Edward Talbee - Baltimore County, MD

Edward Talbee is the earliest known ancestor of the line that descends through William Hitchcock Talbee into NC, KY, IL, IN and elsewhere. Some of these lines will adopt the spelling TAULBEE, others TOLBY. We do not know where Edward came from, if he is part of the line that descends from John TALBY of Salem through Stephen, or if this is a new line altogether.

Edward Talbee: died 1709 in Baltimore County Maryland. His wife Mary died in 1712.

In Baltimore County Families, 1659 - 1759 Edward is listed as having died by 1709, leaving 1 son age 3. (This was son Samuel, father of William Hitchcock Talbee.)

...Edward Talby paid tax on land on the north side of Gunpowder and on Back River for the years 1699 thru 1707.

Edward Talbee: died 1709 in Baltimore County Maryland. Will was probated on Sept 14, 1709. Administrative bond was posted by Mary Talbee with Moses Groom and William Jenkinson. His wife, Mary Talbee's will was probated June 4, 1712. Administrative bond as posted by Archibald Rollo with John Fuller and William Hitchcock. The estate was inventoried by John Tayor and William Hitchcock and valued at L. 1.1.9. Edward and Mary's only known son was Samuel, born about 1706.

...Edward Talby paid tax on land on the north side of Gunpowder and on Back River for the years 1699 thru 1707. Gunpowder is also a river and only about 60 miles long and was in Baltimore Co., it now is in Harford co. ... William Hitchcock also lived on the north side of Gunpowder, this made the two families neighbors. ...

Rose's information is documented in The Baltimore County, Maryland Tax list compiled by Raymond D.Clark (copyright 1964) and contains the family names of Burchfield, Taulbee, and Hitchcock.

1699 William TAlPE s. side of Patapsco
1700 Thomas Birchfield s. side of Gunpowder Hundred
Edward Talbey s. side of Gunpowder Hundred
1701 Edward Tallboy n. side of Gunpowder Hundred
1703 William Hitchcock n. side of Gunpowder Hundred
Edward Talby                         " " " "
Archibald Rollo                     " " " "
Thomas Barckfield                " " " " (Birchfield)
1705 William Hitchcock        " " " "
Thomas Burchfield                " " " "
Archibald Rollo                      " " " " (test will of Hitchcock)
Adam Birchfield                     " " " "

[See post to Taulbee List Subject: Indians in relation to Burchfield/Taulbee line Resent-Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 In the January, 1998 Taulbee List Archives.]