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I found a reference to Anthony Chamness' indenture in London which also lists others
who were sent to Maryland at the same time. This might help in finding out more about
Anthony's early years in Maryland.
"The Complete Book of Emigrants (1700-1750)" by Peter Wilson Coldham,
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.1991, p. 337:
1725
9 February. The following bound to John Cooke for Maryland: James Ricketts of St. Micheal,
Gloucester, aged 16, to serve 5 years; William Newman of St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey,
aged 15, to serve 7 years; Edmund Webb of Richmond, Surrey, aged 16, to serve 7 years;
Anthony Chamness of Whitechapel, Middlesex, aged 15, to serve 7 years. (Corporation of
London Record Office, P.O. Box 270, Guildhall, London EC2P 2EJ: Agreements to Serve in the
Plantations, Memoranda, pp.59-62.)
10 February. John Cotton of All Hallows Lombard Street, London, aged 20, bound to John
Taylor to serve 4 years in Maryland, p. 65
James Robinson of St. George, Southwark, Surrey, cordwainer aged 21,
bound to John Cooke to serve 4 years in Maryland, p. 66
11 February. The following bound to Christopher Veale to serve 5 years in Maryland:
Abraham Collue of Stepney, Middlesex, weaver aged 19; Isaac Barnett of Stepney, Middlesex,
weaver aged 19, with the consent of his mother Martha B., pp. 67-68.