Ann (Ransone) Gatewood (abt. 1708 - abt. 1785)

Born about 1708 in Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Boswell II — married 1728 in Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, Virginia Colony

Wife of William Gatewood — married 1741 in Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1785 at about age 77 in Virginia, United States

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Biography

Ann (Ransone) Gatewood was a Virginia colonist.

Uncertain Origin

Ann was born about 1720. This birth date is estimated, based on the birth date proposed by Carol Gothberg.

Acording to Carol Gothberg, Ann may have been the daughter of Richard Ransom/Ransone of Gloucester County.^[1]

This profile currently reports that Ann was a daughter of Peter Ransone and Dorothy North (without evidence or source). Another issue is the dates. Dorothy (North) is estimated to have been born c. 1669, and William Gatewood's profile reports he was born in 1724. If Ann was born c. 1720, her mother would have been 51 years old at her birth, not impossible but unusual, especially in the 18th C.

Marriages

Ann Ransone married twice.

• She married, as her 1st, to John Boswell.^[1]
• She married in 1742 in Spotsylvania County, as her 2nd, to William Gatewood.^[1] William also lived in Albemarle County.^[1]

Ransom Boswell and his wife, Mary, sold to William Gatewood's brother, Peter Gatewood of Spotsylvania Co., on 3 Oct 1752, 100 acres for £40.^[1]

Death and Legacy

She passed away about 1780 to 1785 and was buried in Virginia.^[2]

Family

Henry Gatewood (father in law)

Will of Henry Gatewood^[3]
Written: 21 January 1771
Proved: 18 September 1777
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
wife Tabitha
sons Dudley and Henry
son William and his wife Ann and their sons William, Austin and Ambrose Gatewood
sons Peter, Larkin and Richard Gatewood
daughters Keziah Sandidge and Dorothy Foster
Executor: son Richard Gatewood
Witnesses: Edward Herndon, Edmund Foster; John Frazer, Henry Crutcher; and Anthony Frazer

Research Notes

The 1987 work of Carol Gothberg does not mention a second marriage (for both) between William Gateway and Ann (Ransone) Boswell.^[4]

Ann was born in 1710. She passed away in 1778. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Gothberg, Carol J., (1987) John and Amy Gatewood and their Descendants 1666-1986. Baltimore: Gateway Press, FamilySearch.org (Page 212).
2. ↑ National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006. Ancestry.com
3. ↑ Spotsylvania County (Va.), William Armstrong Crozier, and Clayton Torrence. 1905. Spotsylvania county, 1721-1800 being transcriptions from the original files at the county court house, of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. New York: Pub. for the Genealogical Association by Fox, Duffield & Co.
4. ↑ Gothberg, Carol J., (1987) John and Amy Gatewood and their Descendants 1666-1986. by Carol J. Gothberg. Baltimore: Gateway Press, FamilySearch.org (Page 573).
5. ↑ Source will be added by Tom Pettus by 1 Feb 2018.

See also:

• (Oct 1901) "Historical and Genealogical Notes." The William and Mary Quarterly. Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, JSTOR.org (Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 141-144, citing p 142).
• (Apr 1902) "Ransone Family." The William and Mary Quarterly , Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, JSTOR.org (Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 264-267).
• Beahm, Douglas, (8 Mar 2003) Ann, Wife of William Gatewood (ca 1720 - aft 1780) of Virginia Archive.org, archived 20 May 2017.

Private or Pay Sites:

• Property / Ransom Boswell (1729-1792) Pay site
• Will Extract / John Winfrey Boswell (1692-1741) Pay site
• Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850. Ancestry.com, Pay site
• Ancestry Family Trees Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Pay site
• Begins of New France Web Site private family website