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See Will Book 29, p 168, Records of St. Mary's County, MD for:
The Last Will of Teresia Ford
In the name of God Amen I Teresia Ford o fSaint
Marys County, widow and Relict of Robert Ford being sick and wea k ofbody
but of sound perfect and disposing mind and memory, thanks be to G od,do
make ordain Constitute, and appoint my Last Will and Testament i nmanner
and form following, that is to say, I Recommend my soul to almight yGod
my saviour and Redeemer, and my body to the Earth, to be decentl yburied,
at the discretion of my Executors heretofore named, and as to suc hworldly
Estate, as it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and bequeat hthe
same in manner following.
Imprimis I give and bequeath unto James Neale son of Henry Neale o fCobneck
deceased, and of Mary Neale now intermarried with John Lancaster, al lthat
one fifth part of a Tract of Land, lying in Saint Marys County calle d the
Chancellors point, which on a writt of partition was formerly allote d toAnne
Bladon, which fifth part of Land cobounded as followeth to wit, beginning at
the end of a Line drawn south fifty one and an half degrees, west for thper-
ches, and Running from the end of the said Line, South Thirty eight degrees
East Eighty two perches, then north eight degrees East sixty four perches,
then North sisty six perches to the division line, between John Park e and
Teresia his wife, and Anne Bladon Widow which said Line now Running w est
twenty five degrees, South one hundred and fifty two perches, to th ebegin-
ning of the said anne Bladon Land, Quantity seventy three acres, an dforth
perches to have and to hold the same Land unto him the said James Nea lehis
heirs and assignes forever, together with the improvements and othe rconven-
iences and appurtenances thereunto belong, and my will and desire i sthat if
said James Neale should die without heirs, that then the same Land should re-
main unto Gerard Neale brother unto the said James, and his heirs an dassigns
forever -
Item I give and bequeath unto Teresia Neale daughter of the aforesaid
Henry and Mary, one Large Black Leather Trunk, that belonged to me be fore
my intermarriage with my late husband, and all my wearing apparel, an dother
things that are therein contained, also one Chest of Drawers, and a S mall
Round Table, the same of the Chest of Drawers; all the Rest of my wea ring
apparel, I give to Susannah Craycroft, wife of Charles Craycroft of Charles
County -
Item I give and bequeath unto William Gardiner son of Richard Gardiner,
one negro girl named Mildred now in his said father's possession -
Item I give and bequeath unto Mary Thompson wife of Michael Thompson
one plain Gown, and one blue Quilted petticoate and a cow and calf -
Item Whereas before my intermarriage with my late husband, I di dby a
deed make over and convey unto Benjamin Tasker Esq several negroes , I do
hereby Request the said Benjamin Tasker to give one negro wench, name dMary
and her youngest child to Susannah Craycroft, wife of Charles Craycro ft
during her life and after her death to her two youngest Children tha t are
now born -
Item I give and bequeath unto Sarah Craycroft Daughter of Charl esCray-
croft, one Dubleloon or four pistoles -
Item I give and bequesth unto Henrietta Neale Daughter of the s aid
Henry and Mary one mourning Ring -
St. Marys County SS February the 5th 1754 -
Then John Hall of St Marys County Attorney at Law being sworn on t heHoly
Evangels and deposeth and sayeth that on the 31st Decembr in the yea r ofour
Lord 1753 - he was desired by the aforementioned Mrs Ford, being at t hattime
sick and weake to draw her will, which he according set down to do, a ndwrote
as she directed him this deponent the several devises & bequests in t hewill,
or writing, wherein the present affidavid is made and to which the sa meis
subjected, contained, that it being late at night when this deponen t hadfin-
ished the aforesaid several Devises, and bequests, the aforesaid Mr sFord de-
sired him to take care of the sd Will or writing amongst other papers ,and
put them in his pocket till morning, which at her Request he did; tha ton the
day following being the 5th January 1754 the said Mrs Ford Departed t hisLife,
without signing sealing and Executing the sd Will or writing, and thi sdepon-
ant further sayeth that at the time of her making the sd Several Devises, and
bequests the sd Mrs Ford was to the best of his knowldege and apprehension of
sound and disposing mind, and memory; Sworn to before me, Thos Aisqui thDepty
Commiss of St Marys County.

