Cecil, William

Notes:

Maureen (Mareen) Duvall was the one that the wife of William Cecil whose wife died March 1697/98 on her deathbed requested that Mireen (sic) Duvall take charge of her children of William Cecil.
(According to Elise Greenup Jourdan, nothing has been determined to date regarding this William Cecil's ancestors. He does appear to be connected to the Catholic Cissell's in SMC, MD. He had some education as he could write his name. He lived with Dr. Richard Pile in 1706/1707, a member of PGC, MD gentry. He was Protestant and bound his children to a Protestant family. There are no indications he owned land. He stated that it was his wife's deathbed request that the children be bound to Mr. Mareen Duvall-probably because his wife knew him to be unwilling or incapable of caring for the children. Duvall researchers have not come up with any blood or marriage link between the Cecil and Duvall families. It was said he was know to associate with disreputable character. Dr. Pile does not seem to be a very nice man either. William did have servants, a horse and nice things. By mid 1700's he appears to have been living with a grandchild in Frederick Co, MD William CECIL BIRTH: ABT 1665 DEATH: JUL 1749, Frederick Co., MD Family 1: Mary MARRIAGE: ABT 1688 John CECIL Phillip CECIL Susannah CECIL )According to Elise Greenup Jourdan, nothing has been determined to date regarding his ancestors. He does appear to be connected to the Catholic Cissell's in SMC, MD. He had some education as he could write his name. He lived with Dr. Richard Pile in 1706/1707, a member of PGC, MD gentry. He was Protestant and bound his children to a Protestant family. There are no indications he owned land. He stated that it was his wife's deathbed request that the children be bound to Mr. Mareen Duvall-probably because his wife knew him to be unwilling or incapable of caring for the children. Duvall researchers have not come up with any blood or marriage link between the Cecil and Duvall families. It was said he was know to associate with disreputable character. Dr. Pile does not seem to be a very nice man either. William did have servants, a horse and nice things. By mid 1700's he appears to have been living with a grandchild in Frederick Co, MD
William CECIL
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BIRTH: ABT 1665
DEATH: JUL 1749, Frederick Co., MD
Family 1: Mary
MARRIAGE: ABT 1688
John CECIL
Phillip CECIL
Susannah CECIL

Notes
from Elise Jourdan's book:
"Greenup Witten Cecil" (Gateway Press 1989) regarding our William:

"..There were at least two distinct lines of Maryland Cecils: The Catholic Cecils of St. Mary's County and the Protestant Cecils of Prince George's County. William Cecil, ancestor of at least part of the line which intermarried with the Witten and Greenup lines, was a Protestant. These Cecils all came from England where Cecil was not an unusual name and some Cecils were quite prominent and close to the crown. Sir Thomas Cecil, the London Engraver, was given a vast tract of land in Maryland for making the first map of the colony in 1638. His landholdings in St. Mary's County were managed by his son, John Cecil, who is believed to have married a Calvert..." From p. 224 of her book.

In March of 1697/98 as recorded in the annals of Prince George's County, a William Cecil (Sessell) "...by the request of my wife as she lay upon her deathbed" disposed of his children John, age 7, Phillip, age 5 and Susan, age 2, to Mareen Duval (the Elder) and his wife.

Proposed parents of William:

John CECIL(b.1620 d.6-Jun-1698) who m.c.1683 in VA Mary (______). This is unproven, and the William who was the son of John (b.1620) died c.1744, so the link to the Prince George's Cecils to the St. Mary's Cecil's is unlikely.
John CECIL(b.c.1635 d.6-Jun 1698) who m.c.1664 Mary SHIRCLIFF. This John was the son or Sir Thomas and Susan (Oxenbridge) CECIL. Is this the same John as the prior one?
Our William Cecil (or Sessell) appears in Prince George's County and later Frederick County (created from PGC) on several occasions from 1697 to 1749. This William was a witness in a trial in PGC in March of 1706, donated 50 pounds of tobacco to Queen Anne's Parish (Anglican) in 1708, and was involved in other court documents in 1710, 1714 and 1729. He witnessed wills in 1731 and 1732. His estate was probated in 1749, and grandchildren Thomas, Sabret and Samuel were administrators. These grandchildren are sons of John and Elizabeth (Sollars) Cecil.

Both William Cecil and William Cissell had sons named John. John Cecil married Elizabeth Sollars, who survived him at his death in 1759 per his will. John Cissell married an Elizabeth also, but this John died in 1742, and his widow married one Charles Neale.

We haven't a shred of evidence about who William Cecil married, what he did, or where he came from. (Lots of IDEAS but no proof!! :>).

http://www.charweb.org/gen/whitten/d0003/g0000032.htm#I2

William married , Mary about 1688 in Connecticut or Maryland. Mary was born about 1668 in Prince George's Co., Maryland; died in Mar 1697 in Prince George's Co., Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It has been assumed (and debated!) by over 200 years of genealogists that William's sons John and Phillip, given to the Duvalls in 1697/8, are the same men who appear in later PGC records. In the case of John Cecil of PGC, this is supported by several pieces of evidence:

