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Elizabeth (Waters) Gatton (abt. 1717 - abt. 1775)

Elizabeth Gatton formerly Waters
Born about in Charles County, Province of Marylandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married about 1733 in Province of Marylandmap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 58 in Prince George's County, Province of Marylandmap
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Biography

Elizabeth Waters was born about 1717 in Charles County, Province of Maryland to James Waters and Margaret Cornell. She died about 1775 in Prince George's, Province of Maryland.

Elizabeth Waters married Thomas Gatton Jr. about 1733, calculated by birth of first child about 1734.

Enslaved Persons

In her will, dated 7 Nov 1774 and proved 6 Feb 1775 in Prince George's, Maryland, Elizabeth Gatton mentioned

  • Negro woman Sarah, "already made over" to her son Notley Gatton.[1]

In an Inventory of Appraisement for the household property belonging to Elizabeth Gatton, dated 22 November 1775, was named the following enslaved person:

  • Sam, who was described as an "old negro man" and valued at £6.[2]

Slaves

Sources

  1. Wills 1698-1921 ; index 1698-1948: "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999"
    Catalog: Wills 1698-1921 ; index 1698-1948 no. 1, 1698-1770 Liber T no. 1 1770-1808
    Image path: Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999 > Prince George's > Wills 1770 vol 1 p. 17> image 9 of 337
    FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9TYR-8N2 (accessed 3 November 2022)
  2. 22 Nov 1775 Inventory: "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," digital images, FamilySearch (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2021), [Original source: Prince George's County (Maryland), Orphans' Court, "Inventories Liber T no. 1 1763-1777", p. 347)]
  • "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999", digital image, FamilySearch (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2010), [Original source: Prerogative Court (Charles County, Maryland), Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland, "Administration accounts 1738-1759", pp. 66-67]




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