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| Richard Willan, High Sherrif of St. Mary's County assaulted by Thomas Innis, 1651 Willan v. To the honoble Gouernor & Councell of the Prouince of Maryland Innis The humble petn of Richard Willan High Sherriff of the County of St Marys, Sheweth That yor petr from his Youth hitherto hath with much faythfullnes and readynes served the Lord Proprietary of this Province and his severall Governors and hath Constantly endured and vndergone, such hazards . . . . as the variousnes of the Liber Countryes which lie hath ever expressed . . . . as is evidently P. C. R. knowne. . . . or Suffrors in. . .. only been. . . . lordps in England Yor petr humbly prsenteth to yor Honors the . . . . miseryes he hath vndergone, in his younger dayes for defence of this Province, hath very much Impayred his health and wasted his vigor and strength & that he hath been much afflicted with sicknes, & lameness not vnknowne to many of yor Honors: In which weake Condicon yor petr did in October last adventure to goe a board a New England Vessell rideing in St Georges River where one Thomas Innis be[ing] a Board (did out of a former Malice borne him) sett vpon yor petr first wth Scoffs, Contempts, hate full and provokeing Complaynts and afterward with frequent, violent & . . . . Blowes, Boxes and Buffetts, vntill the. . . . from his Teethe and nose in. as if that had not been sufficient to express his hatred to yor petr and Contempt to his Office, tooke him vp by the Thigh to haue throwne him over Borde, which he had vndoubtedly done, had he not called out for helpe & required the peace of the Lord Proprietary to be kept as the sd Innis hath since often laughed att & boasted off, Now for as much as the sd Innis hath soe abused yor petr and gloried in [his] haueing Respect neither the greatness of his place, as being Sherriff of the [County] nor the Lowness of his Condicon, as being weake. . . . lame man not able to defend nor helpe. . . . He prayeth that as Sherriff of this County. . . . Honor to the Lord Proprietary & the place. . . . for the terror of such as shall . . . . person of Sher rffe whose . . . . supported that the sd Innis . . . . yor petr repayred according . . . . offred or that yee will . . . . & discharge him . .362 21 ffeb. 1662. Recd of Thomas Innis by uertue (virtue) of an Execution dated the 17th of this Instant, Being for a Judgmt obteyned agst him for the use of Richard Willan order one Thowsd pownds Tob. Exequco writt 023£, serving 100£, imprisonmt 100£, Cothitt & Release 020k, Attorni ship o6ot, To Mr Sprigge wittnes 030£, To Willm Lawrence 060£, To Andrew Woodbery 023£, in all 1418£ Tob. I say receaued the full conteyned in the sd execution & doe hereby acquitt & discharge him of the same. I say recd. John Hammond.363 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I have been able to find very little on Thomas Innes of St. Mary's so far (except for the account of his assault on the Sherrif - see notes). [LH] Here are a few additional mentions: 10 Oct 1667 St. Mary's Co MD. Warrant to Daniel CLARK and Thomas ENNIS to appraise the estate of John NUTHALL, deceased. (Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families) As juror (with Elias Beach) in a case heard in St. Mary's County in 1671 Thomas LOMAX agt John CODE and Susanna his wife: "...and the jurors of that jury came likewise to witt Thomas COSDEN Thomas GANT Elias BEACH Roger TOWLE Peter WATTS Thomas INNIS." The Combs Genealogy website mentions: "...It is not known why Enoch and William Combs and Robert CLARKE received disbursements from Thomas ENNIS' estate. Little more is known of ENNIS himself - other than that the INNES and BEECH Families of St. Mary's Co MD were closely associated."361 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| This "Anna" may have been Ann, widow of Elias Beach Sr. From Source 240 "...Thomas Beach, born 1662, son of Elias Beach, Jr. and Ann, and grandson of Elias Beach Sr., and Ann, the latter having married next Thomas INNIS."361 22 Jan 1663 - (no date proved) (Maryland Wills 1.169) Will of Anna BEACH, widow of Elias BEECH [sic]. To eld. dau. Mary BEACH, (aged 10 yrs., 7 wks.) young. dau. Rebecca BEACH, (aged 3 yrs., 6 mos.) young. son Thomas BEACH, (aged 1 yrs., 7 wks.,) personalty. Ex. not named. Test: Thos INNES. John BOULTON. (Maryland Calendar of Wills: Volume 1, Jane Baldwin Cotton, Baltimore MD, 1904) 361 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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