Matthew Markland, II

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Matthew MARKLAND4,1578,1579 was born on Aug 31, 1727 in MD-Prince George's County. He in 1774 in NC-Hope, now Clemmons. Purchased 325 acres (lots 62 and 80). He died on Mar 10, 1796 in HOPE, STOKES CO., NC..1579 He was buried in Hope Moravian Cemetary, Muddy Creek Station, NC. Served as Roadmaster for English Settlement for Hope

Moved to North Carolina about 1774.

In 1774 Matthew Markland and his family joined the Carroll's Manor Moravians who settled on Muddy Creek in Wachovia, North Carolina. Matthew purchased about 325 acres (lots 62 and 80) in the English speaking settlement of Hope (present day Clemmons).

Johathan Markland's name is found on a "Marriage License Purchase List", Surry County, April 14, 1787. (From T & C Papers: County Settlements-Marriage Licenses, Boxes 11-97, at the NC State Archives. Compiled by Dr. Charles R. Holloman, for The NC Genealogical Society Journal, Volume III, No. 3, August 1977.

Abstract - Indenture made 28 July, 1753, between Matthew Markland of Frederick County, MD., cooper and William Shaw of Prince Georges county - 6,000 pounds of tobacco and 3 pounds current money to him in hand paid - two tracts of land called Dan and Beersheba-- scituate lying and being in Prince Georges county - Witnesses: David Ross, Joseph Beal. Endorsement, July 28, 1753 - Also came Aneebel, wife of said Matthew - relinquishment. (Hall of Records-Prince Georges county, MD. - Liber NN, folios 168, 169.)

In 1774 Matthew Markland and his family joined the Carroll's Manor Moravians who settled on Muddy Creek in Wachovia, North Carolina, Matthew purchased about 325 acres (lots 62 and 80) in English speaking settlement of Hope (present day Clemmons).

Matthew served as Roadmaster for English Settlement For Hope.

Surry County NC Court Minutes:

Pg. 8 1778-Matthew Markland order to attend court as juror 2nd Mon in Feb.

Pg. 92-11 May 1786, Traugott Bagge vs Matthew Markland

January 25, 1780 - Bro Fritz went to our English settlement, and in the home of Mr. Markland held the funeral of a young man by the name of Henry Crampton. He was the grandson of Ancibel (Aneyble) (Crampton) Markland. A foot note in the death records of the Hope Church Book calls him a step-son of Matthew Markland. He was in the Markland home, but was the grandson of Ancibel, Matthew's wife, born circa 1765 in Maryland. The Hope Church Book 1, page 1, reads : Henry Crampton, a lad of about 15 years of age-Mr. Markland's step-son departed this life January 1780, on occasion with fetching in the house a heavy log of wood, when he fell down on ice, the log striking his head, so that he died in 3 days afterward. He was then buried on the place where now the graveyard is, before it was paled in.

1786 TAXABLES located in Captain Krous' District, Surry County (present-day Forsyth)

Markland, Matthew - 168 acres, 2 white polls

1790 Stokes County, NC. census for Matthew Markland as head of the household:

2 males over 16; 2 females.

Will of Matthew Markland

Stokes County, North Carolina

Will Book # 1, pp 81 1/2 and 82

In the name of God Amen. I Matthew Markland of the county of Stokes being weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God( Calling) into mind the Almighty of my body and knowing that is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will. I give and recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall ( recover) the same again, by the mighty plan of God. And as counting such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life , I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.

First I give and bequeath to Aneyble my dearly beloved wife one Feather bed and furniture, one woolnutt chest and 5 pounds hard money to be paid by Nathaniel my son yearly and every year during her life that is in consideration of the land that shall be mentioned hereafter---Also I give one pound ten shillings to be paid by Joseph my son yearly and every year during her life that is in consideration of seventeen acres of land that shall be mentioned hereafter.

Also I give to my well beloved son Joseph seventeen acres of land lying on the north end of my tract of land adjoining his line......

Also I give to my well beloved son Nathaniel all and singular my lands; Messuage and animals by him freely to be possessed and enjoyed, the other part of my estate to be equally divided -- all my children including my step - son, John Blake, to have an equal part with the rest of my children. And I hereby make Constitute and ordain Robert, my son, Executor of this my last will and Testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all and every other former testament Will Legacies Bequests and Executors by me in any ways before ( read) Will and Bequeathed, ratified and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this first day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety- six.

