The Inventory of the Personal Estate of Mareen Duvall
The Deceased wearein apparell 18 14 9
Money Sterling 1 17 6
Silver plate 182 ounzes 46 5 2
HALL
One ffeather bed & bolster, Curtaines, Valians, rugg & blanketts, 2 pillows, 1 straw bed, bedsteed & cord 6 0 0
CHAMBER
2 Tables, 5 Carpetts, 1 Chest & 10 Prussia Leather Chaires 5 0 0
Looking Glass, 1 warming pann, 1 pr. Andirons, 2 law books 3 4 6
CHAMBER OVER IT
1 ffether bed & bolster, 2 pillow, 1 rugg, 2 blankets, Curtains & valians, 1 Straw bed, bedsteed & Cord 4 0 0
7 Prussia Leather Chaires, 1 old Table & 1 small chest 2 7 0
1 Looking Glass, 1 Child bed baskett & 2 Callico Curtains 0 9 0
SOUTH LOWER CHAMBER
1 ffeather bed, bolster, 2 pillows, 1 rugg, 2 blanketts, 1 Straw bed, curtains & vallins, bedsteed & cord 6 0 0
1 Large Looking Glass & 1 trunk & 1 Table 2 17 0
1 Chest of Drawers & 1 Large Chest 1 7 0
8 Prussia Leather Chaires, Andirons, Showell & tonges 2 18 0
CHAMBER OVER IT
2 ffeather beds, 2 bolsters, 4 pillows, 2 ruggs, 2 blankets, 2 Straw beds, 2 bedsteeds, 2 cords & 4 suits of
Curtains & Vallins 7 5 3
2 Trunks, 3 Chest, 8 fflagg brooms & 1 payle 1 18 3
3 lb peper, 7 oz cloves & mace & 23 ouz nutmeggs 0 14 0
82 lb of Musconade Sugar 1 7 4
14 lb Candles, 6 wooden pudding dishes & poringers 0 8 3
1 fflock bed & bolster 1 6 0
MIDDLE ROOME
2 Cases Knifes & forks 1 3 0
1 old couch, couch bed, pillow & match coate & a cubbard, Table Carpett and Trunk & 2 small boxes 2 6 6
3 Gunns 1 7 0
KITCHIN
2 Large brass Kettles, 1 stew pann, 1 small kettle, six Candle Sticks, Several Snuffers, Skinner,
Ladle & old brass 4 19 0
2 tinn Lanthornes, 2 ffish plates, 2 cullinders 0 5 0
2 Iron Dripping panns, 1 old Chaffering Dish, 1 paine 0 15 0
2 Coll mettle Skillets, 1 morter & pestle 1 0 0
286 ¼ lb of pewter 11 18 0
2 tinn sause painns, 1 fundell, 1 doz round Trenchers, 1 ½ doz spoons 0 4 0
2 box Irons & heaters, 1 doz iron sewers & 2 flasketts 0 11 0
98 lb wrought Iron spitts, crowhooks, pott hooks 1 0 0
6 Iron potts weighing 198 lb 1 13 0
1 pr Large Andirons 1 15 0
1 old Table, 1 forme, 1 halfe bushell, 1 bred tray, 2 payles 0 10 0
KITCHIN CHAMBER
3 fflock beds, 3 ruggs, 6 blanketts & 4 bolsters 1 0 0
Harnes for two horses & 8 lb feathers 1 4 0
Mareen Duvall was a merchant and as such had a store, probably located on Middle Plantation. The estate inventory of the store gives us an idea of what sort of things people purchased at that time in colonial history:
OLD STORE HOUSE
3 paire of fetters & 1 Curry comb 0 11 6
1 Suite of old Curtaines & vallins & 7 bed cords 0 11 3
22 paire men french falls 3 6 0
23 men pollonias 2 6 0
Paire Boys pollonais 0 15 0
18 women french falls 1 19 0
14 paire of Boys falls 1 8 0
12 paire Girlls falls 1 2 0
Woodmill Stockins (3 pr moth eaten) 1 0 0
314 - of Soape 9 3 3
14 women's straw hats & 9 girlls 0 19 7
2 Leather Otters & raines & Drapier girts 0 7 2
1 Snafle bridle & 1 paire stirup Leathers 0 2 0
4 Gotten wooke, 4 Gimblets, 1 Trowell 0 11 2
20 Black hafted knifes & 1 Ivory 0 5 6
