The basis for our assumtion that this Basill was the son of Basill I, was the title Junior on several documents of Anne Arundel county and the fact that in his signature he also spelled his given name with 2 L's. It is possible that Basill I was an uncle but there does not seem to be a another Poole nearby of the age to be his father.
On December 20, 1763 Basill Poole Junior, Planter of Anne Arundel county mortgages to Samuel Mansell for 31 Lbs the following items: mare and colt, 17 head of hogs, 2 featherbeds, 3 pots, 2 basins, a dish, 2 spinning wheels, a gun, 2 ploughs and a saddle. He must have repaid this lien since on February 25, 1765 he again mortgages items to Mansell for 30 Lbs. These items included all household furniture, 15 head of hogs, a mare and foal, and a red cow and yearling.
Four years later on January 14, 1769 he mortgages to John Dorsey for 62 Lbs 10 Shillings; a horse, a mare, 6 head of cattle, 15 head of hogs, 2 featherbeds, all furniture and plantation utensils, and all the tobacco made in 1768 then in houses.
In the meantime on October 1, 1767 Basil III is born. On Febuary 5, 1777 Basill II is listed as a non-jurer in the Maryland Oath of Fidelity. (Other Pooles on the same list were Matthew, Peter, Richard, William and John) Sometime between 1769 and 1783 Basill II moved across the Patuxent river to Montgomery county where in 1783 there is record of him being taxed for 200 acres of "Cowpasture". In 1788 in Montgomery county we find that he sold certain goods (one old black horse, three old barrels, and a debt due from Col. Chas. Green Griffith) to a trustee in order to pay off his creditors indicating that Basill II was again having financial woes. This did not seem to be an unusual situation for these times. By the time of the American Revolution, years of tobacco planting had worn out the soil, and the major tobacco market of England was not available. Consequently most of the small planters had very little if any cash and often tobacco was used directly in barter.
In 1790 there is record of Basil, and Basil Junior serving on a jury in Montgomery County. This would have been Basil II and Basil III, with the younger Basil being 23 years old at the time.
The 1790 census of Montgomery county shows the Basil Poole household as having 2 males over 16, 2 males under 16, and 7 females. If an assumtion were made that all were the same family it appears that Basil III possibly had two younger brothers and six sisters. There is a court record of one Aquilla Garretson who being owed a debt from Mathias Poole tries to collect from his brother and sisters after Mathias dies. In this record the brother was named as Basil who left the state and sisters, Sophia (who married a Henry Nelson) and Susanna (married to a Charles Pool). It is a likely assumption then that Mathias, Sophia, and Susanna were siblings of Basil III. (Basil III named his eldest son Mathias.)
In the 1793-1797 tax record we find Basil II, taxed on 150 acres of "Cowpasture" and Basil III (Junior) was taxed 50 Ls. on personal property. Listed with the estate of Henry Griffith in 1795 is mention of a debt of 120 Ls owed by Basil with the notation it is "desparate due" or uncollectible. In 1799 the Griffith estate papers show this debt as 112 Ls "sperate". Perhaps Basil III assumed this debt after the death of Basil II, though it is not known when he died. This assumption is based on the fact that there is a deed of 1802 where Basil Junior obtains 134 acres of "Cowpasture" from the executors of the Griffith estate.
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POOLES OF ENGLISH ROYALTY
CAPTAIN EDWARD POOLE, first Poole in America
BASILL POOLE, of Anne Arundel County
THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN CONNECTION
HENRY POOLE, of Frederick County by Rick Morgan
MATTHIAS POOLE son of Basil III, with a list of descendants of Matthias
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