Ancestors of Elizabeth Sprigg Gittings
Generation No. 1
1. Elizabeth Sprigg Gittings, born Bet. 1693 - 1698 in MD; died Aft. 1733
in PGC, MD. She was the daughter of 2. Philip Gittings and 3. Ann Sprigg.
She married (1) Phillip Sessell Cissell Abt. 1711 in PGC, MD (Source: Paul
Tobler e-mail tobler(a)hctc.net). He was born 28-Mar-1692 in Queen Anne
Parish, PGC, MD, and died Bet. 9-Mar-1732/33 - 26-Mar-1734 in PGC, MD
(Source: FTM Family Archives CD #206, Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774.).
He was the son of William Cecil and Mary Unknown.
Notes for Phillip Sessell Cissell:
In Accounts, Liber 13, folio 87 (of Maryland):
"1735: The account of Elizabeth Cicell of the estate of Philip Cicell of
Prince George's Co. dec'd: For small charges allowed (pounds sterling) 2:
Due from dec'd to John Belt/Ball (pounds) 10; due from Decid to Harry
Wrightson (pounds)4/7/6: Due to Hon. Charles Calvert, Esq. (Pounds) 1/11;
Due to Deputy Commissioner (pounds) 0/25/2; Due for my commission as Admnx.
(pounds) 1/14/4. Total payments (pounds) 10/17/10; Inventory:
(pounds)15/13/9 1/2. Overpaid the estate: (pounds)5/4/0 1/2.
The heirs are Philip, John, William, Joshua, Eliza and Mary Cecil, children
of ye deceased.
/s/ Peter Dent, Deputy Commissioner, Prince George's County"
I love this document!! It tells us that John Cecil born 1721 was ALIVE in
in
1735, and so did not die earlier than that. It also confirms presence of
daughter, Elizabeth. As I also speculate, Phillip named his children after
himself, his wife, his brother (John), his father (William) and
Joshua...after Judge Joshua?? I have
always suspected that William's dead wife was named Mary based upon
this...and Phillip and Elizabeth did have a Susannah (after lost sister
Susan?) who apparently was not alive in 1735 (or at least not at home).
Anyway, til
later, Penny Cecil Bloodhart
Generation No. 2
2. Philip Gittings, died Bef. 25-Jan-1719/20 in PGC, MD. He married 3.
Ann Sprigg (Source: "Ancestral Records and Portraits" Chapter I, The
Colonial Dames of America, Grafton Press.).
3. Ann Sprigg She was the daughter of 6. Thomas Sprigg and 7. Eleanor
Nuthall.
Children of Philip Gittings and Ann Sprigg are:
i. John Gittings
1 ii. Elizabeth Sprigg Gittings, born Bet. 1693 - 1698 in MD; died Aft.
1733 in PGC, MD; married Phillip Sessell Cissell Abt. 1711 in PGC, MD.
Generation No. 3
6. Thomas Sprigg, born 1630 in of Northamptonshire, England (Source:
"Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families" Vol 1.); died 1704. He was the
son of 12. Unknown Sprigg and 13. Unknown. He married 7. Eleanor Nuthall
(Source: (1) Jerry Clark, Provo, UT (clark4(a)itsnet.com)., (2) "Ancestral
Records and Portraits" Chapter I, The Colonial Dames of America, Grafton
Press.).
7. Eleanor Nuthall (Source: "Ancestral Records and Portraits" Chapter I,
The Colonial Dames of America, Grafton Press.), born 1648 (Source: "Register
of Maryland's Heraldic Families" Vol 1.); died 1694 (Source: "Register of
Maryland's Heraldic Families" Vol 1.). She was the daughter of 14. John
Nuthall and 15. Elizabeth Bacon.
