Gassaway Watkins

Abt 1752 - 1840  (~ 88 years)

• Name	Gassaway Watkins  [1, 2, 3]
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	Abt 1752	Anne Arundel Co., Maryland   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	War of 1812. He served as a Lt. Colonel in Command of troops at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1813. A Gassaway Watkins was a Captain in the Maryland line, and his wife applied for a pension. Hall (S47) identifies him not as this one, but as Gassaway Watkins b. 1733, but that one would not have been alive to receive the notes below that imply that he rather than an executor received it personally.  [5]
  Died	14 Jul 1840	Anne Arundel Co., Maryland   [4]
  Notes	His birth date is entirely a guess from Newman 2.340; Gassaway Watkins and Walter Worthington made depositions in 1804, and Gassaway Watkins was 47 at the time. I assume this is the same Gassaway Watkins because the name is mentioned next to a Worthington. "Passed, Nov. session, 1811 (Jan. 6, 1812) - No. 36. Treas. Western Shore be, and is hereby requested to pay unto Robert Halkerstone (see res. Dec. 1817), of Charles County, Edward Tillard of Montgomery county, John McCoy, John S[prigg] Belt, Gassaway Watkins, Cornelius H. Mills, and John J. Jacob, and each and every one of them, or their order, the sum of $125.00, annually, during their lives, in quarterly payments, out of any unappropriated monies in the treasury." "Passed Dec. session, 1815 - No. 64. Treas. Western Shore pay unto Gassaway Watkins, late a capt. in the rev. war, quarterly, a sum equal to the half pay of a captain, in lieu of the sum already allowed him by a resolution passed at Nov. session, 1811, as a further remuneration for those services which so essentially contributed to the independence of his country." [6, 7]
  Person ID	I6737	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Nicholas Watkins, Jr.           b. 20 Aug 1722           d. Bef Mar 1758  (Age < 35 years)
  Mother	Ariana Worthington           b. 25 Dec 1729
  Family ID	F4766	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Sarah Jones           d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	12 Feb 1785  [2]
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2004
  Family ID	F4769	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Ruth Dorsey           d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	28 Feb 1788  [2]
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2004
  Family ID	F4774	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 3	Eleanor Bowie Clagett           b. 6 Dec 1783, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland           d. 14 Jul 1840  (Age 56 years)
  Married	26 Apr 1803  [2]
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2004
  Family ID	F4775	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  "Gassaway Watkins". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I6737&tree=1sttree (accessed April 6, 2020).