Elizabeth (Jones) Truitt (1756 - 1806)

Born 1756 in Maryland

Ancestors

Died 1806 at about age 50 in Maryland

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Biography

Elizabeth Jones was born in 1756. Elizabeth is the child of Thomas Jones and Elizabeth Prettyman. She married JosephTruitt. He died Abt. 1876 in Sussex Co., DE. Children of ELIZABETH JONES and JOSEPH TRUITT are: i. PIERCY6 TRUITT. ii. MARY TRUITT. iii. AMELIA TRUITT. iv. JOSEPH TRUITT.

In 1795, her father left her a nominal bequest in his will:^[1]

“I give and devise to my Daughter Elizabeth Truitt ten shillings to be paid her by my executor hereafter”

Sources

1. ↑ Thomas Jones Will

• ID: P3657

Name: Elizabeth Jones Birth: 1756 in Worcester, Maryland Sex: F

• Father: Thomas Jones b: 1724 in Somerset, Maryland

Mother: Elizabeth Prettyman b: 1726 in Sussex, Delaware

• Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971: Sussex: Wills, books E-F, 1794, 1813: Image 88 of 462. Database and images, Ancestry.com (pay site), Provo, UT [1] accessed 28 Sept. 2018.

Will of Thomas Jones

Written 5 March 1795

Proved 12 January 1798

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• Descendants of William Jones.

Generation No. 4 4. WILLIAM THOMAS JR.4 JONES (EBENEZER3 , THOMAS2 , WILLIAM1 ) was born Abt. 1724 in Somerset Co., MD, and died Abt. 1798 in Sussex Co., DE. He married ELIZABETH PRETTYMAN Abt. 1745, daughter of JOHN PRETTYMAN. She was born Abt. 1726 in Sussex Co., PA, and died Bef. 1795 in Sussex Co., DE.

We believe that Thomas only had one wife, and that was Elizabeth (Betty) Prettyman. We have only found three references to her. The first is in the will of her father, John Prettyman, on 21 April 1745. In that will she is listed as Elizabeth Prettyman, and she must have married shortly after the will was made. In the will she received two slaves, Diana and Phillis. The other two references to her are in deeds. We have mentioned previously the deed where they sold land to Zachariah Jones. The other deed was executed on 7 August 1767, Thomas Jones of Worcester County, Maryland, Planter, and Elizabeth, his wife, Margaret Hills, and Solomon Stockley sold land to John Futcher.98 The land had been willed by John Prettyman to his son, Thomas Prettyman (Esquire) and Thomas had died. Elizabeth Jones and Margaret Hills, daughters, Solomon Stockey, only child of another daughter of John Prettyman, sold the land to John Futcher, grandson of another daughter of John's. On this deed Thomas signed the deed, and Elizabeth signed with her mark. From Thomas's will it is obvious that Elizabeth died before 25 March 1795. The lifestyle of Thomas and Elizabeth was probably very much like that of Thomas's parents in that they lived on a farm, and all of their food would have been raised on the farm. They would have had cattle and hogs for their meat, and probably grew corn and wheat for their bread. They would have had a garden in which they grew a variety of vegetables. They would have had sheep for wool clothing, and would have grown flax for linen. Since Thomas owned slaves, and Elizabeth had inherited two female slaves from her father; they would have had the slaves to help with the farm and household chores. Elizabeth or the slaves would have spun the wool and flax to make thread for cloth. Then she or the female slaves would have made all the clothing for the family. It is obvious from Thomas's will that he owned a horse to ride, and his wife had a horse to ride as she owned a side saddle. Notes for ELIZABETH PRETTYMAN: b. Sussex Co., PA (DE) Children of WILLIAM JONES and ELIZABETH PRETTYMAN are: 5. i. EBENEZER5 JONES, b. January 03, 1745/46, Indian River, Sussex, Delaware or Worcester Co., MD; d. December 26, 1796, Blount Co., TN. ii. ANN JONES, b. Abt. 1747, Worcester Co., MD. Notes for ANN JONES: b. ca 1747/8 She apparently died young as no other record of her was found after she was baptised at St. Georges. iii. MILES JONES, b. Abt. 1752, Worcester Co., MD; m. SCARBOROUGH HARRIS. iv. THOMAS JONES, b. Abt. 1754, Worcester Co., MD; m. MARY. 6. v. ELIZABETH JONES, b. Abt. 1756, Worcester Co., MD. vi. NANCY JONES, m. WINGATE SHORT. Notes for NANCY JONES: b bet 1755-1774 Worcester Co., MD.

Generation No. 5.

6. ELIZABETH5 JONES (WILLIAM THOMAS JR.4 , EBENEZER3 , THOMAS2 , WILLIAM1 ) was born Abt. 1756 in Worcester Co., MD. She married JOSEPH TRUITT. He died Abt. 1876 in Sussex Co., DE. Children of ELIZABETH JONES and JOSEPH TRUITT are: i. PIERCY6 TRUITT. ii. MARY TRUITT. iii. AMELIA TRUITT. iv. JOSEPH TRUITT. [2]