Mary Peel Bowie
born circa 1743
Charles County, Maryland
Mary Peel Bowie (b. ca 1743), and her brother, James Peel Bowie (b. ca 1746), where children of John Bowye and Isabel Peel. Mary Peel Bowie apparently married (1) Thomas Rigg about 1760 and had a son, James Balendine Rigg. Thomas Rigg died in 1761, leaving a widow, Mary Peel [Bowie], and 8 children. Mary Peel [Bowie] married (2) William Parsons and had sons Thomas (b. 12 Aug 1768), John, David and Joseph. When William Parsons and Mary Peel [Bowie], his wife, filed Thomas Rigg's account, John Boy and Oswald Boy were securities. Mary Peel [Bowie] married (3) Bussell.
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Charles County Wills: Part 2 - 12.33 9 Feb 1708 18 Apr 1709 Richard Nellson To eld. dau. Barbary and dau. Eleanor, personalty. To dau. Margrett, 117 acres adjoining Christian Temple Manor, it being 1/2 of Cole. To dau. Alice, 117 acres, residue of Cole. To dau. in law Mary Beck, personalty. To sons Richard and William, jointly, 224 acres, Howland where George Britt lived. To son John, dwelling plantation at decease of wife, it being residue of Howland afsd. To wife Mary, extx., plantation afsd., and personalty. Approvers: Margaret Nelson (daughter), Alice Nelson (daughter). Legatees: Barbary Nelson paid to her husband Thomas Robins, Elinor Nelson, Margaret Nelson, Alice Nelson. Extx.: Mary Gray, wife of John Gray |
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Charles County Land Record Book L#2, page 334 At the request of James Peele of Charles County, the following deed was recorded this Mar 21, 1726. Nov 5, 1726 from George Thomas of Wm and Mary Parish in Charles County, planter, to James Peele of the Parish of Christ Church in Charles County, shipwright, for and in consideration of a Negro man named Sambo to sd George Thomas delivered, sd George Thomas has sold to sd James Peele, all that part of a parcel of land called Mannisecleere, lying in Charles County on the east side of a Great Bever Damm, about 4 miles from Mr. Wade's, containing and laid out for 150 acres. Signed Geo. Thomas. Wit - John Fendall, Geo: Dent. |
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Charles County Land Record Book M#2, page 324 At the request of William Winter of Charles County, the following deed was recorded this Apr 2, 1733 Mar 8, 1732 from David Parsons & Wm Parsons, to Wm Winter of Charles County, for 5000 lbs of tobacco, a parcel of land in Charles County at Mattawoman, being a plantation where James Johnson now lives, & part of a tract of land called Cole, bounded by the dividing line between Wm Walding & David Parsons, containing and laid out for about 50 acres. Sd David Parsons & Wm, his son, are bossessed of a just claim and title in law to the before bargained land. Signed - David (his mark) Parsons, William (his mark) Parsons. Wit - Robt Hanson, James Glascock |
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Charles County Land Record Book A#3, page 36 Aug. 13, 1752 from Willm Persons of Charles County, planter, to William Winter of Charles County, for 4180 lbs of tobacco, and for divers other causes, a parcel of land in Charles County at Matawoman, being a plantation where Moses Gray now lives., part of a tract of land called Cole, bounded by the dividing line between Walden & Persons, containing and laid out for about 118 acres. Signed - William (P his mark) Parsons. Wit - Thos Stone, Will: Eilbeck Lydiea, wife to the sd William Persons, relinquished her right of dower to the afd land. Recorded Sep 1, 1752. |
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The Rent Roll of Charles County, to Michaelmass 1753, page 49 Maniscleare. 250 acres. Surveyed Apr 18, 1680 for William Thomas at a bounded hickory on the east side of Beaverdam Branch. Possr: 100 Lodowick Adams, 150 John Boyr Rhody Adams from Lodowick Adams, 1770, Devise Josias Adams from Ditto, 1770, Devise |
