VI. [Records of the Land Office, Liber 7, folio 633.] To the honble [honorable] Lieut Generall brozie 50 acres rent Role discovery fol. 634. Laid out for John Lumbrosie of this province Chirurgeon Jno. Luma parcell of Land in Charles County called Lumbrosie's dis- Put in the covery lying on the East side of the North East branch of Lumbrosies Nanjemy Creek beginning at a bounded Oak the bound tree Pat. infra of Richard True and the land formerly laid out for Giles Glover standing by the creek side bounding on the North with the Said True's Land by a line drawn East North East from the said oak into the woods for one hundred and fifty perches to a bounded poplar being the exterior bound tree of the said Richard True on the East with the land formerly laid out for Edmund Lindsey commonly called the church land-for the length of fifty perches to the exterior line of the said Glover's land which runeth West to the first bounded Oak on the creek Side on the South with the said land on the west with the Said Creek-containing and now laid out for fifty acres more or less JOHN LEWGER dept Surveyor To be held of the Manor Zachaia VII. [Rent Roll of St. Mary's and Charles Counties, No. 2, folio 341.] 7th Sept. 1664 for Jn° Lumbrozio on the Escheat [on opposite page] This land is said to be Escheat. VIII. [Record of Wills, Liber I, folio 249-250.] the four and twentieth day of September 1665 I John Lumbrozo of Nangemy of the Province of Maryla being in perfect and sound health and memory and Calling to mind the transitoryness of all Sublunary things Doe make and Declare this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following revoking and annulling by these presents all and Every testament or testaments Will or Wills. heretofore by me made or declared Either by word or writeing and this-only and no other to be taken for my absolute Last will and Testament. Imprimis I bequeath my soul to its Creator assuredly believing that he will in mercy look upon it and restore itt to Eternal rest and my body to the Earth to have decent Sepulture and as touching that Worldly Estate that the Lord hath blest me with all my My Will Desire Intent and meaning as that it be distributed as followeth First I will and desire that all my Just Debts be truely and honestly paid and Satisfied to the uttermost farthing 2dly My will and Desire is that Elizabeth Lumbrozo my Dearly beloved wife be my soe [sole] Executrix of all my Estate both reall and psonall [personal] and that she and her heires Executors adm's or assigns shall Injoy all my Estate both real and personall for Ever and that two years after my decease she shall send to Holland or any other Convenient Place four Thousand Pounds of good and well Conditioned Tobacco and Caske to be delivered to my dearly beloved Sister [Rebecca] * Lumbrozo and two years after that the Same quantity of four thousand pounds of good and well Conditioned tobacco and Cask to be delivered likewise to my aforesaid Loveing Sister [Rebecca] Lumbrozo 3dly I will and bequeath my dearly beloved Friend Edward Richardson fifty acres of Land lyeing in Nangemy Creeke *See original. -Called Lumbrozios Discovery adjoining to Richard Trues on the one side and Roger Dickson on the other Side 4thly If my Wife should not acknowledge herself to be my Exrix and that she will not prove or take notice of this my will then my desire is that all my Plantacon and all the land appertaining to itt shall be sold shee only reserving her third during her life and the Tobacco that it is sold for to be sent home to my Sister [Rebecca] Lumbrozo 5thly I do desire and request Mr Henry Adams of St Clements Bay both in the Province of Maryland and Edwd Richardson of London Merct to be the Overseers of this my Last Will and Testament and to look that all things herein Contained be as Exactly performed as with all possible Convenience may be 6thly This is my last and Absolute Will and Testament as witness my hand and seal the day and yeare above Written. After these words on the other Side interlyned beginning betwixt the 23rd and 24th Line and Ending betwixt the 25th and 26th Lines (Vizt) and that shee shall enjoy all my said Estate both reall and personall for Ever JOHN LUMBROZO [Seale] [NOTE.] Since the completion of this paper, a duplicate copy of Lumbrozo's will has been located in the Register of Wills Office at Annapolis, together with the proceedings in the Prerogative Court of the Province in reference to the administration of his estate (Testamentary Proceedings, Liber 7, folio 92-93). A detailed inventory of his personal estate has also been found (ibid., Liber 8, folio 30), and a number of interesting references in the imperfect MS. records of Charles County Court from 1662 to 1665. It has been deemed best to reserve their detailed examination for a later study and to present the paper as originally submitted. J. H. H. BEGINNINGS OF NEW YORK JEWISH HISTORY. BY MAX J. KOHLER, M. A., New York. On December 6th, 1859, a paper was read before the New York Historical Society by Rev. Dr. A. Fischel, of that city, on the "History of the Jews in America," in the course of which he referred to the kind and humane treatment accorded to the Jews by the Dutch and by Roger Williams's associates in Rhode Island. Our informant, the Historical Magazine of 1860, adds the interesting statement that the paper was discussed by the American historian, George Bancroft, who took issue with the speaker on the question: "Where had perfect religious freedom and toleration been first accorded to the Jews?', Mr. Bancroft espousing the cause of Rhode Island, while Dr. Fischel was inclined to claim for the Dutch this credit. Be that as it may, the fact remains that it was under the auspices of Holland that almost all the early Jewish settlements in America were made. The few exceptions were settlements by "New Christians," made without governmental authorization, and quickly extinguished by persecution. It is, therefore, natural that the student of American Jewish history should turn to Holland and study its history, particularly that of the Dutch colonial system, in order to familiarize himself with some of the most interesting and important incidents. The statement made above that religious liberty was accorded by Holland is not, however, quite accurate. The student should not overlook the fact that the Pilgrim Fathers applied in vain to the Dutch government for permission to settle in its American dominions before the Plymouth Rock settlement was made. It required |