Research Notes:
A biosketch of Moses Groome reported [1]:
Groom, Moses, of Balto. and A.A. Co., b. c. 1649, d. by 21 Jan. 1698/9 when admin. bond was posted by the wid. and admns., Dorothy Groome, with Stephen Johnson and Rich. Isaacke; m. 1st, Amy (---), and 2nd Dorothy (---); his wid. m. as her 2nd husb. Robert Cutchins; Moses was in Md. by 20 Feb. 1667 when he wit. the will of John Peart of A.A. Co.; he gave his age as 19 in 1668; he was left pers. by the will of David Jones; in April 1687 surv. 300 a. Groom's Chance, and also came to poss. 150 a. of a 300 a. tract Taylor's Choice; his est. was inv. 16 June 1698/9 by Thomas Staley and William Peckett, and val. at £185.14.1, plus 1200 lbs. tob. in "sperate" debts; on 11 Nov. 1702 Robert and Dorothy Cutchin admin. Groom's est., and admin. it again on 1 Oct. 1707; Moses was the father of (by 1st wife): Moses; Rebecca, m. on 31 Aug 1698 Robert Saunders, s. of James; Ann, m. Col. James Maxwell; Elizabeth, m. 1st John Ewings, and may have m. 2nd Joshua Merriken ...
1701 Elizabeth, widow of William Ebden of Baltimore County, Maryland, married by 1701, Moses Groome. The records are not clear. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
1717 Moses Groome witnessed a deed in Prince George's County. [7]
[1] Robert W. Barnes, Baltimore County Families 1659-1759, 284, [AncestryImage].
[2] Maryland Archives Land Records, citing Testamentary Proceedings 18:66, 74, 79, 101, [MD Land Records].
[3] Maryland Prerogative Court, Maryland Colonial Testamentary Proceedings 1718-1777, 19-66, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[4] Maryland Prerogative Court, Maryland Colonial Testamentary Proceedings 1718-1777, 19-74, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[5] Maryland Prerogative Court, Maryland Colonial Testamentary Proceedings 1718-1777, 19-79, not found, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[6] Maryland Prerogative Court, Maryland Colonial Testamentary Proceedings 1718-1777, 19-101, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[7] Elise Greenup Jourdan, Land Records of Prince George's County, Maryland: 1717-1726 (1990), 3.