Notes for Samuel Chew

Notes for Samuel Chew

He was styled Samuel Chew "of Herring Bay." By terms of his Father's will he inherited the tract called "Ayres" and other parcels of land. In 1785, he purchased from the heirs of William Brent, of Virginia, "Kent Fort Manor" on Kent Island, Maryland, which he left to his wife Elizabeth Chew for life, with remainder to his son Samuel Lloyd Chew. In 1787, the Manor, which contained 2005 acres was divided and the southern moiety deed by Samuel Lloyd Chew to his mother. In 1787-1789, the property was mortgaged to Charles Carroll of Carrolton, but the mortgage seems to have been paid off later (Md. Hist. Mag., VI. 254; Deed Records of Queen Anne's Co., 27 June 1797). Samuel Chew also owned "Chew's Farm," a manorial estate in the southern part of Washington Co, Maryland.