Elizabeth (Hebb) Rule

Born [date unknown] in St. Mary's County, Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Watts — married before 1702 (to 1723) in St. Mary's County, Maryland

Wife of Peter Rule — married about 1724 (to 1728) in St. Mary's County, Maryland

Descendants

Died 1758 in St. Mary's County, Maryland

Biography

Parentage

Elizabeth Hebb Watts Rule

Father: Thomas Hebb, b. abt. 1651, d. bef. 1728

Mother: Ann Black, daughter of William Black.

Brothers: Thomas, William, Joseph, George

Children:

• Daniel 1700-1760
• William d. 1745, of age in 1723
• Thomas d. 1769
• Joshua d. 1774^[1]

Marriage 1, abt. 1702

Elizabeth Hebb married first Thomas Watts, bef. 1702.^[2]

Marriage 2, abt. 1724

Elizabeth Hebb married second Peter Rule abt. 1724.^[3]

Legacy, 1732

Canaday, William of St. Mary's Co.

Will dated 18th Dec., 1732; probated 4th May, 1733.

Bequest

To Eliza. Rule personalty. [Any kind of personal property]^[4]

Executor of Thomas Hebb's will, 1744

Thomas Hebb

Place of will: St. Mary's Co.

Date of Will: 14 Jan. 1744 [may have actually been 1744/5, old/new calendar style]

Extrs: sister Elizabeth Rule & my sons Edward Hilliard Hebb & William Hebb.

Probated 13 March 1744/5.^[5]

Will of Elizabeth Rule, 1746-1758

Elizabeth Rule

Will made Dec 2 1746, probated July 10, 1758

I Give and bequeath to Jeremiah Cole one small gold ring and one brass kettle, skillet, and one warming pan and one feather bed and bolster.

I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Watts my granddaughter one gold ring

To my son Daniel Watts & my son Thomas Watts & my grandson Jeremiah Cole the rest of my personal estate

Executors: Daniel Watts & my son Thomas Watts

Witnesses: Will Hebb, Hopewell Hebb, Sarah Wood^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Dr. Lois Green Carr, Biographical Files of 17th and 18th Century Marylanders, St. Mary's County Career Files, Men's Career Files, MSA SC 5094, Image No: sc5094-1940-31, Summary card for Thomas Hebb.
2. ↑ Reno, St. Mary's County, Maryland, Marriages: 1638 - 1820, Linda Reno, St. Mary’s Families website, 2003. Accessed Jan 5, 2016. Marriage database containing 10,096 marriages, in St. Mary's County, Maryland between 1637 and 1820.
3. ↑ Reno, St. Mary's County, Maryland, Marriages: 1638 - 1820, Linda Reno, St. Mary’s Families website, 2003. Accessed Jan 5, 2016. Marriage database containing 10,096 marriages, in St. Mary's County, Maryland between 1637 and 1820.
4. ↑ St. Mary's County Will Abstracts, 1638-1800, St. Mary’s Family website.
5. ↑ Abstracts of Wills by Carson Gibb abstracted from PREROGATIVE COURT, (Wills) MSA S538 Liber 24, folio 25, 1744-1746, Maryland State Archives, Will abstract, Thomas Hebb.
6. ↑ Abstracts of Wills by Carson Gibb from PREROGATIVE COURT (Wills) MSA S538, Liber 30, 1755-1760 Abstract for will of Elizabeth Rule.
7. ↑ 1758, St. Mary’s, Liber 30, folio 496 WILLS, MARYLAND INDEXES (Probate Records, Colonial, Index) R, 1634-1777, SE4-18, Image No: 06007, Index card for Elizabeth Rule.