Thomas Ford of Anne Arundel County

Not the same as Thomas Ford, of Milford or of Thomas Ford, Sr.

Biography

In 1652, Thomas entered Maryland as a servant. ((citation needed)) In 1659, he received land and was a 'First Settler of Anne Arundel County. [see below]. In 1662 he became a 'land surveyor.' [citation needed]

In 1662, Thomas was in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He surveyed 300 acres named "Rockford" in Maryland, in 1679. He owned "Dinah Ford's Beaver Dam"; "Goury Banks: "Fordstone"; and "Repulta."

When and where he died is currently unknown, but as an early settler in the Colony of Maryland, it is presumed he died in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in/about Oct 1682, when his estate was inventoried. [citation needed]

yDNA. -- Thomas is cited as the oldest known ancestor on FTDNA Ford, Group 5, #192358. [2] [3] [4]

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Family

Thomas Ford entered MD in 1650; d. probably before 1688 in Anne Arundel Co., MD; m. Eliza (—?—)

Children

1. James Ford (1666 - 16 Feb 1703) in Anne Arundel Co., MD; m. Elizabeth (—?—)
2. John Ford (Abt 1668 - Aft 1707) married Jane
3. Elizabeth Ford (Abt 1670 - Aft 1705) married 1) Job Barnes
4. William Ford (Bef 1685 - ) married Hannah Galloway

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Will of his son James (1702)

• Ford, James, Herring Ck., A. A. Co., 28th July, 1702; 16th Dec., 1702.
• To wife Eliza:, extx., "Upper Plantation" during life and
• "Lower Plantation" during minority of son Thomas.
• to son Thomas, "Lower Plantation" at majority and "Upper Plantation" at death of wife afsd.
• To brother John Ford and sister Eliza: Barnes and their hrs.,
• 300 A., "Reputter," on s. side Susquehanna, Balto. Co.
• To 2 young sons, John and James and. their hrs., 300 A., "Rockford.," on s. side Susquehanna.
• to daus. Mary and Eliza:, personalty.
• Residue of personalty divided among wife and child. afsd. Daus. to be of age at 16 yrs. In event of marriage of their mother, sons to be of age at 16 yrs.
• Test: Wm. Smith, Cornelius White, Andrew Norton. 11. 272

References

• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I9327... has his wife as Elizabeth.
• “ Anne Arundel County Maryland: The First Settlers from Lord Baltimore's Rent Rolls “ The land grants on West River Hundred, were from 1651 to 1663: — In 1651, to Robt. Harwood; in 1652, to Hugh Drew, Thomas Sparrow, John Brown, Christopher Rowles, John Mosely, John Clark, Bartho. Herring; in 1659, to James Bonner, John Shaw, Thos. Parsons, John Cumber, Thos. Ford; in 1661, to Thos. Hooker, Thomas Taylor; in 1662, to Richard Talbott, Richard Galloway, Thos. Mules, Edward Parrish, Geo. Shipworth; in 1663, to Richard Ewen, John Watkins, Thos. Parsons, Thos. Pratt, John Baldwin. These grants were in the neighborhood of West and "Road" Rivers.”
• http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mdannear/hist.htm There were Five hundreds in Anne Arundel Co in 1707. West River Hundred lay to the the north Herring Creek Hundred, around the West River,
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ford-2949 Thomas Ford (Foorde) was born in 1627 in Worcestershire, England, the son of Symen Foorde, and was Christened in Old Swinford, 11 Nov He married Abigail (unknown) Ford (possibly her maiden name was Dix) and they had children, one of whom was: James Ford