Thomas Ford Genealogy

Record modified: 2011-09-23
This is my ancestor 12 generations back.

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Born: 1638-00-00 Shrewsbury, Shropshire England
Died: 1682-00-00 Anne Arundel Co, Maryland USA
Marriages:
1. Abigail Dix

Children of Thomas Ford and Abigail Dix:
*James Ford b. 1663-09-14


Notes:

He arrived in MD before 1651.
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Several RootsWeb entries have his wife as Elizabeth Knowles. Others have her as Dinah (unknown). Possibly he was married more than once.
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Other children:
Elizabeth + Job Barnes; + Mathias Clark; + John or William Norton
John
maybe Lydia

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"Early Landowners of MD" by Robert W Hail

Thomas Ford

Liber 4 Folio 517
1659-02-20 West River Hundred
Fordston -- 100 acres (150 actually)
On the south side of the West River at the head of Comber's Branch.
neighbor John Cumber

Liber 5 Folio 594
1663-09-21 Herring Creek Hundred
Dinah Ford Beaver Dam -- 400 acres
Near Herring Creek next adjoining a tract called Padgett.

Liber 5 Folio 596
1663-09-28 Herring Creek Hundred
Gowrey Banks -- 600 acres
In the woods on the west side of the plantations of Herring Creek Bay.

Liber 19 Folio 328
1676-05-01 Herring Creek Hundred
Forde's Folly -- 170 acres (171 actually)
On Herring Creek adjoining a tract called Holland's Encrease.

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"Baltimore County Land Records, 1665-1687"

pages 114 to 128 of Liber I R No P P, containing transcript of earlier Liber II W No A B

Deed 1670-12-13; Henry Stockett, gentleman, of the Ridge in Anne Arundel County, conveying to
Thomas Ford, planter, of Herring Creek in Anne Arundel County, the 300-acre tract "Rupalta" on
the west side of Susquehanna River, opposite Palmer's Island, patented 1662-09-24 to Stockett.
Witness Anthony Sallaway, Robert Wilson. Stockett certifies that on 1671-08-20 he has given
seizin to Ford.

Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 23670
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