Cecil, Elizabeth^[1]

1720 - Aft 1795  (75 years)

• Name	Cecil, Elizabeth
  Born	15 Mar 1720	Cecil Co., or Prince George's Co., Maryland
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1795	Tazewell Co, Virginia
  Person ID	I108	Fitzgerald-Aller
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2004

  
  

  Father	CISSELL, Phillip Sessell,   b. 28 Mar 1692, Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's Co., Maryland ,   d. Between 9 Mar 1732/33 and 26 Mar 1734, Prince George's Co., Maryland  (Age 40 years)
  Mother	GITTINGS, Elizabeth Sprigg,   b. 1698, Maryland ,   d. 1735, Prince George's Co., Maryland  (Age 37 years)
  Married	Abt 1711	Prince George's Co., Maryland   [2]
  Family ID	F89	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Witten, Thomas Jefferson Sr.,   b. 10 Sep 1719, Cecil Co., or Prince George's Co., Maryland ,   d. 1794, Tazewell Co, Virginia  (Age 74 years)
  Married	1742	Cecil Co., Maryland   [3]
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2004
  Family ID	F59	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  adopted by her father's brother John Cecil because her father died when she was age 12? I still stand on my position that Elizabeth Cecil who married Thomas Witten was the daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth (Gittings?) Cecil. We do not know if John Cecil and Elizabeth (Sollars)Cecil had a daughter. We have collected the names of their sons from wills, etc....but no daughter is named that I have found. On the other hand, we do know that Phillip Cecil had a daughter named Elizabeth, who would have been about sixteen when he died. She is named in his will and in estate papers. Philllip didn't leave much to his family (nothing, in fact) and his widow must have struggled to keep things together. It is quite possible that Elizabeth went to live with her uncle, John Cecil and wife Elizabeth Sollars. She and Samuel would have been first cousins. If somebody has found more info on John Cecil and Elizabeth Sollars having a daughter named Elizabeth, I'd really appreciate it! Anyway, I've been doing a lot of work on other names lately, but I always come back to old William--the father of so many of us! I would love to solve this mystery before I pass on...but may have to wait to ask him in person!! ;) Penny Cecil Bloodhart More About Elizabeth 'Gittings' Cecil: Baptism: New Scotland 100, Prince George's, MD Fact 7: May have been Adopted child Lived location: Tazewell, VA >> Hi all: The above nails it about Elizabeth Cecil as the child of Phillip and Elizabeth Gittings Cecil. John and Elizabeth Sollers Cecil did not (as far as we know) ever live in the New Scotland Hundred. But Phillip Cecil's widow did! It is still probable that Elizabeth Cecil went to live with her uncle after her father's death in 1733. Penny

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] GEDCOM File: Melissa Thompson Alexander, Melissa Thompson Alexander. [S80] Paul Tobler e-mail tobler@hctc.net. [S88] Salisbury gives and alternative location of PGC, MD.