Children of Thomas Sprigg and Eleanor Nuthall are:
i. Thomas Sprigg (Source: "Ancestral Records and Portraits" Chapter I, The
Colonial Dames of America, Grafton Press.), born 1668 in Calvert Co, MD
(Source: "Ancestral Records and Portraits" Chapter I, The Colonial Dames of
America, Grafton Press.); died Abt. 1736 in PCG, MD (Source: "Ancestral
Records and Portraits" Chapter I, The Colonial Dames of America, Grafton
Press.); married Margaret Osborn; died 1739 (Source: "Ancestral Records and
Portraits" Chapter I, The Colonial Dames of America, Grafton Press.).
ii. Eleanor Sprigg (Source: "Ancestral Records and Portraits" Chapter I,
The Colonial Dames of America, Grafton Press.), married Henry Wright
(Source: "Ancestral Records and Portraits" Chapter I, The Colonial Dames of
America, Grafton Press.).
iii. Martha Sprigg (Source: "Ancestral Records and Portraits" Chapter I,
The Colonial Dames of America, Grafton Press.), married Thomas Prater
(Source: "Ancestral Records and Portraits" Chapter I, The Colonial Dames of
America, Grafton Press.).
iv. Olivia Sprigg (Source: vThompson Nexus, Fall 1989 V01N02Fa89P13.),
married Unknown Nuthall (Source: "Ancestral Records and Portraits" Chapter
I, The Colonial Dames of America, Grafton Press.).
3 v. Ann Sprigg, married Philip Gittings
vi. Mary Sprigg (Source: "Ancestral Records and Portraits" Chapter I, The
Colonial Dames of America, Grafton Press.), married Thomas Stockett (Source:
"Ancestral Records and Portraits" Chapter I, The Colonial Dames of America,
Grafton Press.); born in Anne Arundel Co, MD.
Generation No. 4
12. Unknown Sprigg He married 13. Unknown.
13. Unknown
Children of Unknown Sprigg and Unknown are:
6 i. Thomas Sprigg, born 1630 in of Northamptonshire, England; died 1704;
married (1) Eleanor Nuthall; married (2) Katherine Graves; married (3)
Margery Wight
ii. John Jacob Sprigg, born 1631; died 1726; married Ann Cheney 1675 in
All Hallows Parish, PGC, MD; born 1660; died 1730.
14. John Nuthall, born 1620 in of London, England and North Hampton
(Source: "Ancestral Records and Portraits" Chapter I, The Colonial Dames of
America, Grafton Press.); died 1667 (Source: "Ancestral Records and
Portraits" Chapter I, The Colonial Dames of America, Grafton Press.). He
married 15. Elizabeth Bacon 1645 (Source: "Ancestral Records and Portraits"
Chapter I, The Colonial Dames of America, Grafton Press.).
15. Elizabeth Bacon
Children of John Nuthall and Elizabeth Bacon are:
i. John Jr. Nuthall (Source: Jerry Clark, Provo, UT (clark4(a)itsnet.com).),
born in of MD (Source: "Genealogies of Virginia Families From the Virginia
Magazine of History & Biography, Vol 1, Adams-Chiles", Genealogical
Publishers, Co, Baltimore,1981.); married Mary Brent (Source: Jerry Clark,
Provo, UT (clark4(a)itsnet.com).); born 1675 (Source: (1) Jerry L. Clark,
Provo, UT clar4(a)itsnet.com., (2) Paul Tobler.).
Notes for John Jr. Nuthall:
From Anne Baker:
Marriages and Deaths in St. Mary's Co.
1634-1900.
"Mary Brent- depostion dtd 3 Aug 1717 of Susan Evans, 65, that 20 years
come Oct. deponet, as midwife to Mary Brent, sister of Margaret Brent and
wife of John Nuthall Jr. del'd male child known as Nuthall Brent, that Mary
Brent and Margaret Brent, wife of George Plowden, late of St. Mary's Co.,
were sisters to George Brent of Stafford Co., Va."
7 ii. Eleanor Nuthall, born 1648; died 1694; married Thomas Sprigg
iii. James Nuthall (Source: "Ancestral Records and Portraits" Chapter I,
The Colonial Dames of America, Grafton Press.).
Melissa T. Alexander
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Edmonds, WA USA