John Brice (1680 - 1713)

Born 1680 in Haversham, Buckinghamshire, England

Husband of Sarah (Howard) Brice — married 16 Dec 1701 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Province of Maryland

Descendants

Died 13 Dec 1713 at about age 33 in St Anns Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland

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Caution

John Brice, who died in 1713, is sometimes shown as the father of Elizabeth Brice who married John Hobbs. No Elizabeth is named in John Brice's will, and Elizabeth is shown as born in 1716, 3 years after John's death. Therefore the link between Elizabeth and John has been broken.

Biography

Name

John Brice. ^[1]

1680 Birth

John Brice was born about 1665 in Hamershire, England. ^[2]

He was born 1680 in Haversham, Buckinghamshire, England ^[1]

1701 Marriage

He married 16 DEC 1701 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland,^[1]

On 16 December 1701 he married Sarah Howard, who was born 1673, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. She died 21 Dec 1726, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Probate (Age 53 years)

1704 Sarah, wife of John Brice, inherits from father Matthew Howard

Mathew Howard, Sr. 25.54 A AA £150.7.1 £179.14.5 Feb 26 1704

• Mentions: first husband of the executrix as Col. John Worthington, Mrs. Susannah Crouch (late Susannah Howard (executrix of John Howard (administrator of Mathew Howard))).
• Payments to: wife (unnamed) of Murry, Abell Browne, Otho Holland, Richard Jones, Robert Jones, William Chew, Henry Ridgley, Henry Bonner, Thomas Reynolds, Richard Owings, John Milner, John Howard for Mr. Cranford, Patrick Murphy, Robert Proctor, William Smith, Brooks, Capt. Hanslap, John Pettit, Mr. Howard left to 2 grandsons his 2 sons Math. & John, Col. Edward Dorsey for Mr. Taylor.
• Legatees: John Samuell & Phillip Howard, Sarah Worthington, John Howard, Mathew Howard, John Worthington, John Worthington (grandson).

Distribution to: Mathew Howard (son), Sarah Brice (daughter).

• Executrix: Sarah Brice, wife of John Brice^[2]

1706 John Brice creditor of Mary Rockwell

Mary Rockwell 25.162 A BA £88.17.6 £43.3.2 Mar 25 1706 Payments to: John Brice, Dr. John Rattenbury, Col. Maxwell, James Read, John Lewis, Morrice Baker, William Ryan, Mr. John Brice on account of Mr. Hartly & Co. Executor: Lawrence Todd (also Lancelott Todd).^[2]

1707 John Brice Administrator for John Smith

John Smith 27.82 A AA £35.19.6 £63.3.2 Sep 11 1707 Received from: Mr. Isaac Milner (merchant in London). Mentions: widow (unnamed). List of debts: Anthony Durance, Ra. Bord, Samuell Dorsey, Thomas Maynard, James Pennington, John Cunningham, Obadiah Hollinshead, John Everitt, Maurice Poore, James Putte, William Jones (sawyer) for self & John Smith. Payments to; Maj. Greenberry, G. Eager, Thomas Reynolds, Amos Garrett paid by widow Smith, William Crouch, Thomas Bordley. Administrator: John Brice.^[2]

1708 John Brice Creditor of James Penington

James Penington 28.139 A AA £44.10.6 £22.12.1 Jul 12 1708 Payments to: John Brice, Dinah Oley (administratrix of Sebastian Oley), Robert Eagle, Thomas Holmes, Mrs. Margaret Freeman, Mr. Joseph Hill, John Beale, Josiah Wilson, Thomas Bordley. Administratrix: Margret Penington (widow) (alias Margret Slauter or Margret Slater). ^[2]

1713 Will and Death

John Brice died 22 December 1713, in Anne Arundel County, England, aged 48 years. ^[2]

He died 13 Dec 1713 in St. Ann's Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland. ^[1]

Brice, John,A. A. Co.,8th Dec., 1713; 22nd Dec., 1713.

