Derbyshire, Longstone, or Melchbourne, Bedford, Bedfordshire, or
Blunham England
on a plantation near Baltimore MD
Hij is getrouwd met Honora O'Flynn.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 19 september 1702 te St James Catholic Church, Baltimore, Baltimore Co, Maryland, USA, hij was toen 39 jaar oud.
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One internet resource suggests that the marriage occurred Fort Tobacco, Maryland.
: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~leaf23/Logsdon.html William and Honora were married by a Missionary Catholic priest from Fort Tobacco.
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Gebeurtenis (Alt. Marriage) in het jaar 1702: Baltimore Co, Maryland, USA.Bronnen 11, 15
Gebeurtenis (Alt. Marriage) na 1702: Maryland, USA.Bron 20
Gebeurtenis (Alt. Marriage) in het jaar 1703: Fort Tobacco, Carroll Co, Maryland, USA.Bron 10
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Melchbourne is located in the northern protion of Bedfordshire Co., England. There is some controversy re. who this William's parents actually were.
Betty Ollar does not support the idea that William is a son of James Logsdon and Jane James in email of 27 Oct 2001.
Joel Logsdon suggests that William was born November 11, 1652 in Blunham, England. He was a tobacco farmer in Maryland. William died before 1742 in Carroll Co., MD.
Beverly Johnson Sweeney suggests that William's father was James, his grandfather was William and that his great grandfather may have been a Charles Loggsdon b. ca 1594-95 and d. ca. 1619 in Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England; and that William's great grandmother may have been Ann ? who may have been born ca. 1596.
Debbie Raque's homepage suggests that Williams parents were Susan Bromshell and Thomas Logsdon based on the book "Logsdon The Amazing Family". She goes onto suggest that Thomas was the son of Anthony Logsdon and Ellen Mee. Debbie also suggests that William was born 11 NOV 1650, in Blunham, England.
Another candidate for William the immigrant is William of Blunham, son of William of John of Edmund of Edward of John. This William was married to Alice Kennert and would have been alive at the time; however his wife was not listed as a passenger on the ship that carried William. No death record in England exists for Alice. She would have to have died, either in England or America, to allow William to remarry Honora O'Flynn. William would have been very old for the time to have remarried and started a family in America. This makes him a less than prime candidate for William the immigrant. (See the notes of William of John of Edmund for more information on this issue).
There is controversy that this William is the first Logsdon ancestor to immigrate from England. One source indicates that William of Thomas Logsden was the immigrant but this could not be for there is a burial record for William of Thomas.
Another source indicates that the William who married Honora O'Flynn was in fact the son of William the immigrant due to the fact that
1. He would have waited a long time to marry, despite the gender imbalance of more males to females in America at that time,
2. a record of Williams trip to America,
3. the land Captain Smith was to receive was 300 acres in Somerset Co., Maryland,
4. William Laxtone was recorded as entitled to 50 acres for coming to America,
5. the will of William Langsden in 1709, with mention of his wife Izabell and son William existed. It is this William, it is suggested, that moved to Baltimore and married Honora O'Flynn. None of this has been proven.
It is William of John of Edmund of Edward who was probably William the laborer who died and was buried at St John's.
Family legend has it that William Logsdon was picked up as a lad of 10 on the coast of England and brought to America as an indentured servant. The ship was headed for Virginia but a storm changed its course and it sailed into Baltimore Harbor instead. Records show that a William Logsdon was transported to America in 1673
(Book 18, Folio 38, Vol. 21, p.293, "The Early Settlers of Maryland. Index to Names of Immigrants Compiled from Records of Land Patents 1633-1680 in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland," Gust. Skordas, editor, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore MD 1968).
In the Hall of Records, Patent of Land Records, in Annapolis, MD, Vol. 15, p.34, we find, 16 Jan 1674:
"Captain Samuel Smith of Virginia, proved his right to 300 acres of land, by Hanna, his wife, and Attorney, for transporting Robert Dewsberry, William Belcher, Thomas Humphries, William Logsdon, George Young, Jesiah Blackwell, and William Golden, to this Province to inhabit." The term, "indentured servant," refers to a person who did not have money to pay their passage so the Captain of the ship sold their services. In this case, William Logsdon was indentured to a tobacco planter who promised to release him when he worked out the right amount.
