John Outten, I

Abt 1655 - Bef 1709  (< 54 years)

• Name	John Outten  [1]
  Suffix	I
  Birth	Abt 1655  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Jury duty	1683	Somerset Co, Maryland   [2]
  Reference Identifier	#@Wor
  Record ID	77277
  Will	27 Jan 1708/09	Worcester Co, Maryland   [3, 4, 5]
  	In his will John O'Wtten (Outten) of Somerset Co, MD, gave and bequeath to my loving son Thomas Outten my dwelling plantation to made out 200 acres of land and marsh to be bounded by the inlet adjoining next to William Selby and not go over into that marsh formerly belonging to Shop called Tensie for any part of said 200 acres. Secondly - I give and bequeath unto my loved son Samuel Outten 200 acres of land and marsh belong to it so far as Pegg or Prigg and so to have marsh along adjoing as ye woods bears in the 100 acres. Thirdly - I also give and bequeath unto my loved son Abraham Outten 100 acres of land to be laid out at the head of my tract my now dwelling plantation and beyound upon the division line of Thomas Selby and also 50 acres of marsh called Tensie formerly belonging to John Bishop. Fourthly - I also give and bequeath unto my well loved son John Outten all my lands and marsh belong to me lying on Marmuscoe Creek in the Neck called Condsque only excepted 50 acres sold to Peter Karsie as after will be mentioned. Fifthly - In case my son John should depart this natural life without lawful begotten issue of his body then these land and marshes bequeathed to him at Morumscoe to be the right of my son Thomas to enjoy the same my said son Thomas not to have any right or claim to that 200 acres bequeathed him in this will of my now dwelling plantation but the said 200 acres of land and marsh to be equally divided between my two youngest sons Samuel and Abraham. Sixthly - I give and bequeath unto Peter Kersie 50 acres of marsh being at the west end of Patent called Discovery lying upon a creek called Ease Creek near a Sandie Beach. Seventhly - all my land bequeathed in this will to my four beloved sons, sits., Thomas, Samuel, Abraham, and John, shall enjoy, dispose, make sale as to them shall seem meet as they attain age and to enjoy the same to them their heirs forever. Eightly - In case my two eldest sons should die without issue begotten of their bodies, then my youngest son Samuel to enjoy my dwelling plantation at (B a ) Pocoternorton with all the marshes and all privileges thereunto belonging Moromscoe. Ninethly - It is my will that if my wife now going with child should have a son that every son (vist) Thomas, Samuel, Abraham and John shall contribute 2000 pounds of tobacco each of Yem and if it pleaseth God to be a girl then each to allow 500 pounds of toabcco towards the maintenance no cutting it of her or his proportion of my principal estate. I doe nominate and appoint my loved wife Mary Outten to be my whole and sole executrix to see this my will performed this my first and last will and testament as witness my hand and seal. John Outten (Seal) Matth Scarbrough Nath'll Hopkins Sam'll Hopkins. Abstract by Skinner: To son Thomas plantation. Mentions William Selby and John Bishop. To son Samuel land. To son Abraham land "Transie." Mentions Thomas Selby. To son John land "Discovery." To Peter Kersie land. To unborn child. To wife Mary, Extr. Witt: Matthew Scarborough, Nathaniel Hopkins, Samuel Hopkins & Thomas Clark.
  Death	Bef 27 May 1709	Worcester Co, Maryland   [3]
  	It was on this date that his will was probated.
  Origins
  Person ID	I77277	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	11 May 2021

  
  

  Family	Mary (of Thomas) Gray,   b. Abt 1668   d. Bef 4 Oct 1726, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 58 years)  Other Partners: ╚═Johnson Hill,   b. Abt 1686, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 20 Mar 1739, Worcester Co, Maryland  (Age < 53 years)    ╚═Thomas Copes, I,   b. Abt 1660, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 4 Apr 1721, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 61 years)  m. Bef Jun 1714
  Marriage	Abt 1684  [1, 2, 6]
  	Somerset Sampler shows she may have been Mary Hopkins, but Thomas Copes named Outten step-children in his will and he was known to have married Mary Parker as they were named in a division of her father's land in 1730/31.
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Outten,   b. 11 Oct 1684, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 19 Nov 1726, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age < 42 years) ╚═ Sabrough 'Sabrow' Jones  (Age 59 years)  m. Abt 1715 + 2. John Outten, II,   b. 23 May 1687, Pocotemarton Plantation, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 2 Mar 1735/36, Somerset Co, Maryland (Age < 48 years) ╚═ Sarah Purnell  (Age < 59 years)  m. Abt 1708   3. Samuel Outten,   b. 20 Nov 1690, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Elizabeth Outten,   b. Abt 1700, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Abt 1774, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age 74 years) ╚═ George Truitt, III  (Age < 75 years)  m. Abt 1720 + 5. Mary Outten,   b. 10 Sep 1702, Somerset Co, Maryland d. 27 Jun 1772, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age 69 years) ╚═ Daniel (of Parker) Selby  (Age < 22 years)  m. Abt 1720;    ╚═ Maj. Thomas Purnell, (III)  (Age 73 years)  m. Abt 1725 + 6. Abraham (of John I) Outten, I (inn holder),   b. Between 1704 and 1705, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 5 Jun 1747, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age < 43 years) ╚═ Rhoda Peale  m. Abt 1728 + 7. Esther 'Hester' Outten,   b. 1709, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Jonathan (of John II) Sturgis  (Age 54 years)  m. Abt 1723
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F25308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 66 (will of Thomas Copes, wife no name), 570. [S481] Pauline Manning Batchelder, Batchelder, Somerset Sampler, (Lower Delmarva, Genealogical Society, 1994), p. 198 (Outten Family), 481. [S2166] Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Skinner, Wor Co, MD Wills 1666-1742, (V.L. Skinner Jr, Brookville, MD, 1987), p. 7 (will of John Outten, wife Mary), 2166. [S2826] Rob Hall (C.R.V. Hall) [email protected] , Ancestors of Sarah Virginia 'Jennie' Aydelotte citing David Heise, (Email to M.K. Mies, 04/12/2018), citing Baldwin, Jane, compiler & editor, Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. III (1703-1713), 2826. [S2200] Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774, (Reprinted by Colonial Roots with permission from MyFamily.com), Calendar of Wills, Vol 3, 1703-1713, p. 137 (will of John O'Wtten of Somerset Co, MD), 2200. [S2826] Rob Hall (C.R.V. Hall) [email protected] , Ancestors of Sarah Virginia 'Jennie' Aydelotte citing David Heise, (Email to M.K. Mies, 04/12/2018), 2826.