Mary (Holland) Lockwood (1712 - 1789)

Born 12 Apr 1712 in Somerset County, Maryland

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Biography

Father was Nehemiah Holland. Mother was Elizabeth Holland

Sources

• Holden, Frederick A. and Lockwood, E Dunbar, comp. Descendants of Robert Lockwood. Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A. D. 1630. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Printed privately by the family, 1889. pg 82

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

• Will of NEHEMIAH HOLLAND of Somerset County, Maryland, in Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999 (Worcester) Wills 1665-1743, Vol 3: Image 115. Images (browse only) at FamilySearch.org, accessed 7 Oct 2020.

-Signed: 11 Dec 1720; Proved: 11 May 1721. Recorded in Worcester County 1808

-Bequests to wife [unnamed in will]; son Richard Holland [200 acres of tract called Purnell’s Adventure]; son Benjamin Holland [Richard’s property if he dies without children; enslaved woman. Any children go to William, Mary, Elizabeth & John in turn]; second son Nehemiah Holland [plantation I now dwell on, with the provision that wife has possession during her lifetime]; son Isaac Holland [50 acres of Purnell’s Adventure; payment of 3,000 pounds tobacco when age 21]; son William Holland; daughter Mary Holland; daughter Elizabeth Holland; son John Holland.

-Children’s portions to be distributed when the sons reach age 18 and the daughters are age 16.

-Overseers: brothers John Holland; William Holland; William Aydelott

-Executor: wife [unnamed in will]