A statement from the Land Commissioner of MD. at Annapolis gives us a location for Smith's land:
"We beg to advise that the tract of land based on proof of rights, and recorded Liber 18, folio 38, was applied to Second Choice, 300 acres surveyed for Samuel Smith of Virginia, 4 (Apr), 23, 1675 and patented to 1 (Jan), 10, 79 (1679). Lying in Somerset County at the head of the main branch of the Wicomice River, on north side of said branch, in the neighborhood of Salisbury." Smith lived in Kings Neck, as he had land in Northumberland Co., Virginia on the mouth of the Potomac River.
According to John Buckingham in a message number 88 of February 01, 1999 at Family Tree Maker at the Durbin Message board.
" In 1702, while working his farm, William Logsdon spotted a British ship anchored in the river, and decided to inspect its "cargo", where he met Honora. Honora was born in 1678 in Kerry Co., Ireland" Another source reported "About 24 years later a shipload of young girls was gathered from the Irish Coast and brought over to be wives of American settlers. One Irish lass was named Honora O'Flynn (from County Kerry, Ireland). Several documents state that Honora O'Flynn was kidnapped from Ireland and later was married to William in 1702 by a missionary priest from Fort Tobacco, MD.".
It is believed that William may have been mentioned in the will of Thomas Sissell in St Mary's Co., Maryland.
William's residences included tracts called "Brotherly Love", "Bedford", "Logsdon's Addition", and "Pleasant Green". On 9/22/1730, William and Honora sold Bedford. See Rent Rolls of Baltimore Co., Maryland: "William Loftin is charged with rent for a tract called "Brotherly Love" on 28 Aug 1687." Records indicate that William was a free man and property owner by the time he met and married Honora in 1702.
From the Hall of Records: Lib. DD-5, p. 430:
"On 12 May 1707 William Logsdon purchased 100 acres that had been assigned earlier to Gregory Davis of Baltimore Co., and called "Bedford" - situated on the north side of the Patapsco River and on north side of Middle Branch thereof...." This was located in what is now Carroll Co., MD and is about 8 miles S.E. of Westminster. Carroll Co. was formed in 1836 from a part of Baltimore and Frederick Counties.
"By virtue of assignment of 100 acres, warrant assigned by Gregory Davis of Baltimore Co. on the 19th of April last, unto William Logsdon of the said Co., part of a warrent for 100 acres granted said Gregory Davis on the 17th day of April last, I, John Israel, deputy surveyor under Mr. Clement Hill, Jr., have laid out to the aforesaid William Logsdon that tract and parcel of land called Bedford, lying in Baltimore County on the north side of the Potassco River...."
William Logsdon must have been a tobacco planter for on 31 Mar 1709 he sued Thomas Gwynn for breach of contract. Gwynn had signed a contract to build a 40-foot tobacco shed on the Island in Baltimore Co. (150-acre tract on Gunpowder River).
Liber IS-N, p. 336 (or 330):
"I, William Logsdon, Baltimore County ... to my beloved daughter, Ann Durbin ... tract of land called Pleasant Green, being part of a tract called "Logsdon's Addition ... being 97-1/2 acres more or less ... the houses, outhouses, barns, stables, tobacco houses, orchards, etc. ... and after the death of her husband, Samuel Durbin, the land to return freely and quietly to the heirs of William Logsdon. Dated 19 September 1726, signed William [his mark] Logsdon." ; Honor Logsdon, his wife, released her dower rights to the property.
William probably died between 1730 and 1742, [see Patent of Land Records, Annapolis, Lib. AM-1, p.148] for on 22 Sep 1730 he and his wife, Honora, sold all that tract of land called "Bedford." "... 100 acres ... and a part of Logsdon's Addition ... 150 acres ... one line of the boundary is parallel to the line of Ann Durbin. Signed: William Logsdon."
And, on 3 Mar 1742 (Liber TB-C, p. 183), there is a "deed from William Logsdon II, John Logsdon, and Edward Logsdon, planters of Prince George's Co. who convey to George Conti of Little Conewage, a tract called "Brotherly Love" of 300 acres ... Logsdon, the mother: Ann, Sarah, and Margaret, wives of said William, John, and Edward release their dower rights."
Other children included: John, Ann, Honora, and Prudence
He was married to Honora O'FLYNN in 1702 in Baltimore Co., Maryland26 She and William were married by a missionary priest from Fort Tobacco, MD. He would have been 39 years of age, and she was 21.
From Tracy Logsdon: http://one-eleven.net/~tracydai/researc2.html
Young William Logsdon: Our Ancestor?
