Samuel MAGRUDER

                   Notes:
Religion: Church of England - St. Paul's Parish, Mt. Calvert Hundred

Samuel Magruder, Sr., b 1687, d 1779. His will dated Jan. 12, 1739, P. G. Co. Probated at Rockville 1779. Liber A, folio 81. (From 1696 to 1748 P. G. Co.. Oct. 1, 1776, Montgomery County was erected. Samuel lived in what is now Montgomery County.)

p. 225, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume IV
27 Jul 1711; Samuel Magruder the Younger, planter of Prince George's Co. and Sarah Magruder, widow & executrix of the late Samuel Magruder sold 325 acres of Troublesome (or Strife) in Manor of Calverton to Ninian Beall; ack. by Elenor Magruder, wife of Samuel Magruder, the younger (POLR F.85)

Lane, John, Prince George's Co., 13th Sept., 1712; 17th Dec., 1715.
To Elinor, wife of Sam'll Magruder, and Sarah, their dau., and Samuell and Robert, their sons, personalty at majority.
Sam'll Magruder, ex., and residuary legatee of estate.
Test: Joseph Story, John James, Weedon Jefferson. 14.99.

John Lane  36C.227  I      £17.4.1      Dec 22 1715
Appraisers: John Henry, John Barat (also John Barratt).

John Lane  37A.142 A PG  £17.4.1      £13.11.0   Nov 5 1716
Payments to: William Chillingsworth, Samuel Heigh, Thomas Applegate, Robert Oram, Mr.  John Gerrard, Capt.  John Hyde (merchant in London), Benjamin Berry.
Executor: Samuel Magruder.

John Lane  38A.115  A PG                £4.2.6     May 8 1717/18
Executor: Mr.  Samuel Magruder.

p. 227, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume IV
21 Jan 1726; Deed of gift from Samuel Magruder, Jr. and Eleanor his wife to their son Samuel Magruder; 200 acres called Joy & Fortune (PGLR M.107)

27 Aug 1730; Samuel Magruder, Sr., Gent., and John Magruder, Gent., sold William Beckwith 100 acres called Magruder's Hazard; ack by Samuel Magruder and Eleanor his wife and John Magruder and Susanna his wife (PGLR Q.90)

"Across the Years in Prince George's County", pp. 536-537
The part of Calvert Co where he was born became Prince George's (PG) in 1695, Frederick Co (FC) in 1748 and Montgomery County (MC) in 1776. His wife, Eleanor Wade, was the daughter of Robert Wade, as evidenced by a deed referring to land given her by her father (PG Deeds M, f. 154; transcript in 1958 American Clan Gregor Society (ACGS) Year Book, p. 21).
In 1713 Samuel Magruder of Prince George's Co bought from Thomas Underwood for 16,000 pounds of tobacco, 200 acres of the tract "Joyes Fortune" (PG Deeds E, f. 27). On 23 Nov 1726 Samuel Magruder Senior and Eleanor his wife of PG Co, in consideration of the love and affection they bore their son Samuel Magruder, executed a deed conveying to him 200 acres of "Joys Fortune" (PG Deeds M, f. 107). The same day they gave their daughter Sarah Tubman, wife of Richard Tubman, a tract called "Forrest Green" which had been bequeathed to Eleanor Magruder by her father Robert Wade (PG Deeds M, f. 154]. Sarah is not named in Samuel Magruder's will).
In July 1738, Samuel Magruder sold to Thomas Clark for 190 pounds the 200-acre tract "Creighnight" described as "the now dwelling plantation place of Samuel Magruder," and 50 acres of "Good Luck" together with the dwelling house, kitchen, quarters [slave quarters], tobacco houses, barns, orchards, yards and gardens (PG Deeds T, f. 620). In November he joined with Ninian, James, William and Alexander Magruder in conveying 200 acres of "Good Luck" to John Magruder. His wife Eleanor was named in the acknowledgement to the deed (PG Deeds T, f. 675).

"Samuel Magruder Senior of Prince George County" wrote his will on 20 Jan 1739, filed 9 Feb 1779 (Montgomery County Estate Records A, f. 81).
He named his wife Eleanor executrix and left her his dwelling house with 220 acres of land, part of "Potomack River Side" during her life and her riding horse. [Patent records show no such tract; it may simply be the name Samuel Magruder gave it.]
Children named and his bequests to them:
Elias Magruder, dwelling plantation after death of wife Eleanor, 1/3 of a lot and improvements in Upper Marlborough Town.
Alexander Magruder, 140 acres "being part of a tract of land that is between William Beall and me," and (with brother Josias) store house at Nottingham.
Josias Magruder, 113 acres "being part of Potomack River Side joining on w. Thomas Jenian and his unckel Alex. Magruder lands and so up ye river," and (with brother Alexander) store house at Nottingham.
William Mills Magruder, 100 acres of the upper end of "Potomack River Side," 2 cows and calves, provisional (see below).
Eleanor, daughter, provisional (see below).
Lucey, daughter, provisional (see below).
Samuel Magruder, 5 shillings.
Zachariah Magruder, 5 shillings.
Elizabeth Spencer, daughter, 5 shillings.
If any one of "my three sons, Alex., Josias and Elias should dey with out eschew then his land to be equally devided ye other two survivors; if any two of them should die without issue one of their lands be equally divided between daughters Eleanor and Lucey; if all three sons should die without issue all their lands should be divided equally between William Mills Magruder and Eleanor and Lucey.
The residue of the estate to be divided equally between "my sons Alex Magruder, Josias and Elias and my two daughters Eleanor and Lucey."
It was witnessed by John Clagett, Joshua Bursey, and A. Magrudr.


ID: I5003 
Name: Samuel MAGRUDER 
Given Name: Samuel 
Surname: MAGRUDER 
Sex: M 
Birth: Abt 1687 in , Calvert County, Maryland, USA 1 
Death: 1779 in , Montgomery County, Maryland, USA 1 
Note: Montgomery Co created from Prince George Co on 1 Oct 1776. 
Reference Number: 5022 
Event: Alt Birth Date 1694 Montgomery, Prince George's, Maryland, USA 2 
Event: Surveyed Land 23 Nov 1727 , Montgomery County, Maryland, USA 
Note: Magruder's Hazard was surveyed for Samuel and John Magruder; it contained 100 acres. 3 
Event: Deposition 20 May 1728 , Prince George's County, Maryland, USA 
Note: Aged 44. 4 
Will: 12 Jan 1739 , Prince George's County, Maryland, USA 
Probate: 1779 Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, USA 
Note: Liber A, folio 81. (From 1696 to 1748 P. G. Co. included what is now Montgomery. _UID: F52B8854C43046E5BEEF494E076F493A587C Change Date: 20 Jul 2007 at 07:52