Alice (Cole) Washington (abt. 1638 - aft. 1708)

Born about 1638 in England [uncertain]

Wife of Peter Bond — married 1677 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

Descendants

Died after 1708 after about age 70 in Baltimore, Province of Maryland

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Biography

Alice (Cole) Washington was a Maryland colonist.

No birth record for Alice has been found and her surname at birth is not proved. Alice was married four times as follows: First around 1673 to -?- Gill and was the mother of one son:

Steven (Stephen) Gill or Gile born about 1673.

Second around 1675 to William Drewery who died before 30 NOV 1676. (no children)

Third to Peter Bond around 1677. Alice & Peter were the parents of:

1. Peter b. abt. 1677
2. Thomas b. abt. 1679
3. William b. abt. 1689
4. John b. abt. 1691

Fourth to Philip Washington on 14 MAY 1707^[1]

Note

Alice was the widow of (1) Steven Gill, with whom she had at least one son, Steven (Stephen) Gill Jr., born about 1673. Following Steven Gill's death,

• Alice married (2) William Drury (Drewery). (In his will dated 22 August 1676 and proved 30 November 1676, William Drury named Steven Gill Jr. as the son of his wife, Alice.) He bequeathed "Personalty" to Steven Gill Jr. and personal property to his widow, Alice. Drury bequeathed everything else to his daughter from a previous marriage, Christian, when she would reach the age of 16. (Baldwin,1904, page 179.) In June 1678, Alice, with her third husband (3) Peter Bond, sued James Rigby, who had been named executor in Drury's will, for her share of Drury's estate. Proof: Baltimore Co. families, Pages 699, 665, 566, 564, 472, 434, 403, 390,396, and many more starting with page 16. Proof: "The Stream Flows On" - By Bessie Bond Purvis. Land Office Archives, Annapolis, Md. History of Harford Co., Md. p. 209, Judge Preston. Bond's Forest is recorded on the Rent Rolls of Lord Baltimore.

Sources

1. ↑ Barnes, Robert W. “Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759” Baltimore, MD: Clearfield 1989