Prerrogative Court (Wills)

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Country: US
Name of institution (official language of the state): Maryland State Archives
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: https://msa.maryland.gov/
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).
Access points: locations: Charles County, Maryland (USA); Maryland (USA)
Access points: persons, families: Lumbrozo, Jacob (John Lumbrozo)
Access points: subject terms: Sephardim in North America; Wills; 17th century
Access points: document types: Wills and probates
System of arrangement: Records are chiefly arranged chronologically.
Access, restrictions: The collection is also available on microfilm (MSA SM16).
Digital copies are available online:; Guide for Government Records
Links to finding aids: Guide for Government Records: Information on S538 - (Wills)
Author of the description: Carla Vieira, 2023
Published primary sources: Hollander, J. H. 1893. “Some Unpublished Material Relating to Dr. Jacob Lumbrozo, of Maryland.” Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, no. 1: 25–39. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43058505.

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