Margaret Oswald and Frederick Smyth marriage contract (1784)

Item

Title

Margaret Oswald and Frederick Smyth marriage contract (1784)

Description

Margaret Oswald Smyth, sister of Elizabeth Oswald Chew, was a legatee of Thomas Turner's estate, and later an executor and heir of Joseph Turner's estate. She inherited Wilton Plantation, but was unable to maintain the property, forcing her to rent it to various tenants. After her marriage to Frederick Smyth, the couple petitioned for financial support from the estate through Benjamin and Elizabeth Chew. Their requests for money became so persistent that the case was brought into arbitration. As part of Joseph Turner's estate, Benjamin and Elizabeth Chew also became administrators of Elizabeth’s mother Mary Oswald's estate, as she had appointed her brother Joseph Turner as one of her executors. This subseries contains accounts, bonds, correspondence, deeds, estate inventories, leases, legal documents, and materials documenting the sale and transfer of several slaves from Benjamin Chew to Margaret Oswald Smyth.

Type

text

Creator

Chew, Margaret

Date Created

1784

Format

manuscript

Is Part Of

Chew family papers (2050) | Box 44 | Folder 25

Spatial Coverage

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Subject

Slavery--United States--History |Chew family |Pennsylvania--History | Women--History--19th century

Extent

4 pages

Language

eng

Rights

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Item sets

Chew Family Papers