James L Trail Sr (1748 - 1823)

Born 1748 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Jenkins) Trail — married [date unknown] in Montgomery, Montgomery, Maryland

Descendants

Died 1 Feb 1823 at about age 75 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Maryland, USA

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: James Sr /Trail/^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1748

Place: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA^[2]

Death

Death:

Date: 01 FEB 1823

Place: Montgomery, Montgomery, Maryland, USA^[3]

James Trail Sr was a Maryland colonist.

James Trail Sr performed Patriotic Service in Maryland in the American Revolution.

James Trail Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A116019.

Name

Name: James /Trail/^[4][5]

James Traill, Sr. was born circa 1748, in Prince George's County, Maryland and died after May 2, 1799, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where he is buried. ^[6][7] James Traill took the Oath of Allegiance in 1778 and is remembered for his Patriotic Service by the Society of the Daughter of the American Revolution as Ancestor # A116019. (Note: his records are found under the surname of Traill , ending with a double "l" ) ^[8]

In 1763, James received a bequest from his father's will -- a share of a land tract called Buxtons Delight.^[9] At that time, the tract fell in Frederick County. After Frederick was partitioned in 1776, the land was part of Montgomery County.^[10]

According to the records received by the DAR, his wife's name was Rachel (?nee). Applications for membership in the Society have been made by the descendants of his sons, William Traill, who married Frances Northcroft; James Traill, who married Mary Ann Northcroft; and Archibald Traill, who married Nancy (?nee); and of his daughters, Cassandra, who married Zadock Ford; Jane, who married Benjamin West; Margery, who married Walter Fryer. Application for a possible daughter, Sarah is not proven (see data corrections file, 8/2010)

Researcher's Notes

Info from Janice M. Parker, 319 Pine Shadow Ln., Lake Mary, FL 32746. Will from "Abstract of Wills, Montgomery Co., MD, 1776-1825," Malloy, Sween, Manuel. James Trail names in his WILL:

Wife: Rachel

Son: James Trail - 126 3/4 a. "Resurvey on Younger Brother" where he now lives

Son: Archibald Trail - 60 a. "Back Head" where testator now dwells, 16 3/4 a. "Pleasant Fields" purchased from William Benson, 27 1/4 a. "Resurvey on Younger Brother", 23 a. pt. of "Trails Addition"

Son: Ozbern Trail - 100 a. pt. of "Fathers Goodwill", 27 a. pt. of "Trails Addition."

Dau-in-law: Frances Trail, Widow - 100 a. of "Fathers Goodwill" where she now dwells.

Grandchildren: James Trail, William Trail, Edward Trail, Nathan Trail - above land at her decease or remarriage.

Daus: Elinor Lee, Jean West, Sarah Buckston, Cassandra Ford, Rachel Cybert, Margary Fryer

Exs.: Wife Rachel and son James

Wit: Edward Burgess, Lodwick Yost, Basil Trail

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Charles T Trail
2. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Charles T Trail
3. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Charles T Trail
4. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Charles T Trail
5. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Suzannah Margery BUXTON
6. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Charles T Trail
7. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Suzannah Margery BUXTON
8. ↑ DAR, UNPUBLISHED REV RECS OF MD, GRC 1939, S1, VOL 61, P 56
9. ↑ Will of Charles Trail in "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch ([1] : 20 May 2014), Frederick > Wills 1744-1777 vol 1 > image 107 of 315; Hall of Records, Annapolis. Signed 28 June 1763; Proved 1 August 1763. Bequests to wife, Susannah Trail; son, Thomas Trail (property called Trails Choice); sons James Trail and David Trail (property called Buxtons Delight); son Charles Trail (tract called Davids Industry in Prince Georges County); daughter Jane Trail.
10. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockville%2C_Maryland

• WikiTree profile Trail-63 created through the import of Bowden-Riley Family.ged on Apr 16, 2012 by Sam Bowden. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Sam and others.

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• West Family Genealogy. Descendants of Joseph P. West. Items #1, Joseph P. West; #15, West; #92, Mary West & #105, James West, digitized here: http://www.johnmarshallwest.com/Gen5.htm
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=31582718&pid=1290
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=61900825&pid=1259.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Trail-66 created through the import of Bowden-Riley Family.ged on Apr 16, 2012 by Sam Bowden. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Sam and others.

• Thank you to Peggy Shackelford for creating WikiTree profile Trail-159 through the import of Fisher_Shackelford.ged on Dec 11, 2013

• Profile created by Lyn Hansch through the import of 2017 October Traill Descendants.ged on Oct 9, 2017.
• Ancestry.com