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- "During the years of the active business life of Dr. John Lemaire in Charles County and of Thomas and Peter Lamar in Calvert County, which then adjoined Charles County, a number of public records in Charles County make mention of John Lamarr. The name is spelled in a number of different ways, but always pronunciation would be the same as that of Thomas and Peter Lamar, and rather different than that of Dr. John Lemaire. In view of the imperfect and incomplete condition of the public records of Charles County at that time it is impossible to determine whether in fact these records refer to a different man than the physician, for there are a few instances in documents other than those herein mentioned where the spelling is used both ways in the same document. The facts which may indicate that the third brother of Thomas and Peter Lamar lived in Charles County are not at all conclusive but are as follows:
In 1675 John Lemarr was a beneficiary under the last will and testament of Giles Cole who was mortally wounded in a battle with the 'Northern Indians.' Other beneficiaries under the will were Henry Hawkins, Thomas Hawkins, Eliza Hawkins and John Hawkins, Jr. Henry and John Hawkins later moved to Queen Anne county, across Chesapeake Bay, where they became the owners of 'Hawkins Charcolia,' a plantation which was later sold to Charles Lemar, who in turn was apparently related to the children of Peter Lamar. [MD Calendar of Wills, V. 1, p. 110] Furthermore, Charles County Judgment Record Index, Liber WC, at pages 666 and 701 makes mention of a suit brought by Lemarre against Wheeler, while page 785 mentions a suit brought by John Lamarr against James Wheeler. It is to be noted that the Wheeler family also moved to Queen Anne County, where one of the sons of Charles Lemar, above mentioned, married Mary Wheeler in 1733. In Will Book, Vol. 4, at page 160, Charles County records, the will of Edward Gale appears. It bears date of February 1, 1685, and was witnessed by J. lemare. Court Records Book P, at page 54 mentions a suit brought by John Lemar against Francis Hemersley. Maryland Archives, Vol. 7, page 249, refers to an act passed by the Legislative Assembly ordering payment of 1,500 pounds of tobacco to John Lamarr in compliance with a former act 'paying the assessment of the Public charge of the Province for services or money due.' A resurvey of 'Love Plantation' in Charles County was ordered and the record shows this plantation was owned by John Lemare."
Lemar mention that prior to 15 Jan 1677, a Jane Lemarr had arrived in the colony as evidenced by the bonus land application of Capt. John Bull. He did not know the relationship but thought that she might have been the wife of John Lamarr or a sister to Thomas, Peter, and John. Maybe she is the Jane Simmons that you mention above and was the wife of John. The only other record he found was in Calvert Papers Number 882 at page 64 and Rent Rolls, Land Records of Calvert County at page 73, which show a "widow Delamarre" as owner of 100 acres of land in Calvert County known as "Lowrys Reserve" plantation. Record shows that her ownership was sometime betwen 1651 and 1723. He goes on to say that no record has ever been found that Peter Lamar ever owned a tract of land with this name and that this could not be the wife of Dr. John Lemaire as she was a resident of Charles County and died a few days after becoming a widow. Thomas Lamar did not die until 1712 and was in Prince George County. So he believed that this reference may have been to the wife and widow of John Lamarr.
He then goes on to show how he believes Charle Lemar, a possible son of this John, was related to the daughters of Peter Lamar. One of the daughters, some years after the death of her father, made her home with Charles Lemar and his wife in Queen Anne County.
Wife was possibly Jane SIMMONS per Col. Donald M. Fehlings. Mary SIMMONS left a legacy to her grandson, Charles (II) who would have probably been about 2 in 1712 when the will was made in Charles County.
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1653 - 1694 (41 years)
