An American Family History

Mary Land's parents were Philip and Priscilla Land. She was born about 1670 in Maryland.

She married Colonel Walter Story (Storey) about 1688. Walter was born about 1666 and was the son of Walter and Elizabeth Story.

Mary and Walter's daughter was Elizabeth Story Warren Hanson (1689, married Benjamin Warren and Colonel Samuel Hanson).

In 1701 when Penelope Theobald Land died, she directed that her son, John, and daughter, Eliza, live with her son-in-law, Walter Story. Also, John Scroggin, son of George Scroggin, who had been bound to Penelope was bound to Walter Story after she died.

Mary Land died before 1703 when Walter married Mary Morris, the daughter of Richard Morris and Penelope Theobald.

In 1711 Walter and his daughter, received, a bequest of some personal property from Ann Lynes' estate and he was the executor of the will. At that time he was called Major.

In 1718 Walter Story received a letter from his friend Thomas Pallin that announced the safe arrival of his tobacco in England.

Mary died on June 5, 1719 in Prince William County, Virginia.

Walter's third wife was named Ann.

Walter died on April 27, 1727. His wife, Ann, and Robert Yates were executors of his estate. Sarah Douglas and Elizabeth Story were his next of kin.

An indenture is a legal contract for labor or land. Two copies on the same sheet were separated with a jagged edge so that the two parts could be refitted to confirm authenticity. An indentured servant worked without wages for a specified time to pay a debt and was bound to the employer. In the 17th century, nearly two-thirds of settlers came as indentured servants to pay for their passage.