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

Thomas Gantt

Male 1736 - 1808  (71 years)


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  • Name Thomas Gantt 
    Birth 18 Aug 1736  Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 30 May 1808  Prince George's County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I33422  Tree1
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

    Father Thomas Gantt,   b. Abt 1710, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1785, Prince George's County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Rachel Smith,   b. 1712, Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1753, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1735  Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10935  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Susannah Mackall,   b. 14 Jan 1738, Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1777, Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1756  Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Rachel Gantt,   b. 31 Aug 1759, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1779, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Thomas Gantt,   b. 28 Nov 1760, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1780, Revolutionary War Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. John Mackall Gantt,   b. 14 May 1762, King George Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1811, Prince George's County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Benjamin Gantt,   b. 8 Jan 1764, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1803, Petersburg, Wilkes County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Mary Gantt,   b. 13 Sep 1765, King George Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     6. Richard Gantt,   b. 2 Aug 1767, King George Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1850, Greenville County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. Daniel Gantt,   b. 3 Jun 1769, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1837, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]
     8. Anne Gantt,   b. 23 Aug 1771, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     9. Charles Gantt,   b. 16 Mar 1773, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1826 and 1827, Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F6636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 Sarah Potts,   b. Abt 1761, Frederick County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1804, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Marriage 11 Nov 1782  Frederick, County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Gantt,   b. 27 Dec 1783, Frederick County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1820, Washington, District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Sarah Eleanor Gantt,   b. 9 May 1787, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1823, Washington, District of Columbia - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F21656  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
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      Prince George's County MD Will Book Liber T No. #1; 1803-1808;
      Folio 652 THOMAS GANTT 02/28/1804 05/30/1808
      Bequeaths to:
      1. John Mackall Gantt --son
      -whereas testator has already conveyed to him his real estate according to an agreement long since made between the testator and his son, the land is to be as much as testator intended for him to have out of the estate except where named
      -the clock and the looking glasses now in the dwelling house where testator resides and not to be removed
      2. Daniel Gantt --son
      -to have Negro girl "Kitty" the daughter of "Doll"
      3. Charles Gantt --son
      -To have silver can marked TSG.
      4. Thomas Gantt --son
      -to have Negroes: "Dick" 'Jacob" "George" "Doll" "Barbara"
      -Thomas and Sarah Eleanor to have four fifths of the balance of the 1500 pounds and Sarah to have the other one fifth
      -named executors of the will
      5. Sarah Eleanor ( Gantt ?) --daughter
      -to have Negroes" "Joney" "Pat" and "Nell" the daughter of "Old Shippy"
      -to have the sum of 1500 pounds current money or the balance due at testator's death in virtue of the deed of trust to testator's son John
      -remainder of the personal estate to be divided between Sarah and Thomas
      6. Negroes
      -"Flora" and her children are to be manumitted at testator's death and ber cbildren as they arrive at the age of 21 —and to be in the possession of testator's on John and the boys are to be apprenticed to some prudent person to learn the trade of 5hoemaking
      -should "Flora" continue living with testator's son John when she is freed, then to have the annual sum of 6 pounds and to let her have a house to live in "Chargo" to be free at testator's death and is not to be considered a slave or be part of the personal estate, and he may live with any of testator's children at his own choostng and to have ail of testator's wearing apparel
      Witnesses: James Wood
      Fielder Dorsett
      Arthur Gibbons
      Then came: Arthur Gibbons and Fielder Dorsett
      Note: the testator signed the will in his own hand
      Note: Thomas Gantt, renounced his right to act as executor
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      1774-1780 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber CC 2 [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 598. At the request of Thomas Gantt, Sr. the following Lease was recorded April 3, 1779
      Indenture made October 5, 1778; John Gantt, farmer of Berkeley County, Virginia in consideration of 5 shillings current money has granted and to farm let unto Thomas Gantt, Sr., planter of PGCo during the natural life of the said John Gantt all those parts of tracts called by the name of "Hearts Delight" [Harts Delight] and "North Hampton" being part of a tract sold by Thomas Brooke to Henry Wright and bounded by "Brooke Grove", Basil Waring's part of "Heart's Delight" [Harts Delight]and Osborn Sprigg's land. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this October 5, 1778, John Gantt in the presence of and acknowledged before Christopher Lowndes, Richard Henderson
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      1774-1780 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber CC 2 [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 212. At the request of Thomas Gantt, Jr. the following Deed was recorded December 9, 1775
      Indenture made October 14, 1775; Clement Hollyday in consideration of 1200 pounds common currency of Maryland paid by Thomas Gantt, Jr. has sold part of two tracts of land one called "Mazoonscon" and the other "Retaliation" and also one whole tract called "Newton" and beginning at a bounded poplar standing in the Cabin Branch and laid out for 400 acres. Signed Clement Hollyday in the presence of and acknowledged before John Cooke
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      1774-1780 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber CC 2 [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 624. At the request of Thomas Harwood the following Deed was recorded May 20, 1779
      Indenture made November 26, 1778; Thomas Gantt, Jr. in consideration of 2000 pounds current money of Maryland paid by Thomas Harwood, 3rd has sold part of two tracts of land one called "Mazoonscon" and the other "Retaliation" and also one whole tract called "Newton" and beginning at a bounded poplar standing in the Cabbin Branch and laid out for 400 acres. Signed Thomas Gantt, Jr. in the presence of and acknowledged before Alexander Howard Magruder, Fielder Bowie
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      1785-1787 Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records Liber HH [Abstract by Mike Marshall]; Page 336. At the request of Thomas Gantt the following Deed was recorded May 8, 1787
      Indenture made May 8, 1787; Patrick Sim of Frederick County, Maryland in consideration of 4615 pounds ten shillings specie paid by Thomas Gantt of PGCo has sold part of a tract called "Sims Delight" containing 605 acres and bounded by the main road leading from the chappel to the said Sim's plantation, land of said tract leased to Joseph Hagan, that part of said tract excepted in the deed of conveyance from Col. Joseph Sim to Patrick Sim, the Mill Branch and that part of said tract sold to Robert Bowie. Signed Patrick Sim in the presence of and acknowledged before David Craufurd, John Smith Brookes
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      Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records 1793-1794; Liber JRM 2 {Abstract by Mike Marshall}; Page 413. At the request of Benjamin Oden the following Deed was recorded January 7, 1794
      Indenture made December 23, 1793; Thomas Gantt in consideration of 3,105 pounds current money has sold part of a tract called "Sims Delight" containing 619 acres and bounded by the road leading from St. Paul's Chappel to Upper Marlbro, Hagan's Meadow, the road leading from the Woodyard to the dwelling house, the Mill Branch and mentions Matthew Eversfield. Signed Thomas Gantt in the presence of and acknowledged before Samuel Hepburn, Robert Bowie

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