James Green continued the suit after Elizabeth's death (1684/1701) to get her portion of John's estate. He eventually won.11003

Vol 2 Pt III p.7 John Tennison Sr: Greene brought this suit Jan 1684/5 court and it was heard and decided at the 3 Mar 1684/5 court held at St Mary’s City. Justinian & Absolam Tennison raised as their defense that there was no law or custom in MD that entitled a widow to 1/3 of her husband’s estate. One would have thought that to be a settled proposition but apparently it was not because the Court convened a 12 man jury to decide whether there was such a law or custom. The jury found that there was, and, based on that finding, the Court decided in favor of Greene, awarding him the 69/17/7 he had sued for, plus an unspecified amount in tobacco for his costs.
Although the case was decided in Greene’s favor, the Court ruled that Greene could not have execution on the judgment until he posted security in favor of Justinian and Absolam that was sufficient to guarantee that Greene would refund to Justinian and Absolam any of the 69/17/7 that turned out to be more than 1/3 of Tennison’s estate, to be determined when the Probate Judge or Commissary General approved the administration account of John’s estate. (Source: MD Provincial Court, Judgment Record, Liber DSA pp 61 (Jan 1684/5 - docket item only) and 101-103 (Mar 1684/5 - case narrative and decision).20287