Thomas Bashaw

Thomas and 3 of his siblings moved to Maryland to live with their maternal uncle Richard Graves. (Either when their father died & mother ill or unable to care for them, or when their mother died).

He wrote his will Jan 16 1730 and is was probated in Somerset Apr 20 1730:
- To sons Jarrett and William, my eldest sons, 100a tract HOGG DOWN that I bought of Giles Bashaw.
- To son Jarrett, cow/calf, feather bed and furniture, iron pot, frying pan, dish, two plates and a tankard, one porenger, sow/pigs, and ewe/lamb. Daniel Corbitt shall live on said land where he lives for 5 years paying rent to said Jarrett/William
- To son William, cow/calf, ewe/lamb, sow/pigs, a dish, two plates, tankard, one porenger, a "cattesle bed rug", blanket, pot and a pan
- To son Thomas, my now dwelling plantation of 100a - if he dies w/o issue, it to go to my youngest son William. Also he gets my gun.
- To youngest son William, 70a on my plantation that I bought of Graves Jarrett. It to go to Thomas if William dies w/o issue
- To wife Ann negro man Senton during her life then to sons Thomas and William, she also to be executrix
- Remainder equally divided between four youngest children Thomas, Wiolliam, Ann and Eleanor
Witnesses: Daniel Corbitt, John Collins, Thomas Gillis (SoW-EB9:132, MdW-20:067)

NOTE - he calls son William both eldest and youngest in this will - not sure how.

Thomas married Ann GARRETT, daughter of Graves GARRETT and Mary Gillis, about 1707 in Somerset Co., MD. (Ann GARRETT was born in 1695-1696 in Somerset Co., MD and died after 1747 in Somerset Co., MD.)