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Timeline of McGoughs in Harford County, Maryland, 1750–1810 by Hugh McGough

This page supplements my page: McGoughs in Pre-Revolutionary America: Miles and Elizabeth Spencer McGough.

Many of these dates are from secondary sources, and in some cases nothing more than educated guesses.

Much of the information on this page about the McGoughs is from the publications and research of Henry C. Peden, Jr., genealogist and historian of Harford county. See the sources listed in McGoughs in Pre-Revolutionary America: Miles and Elizabeth Spencer McGough.

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1649 Act of Toleration passed by Maryland Assembly granting religious freedom for Christians.

1688 Glorious Revolution reinstated Protestant Monarchy in England.

1702 Catholics in Maryland disenfranchised.

1715 Dr. Charles Carroll, born in Ireland, arrives in Annapolis. Becomes large landowner in Maryland, owning 2,800 acres in western Maryland.

1717 Transportation of convicts from British Isles to Maryland and Virginia

February 2, 1728. Zachariah Spencer married Christian Coob (or Cobb) in Baltimore county according to Maryland Marriages, 1634–1777, page 169 (1 BA-255). The marriage is shown in the records of St George Parish, Baltimore.

May 16, 1730. Elizabeth Spencer is born in Baltimore county.

1748–1752. Possible time of service of Miles McGough in Harford county as an indentured servant to Samuel Webb.

April 25, 1752. Miles McGeagh leases 75 acres of land in Baltimore county from the Lord Proprietor, acting through his agent Benjamin Tasker. Miles' name appears throughout the text of the indenture as Miles McDear (a name that appears nowhere in Maryland), but the recorded copy shows that he signed the lease as Miles Mc geagh. The leased land is called "Miles Adventure," a name doubtless chosen by Miles McGough, and "lies on the North Side of Deer Creek." The beginning point of the description of the land, which is at the western extremity of the property, is "a bounded Chestnut Tree near near Zachariah Spencer's Beginning Tree." The term of the lease is 99 years. The annual rent was seven shillings six pence sterling.

1753 (circa). Estimated year of the marriage of Miles McGough and Elizabeth Spencer in Harford county.

August 18, 1753. Miles Magau (McGough) is listed among persons receiving payment from the estate of John Renshaw. Other payees include Samuel Webb, Flanegan and Co., and Ignatius Wheeler. Executrix of the estate was Mary Cavenagh, wife of Patrick Cavenagh. (Prerogative Court Abstracts, 1750-1754, Abstracts 1750-1754 (Libers 29-36), page 134, on Genealogy.com). [John Renshaw was the first born son of Thomas and Jane Renshaw. He married Mary Litton (or Litten) on March 27, 1735, in Baltimore county, Maryland. His father, in a will filed on October 13, 1748, left him 250 acres of land in Baltimore county, part of a tract known as "Brothers' Discovery." (volume 9, 1744–1749, Calendar of Wills 1744–1749, page 172, on Genealogy.com. John Renshaw's will was signed on November 25, 1750, and filed in court on June 8, 1751. He left a wife and six daughters (volume 10, 1748–1753, Calendar of Wills 1748–1753, page 154, on Genealogy.com).] (The executrix of his estate was first named as Mary Renshaw, his widow, who posted an administratrix' bond on June 5, 1751. By December 8, 1752, when the bond was filed in the name of Mary Cavanagh (Cavanah), she had married Patrick Cavanagh. (Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759, Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759, page 535, on Genealogy.com).

1754 (circa). Estimated year of birth of a daughter of Miles McGough and Elizabeth Spencer who married Bartholomew Connell in about 1774.

1756 (circa). Hugh McGough is born to Miles McGough and Elizabeth Spencer. (my hypothesis)

1758 (circa). John McGough born to Miles McGough and Elizabeth Spencer. [The birth date of a John McGough who married Elizabeth Stevenson in Kentucky in 1797 is given by one source as October 20, 1763. This may be the same John McGough.]

1760 (circa). James McGough is born to Miles McGough and Elizabeth Spencer.

March 6, 1760. Miles McGaugh leases 33 acres of land in Baltimore county from the Lord Proprietor, acting through his agent Edward Lloyd. Miles' name appears throughout the text of the indenture as Miles McGaugh and that is the way he signed the lease. The leased land is called "The Valley" and the beginning point of the metes and bounds description of the land was "on the North Side of the Main Branch of Broad Creek." The land is close to and north/northeast of the 75 acres "Miles Adventure" that Miles leased on August 25, 1752. The term of the lease is 99 years. The annual rent was six shillings seven pence sterling.

1762 (circa), Miles McGough (junior) born to Miles McGough and Elizabeth Spencer.

1765 (circa). Thomas McGough born to Miles McGough and Elizabeth Spencer.

1767–1769. Patrick McGough is born to Miles McGough and Elizabeth Spencer. (my hypothesis)

1769 King George III ratified the Mason-Dixon Line settling a long-standing dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania. This set the northern boundary of Harford County.

1770–1772. Benjamin McGough is born to Miles McGough and Elizabeth Spencer. (my hypothesis)

1774. Miles McGough is listed as taxable in the Deer Creek Upper Hundred.

1774 (circa). the oldest daughter (whose name I do not know) of Miles McGough and Elizabeth Spencer marries Bartholomew Connell in Harford county.

1775. Hugh McGough is listed as a taxable person in the Deer Creek Upper Hundred.

October 14, 1775. Hugh McGough is on the roster of Captain William Webb's company of Harford county militia as a private.

1776 The population of Harford county was 12,765.

1776. Miles and John McGeaugh are listed as taxable persons in the Deer Creek Upper Hundred.

1776. Miles McGeaugh, John McGeaugh, and Hugh McGough, all in the Deer Creek Upper Hundred, sign the Association of Freemen.

1778. Bartholomew Connell took the Oath of Allegiance before the Hon. John B. Howard in Baltimore Town.

1778. Hugh McGouch is listed as a taxpayer in the Deer Creek Middle Hundred, which means he was over 18 years old.

1778. Hugh M. Gough (should be Hugh McGough) took the Oath of Fidelity and Allegiance to Maryland Articles of Association

January 27, 1778. Mary Crooks, as administratrix of the estate of William Crooks, through attorney Aquila Hall, sues Hugh McGough, weaver, in Harford County Court for £30.4.

October 4, 1779. Estate of Hugh McGough is filed in Harford county. His wife Rosannah McGough is appointed administratrix. James Barnet and Henry Crooks guarantee her administratrix' bond.

June 13, 1780. Inventory and appraisal of the estate of Hugh McGough is filed in Harford County court. See: Hugh McGough, Soldier in the American Revolution.

April, 1782.The sale of confiscated British property in Harford county is authorized, with preference to be given to tenants on the property. Kilty's Land-Holder's Assistant, and Land-Office Guide, volume 73, page 337:

"By an act of April session 1782, ch. 51, measures were taken for the sale of reserved lands, concerning which nothing had before been done except the keeping them from the operation of warrants. By this act the commissioners of confiscated property were authorised, under the direction of the intendant of the revenue, to offer for sale the reserves in St. Mary's, Charles, Baltimore, and Harford counties, Manocacy manor, and Gunpowder, Northeast and Elk manors, with sundry other lands, and it was declared to be the intention of the general assembly that the tenants on manors, and settlers on reserves, should have the preference of purchasing the lands held or occupied by them on paying such reasonable and moderate valuation therefor as the said commissioners, or persons to be nominated by them, should on oath determine."

