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State of Service: MD
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: 09 Nov 1740 / Baltimore / MD Death: 05 Feb 1795 Baltimore / Baltimore / MD
Paid Supply Tax in 1783 in Delaware Upper Hundred, Baltimore Co, MD
Marriage Source: MD Genealogical Society Bulletin: Winter 1993 Vol. 34 No. 1 VG, P. 477, Wagers, William, m. Ann Mercier ca. 1760 Balto. Co., MD. R-223.
Ann Mercer was the daughter of Luke Mercer per his LW&T, 22 Sept. 1775 – 14 Nov. 1775, naming w. Barbara and these ch.: Francis; Richard; Andrew; Weldon; Elizabeth, m. Henry Poole; Ann, wife of William Wagers.
Children of William Wages and Ann Mercer
(01). James WAGES b: 09 Sep 1761 in Baltimore Co., MD. & d: 18 Feb 1825 in Bush Creek, Frederick Co., MD. On 5 Apr 1789 in Frederick Co. MD, Marriage to Barbara Poole, the daughter of Henry Poole & Mary Elizabeth Mercier
(02). Ann WAGES b: 1763 in Baltimore Co., MD. ?????
(03). Luke WAGES b: Abt. 1763 in Baltimore Co., MD. & d: 09 Oct 1847, Carroll Co., MD, & m: 02 Apr 1789 at 1st German Reformed Church, in Baltimore Co., MD. to Patience Marshall, daughter of Thomas John Marshall & Sarah (Darby or Bull?) , the widow of William Phillips, whom Patience m: 06 Dec 1780 in Anne Arundel Co., MD.
(04). Barbara WAGES b: 1770 in Baltimore Co., MD. m: 04 Apr 1787, in Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD. to Benjamin Criswell.
(05). Elizabeth WAGES b: ABT 1771 in Baltimore Co., MD. m: 09 Apr 1791, Baltimore Co., MD. to James Criswell.
(06). Francis Xavier WAGES b: 1772 in Baltimore Co., MD. & d: 05 Dec 1825, in Wagersville, Estill Co., KY. & m: 07 Sep 1791, in St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Baltimore Co., MD. to Patience Logsdon,
(07). Elijah WAGES (Sr.) b: 1774 in Baltimore Co., MD. & m: 20 Jan 1798, in Baltimore Co., MD. to Margaret Kelly.
(08). Thomas WAGES b: 1775 in Baltimore Co., MD. & m: 12 Sep 1794, in Baltimore Co., MD. to Margaret Wooden.
(09). William Simpson WAGES b: ABT 1776 in Baltimore Co., MD. & died 27 Mar 1848, in Carroll Co., MD. & m: 23 Mar 1796, in Frederick Co., MD. to Nancy Ann Frizzell.
(10). Rachel WAGES b: 11 NOV 1778 in Baltimore Co., MD. & d: 25 Mar 1856, in Muskingum Co., Ohio. & m: 11 Aug 1798, in Baltimore Co., MD. to Caleb Deacon Jordon.
WagesTrust: Various seen spellings: Wager’s Trust, Wayger’s Trust, Wageses Trust, Wages’s Trust
Patented Certificate: 5072, Acres: 313, Serveyed for William Wages on 11th June 1759, Ex’d (executed) and passed: 04th October 1759, Pd. 25 June 1760, Rec. (Record) of Cert. (Certificate): BCOS No. 12 folio 284
Baltimore County
By virtue of a special warrant granted out of his Lord ships land office by renownment December 19, 1750 to survery and lay out far William Wages of Baltimore County 192 acres of vacant land here tofore included by a certain Philip Edwards in a resurvey he made on 50 acres part of a track of land called Watsons Trust and my other vacant land adjoying to the foresaid 192 acres.
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