John Cecil, a landowner in Prince George's County, married Elizabeth Sollars in Queen Ann's Parish, PGC in 1718.
Elizabeth's mother was presumably one Ann Sabrett Sullivan Sollars.
John and Elizabeth's children were probably Zephaniah, Samuel W., Sabrett and Thomas. (references for this not cited here).
They may have had sons William and James
Samuel Cecil was William's administrator, assisted by John (possibly William's son and Samuel's father?), Sabrett and Thomas.
Samuel W. Cecil was wed to Rebecca White, who was christened in Queen Ann's parish by Rev. Jacob Henderson, who wed the widow of Mareen Duvall the Immigrant, Mary Duvall Ridgely. It is assumed that Mareen's son, Mareen the Elder, was the one to whom William Cecil bound his children.
Obviously there was close association of all these people. It is possible that the William who died in 1749 was not John Cecil's father but another relative, such as an unknown son of William the widower of 1697/8...but this is speculation. Most genealogists accept that this William was John's father and Samuel's grandfather.

Phillip Cecil was also a landowner in PGC. He wed Elizabeth ?? (probably Gittings) around 1715, and died in March of 1733. According to the accounting of his estate, he left children Susannah, Mary, Elizabeth, John, William, Joshua and Phillip Jr. Phillip was probably the son of William Cecil and the younger brother of John Cecil. However, his widow Elizabeth stated in court that her dead husband had "...no relation to ye deceased in this Province," an assertion which has troubled genealogists for years.

If this was actually Elizabeth Gittings Cecil, she was the daughter of Phillip Gittings and Ann Sprigg, gentry of the area. Some genealogists have speculated that since she was the daughter of a gentleman, she might have been embarrassed by her husband's lowly relatives. However, John Cecil's wife Elizabeth Sollars was the daughter and sister of gentlemen, and John died with a respectable amount of property. William Cecil's estate of about 113 pounds puts him in the middle class of his time. Phillip Cecil's estate left nothing but debts and property which he had purchased from his brother in law. This speculation does not hold up.

However, other lines of evidence do converge to allow the assumption that Phillip and John Cecil were brothers. John's son Samuel and Phillip's daughter Elizabeth Cecil Whitten traveled in the same group to Western Virginia about 1767. The names of the Perre, Dent, Sprigg, Beall, Duvall and Pile families appear with those of Phillip and John Cecil too often for mere coincidence.
Penny Cecil Bloodhart
Twelve Generations Removed from William and Unknown
http://www.charweb.org/gen/whitten/cecil.synopsis.html
John CECIL
BIRTH: 24 DEC 1691, Queen Anne's Par., Prince George's Co., MD
DEATH: 28 JAN 1759, Queen Anne's Par., Prince George's Co., MD
BAPTISM: 31 DEC 1691, Queen Anne's Par., Prince George's Co., MD
Father: William CECIL
Mother: Mary

Family 1: Elizabeth SOLLERS
MARRIAGE: 1718, Queen Anne's Par., Prince George's Co., MD
Zephaniah CECIL
Samuel White CECIL
Elizabeth CECIL
Sabret CECIL
Thomas CECIL
John CECIL
William B. CECIL
James CECIL

Notes
Some genealogies show him as the son Thomas CECIL(d.1662), an engraver of London who came to MD to make maps, and was paid in land. He later returned to England where he died. Supposedly, he was the son of Thomas CECIL(1544-1622), Lord Burghley, who m.1564 Dorothy, dau John NEVILLE. This line is unproven, and the current consensus of Cecil researcher is that John was the son of William, q.v.
Also seen him as the descendent of a Henry CECIL (b.1577), grandson of Lord Burleigh (the Great Cecil).

John married in 1718 in Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's Co., Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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 ?. Overpaid the estate: (pounds)5/4/0 ?.
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 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

Phillip married GITTINGS, Elizabeth Sprigg about 1711 in Prince George's Co., Maryland. Elizabeth (daughter of GITTINGS, Philip and SPRIGG, Ann) was born in 1698 in Maryland; died in 1735 in Prince George's Co., Maryland. [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
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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

Elizabeth married Witten, Thomas Jefferson Sr. in 1742 in Cecil Co., Maryland. Thomas (son of WITTEN, Thomas and CECIL, Ann) was born on 10 Sep 1719 in Cecil Co., or Prince George's Co., Maryland; died in 1794 in Tazewell Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

May have been an earlier John born of this family that died in infancy.

John married about 1742. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: WITTEN, Elizabeth. Elizabeth (daughter of WITTEN, Thomas and CECIL, Ann) was born about 1728; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joshua married about 1760 in Prince George's Co., Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

some descendants moved to Rowan and Davidson Co, NC, and Johnson Co, MO

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married on 16 Dec 1797 in Frederick Co., Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married on 17 Dec 1780 in Frederick Co., Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married on 8 Jun 1782 in Frederick Co., Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Philip married on 2 Apr 1793 in Frederick Co., Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married on 29 Jan 1798 in Frederick Co., Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Archibald married WILSON, Priscilla in 1786 in Faye Co., Pennsylvania. Priscilla (daughter of WILLSON, John and ) was born before 1755; died between 1800 and 1804. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Archibald married Robinson, Sarah on 13 Dec 1804 in Comus, Montgomery Co., Maryland. Sarah was born about 1784; died after 1835 in Belmont Co, OH ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susanna married on 26 Jun 1788 in Frederick Co., Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married on 24 Feb 1798 in Frederick Co., Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]