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The Rent Roll of Charles County, to Michaelmass 1753, page 62 Call. 236 acres. Surveyed Jul 22, 1689 for Richard Nellson, beginning at a bounded white oak, the 3rd bounded tree of Christian Temple Manor. Possr: 118 William Winter, 118 Richard Warder |
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The Rent Roll of Charles County, to Michaelmass 1753, page 176 Lands formerly in Prince Georges County Boys Trifle. 6 acres. Surveyed for John Boy, Mar 2, 1763. Patented Mar 2, 1763. |
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Charles County Wills Will of John Boye 3 Apr 1780 27 Jul 1781 Left the bulk of his estate to his wife, Isabel during her lifetime, then his moveable estate to be divided between his children James Peal Bowie, William Bowie, John Bowie, Benjamin Bowie, Elizabeth Bowie and Susannah Bowie in equal parts. Daughters Mary Persons? Elinor Posey, Jain Groves and the heir of his Daughter Anne Picken? were to receive one shilling sterling and no more. Wit - John Smith, Rhody Adams, Jos Adams |
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Charles County Wills Will of Isabel Bowye 9 Feb 1783 12 Mar 1787 Gave to her son, James Peel Bowye sixty acres of land a part of Manisclare Chase. Mentions her sons Benjamin Bowye, William Bowye. Wit - John Smith, Rhody Adams and Josias Adams |
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Charles County Deed Book K#4, Page 127 Notice & Depositions. Thomas Parsons, the heir at law of William Parsons decd, wanting to perpetuate the testimony of sundry witnesses respecting his descentage and title to a moiety of a tract of land called Cole, lying in Durham Parish in Charles County, which sd tract was originally devised by Richard Nelson to his daughters, Margaret and Alice (to wit) to Margaret, 117 acres thereof, adjoining to the east side of Christian Temple Manor, and 117 acres, the remaining part of sd tract to sd Alice, descending to Richard Warden, heir at law to sd Margaret, and the other, being the latter moiety, descended to William Parsons, heir at law to sd Alice and grandfather to the present Thomas Parsons afd. Sd Thomas Parsons gave the following public notice, which was set up at the courthouse door of Charles County, to wit, Charles County, Aug 2, 1790 - I hereby give public notice that I intend to take the depositions of witnesses respecting my descentage and title to a moiety of land called Cole, lying in Durham Parish in Charles County, which I claim and now hold as heir at law to William Parsons, my father, deed, on this Aug 26, at the house of Thomas Thompson, my tenant on the premises. Signed - Thomas (X his mark) Parsons. On Aug 26, 1790 came Joseph Green, deputy sheriff of Charles County, and made oath that he set up at the Charles County courthouse door, the original notice, on Aug 2, 1790. Signed - Dan Jenifer. The following persons met on Aug 26, 1790 at the house of Thomas Thompson on the premises, to wit, Mrs. Mary Peale Bussell and John Parsons, her younger son, and Thomas Parsons, on his own part when the following depositions were taken, in the presence of Charles County Justice Daniel Jenifer - The deposition of Mary Peale Bussell, late the widow of William Parsons decd, aged 47 years, says that afd Thomas Parsons is her eldest son by William Parsons, her late husband, by whom she had 3 other sons younger than Thomas afd, to wit, John, now present, and David and Joseph, both decd, that her sd son Thomas was 22 years old on this Aug 12, that her late husband, William Parsons, was the eldest son of William Parsons, who was the eldest son and heir at law to David Parsons, who married Alice, the daughter of Richard Nelson, by whom a moiety of a tract of land called Cole, was devised by her father, Richard Nelson, and from her the same descended to William, the father of her late husband, and from him to her husband, from whom it descended to the afd Thomas as heir in law, who is now in possession of sd moiety of land. Signed - Mary Peell Bussell. Wit - Dan Jenifer. The deposition of James Peale Bowie, aged 44 years, or thereabouts, says