June 19, 1782. James McGeaugh, Bartholomew Connel (James' brother-in-law), and Hugh Bankhead, witnessed the will of Thomas Montgomery, planter (whose daughter was Elizabeth Webb). The will was admitted to probate on December 20, 1785. The estate lists two sons, James and Thomas Montgomery. These are probably the James and Thomas Montgomery listed as living one family removed from each other, and close to Hugh Bankhead (and a John and Samuel Webb), in the 1790 census of Harford county (roll 3, book 1, page 117). They were not far removed from the home of James MGeough

September 10, 16, and 17, 1782. Confiscated British property in Harford county that John Walsh and John McGough intended to purchase is appraised. [From: Maryland State Archives (Financial records, Commissioners for Confiscated British Property, Accession No.: 19,999-91-201/313, MSA No.: S 1005- 103, Location: 1/8/5/69, of the State Agency Series Listing at the Maryland State Archives, Maryland State Papers, (Scharf Collection), MSA S1005.)] I found no record that the purchases were completed. [A listing of Revolutionary War pensioners in Maryland includes a John Walsh, born in 1747, who served as a private in the Maryland Line (Brief Resume of Maryland Revolutionary Pensioners, page 53, on Genealogy.com). A John Walsh married Ann James in Baltimore county, Maryland, on January 12, 1797. A John Walsh was a resident of Baltimore town, West Hundred, in 1773. When Helen Gilcrash, widow of Robert Gilcrash, died in Baltimore county shortly before, August 5, 1772, she left her estate to her brother John Walsh. Sometime before 1766, Robert Gilchrist purchased from Benjamin Barnes of Baltimore county 60 acres of land in a tract called Mount Peasant in Baltimore county (Colonial Families of Anne Arundel County, MD, The Barnes Family, page 9). Robert Gilchrist died on October 17, 1767, and is buried at Mt. Paran Presbyterian Church. The estate of Robert Gilchrist was opened in Baltimore county on August 8, 1768. One of the creditors of the estate was John Welsh. Robert Gilchrist left one half of his estate to his widow Helen, and one half of his estate to two nephews, Robert (son of William) Gilchrist and Robert (son of James) Gilchrist, and three (presumably) nieces, daughters of John Cook. (Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759, Baltimore County Families, 1659–1759, page 253). Originally, Robert's widow, Helen Gilchrist (also spelled Gilchrest) was the administratrix. On Helen's death, John Welsh (also spelled Whelsh) took over as the administrator (de bonis non), that is, of the property not yet distributed, sometime before December 18, 1772. "Robert Gilchrist from Kilmarnock, near Ayr, was living as a merchant in Maryland in 1770 and had to discharge a debt of his father William Gilchrist Sr." One of the younger Robert Gilchrists, either the son of William or James, enlisted in Captain William Webb's company of Maryland militia on October 14, 1775, at the same time as Hugh McGough. See: Hugh McGough, a Soldier in the American Revolution.]

Durier, James; Amos, Mordecai to Walsh, John; McGough, John.
Dates: 1782/09/10.
Assessment of land in the HA proprietary reserve.
Maryland State Archives (MSA S1005-100-14867 MdHR 19,999-091-291 Location: 1/8/5/69)

"Agreeable to the Request of the Commissioners Appointed to sell Confiscated British Property we have viewed the Lands which John Walsh & John. McGough Intends to purchase Lying in Harford County with the Late Proprietaries Reserve Containing by Estimation about fifty Acres and upon Oath Say that a Reasonable and Moderate Value thereof According to Our Judgement is Two Shillings & One [? partly covered with a ink blot] pence federal Current Money—Given under our hands this 10th of Sept. 1782.

"/s/ Mordecai Amos, James (his X mark) Durier."

The name on the cover sheet is John McGough.

Amos, Mordecai; Durier, James to Walsh, John; McGough, John.
Dates: 1782/09/16.
Assessment of land in the HA proprietary reserve.
Maryland State Archives (MSA S1005-100-14858 MdHR 19,999-091-282 Location: 1/8/5/69)

"Agreeable to the Request of the Commissioners Appointed to sell Confiscated British Property we have Viewed the Lands which Jno. Walsh & Jno. McGeogh Intends to purchase lying in Harford County with the Late Proprietaries Reserve Containing by Estimation about one hundred acres and upon Oath Say that a Reasonable and Moderate Value thereof Acording (sic) to Our Judgement is Two shillings & Nine pence federal Current Money.

"Given under Our hand this 16th Day of Sept. 1782.

"/s/ Mordecai Amos, James (his X mark) Durier."

The name on the cover sheet is John McGaugh.

Amos, Mordecai; Richardson, Benjamin to Walsh, John; McGough, John.
Dates: 1782/09/17.
Assessment of land in the HA proprietary reserve.
Maryland State Archives (MSA S1005-100-14861 MdHR 19,999-091-285 Location: 1/8/5/69)

The text of this appraisal is substantially identical to that of the September 16, appraisal, except that the surname of John McGeogh is partly obscured by an ink blot, and the 100 acres of land is valued at "Two Shillings Current Money per acre." The surname looks like McGeogh. On the cover document, it is McGaugh.

September 16, 1782. A note that Miles Mageaugh intends to purchase the 33 acres in the Valley that is subject to his proprietary lease of March 6, 1760. Valuation for Mordecai Amos and John Deever. "Amos, Mordecai, Deever, James to McGough Miles. 1782, Sep. 16. Evaluation of HA confiscated proprietary reserve lands . McHR 19990–17–5/178 [23423]" An Inventory of Maryland State Papers, volume 1, The Era of the American Revolution 1775–1789, Edward C, Papenfuse, Gregory A. Stiverson, Mary D. Donaldson (Archives Division, Hall of Records Commission, Department of General Services, Annapolis, Maryland 1977), page 550.

See (in MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Confiscated British Property Papers) 1775–1897):

MSA SSI 999: "AMOS, MORDECAI; DEEVER, JAMES to MCGOUGH, MILES.
Dates: 1782, Sep. 16.
Evaluation of HA confiscated proprietary reserve lands.
MSA S999-18-1052 MdHR 19990-17-05/178 Location: 1/7/3/21

1783. Miles McGaugh is listed on the Harford County Tax List of the Deer Creek Upper Hundred with 75 acres known as "Miles Adventure" and 33 acres known as "The Valley" worth £40.10; and horses, cattle, and other property worth £46, for total taxable property of £86.10. He is listed in a house with 6 residents.

1783. Miles McGau posts security for John McGau, single man, in Deer Creek Upper Hundred.

1783. Bartholomew Connell is listed as the head of a household of seven white inhabitants in Deer Creek Upper Hundred.

March, 1783. Miles McGough is treated by Dr. John Archer, according to his Medical Ledger that is in the Manuscripts Division of the Maryland Historical Society.

August 10, 1783. John Cretin signs a will leaving "to my dear son Patrick a young white mare three years old next spring, and one cow, to Miles McGough all my old cloaths." The land went to John Cretin's son, John.

