Probate, DE, Kent, Thomas Bryan 1797 Record group 38 40,006 THOMAS BRYAN, deceased 1797 Page 1 of 14 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, DE, Kent, Thomas Bryan 1797 State of Delaware Kent County Orphans Court held at Dover and in for court County the 16th day of May 1797 Upon the application of MICHAEL BRYAN eldest son of THOMAS BRYAN, late of Duck Creek hundred, deceased, for the court to appoint five freeholders to go upon, view, and divide the real estate of said deceased among his heirs and legal Representatives. Ordered that: EBENEZER BLACKISTON NATHANIEL WILDS PRESLEY SPRUANCE GEORGE SMITH BENJAMIN BLACKISTON SR. be and they are hereby appointed to go upon, view, and with the assistance of a skilled surveyor, divide the real estate of the said THOMAS BRYAN, deceased, among his heirs and legal Representatives agreeable to law, if the same will admit their of without marring or spoiling the whole, and to make report of their proceedings to the next or some succeeding orphans Court of this county. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of office to be hereunto affixed. JOSEPH HARPER, Clerk Page 2 of 14 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, DE, Kent, Thomas Bryan 1797 Order for division Of the real estate of THOMAS BRYAN Deceased May 1797 May 9th, 1800. The court appoint JAMES CHEVINS to act in the room and stead of NATHANIEL WILDS, deceased. Page 3 of 14 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, DE, Kent, Thomas Bryan 1797 To the honorable the judges of the court of Orphans now sitting at Dover in and for the county of Kent in the state of Delaware this 16th day of May in the year of Our Lord 1797. The petition of MICHAEL BRYAN eldest son of THOMAS BRYAN, late of Duck Creek hundred, deceased. Respectfully represents that the said THOMAS BRYAN, deceased, intestate, seized of and in a certain tract or parcel of land situated in Duck Creek hundred in the county of four said adjoining the land of BENJAMIN HOLLETH, WALTER DULANEY and others containing by computation 250 Acres, leaving a widow and 10 children, viz: Your petitioner SARAH [BRYAN FORD] now the wife of JAMES FORD THOMAS BRYAN JOHN BRYAN RACHEL BRYAN GEORGE BRYAN DANIEL BRYAN RICHARD BRYAN JACOB BRYAN BENJAMIN BRYAN also for grandchildren of HANNAH [BRYAN] LINCOLN wife of WILLIAM LINCOLN, who died previous to the death of her father, namely JESSE [LINCOLN] GEORGE [LINCOLN] JACOB [LINCOLN] WILLIAM LINCOLN That the Widow's third of the lands and premises aforesaid have been laid off, but the remaining two-thirds have never been divided Among The Heirs and legal representatives of the set deceased. He, therefore, prays your honors should be pleased to take the premises into consideration and to appoint freeholders to go upon, view, and divide the remaining two-thirds of the real estate of the deceased among his heirs and legal representatives agreeably to law. And your petitioner will pray and see MICHAEL BRYAN Page 4 of 14 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, DE, Kent, Thomas Bryan 1797 MICHAEL BRYAN's Petition for division Of the real estate Of Thomas Bryan deceased May 16th 1797 EBENEZER BLACKISTON NATHANIEL WILDS PRESLEY SPRUANCE GEORGE SMITH BENJAMIN BLACKISTON, SR. Page 5 of 14 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, DE, Kent, Thomas Bryan 1797 JESSE LINCOLN DEBIT to JACOB ALLFREE November 16th 1800 For surveying and dividing the real estate of THOMAS BRYAN among the several heirs and representatives To 4 days attending as surveyor on the premises To forming the draugh into 14 divisions and calculating the several divisions To drawing out the draft and creating the writing $13 Allowed by the court Page 6 of 14 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, DE, Kent, Thomas Bryan 1797 DR. the heirs of THOMAS BRIAN deceased for the division of the real estate to JESSE LINCOLN To an order for the division To the surveyors account for making the division and writing the return To JOHN LITTLE for carrying chain three days To THOMAS SWITMAN [SWEETMAN] for carrying a chain for 3 days To SIMON MARTIN for carrying a chain for 3 days To JAMES CHIFFINS as one of the freeholders To GEORGE SMITH as one of the freeholders To PRESLEY SPRUANCE as one of the freeholders To BENJAMIN BLACKISTON Sr. as one of the freeholders To EBENEZER BLACKISTON as one of the freeholders To my attendance in noticing the men & c. To JOHN COLE, Esquire for qualifying freeholders To surveyors bill Deduct $0.17 from each day's attendance of the freeholders $0.50 cent only being allowed by law 15 days at $0.17 