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Descendants of James Loch Weems




Generation No. 1


1. JAMES LOCH4 WEEMS (DAVID3 WEMYSS, JAMES2, DAVID1)1 was born Abt. 1701 in Fife, Scotland, and died 13 August 1781 in Billingsley, Prince George's County MD2. He married (1) SARAH PARKER3 Bef. 29 March 1727 in Calvert County MD4, daughter of GEORGE PARKER and SUSANNA PARROTT. She was born Bef. 1710 in Calvert County MD, and died Abt. 1746 in Calvert County MD. He married (2) MARY SKINNER5,6 April 1746 in Calvert County MD, daughter of WILLIAM SKINNER and ELIZABETH MACKALL. She was born Bet. 1694 - 1704 in Calvert County MD, and died 1769 in Calvert County MD7.

Notes for JAMES LOCH WEEMS:
According to Rachel Weems Reynolds manuscript and family tradition, James Weems married in Virginia. His first wife died there without issue. He then married second Sarah Parker.
1732 inherited property in Stafford County Va from his uncle Wm Loch

WILL: 14 NOV 1778 CHANCERY 4931 CALVERT CO 1784
DATE OF DEATH GIVEN IN CHANCERY 2995, CALVERT CO 1795
ISSUE: CHANCERY 4931
MARRIAGE TO MARY COMPTON WHEELER: CHANCERY 3556, CALVERT CO 1790
BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF THE MARYLAND LEGISLATURE PP 873-874

29 Dec 1721: Witnessed deed from Capell Holland to Jacob Holland, Anne Arundel County
21 Dec 1723: Witnessed deed from John Galloway to Richard Galloway, Anne Arundel County
22 Feb 1726/27: Witnessed deed from Nathan Rigby of AA Co to Samuel Dickenson of Talbot Co
7 May 1740: Purchased Billingsley in Prince George's County
1760: Chief Justice of Calvert County [MD Archives 31.410]

Lived at Weems Forest, the last of his life and died at his grandson's Dr. Nathaniel Weems of Billingsley while on a visit.

Notes for SARAH PARKER:
SOURCES:
NAMED IN WILL OF FATHER, GEORGE PARKER, 5 MAR 1710
PREROGATIVE COURT WILLS L13 F201 MHR


Notes for MARY SKINNER:
Parents: Balletta, The Wilkinson Book P94
Birth: Will of Mary Mackall, g-dau, unmarried and under 21 in 1715, L14 F657
1728 Mary Wheeler Adm estate of Robert Wheeler
1730 Joseph Wilkinson and Mary adm estate of Robert Wheeler L10 F402
1734 Will of Joseph Wilkinson ; Accts 1736, 1738 Mary Wilkinson
1745 Christ Church Register, Thomas Crompton and wife Mary
21 Aug 1745, Mary Crompton of Calvert County, widow of Joseph Wilkinson, widow of Thomas Crompton assigns mortgage to James Wardrop
1749 James Weems and Mary adm of Thomas Crompton L27 F200
Marriages: to Robert Wheeler, Crompton, and James Weems, Chancery 3556
to Crompton and James Weems: Letter of John Crompton Weems, 1854, to
Dr. David G. Weems, copy in possession of Anne Agee
Also Weems notes of Harry Wright Newman, now at Charles Co Community College
Death: date mentioned in Chancery 3556

     
Children of JAMES WEEMS and SARAH PARKER are:
2. i.   JAMES5 WEEMS, JR., b. Abt. 1730, Calvert County MD; d. Bef. 28 October 1805, Calvert County MD.
3. ii.   WILLIAM LOCH WEEMS, b. 1735, Calvert County MD; d. Bef. 15 August 1783, Billingsley, Prince George's County MD.
4. iii.   SUSANNAH WEEMS, b. Abt. 1737, Calvert County MD; d. Abt. 1761, Calvert County MD.
5. iv.   JOHN WEEMS, b. 1737, Calvert County MD; d. 07 September 1813, Cave Hill, Louisville, KY.
6. v.   MARGARET WEEMS, b. Abt. 1740, Calvert County MD; d. 1783, Washington County (DC) MD.
7. vi.   SARAH WEEMS, b. Abt. 1740, Calvert Co, MD; d. 30 October 1763, Calvert Co, MD.


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