December 16, 1783. The will of Zaccharias Spencer is admitted to probate. He names Elizabeth McGeaugh as a daughter. His will, which was signed on August 13, 1782, was witnessed by Elizabeth's son-in-law, Bartholomew Connell, and Henry Dickson and Jacob Lukens+. Elizabeth's brother, James Spencer, served as executor, along with his brother-in-law Jesse Kent, who had married Elizabeth's sister, Rachel Spencer*. Other siblings of Elizabeth listed in the estate are: Zaccharia Spencer, Charity Robinson, William Spencer, John Spencer, and Margaret Crail.

+In 1782 in York county, Pennsylvania, Jacob Lukens married Tacy Jane Brindley, who was born to Nathaniel Brindley and Rachel Spencer on May 23, 1762, in Baltimore county, Maryland. The marriage of Nathaniel Brindley and Rachel Spencer in Baltimore county on April 1, 1762, is also in Maryland Marriages, 1634–1777, page 20. The marriage was performed by Samuel Webb. Steve Kent tells me that Nathaniel Brindley died about a month after this marriage, and that his estate was probated. "The next we see of the widow Rachel Spencer Brindley is that she is married to Jesse Kent and he has Brindley's estate" (email of October 17, 2005). Kent suggests that Brindly was terminally ill when the civil marriage ceremony of April 1, 1762, was performed, and that this marriage was a reaffirmation of an earlier Quaker marriage that would not have been recognized by the civil probate court.

*In an email of September 18, 2004, Steve Kent called my attention to entries in the IGI (North America) that may be found on the web at FamilySearch, Internet Genealogy Service of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The index entries are:

"John Kent - International Genealogical Index. Gender: Male. Birth: About 1734. Of, , Calvert, Maryland." The entry shows John Kent's parents as Isaac Kent and Rachel Spencer.

"Rachel Kent - International Genealogical Index / NA. Gender: Female. Birth: About 1766, Harford, Maryland. This entry shows Rachel Kent's parents as Isaac Kent and Rachel Spencer.

"Isaac Kent - International Genealogical Index / NA. Gender: Male. Birth: About 1735, Harford, Maryland." The entry shows the marriage of Isaac Kent and Rachel Spencer on April 1, 1762. [Other IGI entries show the marriage on the same date, April 1, 1762, of Rachel Spencer, daughter of Zachariah Spencer and Charity Cobb, born on January 31, 1737, in Harford county, to a Nathaniel Brindley. (The correct date of that marriage, however, should be April 1, 1752.) Other IGI entries give Rachel Spencer's date of birth as 1740, 1741, or 1742, or probably more reliably—January 31, 1735. Other IGI entries show the marriage on the same date, April 1, 1762, of Rachel Spencer, daughter of Zachariah Spencer and Charity Cobb, born on January 31, 1737 in Harford county, to a Nathaniel Brindley. Baltimore County Families, 1659–1759, page 70, contains this entry: Brindley, Nathaniel, married Rachel Spencer 1 April 1762; had issue: Sarah, born 12 January 1755; Elizabeth, born 4 April 1757; Constance, born 4 December 1759; Jane, born 23 May 1762. (This must be Tacy Jane Brindley who was born on May 23, 1762, and married Jacob Lukens in 1782 in York County, Pennsylvania.) Notice that the dates of birth given in this work of the first three children are before the date given for the marriage. The marriage of Nathaniel Brindley and Rachel Spencer in Baltimore county on April 1, 1762, is also listed in Maryland Marriages, 1634–1777, page 20. The St. George's Church Registers, 1689-1793 (on Genealogy.com), page 88, also gives that date of the marriage as April 1, 1762, but indicates that this date is erroneous by a "[sic]." Since their first child, Mary, is shown by the church records to have been born on December 12, 1753, the true date of the marriage was probably April 1, 1752.

These IGI website entries are all based on the same basic information submitted to the LdS Church in the 1930s by an unidentified person in Alberta, Canada. Steve Kent asked a librarian in Salt Lake to pull the original document showing the marriage of Isaac Kent and Rachel Spencer on April 1, 1762. Steve says: "Apparently the person who listed it showed personal knowledge as the source; they were in Alberta Canada and we could not locate anyone who is still alive that was associated with the data. It was from like 1930's or such if I remember."

Here is an excerpt from the email of Steve Kent of September 18, 2004:

"Zacharias Spencer received his land in 1728 along with Henry Dalrymple. As there were two Henry Dalrymple (Derumple) in the area, he is either Jennet Dalrymple Kent's brother Henry or her uncle Henry. They were affiliated with William Dalrymple who represented Lord Dalrymple in MD. Jennet Dalrymple married John Kent Jr. He died in 1733 and Jennet (died) in 1757. Named among their children is an Isaac Kent who was born in 1731. That name and date comes from Christ Church records in Calvert Co. He had a twin sister named Rebekah. There is a 3"x5" card in old LDS records from the 1930's that says 'Isaac Kent married Rachel Spencer in 1765.' or to that effect.

"I don't know if the Jesse Kent who signed probate is Rachel Spencer's husband, aka Isaac, or whether he is her step-son. The 1774 census names him so he would be at least 18 in 1774. That makes him too old to be a child of a 1765 marriage. Mark is also named. The LDS records state that a John Kent was born of that marriage about 1770. (I am doing that date from memory to facilitate this email.)

"The Jesse Kent who appears in the 1790 census in Harford Co buys land, has children about this time etc, so I —kinda suspect that Jesse is a step son. However, there is much more to this data—I have Kent data from early MD / VA up to today if you would like to see how it might fit.

"My goal is to determine what became of Isaac Kent as he is one of the few generations I haven't cracked yet. If he turned out to be Jesse Sr that would make sense too. Do you have anything other than the probate of Zacharias Spencer which indicates his relationship to Rachel Spencer? Ironically—Jesse Kent who is in the 1790 census also married a Rachel. That may be the confusion. They were having children about 1790 so it is hard to vizualize Rachel Spencer of 1730 being a mom in the 1790's."

Here is my response to Steve Kent's email (with some minor editing and additions):

"Your Kent family data might help me shed some light on this interesting puzzle. Could some of the young persons living with Jesse and Rachel Kent in 1810 be grandchildren? If so, and if we assume the LdS note about Rachel's marrying an Isaac Spencer is simply wrong, is the puzzle solved? Here is a summary of what I know and questions I have:

"Zachariah Spencer married Christian Coob in Baltimore county February 2, 1728, according to Maryland Marriages, 1634–1777, page 169 (1 BA-255). Their daughter, Elizabeth Spencer, was born in Baltimore county on May 16, 1730. She married Miles McGough in about 1753. A rough guess of the year of her birth is 1840 to 1845. This would make 1865 a likely year for her marriage—but her father's estate in 1883 indicates she had married Jesse Kent, not Isaac Kent. Another daughter, Rachel Spencer, was (according to the IGI) born in Baltimore county on January 31, 1735 (some IGI entries say January 31, 1737). (That part of Baltimore county became Harford county in 1773.)

"My guess is that the Isaac Kent who was born to John Kent Jr and Jennett Dalrymple Tucker Kent had died without issue before his mother signed her will in 1757 because he is not mentioned in her will. But perhaps he was also known as Jesse Kent (who also is not mentioned in the will).

