Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
NameBarbary (Barbara) Tennison 
20035,20212,20213,20038,20214,20215,20216,20217,20218,20219,20220,20221,20222,20223,19784,20224,20225,20226,20227,20048,20049,20228,20229,20230,20231,20232,19798,20233,20234,20235,20061,20236,20237,20238,20239,20066,20240,20241,20069,20242,20243,20244,20070,20245,20072,20246,20076,20075,20247,20077,20079,20080,20248
20035,20212,20213,20038,20214,20215,20216,20217,20218,20219,20220,20221,20222,20223,19784,20224,20225,20226,20227,20048,20049,20228,20229,20230,20231,20232,19798,20233,20234,20235,20061,20236,20237,20238,20239,20066,20240,20241,20069,20242,20243,20244,20070,20245,20072,20246,20076,20075,20247,20077,20079,20080,20248Birthabt 1660, Northumberland County, VA20249,20250,20251,20252,20253,20254,20255,20256,20049,20257,20258,20259,20260,20261,20262,20263,20264
MemoEngland? abt 1663?
Residencebef Jan 1669, Northumberland County, VA20265
ResidenceJan 1669, MD20265
MemoMoved from Northumberland County, VA
Deathabt 1737, Charles County, MD20266,20267,20268,20269,20270,20271,20272,20273,20274,20275,20276,20277,20278
Memobet 15 Feb 1726/7-Aug 1743? 1738? bef 28 Jun 1729? bet 16 Aug 1729-4 Aug 1743? Bowling Plains
MemoTrinity Parish, Trinity Church Road off Highway 6, right to Trinity Church Road, buried immediately to the right of the church
ReligionChurch of England20283
FatherJustinian Tennison Sr. (~1629->1699)
MotherKatherine Gresham (~1640->1711)
Misc. Notes
On 20 Oct. 1763 Oliver's son Thomas BURCH in a land deposition mentioned a tree shown to him about 40 years ago by his "uncle John SCOTT."(8 Henry C. Peden, Jr. Maryland Deponents 1634-1776, Westminster, MD) From that record, some researchers came to the incorrect conclusion that Oliver's wife Barbara was a SCOTT. She was not. Barbara's sister Katherine TENNISON married John SCOTT, is how he was the uncle of Thomas BURCH20284,20285,20286
US & International Marriage Records 1560-190019964 (See above note)
Oliver Burch b: 1646 Ir, Marr: MD, Barbara Scott b: En
Oliver Burch b: 1646, Marr: VA, Barbara Scott
Pg 157 Oliver Burch marr: Barbary Scott (Liber 28 Test Proceedings 1727-1730 fol. 391)20211 (Surname Scott - See above note)
1st Gen Oliver Burch 1646-1729 m. Barbara Scott (both of England)10217 (Surname Scott - See above Note)
Vol 4 Pg 28 Pt VI:20287
Jul 1737 Charles Co MD Ct. deposition was given at a land commission for “Indian Quarter” owned by John Scott (Jr). Thomas Burch age @49 ... Major Barton, and he further says that some years after, his mother, Barbara Burch, told him she came over a swamp, now called Gilberts Swamp, formerly Ackiah (sic; Zachiah?) Swamp, in company with Mr. Barton, (S: Charles Co MD Ct & Land Recds Liber T p372)
US & International Marriage Records 1560-190019964 (See above note)
Oliver Burch b: 1646 Ir, Marr: MD, Barbara Scott b: En
Oliver Burch b: 1646, Marr: VA, Barbara Scott
Pg 157 Oliver Burch marr: Barbary Scott (Liber 28 Test Proceedings 1727-1730 fol. 391)20211 (Surname Scott - See above note)
1st Gen Oliver Burch 1646-1729 m. Barbara Scott (both of England)10217 (Surname Scott - See above Note)
Vol 4 Pg 28 Pt VI:20287
