Hampton Court" was granted to William Merryman and his wife, Margaret, and Robert Sweeting and his wife, Sarah, as per the instructions of Dutton's proved will. It wasn't until two years later on 14 Feb 1735/36 that the two couples were granted a patent for "Hampton Court." William and Margaret sold their 50-acre share of "Hampton Court" to James Boreing by an indenture dated 30 Aug 1740. Then all three together sold their part to Charles Ridgely on 11 July 1746. Perhaps James hadn't completely paid off the indenture yet.

The exact date of death of Margaret Lane Merryman is not known, but she was alive on 5 May 1750 when she appeared before two justices of the peace for Baltimore County regarding the sale of a tract of land called "Merrymans Grotto." According to the deed of sale, "And at the same Time came Margeret Merryman wife of the said Wm. Merryman who being parted and privately examined out of the hearing of her husband did consent that her consent was volontary [sic] and without constrant [sic] of her husband."[2]

References
1 Reamy, Bill & Martha. Records of St. Paul's Parish. (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1988).
2 Maryland State Archives (online database and digital images, accessed 9 May 2024), Baltimore County Court, Land Records 1750-1753 Liber TR D, folio 14-16, William Merryman with consent of Margeret Merryman to Jabus Murray. https://mdlandrec.net/.

• Baltimore County Court, Land Records 1737-1740 (digital images, MDLANDREC, https://mdlandrec.net/, accessed 7 April 2024), Liber HWS IA, folio 462, William & Margarett Merryman to James Boreing, 30 Aug 1740.
• Baltimore County Court, Land Records 1745-1747 (digital images, MDLANDREC, https://mdlandrec.net/, accessed 7 April 2024), Liber TB E, folio 166, William & Margarett Merryman & James Boring to Charles Ridgely, 11 July 1746.
• Barnes, Robert William. Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759 (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1989. Accessed April 5, 2024. http://archive.org/details/baltimorecountyf0000barn/page/392/mode/2up), p. 392.
• Culver, Francis B. "Merryman Family," Maryland Genealogies, Vol. II (https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=Xib7NfnK11s&mid=50138&mur... : accessed 5 April 2024), p. 214, entry for William Merryman Family.
• Find a Grave. (database entry without image, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189261424/margaret-merryman : accessed 5 April 2024), page for Margaret Lane Merryman (1703–1742), Memorial ID 189261424; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by B Rozpad (contributor 50074804).[Note: B Rozpad refuses to change date of death in memorial based on new information from the 1746 deed.]
• James, Larry A.. The Lane Family : The Descendants of Maj. Samuel Lane; Pt. 1, text, FamilySearch, 1986, accessed April 5, 2024, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/437229-the-..., pp. 16-17.
• Maryland Prerogative Court. Maryland, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777 (digital images, Annapolis: Maryland State Archives, accessed 29 Mar 2024), liber 18, folio 530, image 528, will of Dutton Lane naming daughter Margaret to receive "Hamton Court". http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagser/s500/s538/000000/00002....
• Maryland State Archives. Land Office Patent Record 1730-1737 (online database and digital images, https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagserm/sm1/sm2/000000/00006... : accessed 6 Apr 2024), MSA citation SM2-61, film SR7475, book EI3, images 180-181, pp. 290-291, warrant for "Hampton Court," 100 acres, from John Carter to Dutton Lane, patented by William Merryman & wife and Robert Sweeting & wife on 14 Feb 1735.
• Maryland State Archives. Land Office Patent Record 1734-1740 (online database and digital images, http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagserm/sm1/sm2/000000/000062... : accessed 6 Apr 2024), MSA citation SM2-62, film SR7476, book EI4, images 110-111, pp. 213-214, "Hampton Court" assigned to William & Margaret Merryman and Robert & Sarah Sweeting per Dutton Lane's will.
• Schultz, Frederick V. Reminiscence Sung: Lane and Clark Families. Text. RootsWeb. 2000. Accessed April 5, 2024. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~rawl/family/reminiscence.html#c4.
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=Xib7NfnK11s&mid=50138&mur... : accessed 5 April 2024), Margaret Lane marriage to William Merryman in 1725, citing Source number 901.000, Source type Electronic Database, Number of Pages 1, Submitter Code JW4.