Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The work at hand consists of abstracts of Prerogative Court of Maryland records for the period 1658 to 1674. Author V.L. Skinner has combed through administration bond, will, inventory, administration account, and final balance entries to produce this collection. The abstracts are arranged in chronological order by court session, and in every instance they give the names of the principals (testators, heirs, witnesses, administrators, and so forth). In many cases we also learn the details of bequests, names of slaves, appraisers, and more.
Synopsis
This is the eighteenth volume in the series "Abstracts of the Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative Court of Maryland." The series is arranged, volume by volume, chronologically by court session. Volume XVIII consists of abstracts of the records for the period 1727-30, as found in the remainder of Liber 28 and the first 64 pages of Liber 29. In all, the latest book in this remarkable series refers to an additional 8,500 inhabitants of the Province of Maryland in the years just prior to 1730.