Born
6 Dec 1783 in
Prince George's, Maryland, United States
Ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Gassaway Watkins
— married
22 Apr 1803 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Descendants
Died
1871
at about age 87
in
Howard, Maryland, United States
Profile last modified 12 Feb 2024
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Biography
Name
Eleanora Bowie Clagett. [1]
1783 Birth
She was born 6 DEC 1783 in Prince Georges Co., Maryland. [1]
She was the daughter of Wiseman Clagett b: ABT 1752 in Prince Georges, MD and Priscilla Bowie Lyles b: ABT 1755 in Calvert Co., MD
1803 Marriage to Gassaway Watkins
On 22 April 1803 in Baltimore, Maryland she married Gassaway Watkins b: 1752 in Anne Arundel, Maryland
1850 Census
1850 - Howard, Anne Arundel, Maryland
John S. Watkins - 36 - farmer - $9,000 all b. Maryland
Ellenor B. Watkins - 66
Caroline Watkins - 45 -
Ellenor P. Greaves - 16
1860 Census
1860 - District 5, Howard, MD
John L. Watkins - 46 - farmer - $12,000 + $6,000
Ellen B. - 6
Mary B. - 4
Eleanora B. - 75
Caroline L. - 55
1870 Census
1870 - District 5, Howard, Maryland
John L. Watkins - 57 - farmer - $11,000 + $2,000
Ella B. - 15
Blanche - 14
Ella B. Watkins - 87
Amanda Watkins - 60
Caroline L. Watkins - 66
Thomas Watkins - 62 - retired merchant - $10,000 personal
Agnes Watkins - 22 - $5,000 (land)
1 black fe servant
2 black male farm laborers
1871 Death
She died in 1871 in Walnut Grove, Howard Co., MD and was buried in the Watkins Family Cemetery, Ellicott City, Howard Co., MD.
Children
Caroline Lyles Watkins b: 19 FEB 1804 in Walnut Grove, Anne Arundel Co., Md
Eleanor Clagett Watkins b: ABT 1807
Camsadel Bowie Watkins b: ABT 1808 in Anne Arundel , MD
William Washington Watkins , Dr. b: ABT 1811 in Walnut Grove, Anne Arundel Co., Md
Amanda F. Watkins b: ABT 1812
John Sebastian Watkins , Senator b: ABT 1814 in Anne Arundel , MD
Margaret Gassaway Watkins b: 10 MAR 1819 in Walnut Grove, Anne Arundel, Maryland
Albina Claggett Watkins b: ABT 1823 in Walnut Grove, Howard Co., Md
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 Fonda Flax Carroll Genealogy in Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and South Carolina. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=spot54&id=I05873 . Accessed March 21, 2017. jhd
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