Mary Norris
1693 - 1743 (50 years)
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Name Mary Norris [1, 2] Birth 1693 St. Marys County Maryland 
Gender Female Death Between 31 Oct 1743 and 30 Nov 1743 St. Marys County Maryland [3] Person ID I7034 1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
Family Stephen Gough, b. 1690, St. Mary's County, Maryland d. Between 30 Mar 1743 and 21 Apr 1743, St. Mary's County, Maryland (Age 53 years)
Marriage 1711 St. Mary's County, MD Children 1. Ignatius Gough, b. Bef 1723, St. Mary's County, MD d. Aft 31 Oct 1743 (Age > 21 years)2. Matthew Gough, b. Bef 1723, St. Mary's County, MD d. Between 30 Mar 1743 and 31 Oct 1743 (Age > 20 years)3. Anastasia Gough, b. Abt 1730 d. 1771, St. Mary's County, MD (Age 41 years)▻ Nicholas Mills, III m. Between 1755 and 1757▻ Nicholas Mills, III m. Between 1755 and 1757Family ID F2000 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
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Notes - mdstmary@rootsweb.com
K Woodring wrote:
>Thanks, Linda and others for contributing to this effort. Leonardtown ladies are really sweet to make the effort- send my thanks.
> Definititive answers are always cool to get from the original sources in lieu of all these transcripts.
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>Linda Reno
> To bring this to closure, I contacted the Register of Wills in Leonardtown
>and they pulled the original will of Mary Gough. Here's the response:
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>Hey Linda, I checked the will of Mary Gough and her son is identified as
>Ignatius Gough. Hope this helps. Have a great New Year.
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>Linda Reno
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From St. Mary's Familie Web Site:
Gough, Mary, widow,St. Mary's Co.,31st Oct., 1743; 30th Nov., 1743.
To dau. Anastatia at 16 yrs., £10 and testator's share of the estate of her husband Stephen. Son James to be of age at 18 yrs. but not to receive any estate until he is 21. Ex.: Bro. John Norris.
Test: Joshua Woodward, Thom. Howard, William Russell.
23. 320.
Prerogative Court Abtracts, 1744-1750 (Libers 21-28) page 24
Mary Gough 21. 353 A SM £71.4.2 £242.4.6 £276.13.3 May 27, 1745
Sureties: John Heard Jr. , Thomas Howard Jr.,
Received from: Thomas Norris, John Bold, John Eadon.
Payments to: Capt. Barns, Richard Newton, Dr. James Black, William Russell, Dr. Salley, Mr. William Cartwright, John Bond, Charles Neale, James Gough, John Manning, Mary Ratcliffe, Mr. Edward Diggs.
Mentions: husband (unnamed dead).
Distribution to Ignatius Gough, Anastatia Gough.
Executor: John Norris.
Mary Gough Oct., 1743 Wills Liber TA 1 page 140
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The Last Will of Mary Gough
In the name of God Amen. October the thirty first seventeen hundred forty three I Mary Gough of St. Mary's County in the province of Maryland, widow being very sick & weak of body , but of perfect mind & memory, thanks be given unto God, therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appoint for all once to die do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament,that is to say principally, and first of all I give and reccomend my soul unto the hands of God who gave it, and my body I reccomend to the earth to be buried in Christian decent burial at the discreation of my Executor nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall Receive again my mighty powers of God. And as touching such worldly Estate, wherwith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of in the following manner & form.
Item I give and bequeath to my loving Daughter Anastatia Gough, Ten pounds Sterling to be paid to her when she shall arrive at the age of sixteen years, or on the day of her marriage.
Item I give and bequeath to my said daughter Anastatia Gough all my thirds of my husband Stephan Gough's Estate Item my will is that all my just debts be equally paid.
Item my will is that my son Ignatius Gough before himself at the age of Eighteen years, but not to receive my part of his Estate till he arrives, at the age of Twenty one years, and for the fulfilling performing & Executing of this my last will, and testament, I constitute appoint and ordain my loving brother John Norris Executor of this last will & Testament, & I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul, all & every other will or wills by me heretofore made, Ratifying and confirming , this and no other to be my last will and Testament, In witness, wherof I have here unto set my hand and seal, the Day, and year first above written.
>> MARY her Gough seal
>> signed sealed & delivered mark
>> in the presence of us St. Marys County
>> John Woodward November the 30th 1743
>> Thomas Howard
>> William Russell
Then Joseph Woodward Thomas Howard & William Russell, the three subscribing witnesses to the foregoing will being duly and solemnly sworn on the Holy Evanels of Almighty God dispose and say that they saw the Testatrix Mary Gough, sign the foregoing will and heard her publish and declare the same to be her last will and Testament and that at the time of her so doing she was to the best of their apprehension of sound and disposing mind and memory
>> Sworn to before me,
>> Tho. Aisguith Deputy Commissioner
>> of St. Marys County
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>> This will is that of Mary Norris(Gough) wife of Stephen Gough whose will
>> was wills liber TA 1 page 145 dated March 1743. Stephan Gough was the
>> brother of James Gough who married Priscilla Heard. If my records are
>> correct I also show a sister ? Gough who married John Norris. Does anyone
>> have that information to confirm?
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>> Jerry L. Clark
>> 1037 South 680 West
Linda Reno wrote:
Agree. No child named James. His name was Ignatius based on his father's will and the distribution of his mother's estate. Probably a read of the original will would indicate a transcription error.
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>Linda
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