3 Doz ha: Sizers, 11 doz thred laces 0 14 0
3 men felt hats & 3 boys 0 15 0
17 of brown & colloured thred 1 18 3
13 ½ Doz Needles, 18 doz ¼ browne thred 0 2 2
8 Gall of Mollasses, 1 Course Towell & 1 cooper rod 0 14 0
11 m pinns, 5 pr fine filliting 0 13 3
1 pr of Cullen tape & 4 pr of blew 0 9 0
37 ½ doz thred buttons 0 5 4
¾ Silke & 3 muzlin Neckecloths 0 16 6
16 paire of Mens Gloves & 2 ½ thimbles 0 13 0
3 paire Girles Gloves & 12 yds fine holland tape 0 2 6
2 paire Girlls Paragon bodies 0 11 0
6 doz horne Combs & 3 old Ivory Combs & a brush 0 9 3
15 horne Combs & 3 paire small tobacco tongs 0 4 0
13 yards filliting 0 1 0
844 hobb nailes & 4 Nayles 0 1 3
9 Stock Locks & 13 Staples 0 12 0
3 paire Sheep Sheares & 2 Spring Locks & Staples 0 4 8
7 Mill pecks, 1 Could Chisel & a wrench 0 4 6
1 Gunn Lock & 11 doz Coate Silke buttons 0 8 0
18 ½ doz white thread buttons & a parecell of thred 0 2 0
42 yards black Duffells 4 18 0
10 yards broad claothe 3 6 0
2 peices thick Kersey 3 6 0
69 yards Cotton 3 9 0
10 yards Red plaines, 5 ½ yds Peniston, & 14 paire of wollen women stockins 1 18 0
33 paire of mens ditto 2 9 6
4 paire women worsted 0 10 0
9 paire Children wollen 0 6 0
23 paire Boys 0 19 2
5 paire mens 0 7 6
10 paire men worsted 1 13 0
4 pr Sarge 7 4 0
5 ½ yds Sarge 0 9 7
36 yards flock bed Tickin 1 10 0
48 Ells of fine holland 0 16 3
35 fine Dowlas 4 2 5
33 Ells ditto 3 0 6
48 Ells ditto 3 12 0
16 ¼ ells ditto 1 4 4
93 ½ Ells Canvas 6 4 8
70 Ells English Canvas 2 18 11
2 Ells fine dutch Holland 20 Dowlas 0 3 4
12 Sugar 0 4 0
7 yards broad painted lynin 0 7 0
10 pr Large Girlls wollen Stockings 0 11 8
2 paire Silver Buckles 0 8 0
164 Ells Browne Ozenbriggs 6 16 8
194 Ells English Canvas 8 2 3
18 peices blew Linnen Cont 14 7 5
1 peice painted Callico 0 10 0
1 yard Striped Crape & 4 ½ yds Striped Stuff 0 8 3
1 peice white Dinnety 1 9 0
66 Dowlas 5 11 3
76 Ells ditto 5 14 9
9 14 Ells Course Lining 0 12 3
1 box wafers & 1 Lansett 0 1 0
13 Sickles 0 14 1
8 Grubing howds & 3 drawing Knives 0 12 4
2 broad howds & 29 Narrow ditto 1 6 8
8 38 Narrow Axes 2 19 8
240 Gun flints 0 4 6
22 lb Bulletts & 63 lb Drop Short 0 13 0
18 ½ goose Shott 1 4 0
1 pwll of old Brass & old Iron & 81 pottle bottles 2 8 6
116 lb home made Cheese & 120 lb Butter 4 8 0
1 Bell & a small Trunke 0 7 0
26 Gallons of Rum 5 4 0
82 quart bottles 1 0 6
40 lb Powder 2 0 0
8 lb of Lead 0 1 0
5880 5 p Nayles 0 14 8
250 30 p Nailes 0 4 4
7000 8 p ditto 1 4 6
2 paire Scales & a sett of weights 0 5 6
2 paire Large Steele yards & 1 pr Lesser 1 14 0
4 Stone Juggs & 1 fine sifter 0 6 9
8 Large Chests & 1 Small ditto 4 1 0
4 Baggs at 18 each & Ells & yards 0 6 9
4 frying panns 0 11 0
45 Bushells of Indian Corne. 2 14 0
3 lb whele bone 0 7 0
A parcell of old working Tooles 0 9 0
1 paire Cart Wheeles 0 15 0
PATUXON QUARTER
1 Iron Pott, 4 old cask, 1 earthen Milk pann 0 6 6
1 Large Canvas bed tick & 1 old Rugg 0 5 0
14 hoghead Tobacco at Marsh Quarter not Markable 6 0 0
MIDLE PLANTAON
