Thomas Pollitt
- Born: Abt 1750, Somerset Co., MD
- Marriage (1): Mary or Rebecca Miles
- Died: 08 May 1795-07 Jul 1795, Somerset Co., MD
1780 Princess Anne Co., Princess Anne Battalion, MD Militia.
Will of Thomas Pollitt: SoW-EB17:394-396, written May 8 1795, probated Jul 7 1795.
Thomas Pollitt, Sr.
EB17:394
05/08/1795 07/07/1795
Peggy Pollitt --daughter
-one of best beds & furniture, and square walnut table
Tubman Pollitt --son
-part of a tract of land called POLLITTS SECURITY being part of the tract where my dwelling house stands--beginning at the 2nd line of a tract called WARNSBERRY thence . . . to a bridge across the main road that leads from George Pollitt's plantation to Princess Anne Town thence . . . to a marked post standing at the north west of my dwelling house thence across my plantation to a marked post standing in the edge of the woods, thence south until it intersects a line of POLLITTS SECURITY
-Negro man "Jack"
William Pollitt --son
-should Tubman die without heirs, then to have lands left to him.
-to have the rest of the plantation and the adjoining lands
-Negro man "Ephraim"
-blacksmith's tools purchased from Francis Mannan
Betsy Pollitt --daughter
-Negro girl "Esther"
Molly Pollitt --daughter
-Negro girl "Little Liddy"
-to have equal share of remaining Negroes along with Betsy
-remainder of estate to be divided among all children
-daughters to have a home in the dwelling plantation for their single lives and privilege of the house for their furniture
Executors: daughter Peggy Pollitt and friend Evans Willin.
Witnesses: Thomas Pollitt, William Caldwell, Benjamin Simpson.
Thomas married Mary or Rebecca Miles, daughter of William Miles Jr. and Elizabeth Stewart??. (Mary or Rebecca Miles died before 1795 in Somerset Co., MD.)
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