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MARY THEAR LEASE
BRUMBAUGH[s MD Records has an Arron (sic) MOBEREY of Bredge Town Hundred, Caroline Co., 1776, family of five (others not named). State of his Lordship's Manor of Kent (Co.), Nov. 1766, Lessees Richard, 29, & John, 25, SCAGGS.
New research, February 2007, has revealed that the name, Thear, was a misinterpretation of the old handwriting in the original document. She was Mary Kear, widow of Benjamin Kear.
Many years ago, perhaps several decades ago, a book was discovered that contained the names of Mary Thear, age 60, Richard Scaggs (Scago), age 29, and John Scaggs (Scago), age 25, identified together in a lease dated April 10, 1753, in Kent Co., MD. One entry on page 9 has the code, (M), in front of Mary Thear's name and a few researchers jumped to the conclusion that this meant she was Richard and John's mother.
However, page 2 of this book lists the abbreviation codes used on its pages:
(A) date of lease -- 1753, April 10; (B) to whom leased -- Mary Thear;
(D) tenant in possession -- Annas Glenn; (C) number of acres -- 15;
(E) annual rent -- 0.2 0; (L) now held -- Richard & John Scago (Scaggs) & Lessee;
(M) ages of the persons mentioned in the lease & other remarks -- Mary Thear 60; Richard 29, John 25.
Several days ago, through Family Tree Maker's GenealogyLibrary.com online, I stumbled on another interpretation of the above Mary Thear record derived from a different source and published in Robert W. Barnes & F. Edward Wright, Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Vol. 1 (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1996), page 224:
KEAR, MARY, on 10 April 1753, had a lease from Benjamin Tasker of Annapolis, Agent and Receiver General for the Lord Proprietary, for part of His Lordships Manor, 15 acres. The lease was to run for the lifetimes of said Mary Kear, Richard Scaggs and John Scaggs, all of Kent County. Mary Kear, widow, assigned the land to John Knock. {KELR JS#28:301} [KELR refers to Kent County Land Records.]
It is clear, and always has been, that Richard and John Scaggs were simply leasing land from Mary Kear, and nothing more. There was never any relationship between them beyond this business arrangement.
Further research revealed that Mary Grownohow md. Benjamin Kear, Sept. 4, 1747, Shrewsbury South Sassafras Parish, Kent Co., MD. They had 2 daughters: Sarah b. Oct. 8, 1748, and Cathrine, b. Aug. 27, 1750.
Benjamin d. in 1750. His widow Mary administered his estate.
Benjamin was the youngest son of Thomas Keare or Kear.
With this new revelation it has now been proven beyond any doubt whatsoever that Mary Thear never existed and therefore could not possibly be the mother of, or in any way related to, James Skaggs of Draper's Meadows and the New River area of early southwest Virginia, and the father of the famed Long Hunters, Henry, John, Moses, James, Charles, Aaron, Jacob, and Richard, and their sisters, Mrs. Susannah Whitt, Mrs. Nancy Meredith, Mrs. Lydia Harman, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hankins.
I will send all the details and sources to anyone who asks as an attachment. I have it as a Rich Text Document in WordPad which includes bold highlights and book titles properly done in italics. Just ask.
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