How reliable are the records that maintain that an eleven year old lad left the safety and security of his England home to venture forth to an unknown future in a faraway land? This question has troubled researchers for years. Some of them have solved the problem by inventing another senior Logsdon of about 60 years of age, then also giving him a son named William of about 28 years of age, then having him be the one to marry Honora O'Flynn. Unfortunately, after a careful look at the Maryland records, there is only one William Logsden mentioned in the 1680 to 1704
period. Others have been suggested, such as a William Langsden of Somerset Co., Maryland. After checking in the book "The settlers of old Somerset Co., Maryland" we found that William Langsden died in 1745, also leaving a will naming his survivors. All of which he located still in Somerset County. Then we came to the facts. When all else is ruled out, what remains must be our answer.
1. Only one William Logsden is listed on any early Maryland tax rolls.
2. William named his estate here in America, Bedford, after his home in England. (Not Melchbourne, Roxton or Eaton Socon)
3. At age 10, in the 1600's, a young man was deemed "of working age" and could be indentured out as an apprentice or laborer.
4. After looking at the waterway system, the rive Ouse flows through Bedford and then directly into the Thames river, which in turn flows to the ocean and to a river port. This journey would take only a few days.
5. William's father, James, was a rope maker, and could have and probably did have connections to the boatmen on the river.
6. Reviewing the records of St John's parish of Bedford, home church of the James Logsden family, we find no mention of a William, son of James, being married or otherwise, but his other children are mentioned.
7. Then there is the terrible plague that gripped the area in the 1600-1700 era. Is it any wonder that a father would want to send his son as far away as possible?
8. After reviewing the other William Logsden's of that time, in and around Bedford, all have been ruled out, with the exception of one William who was born in 1639, who married in 1668. Unless his young wife died, and there is no record of this event, the William who came to America was single, and accompanied by other men.
9. It is my view that a William from, say, the town of Roxton, would not have named his home here in America, "Bedford".
We shall probably never prove who our ancestor William was, but I'll put my money on young William of Bedford.
Tracy Logsdon
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William was "transported" as an indentured servant in 1674 by Capt. Samuel Smith of Virginia, where he took up land in Baltimore County. In 1707, William purchased 100 acres called "Bedford" on the north side of the Patapsco River in what is now Carroll County and is about 8 miles SE of Westminster. His wife Honora was a beautiful and vivacious Irish girl who was kidnapped in Ireland and brought to Maryland by a sea captain for barter. She was bought by William and later became his wife. Most of the kidnapped girls were traded for tobacco. Honora was a pious Catholic and it was through her that the Catholic faith appears in the family line.
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BIOGRAPHY: Entered the colonies on january 21, 1674. Listed as a passenger on aboat captained by Samuel Smith
BIOGRAPHY: William was "transported" as an indentured servant to Maryland in 1674 by Capt. Samule Smith of Virginia., wherehe took up land in Baltimore County. In 1707, William purchased 100 acres called "Bedford" on the north side of the Potappsco River in what in now Carroll County and is about 8 miles SE of Westminster.
BIOGRAPHY: The following land grants were recorded in the Hall of Records in Annapolis Maryland in 1674. On jan 21st of that year William Logsdon was listed as a passenger on board a ship captained by Samuel Smith. William was an 11 year old boy when he came to America and sold himself into indentured servitude.
BIOGRAPHY: "21 January - Capt.Smauel Smith of Virginia proved his right to three hundred acres of land by Hanna his wife and attorney for transporting Robert Dewberry, Thomas Humphrieds, George Yound, William Belcher, William Logsdon, Jesiah Blackwell, William Golder to this porvince to inhibit."
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Came to America in 1673, landed in Baltimore, MD. 1674 The following land grants were recorded in the Hall of Records in Annapolis MD in 1674 . On Jan 21st of that year, William Logsdon was listed as a passenger on board a ship captained by Samuel Smith. William was an eleven year old boy when he came to America and sold him self into indentured servitude. "21 January-Capt. Samuel Smith of Virginia proved his right to three hundred acres of land by Hanna his wife and attorney for transporting Robert Dewsberry, Thomas Humphrieds, George Yound, William Belcher, William Logsden, Jesiah Blackwell, William Golder to this province to inhibit." Married at age 50 - Ref: Dwayne Holman, TX. He was a farmer/plantation owner. He belonged to the Church of England. He was a tobacco planter. He owned tracts of land called: Bedford, Logsdon's Addition, Pleasent Green, etc. Known in Logsdon family lore as the "Indentured Servant".
