Abraham WILD(e), Mariner of Cecil County and of London, England

 

 

WILDE (WILD), Abraham (England, and Baltimore and Cecil Counties),

• captain of a company of foot before 1681;
• court justice, Baltimore County, 1672-1674, and Cecil County, 1674-1676;
• land owner on south side of Elk River;
• county commissioner by 1683 and returned to England thereafter;
• captain and master of the ship Avarilla rising in Patuxent River on Nov 15, 1688;
• captain and master of the ship Dilligence of London in 1691;
• mariner, late of the Parish of Stepney, County Middlesex, died by November, 1701, probably in England.

 

 

The above taken from Colonial Maryland Soldiers and Sailors 1634-1734 by Henry C. Peden, Jr., M.A.{Ref: Archives of Maryland (abstracts from 30 of the earliest published volumes of the Proceedings and Acts of the Assembly of Maryland and the Proceedings of the Council of Maryland between 1634 and 1734 (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1894-1972) 8:52, 8:239, 17:76, 17:78, 17: 137; BDML(Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979, 1985) II:888; CELR 2:29) --NOTE that Cecil County had earlier been called Baltimore County --ej

 

 

Abraham WILD(e) witnessed and acknowledged several land transactions in Cecil County in 1675 and 1676.

 

On 16 January, 1675, Joseph CHEW acknowledged he was indebted to Nicholas GOODRIDGE of London, mariner, for 20,000 pounds of tobacco.

Henry Ward and Abraham WILD acknowledged this transaction.

 

On 16 August 1675, Joseph CHEW and wife Ruth deed 600 acres of "Morton" by the Sassafras River at Houing Creek, to Nicholas GOODRIDGE

of London, mariner, for 2,000 pounds of Tobacco in cask. This was acknowledged before Henry WARD and Abraham WILD. Ruth also appeared on

16 April 1676, before Henry WARD and Abraham WILD to acknowledge this transaction.

 

--Joseph CHEW owed 2,000 pounds of tobacco to Johannes de Haes of New Castle, Delaware, for a mortgage of a property CHEW had at

Appoquinimink ("in oppoquenemen Creeke neare the old Landing to gether wth the Plantation housing and other the appurtenances"). See Records of the Court of New Castle on Delaware, Vol. I: 19, 72.

 

On 1 September 1675, John CARR deeded "one neck of land" the "third neck up from my dwelling plantation" to John COCKRELL, for 10,000

pounds of tobacco. Abraham WILDE witnessed this transaction.

 

On 21 September 1675, John POOLE and wife Sarah deeded to Robert COOKE and James HALLOWAY 350 acres "Swan Harbour" on the Bohemia, for 4,700 pounds of tobacco. Abraham WILDE and Henry WARD witnessed this transaction.

 

Abraham WILDE returned to London in 1690 with a group of Marylanders, to protest against the activities of the Rev. Col. John COODE in the Maryland Protestant Revolution of 1689. In 1690, in London, Abraham WILDE and others signed a petition to the King, "The humble Petition of several of your Maties Loyal Protestant Subjects, and ancient Inhabitants of your Province of Maryland, and lately from thence here arrived, in behalf of themselves and most of the Inhabitants of the said Province" --the whole of which can be read here:

http://www.combs-families.org/combs/records/md/1689/charges.htm

 

 

 

Abraham WILDE, mariner, was an agent who brought many apprentices to Maryland (and other places) from the 1660's through the 1680's, including:

 

Thomas Bradbury of Blithfield, Staffordshire, tailor to Nevis February 11 1661. Agent: Abraham Wild (a ropemaker)

17 October 1661 Thomas Hughs, to Virginia aboard the Unicorn. Agent: Abraham Wild

6 December 1678 Joane Nickolls, to Maryland. Agent: Abraham Wild

[above from Indentured Servants database at virtualjamestown.org]

Apprenticed in Bristol:

2 July 1680 Walter Thomas to Abraham Wilde, for 7 years by "Samuel"

[No ref -- From THOMAS-L Archives Aug,. 2006

21 August 1684. Apprenticed in London: ...Robert Citterson and John Oldfield to Abraham Wilde, 4 years Maryland

[The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1776]

Aug. 21, 1684 Citterson, Nicholas. Bound to Abraham Wilde for 4 years in Maryland.

