Belt Mullikin (abt. 1748 - 1798)

Born about 1748 in Prince George's, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Sophia (Hall) Mullikin — married 1768 in Prince George's, Maryland

Descendants

Died 1798 at about age 50 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Belt was born in 1748. He passed away in 1798.

Marriages

He married Sophia Hall and had 4 children:^[1]

Benjamin Hall Mulliken

Sophia Mullikin

Margaret Mullikin

Martha Hall Mullikin

In 1785 he married Mary Duckett and they had 2 children^[2]:

Richard Duckett Mullikin

Ann Duckett Mulliken

The Will of Jeremiah Mullikin

See Jeremiah Mullikin for the full transcription of his will. The following is excerpted naming his son Belt as his executor as well as, the property left to him.

"Item. I give and bequeath to my son, Belt Mullikin his heirs and assigns forever the Plantation I now dwell on and all lands I possess.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Belt Mullikin and my daughters Margaret Worthington and Ann Howard all the remaining part of my personal estate that is not already given to be equally divided between them and their heirs and assigns forever.

Item. I do hereby constitute nominate and appoint my son Belt Mullikin Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament Revoking Disannuling and making void all other Wills heretofore by me made.

In witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seale this Nineteenth day of December 1787."

1776 Census

Name: Belt Mulliken

Parish: All Hallows Parish

County: Anne Arundel

State: Maryland

Other Residents: 1 wh.male; 1 wh.female; 4 wh.children;

3 black males, 2 black females, 5 black children,

6 taxable ^[3]

The Estate of Belt Mulliken, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

The first account of Benjamin Hall Mulliken, Administrator of Belt Mulliken, late of Anne Arundel County deceased.^[4]

See also: Space:The_Slaves_of_Belt_Mulliken

Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records

At the request of Henry Waters the following Land Commission was recorded September 26, 1787

Memorandum that on the special petition of Henry Waters of PGCo preferred to the justices of the county on the Monday before the 4th Tuesday in September 1786 for a land commission that was issued on October 4, 1786; to Messrs Baruch Duckett, Mordecai Jacob, William Hall s/o Benjamin and Thomas Boyd of PGCo Gentleman, whereas Henry Waters is seized of a tract called "Cherry Walk" and preferred his petition in writing to our county court held at Upper Marlborough Town for a commission to examine evidence to prove and perpetuate the memory of the bounds of the said tract of land. Therefore, we command you any three or two of you to examine all witnesses or persons concerned touching their knowledge of the bounds of the said tract. Witness Joshua Beall, Gentleman, September 30, 1786, issued October 4, 1786, John Read Magruder, clerk

In pursuance of a commission to examine evidences to prove the bounds of "Cherry Walk" we met on Thursday, November 2, 1786.

Belt Mullikin of Anne Arundel County, Maryland aged 38 years or thereabouts at the same place saith about 12 years ago Arnold Waters called on him amongst others to plant bounded stones at a post standing in Henry Water's field where he planted a stone for the boundary of "Jerico" and "Cherry Walk". ^[5]

Land Sale February 6, 1801

After the death of his father, Belt Mulliken, his son Benjamin Hall Mulliken sold 706 Acres in Anne Arundel County, State of Maryland on this date.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I7990&tree=1sttree
2. ↑ https://www.geni.com/people/Richard-Mulliken/6000000097489240868
3. ↑ Kinard, June, ed. Maryland, U.S., Colonial Census, 1776 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.Original data: Taken from Maryland Colonial Census, 1776 held by the Maryland State Archives.
4. ↑ https://lineages.com/slaves-and-their-owners/slaves-of-the-1799-estate-of-belt-mulliken-anne-arundel-county-maryland/
5. ↑ https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I053001&tree=tree1
6. ↑ https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/001285/pdf/m1285-1360.pdf

• The Will of Jeremiah Mulliken Pages 19-20: http://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G004650.pdf
• The Estate of Belt Mullikin: https://lineages.com/slaves-and-their-owners/slaves-of-the-1799-estate-of-belt-mulliken-anne-arundel-county-maryland/
• Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records 1785-1787; Liber HH {Abstract by Mike Marshall}; Page 534.
• Colonial Families of the USA.
• Source number: 2593.006; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1