From Susan Knight Gore, Memphis, TN, Prodigy #TBSR29B. Adds thatEdmund Abell was married to Elizabeth Thompson who died about 1819. FromCharmaine Welker, Prodigy PRJF38C "...the will of her mother CatherineCooper Spalding proven 21 Aug 1775 Leonardstown, MD that she mentioned"several children of my beloved daughter Susanna Abell, deceased". Ms.Welker refers to a manuscript stating that it does not follow the line ofdescent from Susanna Spalding and Edward Abell. ( Check correct spellingof his name.)

THE SPALDING FAMILY OF MARYLAND, KENTUCKY AND GEORGIA FROM 1658 TO 1965
by Hughes Spalding, 929.273 Sp18sg V.1.2 pg 19:

"Robert Abell, brother to Alethaire Abell Spalding, had led his ownand a group of other Catholic families to the Rolling Fork in 1788 (inNelson County, Kentucky). He had prospered and was the leading man inthe community.

"Robert Abell represented Nelson County in the General Assembly whenKentucky was a part of Virginia, and when Kentucky became a state in1792; and when Washington County was carved out of Nelson County in thesame year, he was one of the first Justices for the new County andrepresented it in 1795 and 1799 in the General Assembly of Kentucky. Herepresented Washington County in the first Constitutional Convention andwas the only Catholic in that body.

"Benedict Spalding, Jr., was fortunate to have such a prominent andrespected brother-in-law for his sponsor."

THE SPALDING FAMILY OF MARYLAND, KENTUCKY AND GEORGIA FROM 1658 TO1965,
by Hughes Spalding, 929.273 Sp 18sg v1.2, FHL, pg 19:

"Benedict Spalding, Jr., was the oldest son of Benedict and ElizabethMattingly Spalding. He was born in Maryland in December, 1746, and diedin Kentucky August 1, 1815. He married Alethaire Abell, daughter ofSamuel and Eleanor O'Bryan Abell, about 1769. She was born in St. Mary'sCounty, Maryland, about 1749, and died in Kentucky in 1821."

See THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND, 1670 by Edward Felix Jenkins,O.S.A.,pg 39-40: "In 1770, Benedict Joseph Spalding m. Alethea (Alethaire)Abell, who was b. ca. 1753. These two dates are from the COMPENDIUM OFAMERICAN GENEALOGY, Volume V, page 557. Alethea Abell was the daughterof Samuel and Eleanor (Bryant) [O'Bryan] Abell of St. Mary's County. Mrs.Eleanor (Bryant) Abell was a devout Catholic, while her husband was azealous Protestant, and High Sheriff of St. Mary's County. It is saidthat he was content that she should rear the girls in her religion butwanted the boys reared in his, and was very much annoyed when, inspiredby their mother's
piety, they all became Catholics too. Tradition tells us that he wasreceived into the Catholic Church before he died."

See CATHOLIC FAMILIES OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND by Timothy J. O'Rourke , p53, for births of Samuel, Robert and Abner recorded at St. Andrew'sEpiscopal Church, Leonardtown, Maryland. Extracts were of families whowere presumed to be Roman Catholic. The complete parish records werepublished by the St. Mary's County Historical Society in their bulletin"Chronicles."

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SQ pg 3194: They had six children.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3195: Charles Allen Absher, son of James and Fannie (Sparks)
Absher, was born on September 8, 1885. He married Rena Belle Chamber s.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3194: They had two children.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3194: They had three children.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3194: They had three children including Harold Absher, Jr. wh o has
been most helpful in sharing information about the Absher family.