"Collating your information with what I have, here is how I see the facts: John Kent, Jr., married Jennett (or Jennette, or Jannett, or Jeannett) Tucker (nee Dalrymple), probably around 1716 or 1717. Jennett was the widow of a man named Tucker. They had a daughter, Jannet (referred to as Jennette in her mother's will), born around 1720. John Kent, Jr., died in 1733. His wife, Jennett Kent, died in 1757. Among her seven children by John Kent, Jr., as shown by the Christ Church Register in Calvert county, were twins, Isaac Kent and Rebecca (Rebackh) Kent, who were born on December 22, 1731. Colonial Records of Southern Maryland, Christ Church Parish, Calvert county, page 63; Calvert and St. Mary's Counties, Maryland, Revolutionary Patriots Listings, page 163 (both on Genealogy.com). The IGI shows the birth of Isaac Kent to John and Jannett Kent on December 22, 1731. at Christ Church, Port Republic, Calvert, Maryland. Rebecca Kent married a man named Askew. Her twin brother Isaac probably died before 1757 because he is not listed among Jennett's living children in her will, where all living children would ordinarily be mentioned. Isaac's sister Rebecca Askew, is among the children mentioned in his mother's will; Isaac is not; nor are any children of Isaac's mentioned among the grandchildren. John Tucker, Jennett's son by her first marriage, and James Tucker, the son of a deceased son, James Tucker, are mentioned. Jennett Kent's will was written on February 2, 1757. in Christ Church parish, Calvert county, Maryland; and probated there on August 5, 1733. Early Families of Southern Maryland (in the section on the Brashears), volume 4, page 193.

"Jennett Kent is mentioned in the will of her brother (probably brother-in-law) John Tucker in 1757. She was housekeeper for John Somerville in Calvert county, Maryland. Somerville left a slave to Jennett Kent in his will written in 1762. Early Families of Southern Maryland, volume 4, page 194.

"An Isaac Kent was a witness to the will of Richard Speake that was filed in the Prerogative Court of Maryland on May 30, 1749. Calendar of Wills, volume 10, 1748–1753, page 26 (on Genealogy.com)

"There was another Isaac Kent who was born in 1759 and served as a private from Maryland in the Revolutionary War from St. Mary's county. He was probably the Isaac Kent shown by the records of Christ Church, Calvert county, to have been born to John Kent and Elizabeth Dare on May 15, 1759. Calvert and St. Mary's Counties, Maryland, Revolutionary Patriots Listings, page 163. The IGI shows the birth of this John Kent in Calvert county, Maryland, about 1734, and the marriage of John Kent and Elizabeth Dare on July 6, 1768, at Christ Church, Port Republic, Calvert, Maryland. Since the birth of their son, Isaac Kent, on May 15, 1759, is registered at the same place as the Isaac Kent who was born on December 22, 1731, they were probably relatives. This later Isaac Kent was a private in Captain Benjamin Bond's company of the Calvert county militia in 1778, took the Oath of Allegiance in 1778 in Calvert county, and was probably the Isaac Kent of the Maryland militia who died in Perry county, Ohio, on May 1, 1818, at the stated age of 68. Pension Roll of 1835, volume IV, Ohio, page 208; see also: Pension List of 1820, Indexed Edition, Persons on the Pension Roll Under the Law of the 18th of March, 1818, Ohio, page 641 (both (on Genealogy.com). He acquired land in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on October 26, 1811, and is listed as an early settler of Perry county. Early Ohio Settlers: Eastern OH, 1800–1840 (Surnames, K - L), page 155; History of Perry County, Bearfield Township, page 172 (both on Genealogy com).

"A Jesse Kent (Kant) was on the roster as a private in Captain Rigdon's Company No. 12 of the Maryland Militia in the Deer Creek Upper Hundred on December 12, 1775. He also signed the Association of Freemen in Deer Creek Upper Hundred in 1776. Harford County, Maryland, Revolutionary Patriots Listings, page 132, published on Genealogy.com. This may well be the Jesse Kent who married Rachel Spencer. A daughter, Nancy Kent, was born to Jesse and Rachel Kent on May 12, 1780. St. James Parish Register, 1787–1815, Register of Births and Christenings, page 24. This is not beyond the age (say 35) when Rachel Spencer would have had a child.

"I also found Jesse Kent listed in the small part of Harford County 1783 Maryland Tax List sent to me by Henry C. Peden, Jr. I have that listing only because Jesse Kent and Miles McGough (McGaugh on the list) are listed near each other. Jesse Kent was in a household of white inhabitants and occupied 41 acres that was part of Brindley's beginning.

"Jesse Kent is listed in the 1790 census of Harford county, Maryland in a household of 7. (roll 3, page 99). In his household were 2 males over 16, 1 male under 16, and 4 free white females of unstated age. Six household removed from Jesse Kent was James M Geough—who was probably Rachel Spencer Kent's nephew. He was living on property owned by Elizabeth Spencer McGough, Rachel's sister and James' mother, who is listed on the next page of the census. (roll 3, page 100).

"In the 1800 census, the name is spelled Jesse Kentt. He is living in the 4th district of Harford County in a household of five: 1 male of 45 (Jesse); 1 female over 45 (Rachel), 1 male 16 to 25; 1 female 16 to 25 (probably Nancy); and 1 male under 10 (roll 11, page 127). Rachel's nephews, James Mcgeough and Thomas Mcgeough are next to each other nearby—one page removed on the census pages, in the 5th district of Harford county (roll 11, page 129).

"Jesse Kent is listed in the 1810 census of Harford county (Abingdon) in a household of 10 as a male (roll 14, page 112). In the household were 2 males of 45 and up (Jesse and ?); 1 female over 45; (Rachel); 1 male 25 to 45; 1 male 16 to 25; 1 female 16 to 25; 1 female 10 to 16; 2 males under 10, and 1 female under 10. My guess is that the children under 10 are grandchildren. Could the John Kent shown by the 1830 census (roll 44, page 52) in the same neighborhood—the 4th District of Harford county—be a son of Jesse and Rachel Spencer who family was living with Jesse and Rachel in 1810? I did not find him in a separate household in the 1810 census. Another possible son, James, with a wife and one small child, was listed fairly close by in the 1810 census of Harford county (roll 14, page 95).

"As you can see, I don't have an answer to your question, but if you can give me the additional facts you have, I'd like to work on it."

Here is part of the reply to me by Steve Kent on the same day, September 18:

"It has been a mystery to me why Jennett didn't name Isaac in her will. She also didn't name Samuel, who supposedly died in 1758. None the less, someone knew something when they listed that Isaac Kent married Rachel Spencer in the 1760's. The data from LDS is below at the bottom. There is an exact date of 4/1/1762 given as well as one or two children from that marriage. Obviously there had to be some connection between Rachel Spencer and Jesse Kent in 1783 or he wouldn't have been on the probate bond. The only way two ways I can make it fit are for either Jesse of 1783 to be Isaac's son from a first marriage and therefore Rachel's step-son, or the same person as Isaac. We do know that several of the Kents in this family group had middle names in the early 1700's so it could work.

