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.