( Signed) Matthew Markland

Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared by the said Matthew Markland as his last will and testament in the presence of Each other and hereunto Subscribed our names. James Fletcher His mark Thomas Padget his mark Richard Dubel his mark

Matthew's headstone has this inscription: Matt Markland, born in Maryland, died March 10, 1796, age 68 years.

(Fries, Adelaide L., Forsyther, A County on the March, Vol. 111, p. 1343, Chapel Hill, 1949)

The following record was found in the Hope Church Book (Salem Archives, Winston-Salem, NC):

March 10, 1796 - Matthew Markland, a married man, Planter, in Stokes County. His age was 68 years, months and 10 days. He was born August 31st, 1727 in Maryland. He married Ancibel (Crampton) in Maryland. By this marriage he had 5 sons and 1 daughter.

It is regretable that so little is known of the earlier part of the life of Matthew Markland, 2nd, during his residence in Maryland, for it is recorded that he was a planter by this record--March 16, 1765--Thomas Ray leases to Matthew Markland for 40 pounds, tract called Detachment's Folly (excepting 50 acres) for seven years. Lease recorded April 3, 1765 by the request of M. Markland. (Frederick County, Maryland Deed Book J, page 1116).

He and his family were living in Carroll's Manor, Frederick County, Maryland, at the time of his migration to North Carolina. (Carroll's Manor, known as Carrolton, consisted of 10,000 acres granted in 1723 to Daniel, Mary and Eleanor Carroll. Charles Carroll one of the signers of the Decleration of Independence, was from Carrollton. Matthew, 2nd, was perhaps one of the many tenants necessary to operate this large Manor. At the time of his residence there he became associated with the Moravian Church. Consequently, in 1774, he and his wife and their family of seven children made the move to Old Rowan county, North Carolina, and settled in the English settlement, called Hope. Ancibel's grandson, Henry Cramphin, in his early teens, also accompanied them on this journey.

This Hope settlement was a part of the early Moravian Church settlement in Wachovia, and was under the jurisdiction of the Church at Salem (now Winston-Salem), North Carolina. This area was originally in Rowan County, but as new counties were created and county lines changed, this area has been in four different counties. It was in Rowan until 1770, after that date it was in Surrey County. It was in Stokes County, when Stokes was formed from Surrey in 1790, and in Forsyth County when that county was formed from Stokes in 1849.

An old map of the Wachovia Tract shows two pieces of property belonging to Matthew Markland, one of 168 acres on Muddy Creek at the mouth of what was later known as Little Creek, and the other 154 1/4 acres, some distance from Little Creek. This was on the Yadkin River in what is now the western edge of Forsyth County, North Carolina. In lists of property owners in Wachovia recorded in 1779 and later, the following owners were recorded: Isaac Douthid (Douthit); John Blake; Robert Markland; Matthew Markland; James Douthid.

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Summary of Matthew Markland II's Will 1. His wife, Ancibel, will inherit their feather bed and furniture including a walnut (spelt woolnutt) chest. She's also to be paid 5 pounds (about $496 with inflation) by her son Nathaniel. She will also inherit lands from him. 2. She will also be paid a pound and 10 shillings (about $148 with inflation) from her son, Joseph. She will inherit 17 acres of his land if something happens to Joseph. 3. His son, Joseph, will inherit 17 acres of land to the north end of his tract. 4. His son, Nathaniel, will inherit "all & singular" his lands. Messuage and animals are in his possession. The other half of his estate is to be equally divided among his remaining children, including his stepson, John Blake

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A Markland family and some allied lines Caroline Carpenter Washington, D.C. : [s.n.], 1967

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A Markland family and some allied lines Caroline Carpenter Washington, D.C. : [s.n.], 1967

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A Markland family and some allied lines Caroline Carpenter Washington, D.C. : [s.n.], 1967

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A Markland family and some allied lines Caroline Carpenter Washington, D.C. : [s.n.], 1967

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A Markland family and some allied lines Caroline Carpenter Washington, D.C. : [s.n.], 1967

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