each is $2.25 allowed by Court DANIEL RODNEY Page 7 of 14 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, DE, Kent, Thomas Bryan 1797 Sir, This may certify that I renounce my right to the administration of the estate of THOMAS BRYAN, son of the deceased. As witness my hand and seal being the widow of the deceased. February the 27th 1798 REBEKA [REBECCA] BRYAN {seal, her mark} Page 8 of 14 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, DE, Kent, Thomas Bryan 1797 [TORN] SAMUEL SPORE JOHN DARRAH BENJAMIN FIELDS DAVID BASSET TO MCDOWEL BARROW TOMFOY Page 9 of 14 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, DE, Kent, Thomas Bryan 1797 KNOW ALL MEN, by these presents, that we MICHAEL BRYAN, and JOHN ZELEFRO both of Appoquinimink hundred of the county of New Castle, are held and firmly bound unto the Delaware state in the sum of £200 current money of the said state, unto which payment well and truly to be made unto the said State, we do bind ourselves, our errors, executive orders, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with are seals, and dated at New Castle, in the New Castle County aforesaid, this 11th day of April in the year of Our Lord, 1793. THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION is such, that if the above bounden MICHAEL BRYAN, next of kin and proper (upon the renunciation of REBECCA BRYAN the widow), administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of THOMAS BRYAN, late of Appoquinimink hundred, deceased, do make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the said goods and chattels, rights and credits, of the said deceased which hath or shall come to the hands possession or knowledge of the said of the said MICHAEL BRYAN or unto the hands, or possession of any person or persons for him and the same so made to exhibit or cause to be exhibited in to the register's office of the county of Newcastle aforesaid, at Oracle for the 11th day of October next ensuing the date hereof, and the same goods and chattels, rights and credits of the said deceased at the time of his death or which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of the aforesaid MICHAEL BRYAN or into the hands or the possession of any other person or persons oh, for him do well and truly administer according to law, and further do make or cause to be made a true and just account of his administration, at or before the 11th day of April which shall fall in the year of Our Lord 1794 and all the rest and residue of the said goods and chattels, right send credits which shall be found remaining upon the said administrators account, the same being first examined and allowed of by the orphans Court of New Castle County aforesaid, shall deliver and pay on to such person or persons respectively, as the said orphans Court, by their decree for sentence shall limit and a point. And if it shall be Hereafter appear, that any last will and testament was made by the deceased, and the executor or executor has there in named to exhibit the same in the register's office, making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly if the said MICHAEL BRYAN within bounden, being there in two required, do surrender and deliver up the said letters of administration, approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the register's office, then this obligation to be void, and of none effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue. MICHAEL BRYAN JOHN ZELEFRO Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of JOHN WILEY THOMAS WITHERSPOON Page 10 of 14 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, DE, Kent, Thomas Bryan 1797 Administration Bond THOMAS BRIAN, deceased April 11th, 1793 Recorded in book N Page 330 LEWIS ALLFREE, RICHARD FOLLETT, appraisers Page 11 of 14 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, DE, Kent, Thomas Bryan 1797 The inventory of the appraisement of the goods and chattels of THOMAS BRYAN deceased appraised April 19th 1793 by us the subscribers LEWIS ALLFREE and RICHARD FOWLETT. [INVENTORY LIST] This is all the goods of THOMAS BRYAN second inventory we appraised by 1 March 17th 1794 RICHARD FOWLETT LEWIS ALLFREE Page 12 of 14 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, DE, Kent, Thomas Bryan 1797 Inventory THOMAS BRYAN Filed April 15th, 1794 Page 13 of 14 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, DE, Kent, Thomas Bryan 1797 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Bryan & Martha M. Bryan. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Bryan Martha M. 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