9 hoghds Tobacco at the Fox pond 2 not marcchble 6 0 0
4 hoghds & 200 not at hand 4 10 0
4 hoghds Ground Leafe 1 0 0
MILK HOUSE
1 churne, 3 butter potts, 1 Table, 2 Glasses
QUARTERS
2 hand mills, 1 pistle, t spade, 1 Green stone 2 6 6
1 Rugg & Cannis tickes 0 7 0
old syder caskes 0 7 0
1 pr maul rings, 9 wedges & 1 cros cut saw 0 12 0
1 broad ax, 1 hand saw, 2 Lathin hamers & 1 gough 0 4 0
LINEN QUARTERS
3 fine large sheets, 2 paire fine sheets 2 12 0
5 paire Course ditto, 5 pake old Cannis ditto 2 15 0
3 paire Course browne Ozen brigs 0 18 0
10 Dowlas pillowboards, 6 course pillowboards 1 0 0
7 fine pillow beares & 1 old ditto 0 14 6
6 Cubert Cloth, 1 mantle cloth, & 4 sister Cloths 0 7 6
6 Long old diaper table cloth & 16 napkins 1 10 0
1 old Damask table cloth, 3 old napkins 0 6 0
1 New Ozenbrig table cloth, 1 doz. napkins 0 12 0
1 old ozenbrig table cloth & 8 new dowlas Towells 0 18 0
2 old Diaper Towells & 2 old Dowlas ditto 0 4 0
4 Callico window curtains & 1 child Damask mantle 0 9 6
2 brushes, a comb case, & 4 books 0 3 6
14 old quart Caske 1 8 0
1 Sadle & bridle & 3 old padds 0 17 0
6 ½ bushells Bay Salt & 4 bushells of white Salt 2 2 0
AT MIDDLE PLANTATION
3 Large Barowes 2 5 0
4 Large Barowes & 4 sows 4 16 0
9 Sows 2 5 0
8 Small hoggs 1 8 0
1 Sow & 4 Shoats 0 14 0
9 Small Shoats 0 18 0
22 Smaller Shoats 1 7 6
1 Two Years old Bull 0 12 0
3 2-yeares old heifers & 2 two-yeares old Steeres 5 0 0
3 Large Steers 8 10 0
13 Cowes & calfes 29 5 0
1 Cow 2 0 0
1 Horse Called black Thom 4,-,-
1 Horse called Sparke 4,-,-
1 Mare called Sary 3,-,- 18 0 0
1 horse called Paule 5,-,-
1 old horse Called Symon -,10,-
1 3-yeare old Geldying Called Ladd 2,-,-
PATUXON QUARTER
4 Steers 7-yeares old 12,-,-
1 " 4-Yeares old & heifer 4,-,-
2 Steeres 3-yeares old & heifer 4,-,- 28 0 0
2 heifers 2-yeares old each 2,-,-
2 Calfes & Calves & 2 Yearlings 5,10,-
GREAT MARSH QUARTER
1 Gunn 4 foote Long 0 9 0
4 Large sows & piggs 2 0 0
27 young sows & barrows 9 10 0
1 Iron ketle, 1 frying pan, & 1 pester 0 7 0
1 paire Maule rings, 3 wedges & o cross cut saw 0 9 0
A Barrell of old Tooles 0 3 0
1 old bed Tick, 1 old Rugg 0 4 0
14 New Tobacco hoghds 0 14 0
1 old Grinding Stone. 0 5 0
26 ½ Bushells Wheate 4 2 9
4 ½ Bushells Beanes 0 11 3
39 Bushells Indian Peas 5 17 0
81 Barrills Indian Corne 28 7 0
Included in the property inventory of Mareen Duvall's personal estate were his slaves:
SLAVES
1 Negro named Sacose 28,-,-
1 ditto named Johny Boy 28,-,-
1 ditto Named Toby 27,-,-
1 ditto named Robin 27,-,-
1 ditto named Will 27,-,-
1 ditto named Tony 27,-,-
1 ditto Named Peter 22,-,-
1 Negro Boy named Mingo 26,-,-
1 ditto named Samson 26,-,- 412 0 0
1 ditto named Jacob 26,-,-
1 ditto named Simon 26,-,-
Negro woman named Betty 26,-,-
ditto named Jenny 25,-,-
ditto named Hester 25,-,-
ditto named Janu old 20,-,-
Negro Girll named Kate 10,-,-
ditto named Sary 10,-,-
Negro Boy named Jemey 6,-,-
860 ffoott Blanke 3 11 0
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