Elizabeth (Unknown) Plowden (1792 - abt. 1845)

Born 21 May 1792 in Newtown, St. Mary's, Maryland, USA

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Biography

Elizabeth (Unknown) Plowden is a part of US Black heritage.

Elizabeth was born in 1792. She passed away between 1839 and 1851.

She was married to Henry and had nine children:

1. William (b.1809)
2. Dick (b.1811)
3. Julia Ann (b.1816)
4. Ferdinand (b.1819)
5. Remus (b.1821)
6. Lucretia (b.1823)
7. Henrietta (b.1825)
8. Joseph (b.1828)
9. Mary Elizabeth (b.1830)

Who Are GU272?

In 1838, the Maryland Jesuits sold more than 300 enslaved people to sugar plantations in southern Louisiana, in order to rescue Georgetown University from bankruptcy. In all, the Jesuits sold 314 men, women and children over a 5-year period stretching from 1838 to 1843. Today, these enslaved people are known collectively as the “GU272 Ancestors.” Genealogists have identified many of the original people who were sold, along with 8,425 of their descendants, living and dead.

Sources

• GU272 Descendants, 1785-2000. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2019). https://trees.americanancestors.org/#!/tree/33152/people/15R-5E33-L4QP