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William Loch Weems (abt. 1772 - 1828)

William Loch Weems
Born about in Weems Forest, Anne Arundel, Marylandmap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married 31 May 1803 in St. Mary's Parish, Burlington NJmap
Descendants descendants
Father of and
Died at about age 56 in Elk Ridge, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United Statesmap
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Biography

Birth and Death

William Loch Weems was born about 1772 at Weems Forest in Calvert County MD, [1], the son of John Weems and Catherine Crompton. He died in Anne Arundel County MD in 1828. [2]


Marriage

William Loch Weems married Mary Kinsey, the daughter of James Matross Kinsey and Hannah De Cou, Quakers of New Jersey, [3] 31 May 1803 at Burlington NJ. [4] Mary Kinsey's father, James Kinsey, was the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1789 until his death in 1802. [5] William Loch Weems and Mary Kinsey were married at St. Mary's Church in Burlington NJ by their brother-in-law, Charles Henry Wharton, who had married both Mary Weems and Ann Kinsey.

Children

William Loch Weems and Mary Kinsey had four children:

  • James Kinsey Weems 1806
  • Charles Henry Wharton Weems 1812
  • Catherine Weems (died before 1828)
  • George W. Weems

Property

  • 1783 Tax List of Calvert County MD Second district

William Loch Weems (0 whites) Tracts pt. Magruder (410 acres) Penman's Manure (50 acres) pt. Reserve (50 acres) Hard Venture (22 acres)

  • 13 July 1795: John Weems of Anne Arundel County gives land in Calvert County to Wm Loch Weems
  • 23 Jun 1812: Samuel Harrison Sr. of Anne Arundel County to William L. Weems, two tracts in Calvert County, Abington Manor and Dowdsdale.


Sources

  1. ↑ 1820 Census Calvert County: William Weems, age 45 and over [born bef 1775]
  2. ↑ Papenfuse, A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, Vol II P876.
  3. ↑ Letter of John Crompton Weems to Dr. David G. Weems, 1854: "My brother, Wm Loch Weems, six years my senior, married a Miss Kensey, a daughter of Chief Justice Kinsey of N.J., he and his wife both deceased, leaving two sons only, who inherited and reside at Weems Forest; Kinsey and Charles Wharton Weems, and each have large families."
  4. ↑ NJ marriage records, Ancestry.com
  5. ↑ Wikipedia, James Kinsey
  • 1800 Census Calvert County MD (All Saints) Wm L. Weems, age 26-45 [born 1755-1774]




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