Susanna Morton

Recorded deed at request of buyer. Zachariah Sothoron of Charles Co. & Susan his wife sell Charles Moran of Charles Co. for $300, property called Stony Hills, 96 acres. Begins at a bounded white oak on north side of small branch of West branch of Indian Creek, runs along the branch and along the main road to Benedict. Witness: William Morton, John J. Estept. (Land Rec IB#13:1, Charles Co., 1818.11.23, Recorded 1818.12.27)

Identified in 1825 will of husband Zachariah as wife & beneficiary (see his Notes).

In consequence of the death of John Sothoron, executor of the estate of Zachariah Sothoron, the undersigned renounce their entitlement to administration De Bonis Non, and ask for appointment of Henry G.S. Key as administrator De Bonis Non of Zachariah's estate: Susanna Sothoron, Henry Sothoron, James F. Sothoron. (Orphans Court Proc :239, Charles Co., Recorded 1826.11.02)

Made a stained wood casket for Ssannah Southeron's woman, 3 March 1830.  (Donovan*  1:220)

Population Schedule, U.S. Census, 1830, Georgetown, DC. Susanna Sothoron - pg 184

Mrs. Sutherland, widow, lives e side 3e between e Cap st & A st, Washington Co.. (Washington Directory, 1834)

Named in sister Mary Pitney Morton's will of 1831/1835 (see her Notes).

Administration Docket, A.W. #2, Old Series - page 381, # 1811:

- Dated July 3, 1835 - filed and proved July 30, 1835

- Estate of Susanna Sothoron, late of Washington Co., D.C.

- William Morton, executor

- Bond $1,400 (bond to pay all claims)

- Sureties: William Hayman, William Morton, Jr.

- Docket entries: 1835 July 30 Letters - no returns required. (Card Index, Register of Wills, Washington, DC. 1835 .07.03, Recorded 1835.07.30)

- (Old Series documents are stored at Federal Record Center, Suitland, MD. As of 4 Feb 1980 this record was “missing”. See Pippenger(8)* :368 regarding the significance of "missing" files.)

Will of SOTHORON, SUSANNA, of George Town, D.C., widow.

- Body to be buried according to the rites of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

- Servants Tom, Robert, and Nelly be kept by and kindly treated, by bro. William Morton, of George Town, or sold to humane masters and proceeds for use by bro.

- Stock in Bank of Washington to be sold by Exr., proceeds to: Female Orphan Asylum, of George Town, $25; to female Bible Society of George Town, $25; to Colonization Society for Colonizing Free People of Color on the Western Coast of Africa, $25; to Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church, $15; to Tract Society, $10; to each of the three daus. of Alexander Estep, of Washington City, $50

- To Mrs. Eleanor Gardiner, of Washington, a bed, bedstead, two blankets, pair of sheets, a quilt, sideboard, and watch formerly my husband's

- To Mrs. Clarissa Griffin, of Washington, a bed, two blankets, pair of sheets, a quilt, $50; the servant recently conveyed to her by my bro. John Morton, give in trust to William Morton for use of my bro. John; $100 of money from the estate of my deceased husband

- To Isabella Morton, wife of my bro. William Morton, set of china; to her sons William and Cyprian, and to her daus. Marion, Adeline, Anna Waring [Morton], Elizabeth Lawrason [Morton], and Alice Easton Morton, $50 each out of the estate of my deceased husband

- To my aunt Ann Waring and to her dau. Elizabeth S. Waring, $10 each; and to Miss Rebecca Pierce, $5 to purchase a mourning dress

- To Mrs. Isabella Thompson and to her dau. Margaret Smith, $10 each to purchase a mourning ring; and to Miss Sarah Hepburn, a quilt

- My plantation in Charles Co., Md., to be rented by my Exr. and rent proceeds to be divided, 1/2 to Isabella Morton, wife of my Exr. and residue in equal proportions to the daus. of Isabella Morton, for 5 yrs. after my death; afterwards the plantation be forever the property of my nephew Lawrence M. Morton

- To bro. William Morton, of George Town, all debts, lands, monies, and property

- Exr.: William Morton, bro.

- Wits.: William Jewell; Walter W. Berry; Judson Mitchell. (Pippenger(8)* :199 - Bk. 4, pp. 292-294 {291-293}; Box 13, Georgetown, DC, 1835.07.03, Proved 1835.07.30)

- Original bears her signature:

Made a casket for Susanna Sothoron, 5 July 1835. (Donovan* 2:117)