Marmaduke Simms IV (abt. 1701 - 1772)

Born about 1701 in Charles, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Henrietta (Jenkins) Semmes — married 1730 in Maryland

Descendants

Died 23 Sep 1772 at about age 71 in Charles, Maryland

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Biography

Surname listed as Semmes in early records.^[1]

He married Henrietta Jenkins in 1730. ^[2]

Issue

III. Marmaduke Semmes (c. 1701 - bef. 23 Sep 1772) born in Chandlers Town, Charles Co., MD, died in Charles Co., MD mar. (1744) Henrietta Jenkins

• Mary Anne Semmes (c. 1740 - c. 1774) born & died in Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD
• Thomas Semmes (1733/44 - bef. 25 May 1832) born in Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD, died in Wilkes, GA
• Violetta Letitia Semmes (c. 1736 - 1774) born in Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD
• Edward Semmes
• Marmaduke Semmes (c. 1734 - bef. 14 Sep 1806) born in Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD, died in Charles Co., MD [Note if you want to add this Marmaduke. There is another Marmaduke Semmes that was born to France Semmes. He was born in 1741. Evidently this is not the same Marmaduke.]
• Martha Semmes (b. c. 1738) born in Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD
• Susannah Semmes (b. c. 1742) born in Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD

Will

Will, Mar 31, 1772, Charles Co., Maryland. WILL OF MARMADUKE SEMMES OF CHARLES COUNTY, MD. ^[3]

• Son, Dr. Edward Semmes, 27 A. land in Charles County, called "Semmes Help," and also as much land to be taken off "Hargisses Hope" and "Hungerford Hope" as will make up the 27 A: to 200 A. to be run out, etc., so as not to include my dwelling house.
• Son, Marmaduke Semmes, all the remainder of both tracts, viz: "Hargisses Hope" and "Hungerford Hope," together with my water grist mill.
• Daughters, Violetta and Martha Semmes, 100 A., more or less, in Charles County, called "Turle," and 50 A. of Manor land which I hold by lease joining "Turle" for equal division. and if either dies the whole to go to survivor.
• Son, Marmaduke Semmes,
• Daughter, Violette Semmes,
• Daughter, Martha Semmes,
• Daughter, Mary Arm Luckett,
• Granddaughter, Eleanor Lucl;ett,
• Two grandchildren, Eleanor and Henrietta Luckett,
• Granddaughter, Henrietta Luckett,
• Granddaughter, Henrietta Semmes,
• Granddaughter, Catherine Boarman,
• Wife, Henrietta Semmes, £30 currency, for distribution among, the poor.
• Wife, Henrietta Semmes, during her life, the Mansion House and plantation where I now live.
• My two daughtcrs, Violetta and Martha, to have liberty to live in Mansion House during their unmarried lives.
• Son, Marmaduke: If he should marry before his mother's death, that he remove, at his mother's desire, to the plantation and house I bought of Charles Hungerford.
• Son, Thomas Semmes,
• Daughter, Susannah Boarman,
• Wife, Henrietta Semmes,
• Son, Marmaduke Semmes, after my wife's death, my clock and desk over and above the distributive part of his mother's estate, so that said clock and desk may not be removed from the premises.
• Two daughters, Violetta and Martha Semmes, £20 each, to buy each a horse.
• My seven children, personalty.

CODICIL Dated April 6, 1772. Wife, the residue not bequeathed and also various debts due to me. Extrix.: My wife, Henrietta Semmes. N. B.-Proved September 23, 1772, in presence of Thos. Semmes, the heir at-law. Witnesses to Will: James Russell, Thos. Hide Kellow, Thomas Kellow. Witnesses to Codicil: Same as to will. Will dated March 31, 1772. Codicil dated April 6, 1772. Proved September 23, 1772, by all three witnesses. Probate, Sep 23, 1772, Charles Co., Maryland.

Witness to Will Marmaduke Semmes witnessed the will of HAWKINS, HENRY HOLLAND, Charles County. Extrs: wife, Joan Hawkins, & son Henry Hawkins. Witn: Marmadue Semmes, Jno. Hanson, Jr., Notly Maddox, Henaritah Semmes. 22 April 1751, sworn to by Hanson, Maddox, & Marmadue Semmes., having received assent of Saml. Hawkins, heir at law, & the widow chose what the law allows. ^{[4] [5]}

Sources

1. ↑ Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995., page 334
2. ↑ Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records
3. ↑ http://www.the-sims-family.net/genealogy/sims/index.htm?http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~thesimsfamily/genealogy/sims/tree/18540.htm
4. ↑ Liber 28, folio 70 14 Sept. 1746
5. ↑ https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/stagser/s500/s538/html/s538-28.html

• https://uvastudents.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/semmes-family-maryland-georgia-and-virginia/

Name: Marmaduke IV Semmes Spouse: Henrietta Jenkins Parents: James Semmes, Mary Goodrick Birth Place: Charles Co, MD Birth Date: 1701 Marriage Place: Charles Co, MD Marriage Date: 1730 Death Place: Charles Co, MD Death Date: 23 Sep 1772

• Marriage Record

Name: Marmaduke Semmes Gender: Male Birth Place: MD Birth Year: 1701 Spouse Name: Henrietta Jenkins Spouse Birth Place: MD Spouse Birth Year: 1712 Marriage Year: 1731 Marriage State: MD Source Information Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900