Gassaway Watkins

Abt 1752 - 1840  (88 years)

Nicholas Watkins, Jr.

1722 - Bef 1758  (< 35 years)

Birth	20 Aug 1722
Died	Bef Mar 1758
Father	Nicholas Watkins, Sr.,   b. Mar 1691
Mother	Margaret Lamb,   c. 14 Dec 1703, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
Family	Ariana Worthington,   b. 25 Dec 1729
Children	1. Margaret Watkins,   b. Abt 1746   2. Thomas Watkins   3. Elizabeth Watkins   4. John Watkins   5. Nicholas Watkins   6. Gassaway Watkins,   b. Abt 1752, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland

Ariana Worthington

1729 -

Birth	25 Dec 1729
Father	Thomas Worthington,   b. 8 Jan 1691
Mother	Elizabeth Ridgely
Married	23 Jul 1711	St. Margaret's, Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
Family 1	Nicholas Watkins, Jr.,   b. 20 Aug 1722
Children	1. Margaret Watkins,   b. Abt 1746   2. Thomas Watkins   3. Elizabeth Watkins   4. John Watkins   5. Nicholas Watkins   6. Gassaway Watkins,   b. Abt 1752, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
Family 2	John Iiams,   b. 18 Nov 1725
Married	Apr 1758

Sarah Jones

- Yes, date unknown

Died	Yes, date unknown
Family	Gassaway Watkins,   b. Abt 1752, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
Married	12 Feb 1785

Ruth Dorsey

- Yes, date unknown

Died	Yes, date unknown
Family	Gassaway Watkins,   b. Abt 1752, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
Married	28 Feb 1788

Eleanor Bowie Clagett

1783 - 1840  (56 years)

Birth	6 Dec 1783	Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
Died	14 Jul 1840
Father	Wiseman Clagett,   b. 1748, Prince George's Co., Maryland
Mother	Priscilla Bowie Lyles,   b. Abt 1755, Calvert Co., Maryland
Married	16 Jan 1779	Prince George's Co., Maryland
Family	Gassaway Watkins,   b. Abt 1752, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
Married	26 Apr 1803

• Name	Gassaway Watkins  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	Abt 1752	Anne Arundel Co., Maryland   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Jul 1840	Anne Arundel Co., Maryland   [5]
  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
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2023

  
  

  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	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Sarah Jones   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	12 Feb 1785  [2]
  Family ID	F4769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2023

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Ruth Dorsey   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	28 Feb 1788  [2]
  Family ID	F4774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2023

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 3	Eleanor Bowie Clagett,   b. 6 Dec 1783, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland d. 14 Jul 1840 (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	26 Apr 1803  [2]
  Family ID	F4775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2023

  
  

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  [S17] Harry Wright Newman, Anne Arundel Gentry (Rpt.): A Genealogical History of Some Early Families of Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, (Rpt. Delaware: Colonial Roots), 1.337. [S122] Fredric Zimmerman Saunders, Fredric Zimmerman Saunders. [S342] A Chronicle of War of 1812 Soldiers, Seamen, and Marines, (Centennial Publication, Society of the War of 1812 in Maryland. Westminster: Family Line), 106. [S73] Walter Worthington Bowie, The Bowies and their Kindred, (Washington: Cromwell Bros.), 30, 402. [S342] A Chronicle of War of 1812 Soldiers, Seamen, and Marines, (Centennial Publication, Society of the War of 1812 in Maryland. Westminster: Family Line), 105. [S347] Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing), 2.349-50. [S347] Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing), 2.404.