Jul 1737 Charles Co MD Ct. deposition was given at a land commission for “Indian Quarter” owned by John Scott (Jr). Thomas Burch age @49 ... Major Barton, and he further says that some years after, his mother, Barbara Burch, told him she came over a swamp, now called Gilberts Swamp, formerly Ackiah (sic; Zachiah?) Swamp, in company with Mr. Barton, (S: Charles Co MD Ct & Land Recds Liber T p372)
Research
MD Wills & Probate Records 1635-177710139
Could not find Barbara Burch
Could not find Barbara Burch
Spouses
1Oliver Burch 20035,20036,20037,20038,20039,20040,19782,20041,20042,20043,19784,20044,20045,20046,20047,20048,20049,20050,20051,20052,20053,20054,20055,20056,19798,20057,20058,20059,20060,20061,20062,20063,20064,20065,20066,20067,20068,20069,20070,20071,20072,20073,20074,20075,20076,20077,20078,20079,20080
20035,20036,20037,20038,20039,20040,19782,20041,20042,20043,19784,20044,20045,20046,20047,20048,20049,20050,20051,20052,20053,20054,20055,20056,19798,20057,20058,20059,20060,20061,20062,20063,20064,20065,20066,20067,20068,20069,20070,20071,20072,20073,20074,20075,20076,20077,20078,20079,20080Birthbef 30 Oct 1647, Weymouth, Dorset County, England20081,20082,20083,20084,20085,20086,20087,20088,20089,20090,20091,20092,20049,20093,20094,20095,20096,20097,20098,20099,20100,20101,20102,20103,20104
Memo1646? Manchester, Lancaster, England? Penrith, Cumberland, Engand? Charles County, MD? 1646 Ireland?
Baptism30 Oct 1647, Penrith, Cumberland, England20105,20106,20107,20108,20109,20110,20111,20112,20104
MemoSt Andrew’s Parish Church
Residence1690, Newport Hundred, Charles County, MD20113
Residence1695, Charles County, MD20114,19916,20115,20116,19853,20117,20118,20119,20120,20121,20122,20123,20124
Memo40 or 46 acres called Penray; Newport Hundred - Patent; Penray Surveyed 31 Mar 1705 for Oliver Burch; 4 May 1698 warrant granted Capt John Bayne for 2500 ac, 93 ac to John Noe 14 May 1698; 46 ac of 93 ac to Oliver Burch
MemoLombey, 450 ac; (225 ac Oliver Burch & 225 ac John Noe) Surveyed 31 Jan 1664 for Thomas Lomax on the North side of the main swamp that falls into Pile fresh, current location of Trinity Church
MemoBowling Plains Deeded to Oliver Burch (150 ac, Surveyed 14 Aug 1671 for James Bowling & Mary) Liber Z p. 57 Originally in St Mary’s County; Bowling Reserve
MemoBowling Plaines 150 ac to son Justinian Burch; Liber F 2 p. 2; Surveyed for James Bowling 1671
Residenceca 1726, King and Queen Parish, Charles County, MD20076
Will Filed15 Feb 1726, King and Queen Parish, Charles County, MD20136,20137,20138,20139,20140,20141,20142,20143,20144,20145,20146,20147,10127,20148,20149,20150,20151,20152,20153
MemoWill written, MD Will book Liber CC #2 Folio 725-726; AB#3 folio 221-222
Deathaft 15 Feb 1726, King and Queen Parish, Charles County, MD20154,20155,20156,20157,20158,20159,20087,20160,20161,20162,20163,20164,20165,20166,20167,20168,20169,20170,20171,20172,20148,20149,20173,20152,20174,20175
Memo1727-bef 19 May 1729? 27 May 1729? 28 Jun 1729; inventory date? not in Penrith register
MemoTrinity Parish, Trinity Church Road off Highway 6, right to Trinity Church Road, buried immediately to the right of the church
Memo26 Apr 1726? land commission deposition, age 80 yrs; “Croppers Reserve” and “Parr”; Liber P 2 p. 398-9
Will Filed27 May 1729, Charles County, MD20115,20139,20187,20188,20189,20142,20190,20191,20192,20193,20144,20145,20147,20194,20195,20148,20149,20152,20153
MemoWill Probated; MD wills 19:725-726; Apparantly declared invalid!
MemoInventory; 28 Jun?