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There is controversy that this William is the first Logsdon ancestor to immigrate from England. One source indicates that William of Thomas Logsdon was the immigrant but this could not be for there is a burial record for William of Thomas. Anouther source indicates that the William who married Honora O'Flynn was in fact the son of William the immigrant due to the fact that
(1) he would have waited a long time to marry, despite the gender imbalance of more males to females in America at that time,
(2) a record of Williams trip to America,
(3) the land Captain Smith was to receive was 300 acres in Somerset Co MD,
(4) william Laxtone was recorded as entitled to 50 acres for coming to America,
(5) the will of William Langsden in 1709, with mention of his wife Izabell and son William existed. It is this William, it is suggested, that moved to Baltimore and married Honora O'Flynn. None of this has been proven. ; Another candidate for William the immigrant is William of Blunham, son of William of John of Edmund of Edward of John. This William was married to Alice Kennert and would have been alive at the time; however his wife was not listed as a passenger on the ship that carried William. ; No death record in England exists for Alice. She would have to have died, either in England or America, to allow William to marry Honora O'Flynn. William would have been very old for the time to have remarried and started a family in America. This makes him a less than prime candidate for William the immigrant.
(See notes of William of John of Edmund for more info on this issue).
It is William of John of Edmund of Edward who was probably William the laborer who died and was buried at St John's. William the immigrant is said to have sailed to America, circa 1673-74 on a sailing vessel commanded by Captain Samuel Smith. He sailed with six other young men whose names were: Robert Dewsberry, William Belcher, Thomas Humphries, l, george Young, Josiah Blackwell and William Golden. They were bound for the Virginia colony. The ship was blown off course into the Chesapeake Bay. ; It finally cast anchor at the mouth of the Patapsco River in MD, in Baltimore Co. He then served 4 years of indentureship. He was a tobacco planter. His residences included "Brotherly Love" tract of land of arounds 300 ares in Somerset Co MD (near Baltimore) and "Bedford". William at one time owned tracts of land called: Bedford, Logsdon's Addition, Pleasant Green, and others. William and Honora were married by a Missionary Catholic Priest from Fort Tobacco. Research from christening record and the works of Betty Carson, Harry C Logsdon and Tracy Logsdon.
His "Brotherly Love" tract was in Somerset Co MD. Another source gives day of birth as 13 and the place as Melchbourne.
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From: www.hevanet.com/scottc/carlson1/newpage2.htm
1674
The following land grants were recorded in the Hall of Records in Annapolis MD in 1674. On January 21st of that year William Logsdon was listed as a passenger on board a ship captained by Samuel Smith. William was an eleven year old boy when he came to America and sold himself into indentured servitude. "21 January- Capt. Samuel Smith of VA proved his right to three hundred acres of land by Hanna his wife and attorney for transporting Robert Dewsberry, Thomas Humphries, George Young, William Belcher, William Logsden, Jesiah Blackwell, William Golder to this province it inhabit".
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Info from James Logsdon
William may have asked to enter MD, 21 Jan 1674. Arrived 1677. MD Liber 18-n Folio 338 says William Logsden transproted 1673. This is dated 19 Sep 1726. ; Liber AM-1 page 148 shows purchase of a tract named Brotherly Love, 22 May 1730, 300 acres +/-. After Mason-Dixon survey of PA - MD State line is is believed that this tract was in :A. There is a court case concerning the murder of a Mr. Diggs on this property in which John Logsdon is asked to testify. William was a tobacco farmer. The death date he has for him is bef 3 Mar 1742.
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The following is an excerpt from the volume: "Beyond the Crossroads", page 143-145 by J Andrew
Childress.
William Logsdon (c.1674) an indentured immigrant from Ireland (incorrect) to Maryland, was the first of his line of Logsdons to appear in the Colonies. In the year 1700, William married Honora O'Flynn, also Irish, From this couple, for the next 150 years, Logsdon could be found from the east coast to the western-most part of the US. ; From near the middle of the 19th century to the present time, the Logsdons are the largest family in Hart Co KY. It would tax the ability of the best computer, if one could be so programmed, to trace the myriad of lines of these people in our community. The purpose here is to show, perhaps, the first Logsdons in Hart Co and, if possible, some descendants through one or
more lines of those people. In the beginning of this report, it will be apparent that another first family of note, the Kessingers, intemarried with that of the Logsdons during the first settlement in the later-later to become Hart Co. The Kessingers are only mentioned (here) in passing.
