John Piper
- Born: Abt 1726, Somerset Co., MD
- Marriage (1): Ann Piper
- Marriage (2): Agnes Finney
- Died: Bef 16 Oct 1780, Somerset Co., MD
John Piper
EB1:139
01/15/178010/16/1780
of Stepney Parish
Agnes Piper --wife
-Negro woman "Patience" Negro man "Pleasant"
-wife and children to each have one bed and furniture with wife to have 1st choice
-not to be dispossessed or molested from using the room in the dwelling plantation called "the Room where she usually Sleeps and the room above Stairs by the name of the room Chamber" and to have sufficient room for her house crop should she make any.
-Negroes: "Judah" "Cate""Minta""James""Margrate""Ben" "Sam""Jobe""Aaron"" "Moses" "Ibo" "Solomon" "Candice" "Grace" "Jesse" "Harry" "Sam" "Levin" "Peg" "Brister" to be divided between widow and children
Joseph Piper --son
-all lands possessed in Somerset County, and elsewhere
-Negro man "Joe" Negro woman ----
-to be paid 57 pounds 6 shillings two pence out of the personal estate (Negroes excepted) in the value of goods as they would have been appraised in 1767, being the year that the testator received legacies from Joseph's grandmother's estate
-named executor along with widow
Sarah Piper --daughter
-Negro woman "Eunice" and Negro girls "Abigail" "Luce" "Sinda" Negro boy "Isaac"
-black horse colt two years old called "Fanny"
Elizabeth Piper --daughter
-Negro woman "Bridget" Negro girls "Esther" "Lydda" Negro man "Charles"
Ann Piper --daughter
-Negro woman "Venus" Negro girls "Cate" "Rhoda"Negro boys "Cesar" "Abraham"
-Ann, Elizabeth, and Sarah to be allowed to live in the dwelling plantation as long as they remain unmarried as long as they "behave themselves orderly to there Mother"
-remainder of estate to be divided equally between widow and children.
Witnesses: Josiah Dashiell, Levin Wright, Elizabeth Parramore
Then came: Joseph Piper
Then came: Josiah Dashiell
Then came: Agnes Piper, widow and elected to take her thirds of the estate both real and personal.
John married Ann Piper, daughter of Capt. Christopher Piper and Rachel Nutter. (Ann Piper was born about 1726 in Somerset Co., MD.)
John next married Agnes Finney. (Agnes Finney was born about 1735 in Accomack Co., VA.)
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