| State | Maryland |
|---|---|
| County (Primary) | Somerset |
| Other Counties | Sussex |
| Family Name | Winslow/Winsley |
| Family History Notes | 1. Mary Winslow, born say 1688, had a child by Daniel Francisco about 1708 when William Driggers carried her out of Somerset County to avoid prosecution. She returned to the county and was charged with bastardy in court on 9 June 1708 [Somerset County Judicial Record 1707-11, 74, 94, 96; 1713-15, 26]. She was probably the mother of i. William Winsly, born about 1715, a "Molatto" boy aged fourteen years old in September 1729 when he was bound by the Sussex County, Delaware Orphans court to serve William Sill and his wife Mary until the age of twenty one [RG 4840, 1728-1743, docket #1]. He purchased 354 acres in Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex County, at the head of Prime Hook Neck on 4 May 1748 and sold 100 acres of this land to Absolom Mosely on 4 May 1765, 100 acres to John Lofland, Sr., on 15 September 1772, and the remainder on 24 February 1776 to John Lofland, Jr., to be held by Winlsy and his wife Tabitha during their natural lives with the exception of 1/4 acre for a graveyard [DB K-10:270; L-11:304; M-12:79]. |
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