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Abstracts of the Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative Court of Maryland. Volume IV: 1677-1682, 1702-1704. Libers: 9a (372-524), 9b, 10, 11, 12a

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Volume IV on this series consists of abstracts of Prerogative Court of Maryland records for the period 1677 to 1682, in addition to some inventories for 1702 to 1704. (Beginning in 1674, inventories and accounts were recorded in a separate series.) Mr. Skinner has combed through administration, bond, will, inventory, administration account, and final balance entries to provide this collection. The abstracts are arranged in chronological order by court session. In each and every instance, they give the names of the principals (testators, heirs, witnesses, administrators, and so on). In many cases, we also learn the main points of bequests, names of slaves, appraisers, and more. In all, what we have now here are probate references to over 6,500 17th-century Marylanders whose existence and activities would in a different way remain hidden in some wealthy but very difficult to understand records.

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