Grace Benston, (Benston?)

Abt 1645 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Grace Benston  [1]
  Suffix	(Benston?)
  Birth	Abt 1645  [2]
  Gender	Female
  Will - Named in Husbands will	25 Apr 1693	Somerset Co, Maryland   [2]
  	She was shown as wife Grace in the will of Robert Houston.
  Estate Inventory - Was submitted	20 Jan 1693/94	Somerset Co, Maryland   [3]
  	The inventory of Robert Houston's estate was filed by Mrs. Grace Houston.
  Estate Settlement - Named in husbands settlement	20 Nov 1696	Somerset Co, Maryland   [3]
  	The admin. account of Robert Houston's estate was submitted by Grace Schofield, admx/extx. Legatees: Joseph Houston and Benjamin Houston, in the hands of Francis Thorowgood and John Houston.
  Marr Name	Grace Houston
  Marr Name	Grace Schoolfield
  Reference Identifier	Maggie Davis
  Record ID	77782
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Origins
  Person ID	I77782	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family 1	Robert Houston, I,   b. Abt 1633, Scotland d. Bef 20 Jan 1693/94, Somerset Co, Maryland (Age < 61 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1668  [2, 4]
  Children	+ 1. John Houston,   b. 1 Feb 1667/68, Pocomoke, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Grace Houston,   b. 5 Dec 1672, Pocomoke, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ William (of Francis I) Benston  (Age < 58 years)  m. Abt 1690 + 3. Robert Houston, II,   b. 5 Jan 1674, Pocomoke, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Bef 21 Jun 1720, Somerset Co, Maryland (Age < 46 years) ╚═ (--?--) (--?--)  m. Abt 1700   4. James (of Robert) Houston,   b. Abt 1678   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Thomas Houston,   b. Abt 1680, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Benjamin Houston, I,   b. Abt 1684, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Bef 20 Mar 1734, Somerset Co, Maryland (Age < 50 years) ╚═ (--?--) (--?--)  m. Abt 1710 + 7. Joseph Houston,   b. 1685, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Tabitha Truitt  m. Abt 1722   8. Comfort Houston,   b. Abt 1686, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F25476	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Henry Schoolfield,   b. Abt 1665   d. 1715, Somerset Co, Maryland (Age 50 years)  Other Partners: ╚═Margaret Powell,   b. 22 Feb 1675/76, Pocomoke Hundred, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown  m. Abt 1697
  Marriage	1695	Somerset Co, Maryland   [3]
  Family ID	F30324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S1955] Rob Hall (C.R.V. Hall), [email protected], Additions & Corrections to MilesFiles, Ancestors of Thomas Hearn Fooks V, 9 Oct 2011, p. 38 (footnote #555, Dr. Wm R.M. Houston, The Houston Family on the Eastern Shore & footnote #556, David Henderson Jones Jr., The Henderson Family of Worcester Co, MD), 1955. [S2166] Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Skinner, Wor Co, MD Wills 1666-1742, (V.L. Skinner Jr, Brookville, MD, 1987), p. 3 (will of Robert Houston, wife Grace), 2166. [S726] Vernon L. Skinner Jr. & F. Edward Wright, Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 10, (Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2000), p. 97 (Robert Houston Family), 726. [S726] Vernon L. Skinner Jr. & F. Edward Wright, Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 10, (Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2000), p. 98 (Robert Houston Family), 726.