that Thomas Parsons, now personally present, is the eldest son of William Parsons, whose first and only wife was this deponent's sister, Mary Peale Bowie, by whom sd William Parsons had 3 other sons younger than sd Thomas (to wit) John, now present, and David and Joseph, both decd, that Thomas Parsons afd was 22 years old in Jul last or Aug this present month, that William Parsons (who married this deponent's sister) was the eldest son of William Parsons, who was the son of David Parsons, from whom a moiety of a tract of land called Cole, descended from father to son until it came into the possession of the present Thomas, as heir at law, on which moiety, this deposition is taken. Signed - James Peel Bowie. Wit - Dan Jenifer. Recorded Aug 27, 1790. |
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Charles County Deed Book K#4, Page 135. Sep 3, 1790 from Thomas Parsons of Charles County, planter, to General William Smallwood of Charles County, for 7800 lbs of tobacco, all that part of a tract of land in Durham Parish in Charles County, containing about 117 acres, being one moiety at the southernmost end of a tract of land called Cole. Cole was originally devised by Richard Nelson to 2 of his daughters (to wit) Margaret and Alice, that is to say, 117 acres thereof adjoining to the east side of Christian Temple Manor, of sd tract Cole, to Margaret, the wife of William Warden, and 117 acres, being the moiety (hereby intended to be conveyed) and the remaining part of Cole to Alice, the wife of David Parsons, from whom the moieties afd of sd tract respectively descended as follows, the first, as afd, to Richard Warden, heir at law to sd Margaret, and the second moiety as afd, to William Parsons, heir at law to sd Alice, from whom sd moieties respectively descended, the first mentioned, to Elijah Warden, heir at law to the sd Richard, and the 2nd to William Parsons, heir at law to the 1st mentioned William, from whom the moieties afd respectively, descended, the 1st to Asa Warden, only brother to the sd Elijah, who died unmarried without issue, and the 2nd moiety to Thomas Parsons afd and party to these presents and heir at law to the last mentioned William, the 2nd moiety being the land hereby conveyed. Signed - Thomas (X his mark) Parsons. Wit - Rich Barnes, Henry Barnes Mary Peel Bussell, mother to the above named Thomas Parsons, relinquished her right of dower. Recorded Sep 4, 1790. Sep 3, 1790 from James Peal Bowie of Charles County, planter, to Thomas Parsons of Charles County, planter, for 7000 lbs of tobacco, all that tract of land called Manisecleare, being 60 acres that were originally devised by Isabella Bowie to sd James Peel Bowie, her son, being part of a tract called Manisecleare containing 150 acres by patent. Also, one other tract of 6 acres called Boys Triffle, situated in Charles County, adjoining the east side of Maniseclear. Signed - James P. Bowie. Wit - Rich Barnes, Henry Barnes Mary Ann, wife to sd James Peel Bowie, relinquished her right of dower. Recorded Sep 4, 1790. Deed of Gift. I, Thomas Parsons of Charles County, for and in consideration that my mother, Mary Peel Bussell, has this day relinquished her right of dower to a moiety of a tract of land in Charles County called Cole (which sd moiety I have this day sold to Gen Wm Smallwood), I have given my mother, during her natural life, one third part of 2 tracts this day conveyed to me by James Peel Bowie, lying in Charles County?, the one called Manisecleare, the other called Boys triffle, as by Charles County deed. Signed Sep 3, 1790 - Thomas (X his mark) Parsons. Wit - Rich Barnes, Henry Barnes. Recorded Sep 4, 1790. |
| On the 22d day of October 1792 Letters of Administration on the estate of James Balendine Rigg late of Charles County Deceased was granted to Mary Peale Bussell and her bond with Francis Shepard and Nolley Dutton found her surities was taken in the form of one hundred pounds current money for ______ Administration. |
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