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Major's Choice in Harford County |
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on Bynum Run near Bel Air at the Land of Nodd |
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On November 10, 1695, a grant of 553 acres called Major's Choice was made to Major James Maxwell. In 1701 Robert Burgin left the 140 acres of Major's Choice in Baltimore County that he bought from Colonel John Thomas to his heirs. In January, 1707, John Burbram rented Major's Choice in Baltimore County from Colonel James Maxwell for 4 years. James Maxwell left Major's Choice to his son Ashael in 1727. When Ashael died, Major's Choice went to his sister, Anne Maxwell Matthews. In 1741-1747 Jasper Hall rented 140 acres of Major's Choice from Jacob Morris. In 1744, Major's Choice was surveyed for James Maxwell Matthews. Major's Choice now included 280 acres on Binam's Branch, plus 250 acres of vacant land for a total of 530 acres. James Maxwell Matthews left it to his sister, Rebecca Matthews Henderson who married Phillip Henderson.
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Major's Coice in Anne Arundel |
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In 1658, the proprietary government refused to recognize Thomas Marsh's right to Majors Choice, because of his rebellion. It was on the dividing line between Anne Arundel and Calvert Counties. Thomas Marsh assigned a hundred acres on the Chesapeake to Edward Dorsey and Thomas Manning. Manning's petition for title to the land, recorded that it was taken up by Thomas Marsh, In 1684 Thomas Sterling left 500 acres of Major's Choice in Calvert County to his son Thomas. Before 1700 Colonel Edward Dorsey of Anne Arundel County moved to Major's Choice. John Dorsey acquired his brother's interest in Major's Choice. In 1707 Sterling's holdings in Calvert County were sold to pay the mortgage. In 1723, Thomas Ricketts of Anne Arundel County, mortaged 35 acres of Major's Choice in Prince George's County to Charles Carroll. In 1725 Thomas Ricketts sold 35 acres to the Visitors.
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