Elizabeth "Aunt Betty" Battee

1749 - 1822  (72 years)

Fardinando Battee, Sr.

Abt 1630 - Abt 1705  (75 years)

Birth	Abt 1630
Died	Abt 1705	"Essex", Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
Buried	1705	All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
Family 1	Millicent
Married	Bef 1653
Children	+ 1. Seaborne Battee           b. Abt 1663, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland + 2. Dinah Battee           b. Bef 1654   3. Mary Battee           b. Bef 1663   4. Ruth Battee           b. Bef 1663
Family 2	Elizabeth Wood           b. bet. 1660 and 1665
Children	+ 1. Dinah Battee           b. 31 Dec 1690 + 2. Benjamin Battee           b. 24 May 1695 + 3. Fardinando Battee, Jr.           b. 22 Apr 1697, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland   4. Mary Battee           b. 5 Mar 1698 + 5. Elizabeth Battee           b. 30 Jun 1701

Mary

- 1691

Died	1691
Family	Col. Edmund Scarborough, Jr.           b. 1617
Children	+ 1. Matilda Scarborough           b. 1644

Samuel Battee

- 1767

Died	Dec 1767
Father	Fardinando Battee, Jr.           b. 22 Apr 1697, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
Mother	Elizabeth Wooden           b. Abt 1698
Married	11 Dec 1718	All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
Family	Ann Sellman           b. 25 Sep 1725, Accomac, Accomack Co., Virginia
Children	1. Fardinando Battee   2. Samuel Battee + 3. Anne "Aunt Nancy" Battee           b. 29 Dec 1747, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland   4. Elizabeth "Aunt Betty" Battee           b. 22 Oct 1749

Ann Sellman

1725 - Aft 1767  (> 43 years)

Birth	25 Sep 1725	Accomac, Accomack Co., Virginia
Died	Aft Dec 1767
Father	William Sellman           b. 22 Jan 1689
Mother	Anne West           b. 12 Feb 1685/1686
Married	9 Oct 1718
Family	Samuel Battee
Children	1. Fardinando Battee   2. Samuel Battee + 3. Anne "Aunt Nancy" Battee           b. 29 Dec 1747, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland   4. Elizabeth "Aunt Betty" Battee           b. 22 Oct 1749

• Name	Elizabeth "Aunt Betty" Battee
  Birth	22 Oct 1749
  Gender	Female
  Death	1822
  Burial	Old Battee Burying Ground, Essex Farm, West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
  I have no concrete confirmation that this is the burying place. I do know that the old house at Essex still stood at this time, and where the Battee burying ground is, however, and assume that this generation was buried there.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Fardinando Battee, Sr.           b. Abt 1630             d. Abt 1705, "Essex", Anne Arundel Co., Maryland  (Age 75 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Mary             d. 1691  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Notes	She was the last Battee who owned Essex; she passed it on in her will to her nephew Benjamin Franklin (1783-1822, the son of her sister Anne Battee and Jacob Franklin). His portrait was in the parlor at Essex. Will, 39 fol. 109, dated Mar. 14, 1822. Mary Deale here is Mary Franklin Deale (1777-1812; I3330); her son is James Deale (1810-1876, I3817): "In the name of God, Amen--I Elizabeth Battee of Anne Arundel County in the State of Maryland, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding to make this my last Will and Testament and aftere the payment of my debts and funeral charges I give and devise as follows, to wit: "I give and devise my undevided moiety of a tract or parcel of land adjoining Richard Harwood, Osborn S. Harwood, Doctor William Murray and Thomas Bird to James Deale, eldest son of my last neice Mary Deale, to him and his heirs forever. "I give and devise my undevided moiety of the farm on which I now dwell Benjamin Franklin, my nephew, and to his heirs forever, provided he will give up his undevided moiety onf the tract or parcel of land adjoining the Estate of Richard Harwood, Osborn S. Harwood, Doctor Wiliam Murray and Thomas Bird to James Deale, eldest son of my late neice Mary Deale, and his heirs forever, and in case my nephew Benjamin Franklin will not give up his part of the land above described to James Deale (son of my last neice Mary Deale, it is then my will that James Deale, sone of my last neice Mary Deale shall have my undevided moiety of the lands on which I dwell to hiim and his heirs forver. "Signed--Elizabeth Battee (seal) Witnesses: James N. Stockett, Thomas Leitch, Francis Bird."
  Person ID	I3340
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel Battee             d. Dec 1767
  Mother	Ann Sellman           b. 25 Sep 1725, Accomac, Accomack Co., Virginia           d. Aft Dec 1767 (Age > 43 years)

  
  

• Event Map		Burial - - Old Battee Burying Ground, Essex Farm, West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland   = Link to Google Earth
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• Essays

  The Battee family and "Essex." A chart of family relationships. Those in bold were owners of "Essex."

  
  

• Reference

  Pitard, D. "Elizabeth "Aunt Betty" Battee". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I3340&tree=1sttree (accessed April 19, 2025).