William Richard Deane

1627 - 1699  (72 years)

• Name	William Richard Deane
  Born	1627	Dorchester, Dorset, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	08 Feb 1699	Dorchester Co. MD
  Notes	According to the Dorchester County, Maryland History, the Dorchester County Deanes, Critchetts, Shentons and Summers were all Catholics. They found sanctuary in Maryland. The Deanes, Critchetts, Shentons, Merediths and Summers all appear on a list of Catholic families residing on Hooper's Island in Dorchester County, Maryland. IMMIGRATION Source Bibliography SKORDAS, GUST, editor. The Early Settlers of Maryland: an Index to Names of Immigrants, Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968. 525p. Repr. 1986, page 129. Name William Deane Arrival Year 1662 Arrival Place Maryland Source Publication Code 8510 Primary Immigrant Deane, William Annotation Index from manuscript by Arthur Trader, Chief Clerk in the Maryland Land Commission, 1917. And see nos. 4507-4511, Land Notes. LAND RECORDS William Richard Deane, the founder of the Deane clan in South Dorchester County. He married Elizabeth Meredith of Somersetshire, England. He also patented the first tract of land by a Deane in Dorchester County called "Deane's Choice", a parcel of 100 acres, surveyed February 26, 1678. He then also acquired an additional 25 acres adjoining his property in 1685. This parcel was named "Deane's Pasture", and was located at the north end of Fox (Cox according to old documents) Creek WILL ABSTRACT Deane, William, Cox Ck. nr., Hungar R., Dorchester Co., 25th Oct., 1698; 13th Mch., 1699. To dau. Eliza: Johnson, personalty. To wife Eliza:, residue of estate, real and personal, during widowhood. To sons William and Richard, all real estate equally at marriage or decease of wife afsd. Sd. sons to pay their brothers, John and Henry, certain personalty. Exs.: Wm. Tubman, Jon. Meredith. Test: Jno. Meredith, Wm. Meredith, Michael Todd. 6. 304. MARYLAND CALENDAR OF WILLS: Volume 2VOLUME II. In the name of God Amen, I William Deane in Fox Creek near Hungar (Honga) River in Dorchester County being Sick and Weak of body, but of Sound and Perfect memory, blessed be Allmighty God and knowing the uncertainty of my present State, and all things here below and the Certainty of a future State, I, being willing thereforto, sett my house or affairs in order before my departure hence, do hereby make this my Last Will and Testament: in Manor and forme following Imprs I will and bequeath my Soule unto Allmighty God my Sovereign Creator and to Jesus Christ my blessed Saviour and Redeemer in whom I Trust and by whom I shall be judged att the last day, and my body to the Gound to be buried in decent and Xtian (Christian) Order as to my Exrs (executors) shall be thought fitt and moot. 2dly As for my Temporalls Injoyments which be the blessing of God I have obtained I will and bequeath as followeth: 3rdly I Will and Bequeath unto my loveing wife Elizabeth Deane all my Lands, Liveings, Goods, Chattells, Cattle and Hoggs, tools, Creditts. My tools and Creditts being first paid and Satisfyed unto her dureing her widdowhood and if she marrieth again her thirds onoly. I will and bequeath her and likewise what Goods, Chattells, Cattle and Hoggs shall then be remaining shall be Equally divided between my Sons and daughters viz John, Henry, Sarah & Mary but to my Daughter Elizabeth Johnson att the said time I Give one heiffer and her calfs unto her and her heires for ever for their portion and their increase. 4thly I will and bequeath unto my Sonn William Deane all my Lands and Liveings being and lying on the West Side of a Marshey Branch that runneth between the head of Charles Creek and the head of the north east Branch of Fox's Creek unto him and his heires forever onoly he shall give and allow unto his brother Richard Deane halfe the fruite the Orchard doth yield or produce Yearly for Seven Years after the said Richard shall attaine the years or age of one and Twenty if it being the said William's possession if not for the first Seven Years he shall possess it I likewise give unto my said son William my Gun unto him and his heires forever. 5thly I will and bequeath unto my Son Richard Deane all my lands and Liveings being or lying on the East Side of the aforesaid Branch unto him and his heires forever. 6thly I will and appoint my Said Son William to give and to pay unto his brother John four hundred pounds of Tobbacco bound and merchantable in Casque (Cash) when he shall be one and twenty years of age and likewise my Son Richard to give and to pay his brother Henry the like Sume or quantity when the said Henry Shall be the same age. 7thly I will and bequeath Mr Richard Tubman and John Meredith to be full and Sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament In wittness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand and Seale this Instant October the 25th 1698 Signum William (D) Deane Signed and sealed in the presence of us John Meredith William Meredith Michael Todd On the back side was thus Endorsed: March the 13th 1699 Then came the within Evidences and proved this Last Will and Testament of William Deane, deceased, as wittness my hand and Seale John Rawlings Deputy Comry From: Prerogative Court (Wills) Volume 6, pages 305-306, Maryland Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland; File number F-903 Dorchester County Historical Society, Maryland Room, Dorchester County Public Library, Cambridge, Maryland, et al.
  Person ID	I25589	Master File
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	William Henry Deane,   b. 1600, Dorchester, Dorset, England ,   d. Dorchester, Dorset, England
  Mother	Elizabeth Dampier
  Married	Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Name: William Henry Dean Gender: Male Birth Place: En Birth Year: 1600 Spouse Name: Elizabeth Dampier Spouse Birth Place: En
  Family ID	F15043	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Meredith,   b. 1627, Somerset, England ,   d. 22 Jan 1625, Dorchester Co. MD
  Married	U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Name Elizabeth Meredith Gender Female Spouse Name William Richard Dean Spouse Birth Place En Spouse Birth Year 1627 Marriage State MD Number Pages 1 Household Members Name Age William Richard Dean Elizabeth Meredith
  Children	1. William Deane,   b. Dorchester Co. MD ,   d. Dorchester Co. MD   2. John Deane,   b. Dorchester Co. MD   3. Sarah Deane,   b. 1687, Dorchester Co. MD ,   d. 1725, Dorchester Co. MD  (Age 38 years)   4. Elizabeth Deane,   b. Dorchester Co. MD ,   d. Dorchester Co. MD   5. William Henry Deane,   b. Dorchester Co. MD ,   d. Dorchester Co. MD   6. Richard Deane,   b. Dorchester Co. MD
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2017
  Family ID	F11311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart