Nancy Jane (Rachel) Porter

1725 - Aft 1767  (> 43 years)

• Name	Nancy Jane (Rachel) Porter
  Birth	1725
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1767
  Notes	It’s exciting that Don Kagle was able to find this document (i.e. the letter from Rachel McKenzie to the administrator of Moses' estate). In the typed copy I got from a professional researcher the date was given as 1767. As I understand Testamentary Papers are the minutes of the Prerogative Court which functioned until the Revolution handling probate so Rachel’s letter would have been read at an early 1767 meeting of the Prerogative Court. We can probably shore up the date with the document, probably Orphans Court, that Ann Stansbarger found apprenticing Joshua age 3 or 4 .In May, 1767 Rachael, listed as widow of Moses, sold 32 acres (her widow’s third) of McKenzie’s Discovery to John Cord. p684 BB No 3 Anne Arundel Co. The file information pertaining to the aforementioned letter dated 1767 is: Prerogative Court (Testamentary Papers) 90 (MdHR 1331; 1-13-13-1) Letter re Moses MacKenzie, n.d. Box 90 Folder 9, Front Only [1] 04/21/88 Tracking No.: 35845. PD No.: 88-02158.
  Person ID	I00130	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Family	Moses Sr. McKenzie,   b. Abt 1720, Hopson's Choice, Maryland d. Bef 1768 (Age ~ 47 years)
  Children	1. Nancy Ann McKenzie,   b. Hopson's Choice, Maryland d. Aft 1789, Allegany County, Maryland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Moses Jr. McKenzie,   b. Abt 1760, Frederick County, Maryland d. 3 Mar 1824, Cresaptown, Maryland (Age ~ 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Jesse McKenzie,   b. Abt 1762, Maryland d. 3 Nov 1818, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana (Age ~ 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Joshua McKenzie,   b. 20 Mar 1764, Baltimore County, Maryland d. 1835, Ross County, Ohio (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. John McKenzie,   b. UNKNOWN   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F00137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

• Documents		Deed from Rachel McKenzie to James Cord 1767 McKenzie's Discovery On 13 May 1767, Moses McKenzie's (b. 1720) widow, Rachel, attempted to sell 32 acres of McKenzie's Discovery to James Cord for the sum of 7 pounds. The sale must have fallen through or been ruled invalid because on 26 Aug 1783, Moses McKenzie, Jr. evenually sold all 96 acres of McKenzie's Discovery to the same James Cord for 110 pounds. This is the land that Moses Sr. inherited from his father, John MacKinzie via his will in 1758.
  		McKenzie, Rachel (wife of Moses McKenzie b. 1720) Letter to Goldis Bary Comacary (Estate Related) It’s exciting that Don Kagle was able to find this document (i.e. the letter from Rachel McKenzie to the administrator of Moses' estate). In the typed copy I got from a professional researcher the date was given as 1767. As I understand Testamentary Papers are the minutes of the Prerogative Court which functioned until the Revolution handling probate so Rachel’s letter would have been read at an early 1767 meeting of the Prerogative Court. We can probably shore up the date with the document, probably Orphans Court, that Ann Stansbarger found apprenticing Joshua age 3 or 4. Also, in May, 1767 Rachael, listed as widow of Moses, sold 32 acres (her widow’s third) of McKenzie’s Discovery to John Cord. p684 BB No 3 Anne Arundel Co. The file information pertaining to the aforementioned letter dated 1767 is: Prerogative Court (Testamentary Papers) 90 (MdHR 1331; 1-13-13-1) Letter re Moses MacKenzie, n.d. Box 90 Folder 9, Front Only [1] 04/21/88 Tracking No.: 35845. PD No.: 88-02158.