John Cartwright (1740 - 1808)

Born 1740 in Amherst, Amherst, Colony of Virginia

Husband of Susannah (Lee) Bowling — married after 1761 in St Mary's County, Maryland

Descendants

Died 1808 at about age 68 in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States

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Biography

John Cartwight was a Catholic landowner in St. Mary's, Maryland. He migrated to the Roses Mill area of Amherst County, Virginia in February of 1770. John Cartwright purchased 135 acres on the north side of the Tye River south of Roses Mill from Ambros Jones, a large landholder. Cartwright’s newly purchased land shared common borders with Thomas Jefferson‘s in the Amherst, Virginia holdings.

Marriages

He married was the widow of Samuel Maddox and John Bowling.

He was secondly married to Margaret Patterson of St. Mary's, Maryland and they had, at least, two children.

John Cartwright's family group also included his step-sons, Edmund Bowling and James Bolling, who also had migrated from St. Mary’s, Maryland. He married Susannah Lee Bolling Maddox, the widow of John Bolling and Samuel Maddox. John Cartwright was her third husband. ^[1]

Research Notes

Scanned 1803 tax records for Amherst and did not see any John Cartwright. Did I miss it?

Sources

• Common confusion of 2 late 1700s Va John Cartwright By By genealogy.com users (April 21, 2011) NOT a source but refers to sources.
• Ancestral Study of Four Families: Roberts, Griffith, Cartwright [and] Simpson. By Emily Griffith Roberts (E.G. Roberts, 1939) Online at By Emily Griffith Roberts
• 1782 Personal Property Tax List (A list of the names and number of all the (male?) Tithables above the age of Twinty (twenty) one years and the Number of their slaves, also the number of Nett Cattle, Horses, Mares Colts & Mules, Wheels for Riding Carriages, Billard Tables, and Ordinary Licenses, Listed in the County of Amherst, Virginia April 10, 1782) at Genealogy Trails Online.

1. ↑ ROBERTS, E. G. (1939). Ancestral study of four families: Roberts, Griffith, Cartwright [and] Simpson. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/3939357.html.