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SQ 3194: They had one child.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3195: James Malthus Absher, son of James and Fannie (Sparks)
Absher, was born March 2, 1887. He married Dora Bell Dixon, a daught er
of John and Callie (Jackson) Dixon. James and Dora had nine children.
(a) Emma Mae Absher was born on Septermber 14, 1909. She marrie d(1st)
James T. Wood and (2nd) Charles P. Logwood.
(b) Ina F. Absher was born on June 9, 1911. She died on May 6, 19 81.
She married Jack J. Preas.
(c) Ulvia Absher was born on July 3, 1913, and she died on Augus t 23,
1981. She married Herman Fielder and they had two children.
(d) Fannie Idell Absher was born on Augut 10, 1916. She married C onDye
and they had four children.
(e) Marquis Paul Absher was born on February 19, 1919. He died on
February 24, 1966. He married Edith Barker and they had thre echildren.
(f) Reva Mary Absher was born on August 14, 1921. She married Ral ph
Deskins.
(g) James M. Absher, Jr., was born on July 16, 1925. He marrrie d(1st)
Madeline Summers and (2nd) Jackie E. Smith.
(h) Donald Blaine Absher was born on December 21, 1927. He marrie d(1st)
Lois Lambert and (2nd) Gladys -----."

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SQ 3194: They had seven children.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3194: John Edward Absher was born on November 2, 1880. He marr ied
Rachel Cordelle. They lived at Fork Ridge, Virginia.

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SQ 3194: They had three children.

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SQ 3194: They had five children.

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SQ 3194: They had four children.

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SQ 3194: They had two children.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3194: "William Avery Absher was born on September 19, 1882. He
married Dallas Cook, probably about 1904. He died on April 1, 1931 , at
Red Ashe, (Tazewell County) Virginia, from a bullet wound in his abdo men.
He and Dallas had eleven children.
(a) Ira Tevis Absher was born on January 6, 1905. He married Anni eMae
Ratliff and they had one child.
(b) Charles F. Absher was born on October 5, 1906. He married Hel enL.
Gentry, and they had two children.
(c) Lemuel M. Absher was born on June 14, 1908. He married Edna E .Wells,
and they had three children.
(d) Bertie Helen Absher was born on March 1, 1910. She married Do ck
Robert Hunt on August 11, 1934, and they had six children.
(e) Mary V. Absher was born on November 22, 1911. She married Clarence
B. Shelton, and they had five children.
(f) Harold Absher was born on May 20, 1913. He married Virginia S .Akers,
and they had three children, including Harold Absher, Jr. wh o hasbeen
most helpful in sharing information about the Absher family.
(g) John Creed Absher was born on January 15, 1915. He married Virginia
Price, and they had seven children.
(h) Sadie Willie Absher was born on September 21, 1916. She marri edAndrew
C. Hutton and they had four children.
(i) Thelma M. Absher was born on January 11, 1919. She married Sa muel
Akers, and they had two children.
(j) William Jesse Absher was born on September 29, 1920. He marri edBelva
J. Dickerson, and they had two children.
(k) Fannie M. Absher was born on September 25, 1924. She marrie dKermit
Spence, and they had 3 children."

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SQ 3194: They had two children.

See the QUARTERLY for September, 1980, Whole No. 111, p. 2237, for alisting of the census record for 1900 in the Indian Territory (Oklahoma),Chocktaw Nation, including the widow Margaret (Adams) Sparks, her threechildren, and seven of the unmarried and one married child of Thomas E.and Martha (Curtis) Sparks. A note briefly tracing the family andreferring to the articles in the QUARTERLY relating thereto follows.

Albert Adix married Mabel Harrison and settled in Riverside, Californiaand ran a dairy. His Social Security Number was 562-36-4640.

L. Howard Adix grew up on the family farm near Ogden, greatly assistingwith the family chores and other jobs around the farm. It was this earlyinvolvement with agriculture that led L. H. to dedicate his life to theactive pursuit of farming. Howard first farmed near Ogden and then inthe spring of 1946, moved his farming operation to Ellsworth, Iowa. Healways had an avid interest in horses and continued this rewarding hobbyinto his retirement years. Mrs. and Mrs. Adix are members of theEllsworth United Methodist Church.

According to christening records dated January 2, 1855, George andBarbara Aiken were not married. Barbara married Peter Crighton on 3 May1860. He was a widower, first wife Catherine Arthur, and had 2 sons anddaughters. (See census of 1861). In the 1871 census there is mention ofa grandson Peter aged 4. this may be a child of George (1845) or Mary(1850). Barbara died of apoplexy (stroke) on 29 December 1884 aged 57and is buried in Tarves, as is Peter and their daughter Elspet (Elsie)who died in 1902 aged 36. Elsie was married to James Presly (1866-1920)who it appears married a second time to Ann Smith (1877-1934).