Prerrogative Court (Wills)
Item
Country
US
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
eng
Contact information: postal address
350 Rowe Blvd, Annapolis, MD 21401
Contact information: phone number
001 (410) 260-6400
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
msa.helpdesk@maryland.gov
Reference number
S538
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (official language of the state)
Prerrogative Court (Wills)
Language of title
eng
Creator / accumulator
Prerrogative Court
Date(s)
1635/1777
Language(s)
eng
Extent
41 volumes
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
This series of Maryland's Probate Records includes copies of witnesses' wills, codicils, and oaths from 1635 to 1777. The first two volumes contain wills transcribed from other sources (e.g., testamentary proceedings, inventories and accounts, patent records, and proceedings of the Governor and Council). The first volume includes the will of John Lumbrozo, alias Jacob Lumbrozo (S538-1, fols. 249-250). Lumbrozo was the first known Jewish resident in Maryland and one of the earliest physicians in the colony. See the transcription of this will in Hollander (1893).
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System of arrangement
Records are chiefly arranged chronologically.
Access, restrictions
The collection is also available on microfilm (MSA SM16).
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Author of the description
Carla Vieira, 2023
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