John Cissell (as opposed to John Cecil ?***?): from Karen Salisbury: In
Colonial Settlers of St. Clement's Bay 1734-1780, St. Mary's County, Md, by
Mary Louise Donnelly, Will: Probated 16 June 1698, Appraised 26 July 1698,
...Ship Martha Constant...
He had the ship I believe-we know he had money since he seems to have bought
land immediately: "Colonial Settlers, St. Clement's Bay 1734-1780, St.
Mary's County, Maryland" by Mary Louise Donnelly, states "John Cissell
(Cecil), a Catholic, immigrated to the Province of Maryland in 1658 from
Wales, England (Patents 4:29). He married Mary __________. Upon his
arrival, John Cissell was a man of means as he purchased a number of tracts
in St. Mary's County. He became possessor of 150 acres of "White Acre"
which on 12-Nov-1652 had been patented for William Brough on 25-Nov-1642,
who died in 1651leaving his total estate to his wife Sarah (w 1:37).
He also married a Calvert as his second wife. So I do not think he is the
same as the indentured Cecil's you mention below. I do think, though, that
the Barbados records could be key, along with the ownership records of the
"Constant Martha." I wonder if any one else has done research on this and
noted something that would help.
MELISSA THOMPSON ALEXANDER
ma.da(a)gte.net
edmonds, washington, usa
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Subject: Re: new info available through LDS IGI brings doubt that Thomas
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In a message dated 1/11/01 9:34:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, ma.da(a)gte.net
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"John and family had a sailing vessel called the "Martha Constant" that
plied between Barbados Colony and the Maryland Colony, plus visits to
Nevis,
Virgin Islands. Some of these sailings could have been made for the
transport of indentured servants. Barbados dated from 1627 with the
British, Maryland dated 1632 and Nevis dated from 1627-28 with the
British."
>
Hi Melissa et everybody!
I don't know source of John Cecil (or Cissell) having a ship called the
"Martha Constant." I DO know that from February of 1658 to March of 1680,
at
least 13 people were indentured servants from England sent to Barbados,
Nevis, Maryland and Virginia. These men and women were indentured to John,
Richard, Walter, James, John Jr. Cecil. Two of these people, both
indentured
James and John Cecil, were transported on the ship "Martha Constant."
There were several Cecils in Barbados at the time--including a James and
Martin Cecil. Also living in Barbados about 1656 was Captain John
Higginbotham. This is of note because he migrated to Maryland and his
descendants ended up in Tazewell, Virginia, about the same time that my
Cecil
line moved there. Katherine Higginbotham is a descendant of both lines, and
did lots of genealogy in the past (I don't believe that she is still
living.)
Anyway, the puzzle gets more convoluted! If anybody wants more detail on
this (such as names, etc.) I have them. Just don't know WHICH Cecils are
involved, but it suggests a contact between those Cecils of Barbados and the
Cecils of Maryland and Virginia.
Penny