• To dau. Ann and hrs., 266½ A., "Hopkin's Plantation" and "Howard's Addition" bought of Mathew and John Howard.
• To dau. Rachell and hrs., 200 A., "Doderidge Forrest" and residue of 250 A., "Kendall's Delight."
• To brother Thomas Brice, of London, sawmaker, personalty, to be paid him by "my” master, Benjamin Hattley.
• To John Butcher, of London, eld. son of sister Eliza: Butcher, of Goose Grave, Northamptonshire, and to Thomas and Francis Butcher, sons of sister afsd., personalty.
• To cous. James Butcher and hrs., land bought of James Yieldhall.
• To cous. John Brice and hrs., 140 A., "Merrikin's Purchase" and "Pt. Look Out," nr. long bridge saw mill.
• To sons-in-law and dau.-in-law, viz., John, Thomas and William Worthington, and Sarah Ridgley, personalty.
• To son-in-law Charles Worthington and hrs., 900 A., "Brice's Share" on n. side falls of Patapsco R., and £50 as per marriage bond.
• To child.-in-law afsd., £10 each, it being money which testator and brothers gave bond for, for Chas. Worthington in county court office by error in supposing him to be the unborn child at date of the drawing of the will of his father, Capt. John Worthington; however, sd. child died and sd. Charles having nothing by will of his father afsd., etc. (See will.)
• To wife Sarah, extx., plantation and 127 A., "Baron Neck," bought of Lord Balto. by escheat, and residue of lands in fee simple or by mortgage.
• Test: Thos. Tate, James Sweetlove, John Davis, Robert Jubb, Robert Ednye. 13. 589.^[2]

Mr. John Brice 35A.44 I AA £606.12.9 Jan 11 1713

• Appraisers; Philip Jones, Robert Jubb.
• Approvers: John Worthington, Thomas Worthington, James Botcher.
• List of debts: John Peucknall.^[2]

Mr. John Brice 36A-218 I £312.6.9 (1714)

• Appraisers: Philip Jones, Robert Jubb.
• Received from: Mr. Benjamin Hatley, Thomas Rowles.^[2]

Mr. John Brice 36B.9 A AA £2612.9.3 £139.7.4 Nov 1 1714

• Payments to: Jones & Jubb, Robert Jubb, John Beale, Charles Carroll, John Freeman, James Sweetlove, John Dodd, Benjamin Fordham, John Rattenbury, John Navarre, John Gresham, Philip Riley, William Bennett, Walter Pumphry, Mathew Howard, Alexander Gardiner, Edmond Talbot, Gidion Howard, Abraham Woodward, Alexander Macomes, Robert Gouldesborough, John Harris, Thomas Bordley, Thomas Bordley for John Smith.
• Executrix: Mrs. Sarah Brice.^[2]

Mr. John Brice 37A.14 A AA £3219.2.5 £381.14.1 Jun 13 1715

• Received from: Benjamin Hately, John Richardson, Joseph Jackson (debt in England).
• Payments to: Hately & Co., John Attwell, Samuel Johnson & Richard Welson Thomas Aldriss, Charles Turner, William Anglin, James Smith, James Carroll, Capt. John Hyde.
• Executrix: Mrs. Sarah Brice.^[2]

John Brice 37C.116 A AA £8.19.7 Sep 10 1716

• Received from: Mr. Benjamin Hatley.
• Payments to: Luke Gardner (executor of Clement Hill), James Crook.
• Executrix: Mrs. Sarah Brice.^[2]

John Brice 4.266 AA £43.19.0 May 8 1720 Executrix: Sarah Brice.^[2]

Mr. John Brice 8.549 A £3865.9.2 Mar 27 1728

• Received from: George Sleicombe.
• Payments to: Charles Worthington on account of his father John Worthington (dead), John Worthington on account of his father John Worthington (dead), Thomas Worthington from the estate of his father John Worthington (dead), William Worthington from the estate of his father John Worthington (dead), Sarah Ridgley from the estate of his father John Worthington (dead) paid to her husband Nicholas Ridgley, Allexander Gardner, Philip Riley.
• Legatees: Thomas Brice (brother), John Butcher, Francis Butcher, Thomas *Butcher, Charles Worthington, James Butcher, John Brice (cosen) paid to James Butcher, John Worthington, Thomas Worthington, William Worthington, Sarah Ridgley.
• Distribution to: widow (unnamed, 1/3), 3 children (unnamed, equally).
• Executors: Thomas Worthington, John Brice (executors of Sarah Brice (executrix of deceased)).^[2]

Children

1. John Brice, b. 24 Sep 1703, Anne Arundel County, Maryland d. 24 Sep 1766, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (Age 63 years)
2. Anne Brice, b. 30 May 1708, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, d. 16 Jul 1765, Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Probate (Age 57 years)
3. Rachel Brice, b. 13 Apr 1711, Anne Arundel County, Maryland d. 11 Apr 1786, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (Age 74 years)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Database Online. Record for John Brice. Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees. The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2006;
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13} Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I33623&tree=tree1 Accessed 31 March 2024.

• "Prologue of the Howards of Eastern Kentucky" by Jesse Buckwalter and Robert Whittaker, copyright 2017, 345 pages.