An Apprentice from Prince George's County, Maryland, Becomes German Town, Pennsylvania Carpenter

An Apprentice from Prince George's County, Maryland, Becomes German Town, Pennsylvania Carpenter by Donald Ray Barnes, C.G. The deposition °Bohn Ramsey in German Town in the County of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania, Carpenter, taken before Robert Ashton and Benjamin Vining of the City of Philadelphia . . John Ramsey of German Town . carpenter, aged forty six (46) years or thereabouts . . he, the deponent served his apprenticeship with Hugh Ryley of the North Branch of (the) Patuxent River, Maryland. That about the year 1694 to the best of deponent's rememberances he (the deponent) together with one James lyVoodall his then fellow apprentice carryed (carried) the chain upon the survey of a certain tract of land surveyed by one John Loach, Deputy Surveyor of Calvert County for his master, Hugh Ryley, which tract of land after the survey thereof was called and went by the name of Ryley's Range . . and contains 800 acres or thereabouts to the best of his remembrance . a . Signed: John Ramsey . a Sworn at Philadelphia before us Robert Ashton and Benja Vining, Commissioners, the day and year above (21 September 1716) Witnesses: Robb Ashion Benja Vining Attached to an instrument dated 21 September 1716: Charles Calvert, Lord and Proprietor of the Province of Maryland, Baron of Baltimore, etc. to Richard Hill, Robert Ashton and Benjamin Vining of the City of Baltimore . appointed you our Commissioners to examine evidence touching the bounds of a tract of land called Ryley's Range in Prince George's County in the Province of Maryland . Source: Maryland Chancery Court Records Book PL #3 (1712-1724), pp. 329-30, Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland A Correction The entry for VOLLENWEIDER on page 208 of PGM,Vol. XXXI II, No. 3 (Spring 1984) should read: VOLLENWEIDER (Fulwider) J Ulrich—Hauptikon, rappel Parish, Switzerland to Pennsylvania August 1747, ship 112 (Hauptikon is about 1 km from Rossau) b Feb. 23-1727, son of Jacob Vollenweider 1876-1761 and Elizabeth Barb 1698 m (America) c1753 Margaret Ulrich Fulwider d 1809 Augusta Co., Va. Correction is courtesy of Annette K. Burgert 359