William Husband II (abt. 1695 - 1767)

Born about 1695 in Cecil County, Maryland

Husband of Mary (Kinkey) Husband — married 20 May 1720 in St Stephens North Sassafras Parish, Sassafras, Kent, Maryland

Descendants

Died 22 Jan 1767 at about age 72 in Harford County, Maryland

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Biography

William I was a farmer and owned an iron works and a sawmill near Earlville, MD. William and Mary Bowen lived on the William Sr. estate in MD until it was divided in 1740. They then moved to North East, MD to the north side of Octoraro Creek, two miles Conowingo, east side of the Susquehanna River, on the main road from Rock Run to Lancaster, PA. At this site they erected a brick homestead which only recently (1960's) was reported to be in a good state of preservation. They had over 1700 acres of land.

The Baltimore Sun article contained the following information about William II: "William Husband II, the elder, resided in Cecil County and must have come in for a portion of land, including the "iron works" which his father willed should be equally divided between his sons William II and Thomas. The records of St. Stephens Parish state that on 20 May 1720, William Husband II was married by the Rev. Richard Sewell to Mary Kinkey, daughter of Harman and Marjorie Kinkey. This statement is at a variance with a tradition current among the descendants of William Husband II, which is to the effect that he married a daughter of Augustine Herman.^[1] This tradition has been carried down and continues among families descended from William Husbands, the members of which in the present generation are but remotely related to each other. Nevertheless, some William Husband married Mary Kinkey in 1720. In 1717, when the will of William Husband I was made, William Husband II the son, was a minor as appears in the will. He must have married as soon as he became of age."

William II and Mary Kinkey built a house near Conowingo in the year 1740. Land deeds on record in Baltimore Co. Book 5 R.No.D. page 19 dated 7th Aug. 1750, Between John Durbin of Baltimore Co. and William Husband of Cecil Co., MD for the sum of 100 pounds money John Durbin sells to William Husband. William Husband's land was named Betty's Lott and contained 92 acres in Cecil Co., MD, close to Conowingo, MD. This house is still standing and is located just off State Route 222 and Ragan Road on the way to Lancaster, PA.

William was born in 1694. He passed away in 1767.

Marriage

• Mary Kenkey 1704–1770 (m. 1720)

Children listed in Findagrave

1. Herman Husband 1724–1795
2. Ann Husband Price-Haines 1745–1813
3. Sarah Husband Hollingsworth 1748–1775

Sources

1. ↑ Note by Chet Snow: In fact, both statements are essentially correct because Mary Kinkey was a great grand-daughter of Augustine Herman, who lived 1605-1686, & who was the original immigrant from Bohemia (Austrian Empire). He founded "Bohemia Manor" in Cecil Co., Maryland.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14071417/william-husband
• Marriage Record https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VW-VJQ
• Christening Record of William https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Z1-PM4
• Christening Record of son, Herman https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Z1-GD3
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shawcross&id=I15671
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M494-3P3