"The Isaac of 1759 is indeed the son of John Kent and Elizabeth Dare. This John is John the III. He is the son of John Jr and Jannett / Jennett / Gennett Kent. John Jr was the son of John Sr who was the son of Henry Jr who was the son of Henry Sr who arrived in MD in 1665. His wife was Thomasine Parker aka Thomasine Young then Thomasine Kent. She is named as Thomasine Kent in the will of her father, William Parker who died about 1675. His second wife was Grace Bennett Mauldin. We don't know who Thomasine's mother was. After William Parker died, Grace married Edward LLoyd, the man who brought the Quakers from Nansemond to Maryland in 1651 or so. While I cannot guarantee Henry Kent Sr's lineage before 1665, this whole group of people appears to be from Nansemond VA. There we found our William Parker on land adjacent to several parties who were affiliated with Humphrey Kent and his wife, Joane Arundel Kent. The Mauldins are there too. Humphrey Kent arrived into Jamestowne in 1619 aboard The George. His signature is the witness on the oldest surviving English deed in the New World when Sir George Yeardley sold his land to Percy. It is my belief (although I cannot prove it beyond a reasonable doubt) that Henry Sr and his brothers, John and Thomas, are sons of Humphrey. Humphrey's father was a freeman named John Kent, Merchant Tailor of London who died in 1607. We believe that this whole Kent family is associated with the trade guilds who financed the voyages into the New World. Joane Arundel's father for example was Peter Arundel (Erondelle). We believe he is related to the Grenville and Arundel families. Ironically, the name Grenville B. Kent appears several times in our family without warning. I suspect that this is a reflection of that connection.

"Now to your notes - ["This may well be the Jesse Kent who married Rachel Spencer. A daughter, Nancy Kent, was born to Jesse and Rachel Kent on May 12, 1780. St. James Parish Register,"]

"Yes this is likely to be the Jesse who appeared in the 1774 Tax Census and also Association of Freemen. I believe it is he who served in the Continental Line. I have looked over and over at Jesse's data including census and will. The hard part is that Rachel is confirmed to have been born in 1730 I believe. There is a date somewhere that I have. Issac was born in 1731. If Jesse is Isaac then Rachel had Nancy when she was 50. There are later children in this family too. It is possible—actress Gina Davis just gave birth to twins at age 47. However in my opinion the data is more towards Jesse not being Isaac. Here is why. Mark Kent of Harford Co MD and Union Co SC is part of this group. He is in Upper Deer Creek in 1774. We know that his brother in law - James Bankhead was in SC by Dec 1775 and Mark lived adjacent to him in 1786. Mark had about 8 children. The last child was born in 1791, the same year he died. There is no mention of any of these children in Jesse's will when he died - if he were Isaac then he would be Mark's father by a first marriage. Both Jesse and Mark named their oldest sons, John B. Kent. I suspect it is a derivative of Baxter or Barton, perhaps the Brassier line that Henry Jr married into. Jesse died about 1810-15 or so. He named his son, John B. Kent as executor and left a life estate to his wife Rachel. If this is Rachel Spencer, then both of them lived to very old ages for that period. There is no mention of Mark's children in SC. One would think if they were Jesse's grand children by a first marriage he would at least say give them a cow, silver spoon or something like that."

1784 (circa). James McGough marries Esther James, daughter of Richard James (and probably a sister of Richard James who served in 1775 and 1776 with Hugh McGough as a member of Captain William Webb's company of Maryland Militia).

March 22, 1784. John Cretin's will is proved in Harford County Court by Edward Flange, one of the attesting witnesses. On May 1, 1784, Elizabeth Cretin renounced this will.

May 25, 1784. Miles McGough signs his will, leaving the 30 acres of the Valley to his sons John, James Miles and Thomas, after the death of his wife, Elizabeth.

May 25, 1784, or shortly thereafter. Miles McGough (senior) dies.

November 1, 1784 to January 22, 1785. The 1784 Maryland General Assembly passes Chapter LXIII "An ACT for the discovery of confiscated British property" Hanson's Laws of Maryland 1763–1784, volume 203, page 438 in the Archives of Maryland Online. The act authorizes the intendant of the revenue to sell confiscated British property to is possessors "at a reasonable price, secured to be paid to this state" by January 1, 1786.

November 27, 1785. Miles McGeaugh (along with Thomas Montgomery and William Moore, among many others) is listed on an exhibit filed in court as owing four shillings to the Episcopal Church of Spesutia Hundred. All taxpayers, regardless of religion, were subject to this assessment to support the officially recognized Anglican Church of the state of Maryland.

January 1, 1786. The day by which the 1784 Maryland Assembly authorized the intendant of the revenue to sell confiscated British property to is possessors "at a reasonable price, secured to be paid to this state."

1786 ("near the beginning of the year") James McGough entered part of the land known (as the Valley?) purchased by John McGough, cleared the land, and built a house thereon under what James' claimed was an oral agreement by John to let him purchase a one-half interest in the whole tract of land; that when it was discovered that 25 acres of the land that James McGough had cleared had been sold to Hugh Whiteford, a new agreement was entered into in 1787 that James McGough's half interest in the land was to be in another part of the property—at the west end.

1787. Allegations of James McGough's bill of complaint of August 20, 1780, which allegations were denied: The 1786 agreement by John McGough to sell a half interest in land to James McGough was revised to eliminate 25 acres of land leased by John to Hugh Whiteford. On the Whiteford part of the land were the cleared area and improvements made by James. Under the revised agreement with his brother John, James was to own a one-half interest in the remaining land, on the western part of the land. James then entered on the western part of the land, cleared it, and made improvements upon it.

1787 (circa). James McGough alleges in his later law suit that John McGough, shortly before removing himself from Harford county, assigned the land to his mother, Elizabeth McGough, who thereupon assigned her interest to her son-in-law, Patrick Dempsey, and her son, Thomas McGough (which James McGough claimed was "studiously kept a secret" from him, done without consideration, and aimed at "defrauding him of his purchase". James also says that he does not believe that his brother, John, intended to divest him of his interest in the land.

March 28, 1787. John Macgough assigns to Elizabeth MaGeaugh the right to 183 acres of his purchase of 208 acres of land in the reserves of Harford, with a request that the survey be made out in her name, "she paying the whole costs that shall or may accrue and the surveyor." Signed: "John McGough.: Attest: Miles McGeaugh."

March 29, 1787. (Certificate of Survey filed on January 26, 1778.) John Clark completes for Elizabeth McGeaugh (by virtue of any assignment from John McGeaugh.) a survey of land to the north of Broad Creek known as Travelers Rest. The survey shows 254 1/4 acres of land. Included in that acreage is the 75 acres originally leased by Miles McGeagh on April 15, 1752. The survey notes: John McGeaugh's purchase, 208 acres, for £43.15.6; surplus, 46 1/4 acres at 4/6, £10.l8.1 1/2; total, 254 1/4 acres, £54.33.7 1/2. James McGough's law suit of August 20, 1800, says that: "Elizabeth McGough had the said land surveyed in her name and altho there was but one hundred eighty three acres assigned to her by John McGough yet she got two hundred and fifty four and one quarter surveyed and returned into the Land Office which certificate she assigned to Thomas McGough and Patrick Dempsey ... " (See the entry for April 24, 1799.)

April, 1787 (circa). John McGough leaves Harford county and moved "to a distance"—according to the law suit filed by James McGough on August 20, 1800." John McGough may have moved to Livingston county, Kentucky. There are later references to John McGough in Harford county, however. See: April 28, 1790; May 5, 1790; September 13, 1790; and July 31, 1792. Perhaps a more likely time that John left was August, 1792.

November 30. 1787. Benjamin Connell witnesses the payment of £3 on a debt of £8.15 represented by a promissory note by Mordecai Amoss to Thomas Montgomery of August 19, 1782.