Will Filed16 Aug 1729, Charles County, MD20199
MemoMD Inventories 15:76-78
Will Filed30 Apr 1730, Charles County, MD10127
MemoAdministration Account
OccupationPlanter, Constable, lower Zachariah Hundred 1695-96 Charles County; Overseer of Highways 1697, 170220200,20201,20202,20203,20204
Anst File#AFN:GRN3-P520207
FatherThomas Burch (<1622-~1699)
MotherAnnas (ca1622-<1660)
Misc. Notes
Marriage 1: Spouse Unknown;9971,5870
p.358 Bowlings Plains was willed by Oliver Burch to his son Benjamin Burch in 172720208
Burch Families of Southern MD9985 (Also see note Justinian Burch, Jr. under Aug 1753 gave land for church)
Vol 2 Pg 10: Oct 1751 At a General Meeting of Trinity Parish (Charles Co) a poll was taken where a new church should be built.... Source: MD State Archives Microfilm Roll No. MSA M258: “Special Collections; 1729-1797 (Trinity Church Collection); Vestry Minutes & Accounts” Not paginated. Comment: the Trinity Parish Church is built on Oliver Burch’s former land. Trinity Parish was created in 1744 out of those portions of King and Queen Parish and of All Faiths Parish that were in Charles Co.
Burch, Oliver, King and Queen Parish, Charles County, 15th Feb., 1726/7; 27th May, 1729. Will Book Liber CC#2 Folio 725-7269969 Pg 6 Burch, Oliver Liber 19, Folio 725 Date 172920209,17765
To son Benjamin and hrs... 75 A. of "Bowling's Plains."
To Son Edward, personalty.
To son Jonathan and hrs., "Lumley" ("Lombey") and "Penrick" ("'Penray").
To sons Thomas, John, Justinian and daus. Katherine Swan, Anne Swan, Barbary Allison, Elinor Burch and Elizabeth Cade, 5s. each.
To wife Barbary, extx., dwell. plan. [unnamed]during life; at her decease to son Jonathan and hrs.
Test: George Brett, James Phillips and Anne Phillips, his wife. 19.725
June 8, 1729 - The Charles Co., Md. Inventory of Oliver Burch/Birch.9969
Appraisers: Samuel Amory and Samuel Love (value 67/4/2.)
Creditors: none known.
Next of kin: Elizabeth Owen and Jonathan Burch.
Executrix: Barbara Birch, approves the inventory on Aug. 16, 1729.
Sources: (1) Charles Co., Md. Inventories, 1717-1735, p. 258, & (2) Skinner, V. L., Jr., "Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1728-1734," p. 1.
Apr. 25, 1730 - The Charles Co., Md. Administration Account of Oliver Birch.9969
Inventory value: 67/4/2.
Additional assets bring the estate value up to: 89/5/2.
Payments made by the estate: 11/4/6.
Estate balance: 78/0/8.
Sureties: George Brett and Robert Makone [another abstractor reads as Robert Mahon].
Executrix: Barbara Birch.
Sources: (1) Skinner, V. L., Jr., "Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1724-1731," p. 132, & (2) Charles Co., Md. Administration Accounts, 1708-1738, p. 366.
p.358 Bowlings Plains was willed by Oliver Burch to his son Benjamin Burch in 172720208
Burch Families of Southern MD9985 (Also see note Justinian Burch, Jr. under Aug 1753 gave land for church)
Vol 2 Pg 10: Oct 1751 At a General Meeting of Trinity Parish (Charles Co) a poll was taken where a new church should be built.... Source: MD State Archives Microfilm Roll No. MSA M258: “Special Collections; 1729-1797 (Trinity Church Collection); Vestry Minutes & Accounts” Not paginated. Comment: the Trinity Parish Church is built on Oliver Burch’s former land. Trinity Parish was created in 1744 out of those portions of King and Queen Parish and of All Faiths Parish that were in Charles Co.
Burch, Oliver, King and Queen Parish, Charles County, 15th Feb., 1726/7; 27th May, 1729. Will Book Liber CC#2 Folio 725-7269969 Pg 6 Burch, Oliver Liber 19, Folio 725 Date 172920209,17765
To son Benjamin and hrs... 75 A. of "Bowling's Plains."
To Son Edward, personalty.
To son Jonathan and hrs., "Lumley" ("Lombey") and "Penrick" ("'Penray").
To sons Thomas, John, Justinian and daus. Katherine Swan, Anne Swan, Barbary Allison, Elinor Burch and Elizabeth Cade, 5s. each.
