Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Zephaniah Offutt

Male 1754 - 1796  (41 years)


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  • Name Zephaniah Offutt  [1
    Birth 14 Aug 1754  Rock Creek Parish, Frederick County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Feb 1796  Montgomery County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I57588  Tree1
    Last Modified 17 May 2024 

    Father Samuel Offutt,   b. 19 Apr 1712, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1761, Frederick County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Burgess,   b. 15 Nov 1714, Frederick County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1773, Frederick County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 23 Jan 1734  Rock Creek Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2340  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lucy Beall,   b. 25 Aug 1758, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1779, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years) 
    Marriage 30 Oct 1776  Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Rezin Beall Offutt,   b. 1 Jul 1778, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1837, Georgetown, District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F31925  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 May 2024 

    Family 2 Margaret Smith Butler,   b. Bef 1762, Prince George's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1811, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 51 years) 
    Marriage 24 Aug 1780  Rock Creek Parish, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Chew Offutt,   b. Abt 1781, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     2. Lucy Burgess Offutt,   b. 1783, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1864, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Samuel Chew Offutt,   b. Abt 1783, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1811, Montgomery County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 28 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Zachariah Offutt,   b. Abt 1784, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1815, Montgomery County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 31 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Zephaniah Burgess Offutt,   b. Abt 1785, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1815, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 31 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. Catherine Christie Offutt,   b. Abt 1786, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1815, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 30 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F31926  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 May 2024 

  • Notes 
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      OFFUTT, SAMUEL, Frederick Co. 4 May, 1761; 29 May, 1761
      To wife Elizabeth, dwelling plantation I now live on,
      Offut's Pasture, 613 A.; tract Addition To Offuts Pasture, 19 A.; tract Offutt's Adventure, 90 A.; tract Outlet, 8 A.; tract Hop Yard, 17 A.; tract Offut's Lot, 33 A.
      Above tracts to be divided between youngest sons, Mordecai Burgess, Hezekiah and Zephaniah; Mordecai Burgess to have 1/3 pt. of the 6 tracts; 3rd youngest son Zephaniah and his male hrs., to have 1/3 pt. of sd. tracts; son Hezekiah's pt., after his decease, shall be equally divided between sons Mordecai Burgess and Zephaniah.
      To son Nathaniel Offutt, land he now lives on, being pt. of tract called Younger Brother. Mentions land adjoining bro. Nathaniel Offutt.
      To son Nathan, tract called Newtown.
      Dau. Elizabeth, wife of Nathaniel Magruder.
      Residue of personal estate in England or elsewhere, to youngest children: Hazekiah, Zephaniah, Mary, Hannah, Deborah, Ursulah and Casandra.
      Extxs Wife.
      Wit;: Henry Clagett, Ninian Tannehill, Jr., Thos. Pack. 31. 372
      ===
      Montgomery County, Md Wills
      OFFUTT, SAMUEL C. L G f 386 25 May 1811
      L 2 p 272 17 Jul 1811
      Father: (not named) dec'd.
      Mother: Margaret Offutt
      Brother: Zephaniah Burgess Offutt - testator's claim against estate of the late Hannah Offutt
      Brother: Zachariah Offutt
      Sisters: Lucy B. Knott, wife of Leonard Knott; Catherine C. Offutt
      Ex: Brother Zephaniah B. Offutt
      Wit: Charles Evans, Cephas Fleming

  • Sources 
    1. [S291] Western Maryland Genealogy, Vol 18., No. 1, Jan 2002.

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