1788. Maryland’s Convention ratified (by a vote of 63 to 11) the proposed new Constitution for the United States. Samuel Chase, William Paca (born in the Abingdon Area), and Luther Martin argued that it must be amended.

April 19, 1788. The date in the text of the indenture to Hugh Whiteford that was signed on October 7, 1788.

September 12, 1788. Bartholomew Connell files a suit in Harford county for a debt of £9.10.9 1/2 against George Amos, James McComas, and Fred Amos.

October 7, 1788. Elizabeth McGough, a widow, and her sons, John, James, Miles, and Thomas McGough, assigned their lessees' interest in 30 acres of "The Valley" to Hugh Whiteford for £21.10.6, except that 7 3/4 acres are reserved for the use of the assignors. The surname is spelled variously: Mageaugh, McGough, and McGeaugh. Elizabeth McGough signed "by X her mark." Ignatius Wheeler signed the receipt for payment on October 19, 1788.

1790. Bartholomew Connell's name appears on "A List of Insolvents in Gunpoweder Upper Hundred for 90" for 2 p 1 s.

April 28, 1790. John McGough and James Walton are among several witnesses to the marriage of Moses Lukins, son of Benjamin and Alice Lukins of Deer Creek Upper Hundred, and Sarah Tomkins of Fawn Township, York county, Pennsylvania (Quaker Records of Northern Maryland, 1716-1800, Deer Creek Monthly Meeting Marriage Certificates, page 121, on Genealogy.com). [Benjamin Lukens lived near James McGough and Elizabeth McGough in the Deer Creek Hundred, and is on the same page as James McGough in the 1790 census. Benjamin Luken was a witness to the three bonds signed by James McGough on January 2, 1797.]

May 5, 1790. John McGough, Miles McGough, and Thomas McGough, witness the signature (by his X mark) of Valentine Smith to an assignment by Smith to William Moore of a certificate of survey of 114 1/4 acres known as Valentine's Delight on the north side of Broad Creek in Harford county. The land was part of Sword's Delight, leased to John Swords on August 12, 1760, and adjoined Whiteford's Addition.

1790. Census lists Elizabeth MGeough as the head of a household of 7, and James MGeough as the head of a household of 6.

August 2, 1790. Patrick McGough filed the equivalent of a modern day declaration of bankruptcy. The schedule of debts filed on that day by "Patrick McGough an Insolvent debtor" included his brother-in-law Patrick Dempsey (ten pounds fifteen shillings), Joseph Stokes (£7.0.0), Izra Spencer (seven shillings, six pence), and Mailen Spencer (seven shillings, six pence). The biggest creditor was John Cox to whom Patrick McGough owed £26 or £27.

September 13, 1790. John McGough and Patrick McGough sign a bond to Joseph Stokes promising to pay on demand £20 plus interest. Stokes filed suit—against John McGough only—on the note on May 13, 1799.

1791. Benjamin McGough is on a list of delinquent taxpayers, filed by Robert Carlisle in October 1792, in the amount of 3 shillings 1 1/2 pence.

1791. James McGough, shown as owing 1 shilling four pence, is on "A List of Insolvents Returned by Robert Amos Junior for the Year 1791 County Tax in Deer Creek Upper,Middle, and Broad Creek Hundreds." A separate list of persons delinquent in 1791 in payment of property taxes for the same hundreds list James McGough as owing 7 shillings. Both of these are long lists. The second list was filed on September 17, 1793.

1791. Maryland General Assembly directs that bonds given for purchase of Confiscated British Properties be collected. Chapter LXXVII, Laws of Maryland 1785–1791, volume 204, page 617:

"One fifth of the principal, and all arrears of interest, shall be paid on or before the first day of December, seventeen hundred and ninety-two, one other fifth of the principal, and the interest upon the whole debt then unpaid, on or before the first day of December, seventeen hundred and ninety-three, and so annually till the whole debt and interest be discharged.".

July 31, 1792. John McGough gave a sworn statement to Ignatius Wheeler in a civil suit for a writ of replevin (to recover personal property) for "one bay mare," George McCormick against William Gibson, that "sometime in the winter of 1785 or 86 he heard Alice Gibson say that if her daughter Elizabeth Gibson, at that time alias McCormick, did not sell her mair, she should take her off the place & that the said mair was her own property & she might dispose of her as she pleased." In the same suit, John McGough and Thomas McGough signed a bond in support of the writ, along with George McCormick, guaranteeing the return of the mare and payment of damages to William Gibson should George McCormick be required to do so. Ignatius Wheeler witnessed the bond. [George McCormick filed a declaration of insolvency on May 5, 1796, listing Thomas McGough as a creditor.] [William Gibson lived in the Deer Creek Upper Hundred near James McGough and Elizabeth McGough, and in the 1790 census his name is one removed from that of James McGough. The resident between Gibson and McGough is Patrick Smith.]

August, 1792. A more likely time than April, 1787, that John McGough permanently left Harford county.

October, 1792. Benjamin McGough is listed as a taxpayer for Harford county in 1790.

1793 (circa). Elizabeth McGough marries Patrick William Dempsey.

December, 1793. Ignatius Wheeler, Jr., dies. On the List of Bonds and Notes due the Estate of Ignatius Wheeler or the "List of Debts as they Stand on the Books of the Late Ignatius Wheeler 15 July 1793," filed in Harford County Court on June 23, 1795, are the following: Miles McGough, £6.4.9; Widow McGough, £1.3.6; James McGough, £1.7.6; John McGough, £4.14.6, Bartholomew Connell, 3 s 9 p, and John Walsh, 2 s. [This Ignatius Wheeler, who married Henrietta (Neal) Smith, was born in 1744, the son of Ignatius Wheeler (1714–November 1786) and Elizabeth Rosier, and grandson of Benjamin Wheeler (1685–October 12, 1741) and Elizabeth Clements (died June 21, 1742) according to World Family Tree volume 15, tree 3465.] The list of debts that were "desparate," that is, uncollectable, as of June 23, 1795, was filed in the estate of Ignatius Wheeler on November 15, 1800, and included Miles McGough £6.4.9, Widow McGough £1.3.6, James Gough £1.7.6, John McGough £4.14.6.

January 7, 1794. Bartholomew Connell obtains a judgment in Harford county against James Hanna, Alexander Hanna, and James Anderson on a debt of £2.19.2 and costs.

November 1, 1794. Patrick McGough pays £4.19 interest, and £7.8.6 principle, on the bond to Joseph Stokes that he and John McGough had signed on September 13, 1790.

September 5, 1795. James McGough and James Gladden post a bond guaranteeing the appearance of John Ward at the March term of the Harford county court, and also guaranteeing his peaceable conduct. [James Gladen lived near Elizabeth MGeough and James MGeough in the Deer Creek Upper Hundred, and in the 1790 census his name is on the same page as is Elizabeth MGeough's.]

May 5, 1796. Thomas McGough is listed as being owed £1.0.0 by George McCormick in a claim of insolvency by McCormick.