To wife Barbary, extx., dwell. plan. [unnamed]during life; at her decease to son Jonathan and hrs.
Test: George Brett, James Phillips and Anne Phillips, his wife. 19.725
June 8, 1729 - The Charles Co., Md. Inventory of Oliver Burch/Birch.9969
Appraisers: Samuel Amory and Samuel Love (value 67/4/2.)
Creditors: none known.
Next of kin: Elizabeth Owen and Jonathan Burch.
Executrix: Barbara Birch, approves the inventory on Aug. 16, 1729.
Sources: (1) Charles Co., Md. Inventories, 1717-1735, p. 258, & (2) Skinner, V. L., Jr., "Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1728-1734," p. 1.
Apr. 25, 1730 - The Charles Co., Md. Administration Account of Oliver Birch.9969
Inventory value: 67/4/2.
Additional assets bring the estate value up to: 89/5/2.
Payments made by the estate: 11/4/6.
Estate balance: 78/0/8.
Sureties: George Brett and Robert Makone [another abstractor reads as Robert Mahon].
Executrix: Barbara Birch.
Sources: (1) Skinner, V. L., Jr., "Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1724-1731," p. 132, & (2) Charles Co., Md. Administration Accounts, 1708-1738, p. 366.
Military
US Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications 1889-197020210
VA Society of NS SAR, National # 97199, State # 2873 Oliver Burch - A patriot took oath of allegiance, Charles County, MD; Patriotic Service, MD
VA Society of NS SAR, National # 97199, State # 2873 Oliver Burch - A patriot took oath of allegiance, Charles County, MD; Patriotic Service, MD
Research
Burch Families of Southern MD9985 (another son?)
Vol 3 p.1: Apr 1699 Chas Co MD Court. William Hunter presents his servant Oliver Burke (sic) who is adjudged to be 13 years of age (so b. ca. 1686) (Source: Charles Co, MD Court and Land Records, Liber X p. 45. Comment: I would assume that the surname “Burke” is correct but the name similarity, location and date suggest the possibility that this boy is a previously unknown son of Oliver and Barbara who died young.
Birch, Burch Family in Great Britain & America20211 (Get copy? No CC 4 in MDLandRec.net, No Burch, Oliver)
Pg 157 Oliver Burch received a grant of land in 1695 (Liber CC No. 4, folio 139)
Pg 158 Lib CC 4 Fol. 139 Certif. 1695 to Oliver Burch for 46 ac tract “Penray” ChasCo. Patent for same Lib CC 4 Fol. 140 shows it was granted to Capt John Bayne
US & Canada Passenger & Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s1009 (Him? he was already here?)
Oliver Burch, Arrival: 1698 MD; Source: 1243 Coldham, Peter Wilson. Settlers of MD 1679-1783. Consolidated Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 2002. Pg92
Oliver Burch, Arrival: 1698 MD; Source: 319.50.2 Barnes, Robert W. British Roots of MD Families. Vol II. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co 2002. Pg 36
Vol 3 p.1: Apr 1699 Chas Co MD Court. William Hunter presents his servant Oliver Burke (sic) who is adjudged to be 13 years of age (so b. ca. 1686) (Source: Charles Co, MD Court and Land Records, Liber X p. 45. Comment: I would assume that the surname “Burke” is correct but the name similarity, location and date suggest the possibility that this boy is a previously unknown son of Oliver and Barbara who died young.
Birch, Burch Family in Great Britain & America20211 (Get copy? No CC 4 in MDLandRec.net, No Burch, Oliver)
Pg 157 Oliver Burch received a grant of land in 1695 (Liber CC No. 4, folio 139)
Pg 158 Lib CC 4 Fol. 139 Certif. 1695 to Oliver Burch for 46 ac tract “Penray” ChasCo. Patent for same Lib CC 4 Fol. 140 shows it was granted to Capt John Bayne
US & Canada Passenger & Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s1009 (Him? he was already here?)
Oliver Burch, Arrival: 1698 MD; Source: 1243 Coldham, Peter Wilson. Settlers of MD 1679-1783. Consolidated Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 2002. Pg92
Oliver Burch, Arrival: 1698 MD; Source: 319.50.2 Barnes, Robert W. British Roots of MD Families. Vol II. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co 2002. Pg 36