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Subject: [LDR] WILLIAM CLARKSON (d. 1706)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 16:39:08 EDT


Recently I asked the Maryland Public Archives to do a "Genealogical Search"
on William Clarkson who died around 1706 in Dorchester County, Maryland.
They provided me with;

(1) PREGOGATIVE COURTS (Wills)
William Clarkson, Liber 12 ff. 76-77, 1706,
MSA SM16-18, SR 4406-1

The Will named son, William, Thomas, Robert and Richard and various unnamed
parcels of land. This is about what I expected and pretty much coincides
with the work on the CLARKSON family in Colonial Families of the Eastern
Shore of Maryland; Volume 7.

(2) PREGOGATIVE COURT (Inventories and Accounts),
William Clarkson, Liber 26 ff. 97-99, 1706,
MSA SM 13-38, Roll 67-6

Again, nothing new here that isn't covered in Colonial Families of the
Eastern Shore

(3) PREGOGATIVE COURT (Inventories and Accounts),
William Clarkson, Liber 31 f. 113, 1710
MSA SM 13-45, Roll 69-2

Here is where the surprise came in. This document lists Ruth, as Extx. and
her husband Edmund Goodrich. I think that we now have TWO WILLIAM CLARKSONS
because the Maryland Archives also sent me the generally accepted information
on William Clarkson as follows:

(4) PREROGATIVE COURT (Inventories and Accounts).
William Clarkson, Liber 35A f. 69, 1713,
MSA SM 13-52, Roll 70-3

This document names William Clarkson's widow, Sarah, as Extx. and her
current husband, JAMES BROWN.

IS ANYONE FAMILIAR OR HAVE ACCESS TO THE 1710 DOCUMENT (#3 above) ?
POSSIBLY THIS IS A WILLIAM CLARKSON FROM ANOTHER MARYLAND COUNTY.

Ron

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