[A List of Emigrants from England to America, 1682-1692 by Ghirelli, Michael, p17]

-- the above found in research file of Richard L. Dorson

www.geocities.com/sittersonfamily/7_Sitterson_English_Records.doc

-- Mr Dorson mentions that Abraham Wilde had many more contracts during the same period.

August 18 1684 Joane Pollard, spinster, to Maryland. Agent: Abraham Wilde

August 18 1684 James Bower, to Maryland. Agent: Abraham Wilde, of London, marchant

August 19 1684 Mary Bennett, to Maryland. Agent: Abraham Wilde, of London, marchant

[Indentured Servants database at virtualjamestown.org]

 

Abraham WILDE was Administrator of the estate of Richard Leake:

Leake, Richard, Baltimore Co., 9th Jan., 1673-4; 18th June, 1675. William Whitton, sole legatee. Ex. not named. Abraham Wilde appointed admr. Test: Thos. Overton, Hugh Williams. 2. 346.

 

On September 7, 1686, Abraham WILDE was one of the payees of the estate of Nathaniel Utie of Spesutia Island (Baltimore County):

[Skinner, Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1718-1724, Libers 12, 13A, 13B, 14, 15.  #93667, #71734]

 

 

Abraham WILDE died between 30 Sept. 1699, when he wrote his last Will and Testament, and 8 Jan. 1700, when his will was proved in Canterbury, England. [Will; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury]. He left two sons, his eldest son Isaac, in 1699 (and later) commander of the ship "Dilligent" (to whom Abraham left an eighth share plus cash) and Jacob, under 21, and two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, also under 21. He left cash to his four children, and the remainder of his estate "whether it consist of Lands houses parts of Shipps Jewells Rings goods and chattells ready money debts oweing and standing out ~ plate things and things whatsoever and wheresoever" to "Mary my beloved wife." His widow Mary ___ remarried to John SILK, a pewterer of London. On 20 November, 1701, John SILK of London and Mary, his wife (relict of Abraham WILD, dcd, of Stepney, Middlesex) deeded nearly 2,000 acres of Cecil County properties to Edward WARNER of London, merchant. These properties had been given to Mary by the Last Will & Testament of Abraham WILD.

 

The properties were:

-- 600 acres of "Haslemore" --originally Richard LOES in 1667.

-- 1000 acres (all) of "Grove" --orig. Philip Calvert

-- 160 acres, part of the tract "Stillington" --earlier John Wheeler

and Axel STILLE. On 7 Sept. 1669 Axel STILLE had sold his own part of "Stillington" to John COCK.

-- 65 acres "Chance" --probably that of John COCKS, in 1683. See MSA S1586-490 and 491, which I have not seen (no images in Plats.net).

 

In 1716, Edward WARNER of London sold these properties to William HUSBANDS of Cecil County.

 

-- Who was Mary, first Abraham WILD's widow, then John SILK's wife?

 

-- How and when did Abraham WILD acquire the Maryland properties that he gave to his wife Mary?

