Edward Short (abt. 1745 - aft. 1805)

Born about 1745 in Worcester, Maryland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died after Feb 1805 after about age 60 in Dagsboro Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

In 1768, he received a bequest in his father's will:

to son Edward Short, 50 acres of land called Greffins Choice with my [testator’s] dwelling plantation, also 50 acres of land called Hazard. One enslaved boy named Moses. He is to pay his brother Isack Short £10 when Isack is nineteen.

In 1786, Edward's mother left him an Iron pot and hooks, and a large chest in her will.

Sources

• Will of Edward Short , of Worcester County, Maryland Province in Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999 (Worcester:Wills 1759-1769 vol 3 Image 93. Images (browse only) available at FamilySearch.org, accessed 8 Sept 2020

Date signed: 11 March 1767

Proved 7 June 1768

• Will of ELIZABETH SHORT, of Sussex County, in Delaware, Wills and Probate Records,1676-1971 (Sussex: Wills, book B-D, 1751-1794), image 556, FamilySearch.org, accessed 26 Sept 2019.

Signed: 15 May 1786; Proved 25 May 1786

Heirs: children: Jacob Short, Betty Tindel, Shadrach Short, Nanny Melson, Philip Short, Isaac Short, Edward Short, Rachel Stockley, Comfort Benston, Patience Ellingsworth

Executors: son Phillip Short

Witnesses: Joseph Piper, Robert Hopkins

• Delaware, Land Records, 1677-1947: Sussex: Roll 01. Page: 19-20 Image 212-213. Available at Ancestry.com Image

Date: 25 Feb 1805

Purchaser: Edward Short, Senior, and Wingate Short, of Dagsborough Hundred, Sussex County Delaware

Seller: Jehu Stockley, husbandman, of Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware

Price: $436

Property Description: Conditional on valuation being accepted by Orphans’ Court.

Slaves

1. Moses Short (abt.1749-)