January 2, 1797. Three bonds are signed by James McGough. James Mageaugh (according to the text of the bond) agrees to pay £84.15 to Elizabeth McGough. James McGough later claimed in a lawsuit of August 20, 1800, that "he being a poor ignorant man unwilling to be stripped of a house and provender (?) for his family was induced and in some measure compelled to accede to ... pay his bond over to Elizabeth McGough for the sum of eighty four pounds, fifteen shillings, another to Patrick Dempsey for the sum of fifty pounds, and another to a certain Bartholomew O'Connell (a brother-in-law) for the sum of fifty pounds" in exchange of an agreement to convey to James his one half interest in the property. James McGough alleges in his law suit that the bonds were "extorted" from him as payment for an interest in land which, in equity, he already owned because of his agreement with his brother John. Elizabeth Dempsey assigned her bond to Patrick Dempsey who in turn assigned it to James Walton who sued James McGough on the bond. [On April 28, 1790, John McGough and James Walton are among several witnesses to the marriage of Moses Lukins (should be Lukens), son of Benjamin and Alice Lukins (should be Lukens) of Deer Creek Upper Hundred, and Sarah Tomkins of Fawn Township, York county, Pennsylvania (Quaker Records of Northern Maryland, 1716-1800, Deer Creek Monthly Meeting Marriage Certificates, page 121, on Genealogy.com). Benjamin Lukens is listed near James McGough and his mother, Elizabeth McGough, in the Deer Creek Hundred, and is on the same page as James McGough in the 1790 census. Benjamin Luken was a witness to the three bonds signed by James McGough on January 2, 1797.]

1798. James McGeaugh and Thomas McGeaugh are listed as taxpayers in the Deer Creek Upper Hundred, each with one tract of 126 acres, 120 perches and one building, $249.54 valuation. James is listed as holding one slave, Thomas, no slaves.

March 17, 1798. James McGough pays Elizabeth Mcgough £2.1.4 1/2 "being part of the interest" due on the bond. Elizabeth signs the receipt "Her X mark."

April 3, 1798. Thomas McGough witnessed a promissory note by William Cooley and Patrick Smith (?) to pay £15 to Patrick Dempsey. On June 19, 1798. Patrick Dempsey assigned the note to Edward Cain. [William Cooly lived near James McGough and Elizabeth McGough in the Deer Creek Upper Hundred, and is on the same page of the 1790 census as is James McGough. In the same census, the names of Patrick Smith and James McGough are next to each other.]

August 20, 1798. Bartholomew Connell obtains a judgment in Harford county court against William Baxter and John Bond for £4.17.3 plus costs.

On October 1, 1798, a federal assessment of land in Deer Creek Upper Hundred, Harford county, Maryland, lists James McGeaugh and Thomas McGeaugh as owners of adjoining tracts in Travelers Rest:

1798 Federal Assessments. {MDHR Film M864-2; M3472-8 1798 Dwellings} 1798 Federal Assessments: Deer Creek Upper Value Revalue

McGEAUGH, James 1 house $45. 126 Acres 120 Perches $221.81 $249.54

McGEAUGH, Thomas 1 house $45. 126 Acres 120 Perches $221.81 $249.54 1 Oct 1798

McGAUGH, James 1 dwelling; 4 outhouses; 2 Acres; $100.00

Particulars:

McGEAUGH, James: Part of "Travellers Rest" 126.7 Acres; 1 dwelling house 14 x 16; 1 story; 1 window, 8 lights, 8 x 10 house, 1 kitchen 12 x 14 ft. All wood.

McGEAUGH, Thomas: Part of "Travellers Rest" 126.7 Acres, 1 dwelling house 14 x 16, 1 story, 1 window, 8 lights, 8 x 10 ft stable, 1 cover house 10 x 12 ft. All wood.

Thomas McGough may have assumed ownership of the old family home in Travelers Rest, and his mother Elizabeth McGough may have been living with Thomas and his family.

1799 (or before).12 1/2 acres of land adjoining Travelers Rest, known as the Turkey Range, was surveyed for James Mc Gough.. See October 5, 1802.

1799. Bartholomew Connell's name is listed in the Baltimore City Directory as Bartholomew Conelly, schoolmaster, High Street, Old Town. The 1800 and subsequent editions spell his name correctly and lists his address as 99 High Street, Old Town.

1799. Joseph Wheeler, executor, and Henrietta Wheeler, executrix, of Ignatius Wheeler, deceased, in behalf of the representatives of Ignatius Wheeler, and James McGaugh, in his own right, petition to the general assembly, that they are much aggrieved by the road leading from the Pine ford to Patrick Smith's lane, in said county. (Archives of Maryland, volume 100, page 49). The petition was granted on December 27, 1799.

January 3, 1799. Elizabeth McGough sues her son, James McGough, in Harford County Court for £169.10 (see also March 28, 1799).

February 7, 1799. Patrick Dempsey assigns his interest in the bond signed by James McGough to James Walton (sometimes spelled Waltum).

February 14, 1799. Elizabeth McGough assigns her interest in the bond to Miles McGough, signs "Her X mark." On the same day, Miles McGough assigns the interest in the bond to Patrick Dempsey.

March 28, 1799. Elizabeth McGough sues James McGough for £169.10. Writ is issued on June 3, 1799.

March 28, 1799. Patrick Dempsey sues his brother-in-law, James McGough, in Harford County Court for £100. The writ is issued on August 6, 1799. Attorney for Patrick Dempsey is John Montgomery.

April 24, 1799. Elizabeth Megough (signed by X her mark) assigns to her son Thomas Megaugh and Patrick Dempsey her interest in Travelers Rest, containing 254 1/4 acres, and surveyed on March 29, 1787. The deed to Thomas McGeaugh and Patrick Dempsey is issued by the state of Maryland on December 13, 1799.

May 13, 1799. Joseph Stokes filed suit in Harford County Court against John McGough on the bond for £20 that John McGough and Patrick McGough had signed on September 13, 1790, saying that £16.1. 4 1/2 is owing on the bond and that John McGough is the only solvent debtor on the bond, and that he "has removed out of this state with a vow to evade the payment of the same and thereby defraud his creditors." Stokes asks for a writ of attachment against any property John McGough may have in Harford county. The writ of attachment was issued on May 15, 1799.

July 6, 1799. Bartholomew Connell, together with John Whitely and Isaac Harvery, is a witness to a document signed by Jacob Wheeler that refers to land sold to Benjamin Amoss of Harford County. Jacob Wheeler's wife was Ann, and his children were: Thomas, Francis, Harriett, John, Sally, Benjamin, Healen, and Jacob. See: PEDIGO-L Archives on Rootsweb.

October 28, 1799. Hugh Whiteford files an affidavit that he had purchased about 30 acres of land from John Megeaugh, which was part of McGeaugh's purchase from the Intendant (that is, the Province of Maryland), and that Whiteford made no use of a bond posted by John Megeaugh in connection with the purchase.

December 13, 1799. State of Maryland issues a deed to Thomas McGaugh and Patrick Dempsey in accordance with the assignment of Elizabeth McGough on April 24, 1799.

1800. Bartholomew Connell's name appears on the Assessment Book of the Baltimore City Tax Records (page 271). (His name also appears for the years 1804 through 1808.)

February 15, 1800. Another suit against James McGough on his bond to Elizabeth McGough (?)

1800. Census lists a James Megeough (indexed by Genealogy.com as McGeough) (Locale: 5-District, series M32, roll 11, part 1, page 129) (next to Thomas Megeough), with 2 free white males to 10, 1 free white male to 16; 1 free white male between 26 and 45; 4 free white females under 10; 3 free white females between 10 and 16; 1 free white female between 26 and 45 (and 2 slaves).