 

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Last Will and Testament of Abraham Wilde

 

In the name of God, Amen

I Abraham Wilde of Limehouse in the parish of Stepney in the County of Middx marriner doe make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner as followeth ffirst I give and bequeath unto my Sonn Isaac Wilde one eighth part of the Shipp Diligent whereof the said Isaac is now Comander And alsoe one Eighth part of the Cargoe And also one eights part of all the debts due to the said Shipp at Virginia and Maryland Item I give and bequeath unto my said sonn Isaac the sume of eight hundred pounds Sterling to be paid to him within three months next after my decease which said Legacyes I doe hereby declare is and shall be in full satisfaction and discharge of further portions claimes demands whatsoever  Item I will that the said isaac shall upon the receipt and payment of the said eight hundred pounds giive and execute in due forme of Law unto my Executrix hereafter named agent all Release and ffull discharge of all further Legacyes portions claimes and demands whatsoever from the beginning of the World to the day of payment of the said eight hundred pounds   And in case he shall refuse to execute such discharge then I doe hereby declare that all the said legacys herein before given him shall be void and null and from and after such refusall I give and bequeath all the said Legacyes to my Executrix hereafter named. Item I give and bequeath unto my second son Jacob Wilde the sume of eight hundred pounds to be paid to him within three months next after his attainment to the age of one and twenty yeares Item I will that my said son Jacob at the payment of the said eight hundred pounds give and execute unto my Executrix hereafter named a full discharge or generall Release of all further portions claimes and demands whatsoever from the beginning of the World to the day of such payment And upon his refusal to give such discharge then I give the said eight hundred pounds to my Execiutrix hereafter named. Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Wilde the sume of five hundred pounds Item I give to my other daughter Mary Wilde the sume of five hundred pounds to be paid to them respectively at thair respective age and ages of one and twenty yeares or day of marriage which shall first happen. Item I give and bequeath unto such child or children which Mary my beloved wife now gets with child the sume of five hundred pounds to be paid to him or them at his or her respective age or ages of one and twenty yeares or day of marriage which shall first happen and to be equally shared between them in case there be more than one Child. Item I give unto Elizabeth Stevens my kinswoman fifty pounds Item in case either of my said sons Isaac and Jacob shall die before their respective Legacyes become due then I doe hereby give and bequeath the Legacy or Legacyes of the person soe dying unto the survivor And in case both their deceases before their ___ respective Legacyes become due then I give their said Legacyes to my Executrix hereafter named And soe in the manner in case of the death of either of my said daughters Elizabeth and Mary before their respective Legacyes become due Then I give the legacy of the deceased daughter unto the surviving daughter and in case of both of their deaths before their said Legacyes become due Then I give both my said daughters legacyes unto my Executrix hereafter named Item I give devise and bequeath unto the said Mary my beloved wife all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate and Estates whatsoever -- whether it consist of Lands houses parts of Shipps Jewells Rings goods and chattells ready money debts oweing and standing out ~ plate things and things whatsoever and wheresoever To have and to hold to the said Mary my wife for her heires and assignes forever ~ And I doe hereby revoke all former Will or Wills by me at any time heretofore made And of this my Last Will and Testament I doe hereby make nominate and appoint the said Mary my wife to be executrix in In with so whereof I the said Abraham Wilde have to this my last Will set my hand and seal the thirtieth day of September in the Seaventh years of the Reighe of our Soveraigne Lord Williem the third King of England @ And in the yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand six hundred ninety nine Abraham Wilde signed sealed and delivered by the said Abraham Wilde and by him published and declared to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us: Elizabeth Davies Joseph Daberin Vincent Skegnes an Attorney at Billingsgate /

 

PROBATUM ...venti viro Johanne Cook Legnum _ottoer surrogato ventis ... Richard Raines

... Marie Wilde Relicte ex Executrix in ditto testatamento nominat ...

 

[Above will from National Archives of England: PROB 11/454 Prerogative Court of Canterbury - Will of Abraham Wilde, Mariner of Stepney, Middlesex 176 / 169]

 

 

In the churchyard of Church of St. Dunstan's, Stepney, is a monument on which is written:

"Anne, late Wife of Captain Abraham Wilde of Ratcliff." No date is given, but the dates on the monuments nearby are in the the 1600's. [John Strype's A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, 1720]. The Limehouse section of Stepney Parish is along the Thames River. There were two ropewalks in Limehouse, Stepney Parish, ca 1700. A Ratcliff Lane still exists in the Limehouse part of Stepney.