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From: Marylanders to Kentucky by Henry C. Peden, Jr. Published by Family Line Publications
(Now Willow Bend Books - Family Line Publications) 1991 <http://www.willowbend.net/catalog.asp>
William Logsdon settled in Baltimore Co., Maryland in the early 1700's. Thomas Logsdon I, son of William, may have married Mary JONES, daughter of Richard JONES, circa 1735. Their son, Thomas Logsdon II, served in the Revolutionary War, as did their son Joseph Logsdon, who was a guide for General George WASHINGTON. By 1784 Thomas is in Garrett Co., Maryland and George WASHINGTON reportedly spent the night with the family. By 1787 Thomas was in Hardy Co., (now) Virginia, at which time he sold his land and went to Madison Co., Kentucky in 1788. The 1791 Tax List names three Thomas Logsdons: Thomas "Old," Thomas "Sr." and Thomas "Jr." The Logsdons later migrated to Barren Co., Kentucky where Thomas (II) died in 1818.
(Ref: BCF:407-408; and article by Gloria Lucas of Sonora, California, published in the South Central Kentucky Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly "Traces," 16:1, Spring, 1988, pp. 8-10).
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One legend has it that William Logsdon was picked up as a lad on the coast of Ireland and brought over as an indentured slave. The ship was headed for Virginia but a storm changed its course and it sailed into Baltimore Harbor instead.
Records show that a William Logsdon was transported to America in 1673 (Book 18, page 38, early records of Maryland). About 25 years later a shipload of young girls was gathered from the Irish Coast and brought over to be wives of the settlers. All legends and stories repeat that one Irish lass was named Honora O'Flynn. In the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland, Vol. 15, we find: January 16, 1674 "Captain Samuel Smith of Virginia, proved his right to 300 acres of land, by Hanna, his wife, and Attorney, for transporting: Robert Dewsberry, William Belcher, Thomas Humphries, William Logsdon, George Young, Jesiah Blackwell, and William Golden, to this Province to inhabit." The indentured servant means that they did not have money to pay their passage so the Captain of the ship sold their services; in this case, William Logsdon was sold to a tobacco planter who would release him when he worked out the right amount. Several documents state that Honora O'Flynn was kidnapped from Ireland (b. County Derry or Kerry) and married William Logsdon 1702 by a missionary priest from Fort Tobacco, Maryland. He would have been close to 48 years of age. The name Honora has been carried down by the Durbin and Logsdon families. The Rent Rolls of Baltimore Co., Maryland: "William Loftin is charged with rent for a tract called 'Brotherly Love' on 28 August, 1687." From the Hall of Records: Liber DD-5, p. 430, "On 12 May 1707 William Logsdon purchased 100 acres that had been assigned earlier to Gregory Davis of Baltimore Co., and called 'Bedford' -- situated on the north side of the Patapsco River and on north side of Middle Branch, thereof . . ." This was located in what is now Carroll Co., Maryland and is about 8 miles southeast of Westminster. Carroll County was formed in 1836 from a part of Baltimore and Frederick Counties. William Logsdon must have a been a tobacco planter for on March 31, 1709 he sued Thomas Gwynn for breach of contract. Gwynn had signed a contract to build a 40-foot tobacco shed on the Island in Baltimore County (150-acre tract on Gunpowder River). Liber IS-
N, p. 336 (or 330),
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Maryland Historical Mag Vol 19.
"I, William Logsdon, Baltimore Co., . . ._to my beloved daughter, Ann Durbin . . . tract of land called Pleasant Green, being part of tract called "Logsdon's Addition . . . being 97 1/2 acres more or less . . . the houses, outhouses, barns, stables, tobacco houses, orchards, etc. . . . and after the death of her husband, Samuel Durbin, the land to return freely and quietly to the heirs of William Logsdon. Dated 19
September, 1726 and signed William (his mark) Logsdon. ; And Honor Logsdon, his wife, released her dower rights to the property.
Extracted from: Durbin-Logsdon Genealogy by Betty Jewell Durbin Carson
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Record for William Logsdon/ www.ancestry.com
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Record for William Logsdon/ Ancestry World Tree
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From Bedford (St John's), Bedfordshire, England, Beds 2, Vol. 1, Parish Register, Christenings 1602-1812, St John's Parish: (copied by Stanley Druhot on a visit to England).
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"died about 1739 in Carrol Co., MD.'
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