Peake - Stiles - Person Sheet
Peake - Stiles - Person Sheet
Birth1735, St. Mary’s Co., MD26
DeathFeb 1814, Nelson Co., KY
FatherThomas NORRIS (1697-1761)
MotherJane GREENWELL (1700-1763)
Misc. Notes
Oath of Allegiance to the State of Maryland in 1778, after the start of the Revolutionary War.
Member of the League of Catholic Families to Kentucky.
10 known children.
Will made 9 Apr 1812, prob 21 Feb 1814, Nelson Co.28
Rodolphus and Dorothy Norris are listed in the birth Records of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Leonardstown, Md. They are listed with one child, Mary Ann, b 22 Apr 1768. The Episcopal churches kept records on everyone living in their parish boundaries. Timothy J. O'Rourke in Colonial Source Records: Southern Maryland Catholic Families , has extracted those who are probably Catholic. For Rodolphus and Dorothy Norris
see p. 65. O'Rourke's book also includes a copy of those who took the Oath of Allegiance, St. Mary's Co., 1778, and "Rodolph Norris" is listed (p. 79). O'Rourke also coped the "Register of Baptisms and Marriages of St. Francis Xavier and St. Inigoes" which lists the baptism of Mary Norris of Rodulphus and Dorthy, godparents John bowls, Jr. and Monica Norris, 25 Aug 1771 Thomas Norris of Rodulphus and Dorothy, with godparents John Low and Sarah Reily, on 27 Jun 1773 43
Will Book, Nelson Co. KY, C 177; will of Rodolph Norris, mad 9 Apr 1812, prob.21 Feb 1814: "my loving wife Doratha!...to be equally divided between my nine children to wit Mary, Bibianna, Ann, Jane, and Susannah, Wilfred, Richard, Enoch, and William."28
Will of Rodolph Norris, "in perfect health", asks that all debts be paid, and gives to beloved wife Dorotha Norris during her life the whole estate, both real and personal, including household furniture, stock, lands and tenements. At her death, to beloved daughter Susanna Norris all the household furniture, to wit, four featherbeds and furniture, one loom and gear, one hackle, one woolen wheel, one linen wheel, one square table, one small chest, two pewter dishes and nine pewter plates, with all the household appendages, also one mare colt aged ten months, one side saddle and bridle. All the residue of the estate, including lands, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, geese and fowls, after death of wife, being what remains of them, to be equally divided between nine children, Mary Norris, Bibianna Norris, Ann Norris, Jane Norris, Susanna Norris, Wilfred Norris, Richard Norris, Enoch Norris, and William Norris. April 9, 1812. Ignatius Medcalf, Felix Wimsett, and Ignatius French, witnesses. Probated February 21, 1814.
Member of the League of Catholic Families to Kentucky.
10 known children.
Will made 9 Apr 1812, prob 21 Feb 1814, Nelson Co.28
Rodolphus and Dorothy Norris are listed in the birth Records of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Leonardstown, Md. They are listed with one child, Mary Ann, b 22 Apr 1768. The Episcopal churches kept records on everyone living in their parish boundaries. Timothy J. O'Rourke in Colonial Source Records: Southern Maryland Catholic Families , has extracted those who are probably Catholic. For Rodolphus and Dorothy Norris
see p. 65. O'Rourke's book also includes a copy of those who took the Oath of Allegiance, St. Mary's Co., 1778, and "Rodolph Norris" is listed (p. 79). O'Rourke also coped the "Register of Baptisms and Marriages of St. Francis Xavier and St. Inigoes" which lists the baptism of Mary Norris of Rodulphus and Dorthy, godparents John bowls, Jr. and Monica Norris, 25 Aug 1771 Thomas Norris of Rodulphus and Dorothy, with godparents John Low and Sarah Reily, on 27 Jun 1773 43
Will Book, Nelson Co. KY, C 177; will of Rodolph Norris, mad 9 Apr 1812, prob.21 Feb 1814: "my loving wife Doratha!...to be equally divided between my nine children to wit Mary, Bibianna, Ann, Jane, and Susannah, Wilfred, Richard, Enoch, and William."28
Will of Rodolph Norris, "in perfect health", asks that all debts be paid, and gives to beloved wife Dorotha Norris during her life the whole estate, both real and personal, including household furniture, stock, lands and tenements. At her death, to beloved daughter Susanna Norris all the household furniture, to wit, four featherbeds and furniture, one loom and gear, one hackle, one woolen wheel, one linen wheel, one square table, one small chest, two pewter dishes and nine pewter plates, with all the household appendages, also one mare colt aged ten months, one side saddle and bridle. All the residue of the estate, including lands, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, geese and fowls, after death of wife, being what remains of them, to be equally divided between nine children, Mary Norris, Bibianna Norris, Ann Norris, Jane Norris, Susanna Norris, Wilfred Norris, Richard Norris, Enoch Norris, and William Norris. April 9, 1812. Ignatius Medcalf, Felix Wimsett, and Ignatius French, witnesses. Probated February 21, 1814.