Will of John McCready, deceased 1841, contested by Andrew McCready, March 1842 (B159-312 Provided by Patricia Richardson genfind@homestead.com

Complainant

Andrew McCready and others

Against

John Langrall and others, representatives and heirs of John McCready

Real estate of which John McCready died seized to be sold for payment of his debts. That Keeny Page be and is hereby appointed trustee to make the sale and that the course of this proceeding shall be as follows:

He shall first file with the Register of the court and bind to the state of Maryland surities approved by the chancellor in the penalty of $5,000 ? and for the faithful performance of the trust reposed in him by this decree proceed to make the sale having first given 3 weeks notice inserted in papers as the trustee shall deem proper, of the time, place, manner and terms of sale, which shall be cash on the day of the sale.

After the sale, the trustee shall return to this court a full and particular account of the proceeding relative to said sale with an affidavit of the truth thereof and fairness of the sale: and on obtaining the Chancellor’s ratification of the sale and on the payment of the whole purchase money (and not before) the trustee shall by a good deed to be executed and acknowledge according to law and convey to the purchaser and his heirs the property to whom sold free, clear and discharged from all claim of the complainant and of the defendants and of those claiming by ? under them or either of them and the trustee shall bring into court the ? on the sale together with the purchase money arriving thereon when received be applied under the chancellor’s direction after deducting the costs of this such as commission to the trustee as the chancellor shall think proper to allow on consideration of the skill, attention and fidelity wherewith he shall appear to have discharged his trust, and the trustee shall at time of sale advertising the said sale give notice to the creditors of said John M. McCready to establish their claim in the chancery office within six months from the day of sale with proper vouchers thereof.

27 August 1850 Charles L. Chaplain of city and county of New Haven CT., trustee to John Langrall, Dorchester County, land sold in the cause of Andrew McCready and others, complainants against John Langrall and others, defendants, part of Elliotts Island called "McCready’s Cost" formerly property of John McCready deceased.

2 FGH 248

1850 Census shows John’s daughter, Eliza McCready, age 11, living in the home of Ann Langrall, age 60, born about 1790 and William Langrall, age 40. William was a sailor