Re: veitch - vache
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In reply to:
Re: veitch - vache
5/30/01
The wife of James Veitch 'The Sheriff' was Mary Gakerlin.
b 1630 in Wales and died May 30, 1690.
Some of my notes:
Mary was an indentured servant brought to Md by Richard Keene. The normal period of servitude was about 4 years. James bought Mary from Richard:
"James Veitch conveyes one cow calf now in Ishmael Wright's plantation to Richard Keene, of Putuxent, planter" this document is dated 9/30/1657.
The marriage must have occured before this date because in a document dated 8/7/1658:
"Aug't 7, 1658: James Veitch demands lands for the Transportation of Ann Kidde this year, and Mary Gakerlin, now his wife, bought from Richard Keene"
Md Land Office, Annapolis, liber Q, folio 107
The arrangement at this time was that anyone paying for the passage of an indentured servant was given 50 acres of land. At the end of the servitude, the indentured party was also given 50 acres of land. This is the land that James was asking for.
James may have paid the passage of others:
"Warrant to James Veitch for 250 acres of land" liber 6, folio 33