1800. Census lists a Thomas Megeough (indexed by Genealogy.com as McGeough) (Locale: 5-District, series M32, roll 11, part 1, page 129) (next to James Megeough), with 2 free white males to 10; 1 free white male between 26 and 45; 2 free white females to 10; 2 free white females between 10 and 16; 1 free white female between 26 and 45; and 1 free white female over 45 (and 2 slaves?). The female over 45 years of age may have been Elizabeth McGough, Thomas's mother. [Thomas McGough and his wife Sarah had at least two children who were born in Harford county: Sarah McGough, born about 1801 who married Stephen D. Ward in Perry county, Ohio, on January 29, 1828; and John McGough, born on February 23, 1803, who married Hannorah (or Hannah) Grace, who was born in Ireland about 1806. For more on this family, see my page: McGoughs Who Moved from Harford County, Maryland, to Cambria County, Pennsylvania.]

August 20, 1800. James McGough files a bill of complaint against his brother-in-law Patrick Dempsey in Harford County Court arising out of a claimed agreement by James' brother, John McGough, in early 1786, to let James have a one-half interest in land purchased by John in exchange for an agreement by James to pay John £100. He asks that the court require conveyance to him of the land and that he be relieved of obligations on bonds he was defrauded into signing to Elizabeth McGough and Patrick Dempsey, which latter bond had been assigned to James Walton. The attorney for James McGough was Aquila Hall. Guarantors of the litigation bond of James McGough were John Montgomery and David West.

March 18, 1801. Through their attorney, John Montgomery, Elizabeth McGough, Patrick Dempsey, and Thomas McGough file an answer to James McGough's bill of complaint of August 20, 1800. The answer denies that John McGough ever agreed that James McGough should have a half-interest in the land, or that James McGough ever agreed to pay part of the purchase price of the land. The answer admits that James McGough had entered on the land, built a house thereon, and cultivated it with the "consent and permission" of Elizabeth McGough. The answer says that the assignment from John McGough to Elizabeth McGough "was made by the said John in consideration of the will of his deceased father Miles McGough" and in consideration of Elizabeth's paying the bond due for the State of Maryland for the purchase of the land. The answer says that Elizabeth agreed to sell part of the land to James in exchange for the bonds to her and Patrick Dempsey, mentioned above, "and another to a certain Bartholomy O'Connel who had intermarried with another daughter of the said Elizabeth, for the sum of fifty pounds." The answer also said that "from the said purchase price there was a deduction made therefrom to the said Complainant of the sum of fifty pounds, to place him on an equality with the other children of the said Elizabeth."

1802–1803. Elizabeth Spencer McGough probably died in 1802 or 1803.

January 10, 1802. Dennis Connell requested John Montgomery to return to Bartholomew Connell, High Street, Old Town, a bond given to Montgomery on May 28, 1802 to support a claim related to the "business then pending between Patrick Dempsay, Thomas McGeaugh, Elizabeth McGeaugh, and said James McGeaugh." The request says that the dispute has been settled and the bond is no longer necessary. [The 1803 Baltimore city directory lists a Dennis Connell, a school master, on Frederick-town Road. Dennis may have been Bartholomew's son.]

March 27, 1802. Bartholomew Connell files a lawsuit in Harford county against his brother-in-law James McGough for a debt of £100 on the bond signed by James on January 2, 1797. Bartholomew's attorney is John Montgomery.

October 5, 1802. James McGough conveys "The Turkey Range" to Amos Jones for "30 pounds specie to me in hand paid." (Patent. Land Office, Liber IC #Q Folio 144.) Land Office (Patents) IC #Q, page 144 certificate of survey for "Turkey Range", James McGough, 5 October 1802. 02/11/87. Tracking No.: 15936. PD No.: 87 1648. Maryland State Archives Maryland Indexes Photoduplication Orders 1986–1994.

December 28, 1802. A list of debts that were "desparate," that is, uncollectable, as of June 23, 1795, is filed in the estate of Ignatius Wheeler. The list includes Miles McGough £6.4.9, Widow McGough £1.3.6, James Gough £1.7.6, John McGough £4.14.6.

May 17, 1803. Thomas McGough and Patrick Dempsey convey their interest in "Travellers Rest" to James McGough, of John; 127+ acres and buildings for £50. ((MDHR Liber HD #a Folio 483). The wives of the grantors, Patrick Dempsey and Thomas McGough, released their dower rights:

"Elizabeth, wife of Dempsey, and Sarah, wife of Thomas McGough, release their dower rights. Both of them being privately examined out of the hearing of their husbands ... "

October 17, 1803. Thomas Mageaugh and Patrick Dempsey convey 254 1/4 acres in Travelers Rest to John DeMoss: "Travellers Rest, 254 1/4 acres. Patent; Thomas Mageaugh/Patrick Dempsey to John DeMoss. Indenture made October 17, 1803. Delivered March 20,1804. {MdHR HD R 172}."

March 20, 1804. Travelers Rest is delivered to John DeMoss as agreed on October 17, 1803. The families of John DeMoss, Sr. (1718–March 18, 1806) and John DeMoss, Jr., who died in 1820, lived in Harford county. (Harford County, Maryland, Revolutionary Patriots Listings, page 60, on Genealogy.com.) On May 19, 1790, a son Acquila; on October 25, 1792, a daughter Jemima (who married Elisha Meads); on June 22, 1795 , a daughter Susannah; on March 13, 1801, a daughter Ruth was born to John and Mary DeMoss in St. James Parish. On November 13, 1816, in Harford county, Maryland, a John DeMoss married Hannah Meade. There was also a John DeMoss born in Baltimore county, Maryland, in 1718. On February 2, 1743, (or in 1734 or 1735), a John DeMoss married Susannah Ramsey in Baltimore county, and on February 12, 1755, John DeMoss received a power of attorney from Randall Ramsey, a former resident of Baltimore county, of Brookshire (or Carthage) county, Virginia, to sell land in Baltimore county. This John DeMoss was born on August 9, 1718, to Lewis and Catherine DeMoss, in Baltimore county. John DeMoss signed the 1768 Joppa Petition in Baltimore county.]

July 2, 1804 Bartholomew Connell signs a statement that all disputes between himself and his brother-in-law, James McGough, have been resolved, and that Bartholomew will have "no further processing in law" against James. The statement is to Mr. John Montgomery, Esquire, "to the Care of Mr. John Reardon."

August 18, 1804. Bartholomew Connell and James McGough both sign an agreement of settlement of the lawsuit by Bartholomew against James. Witnessed by John Montgomery, Esq.

November 1, 1804. James McGough and his wife "Hester" (should be Esther) convey their interest in "Travellers Rest" to Thomas Montgomery "in consideration of the sum of nine hundred Spanish milled dollars of the value of seven shillings and six pence each current money of Maryland." The land was delivered to Montgomery on March 19, 1805. The deed was dated November 1, 1804, and the money paid on that date. (Liber HD #R Folio 540-2)

1803–1805. James, Thomas, and Miles (junior) McGough move to Cambria county, Pennsylvania.

March 19, 1805. Travelers Rest is delivered to Thomas Montgomery as agreed on November 1, 1804.

Before 1807, Patrick William Dempsey and his wife, Elizabeth McGugh Dempsey, move to Cambria county, Pennsylvania.

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