Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
NameElizabeth Burch 11021,11022,11023,11024,11025,11026,11027,11028,11029,11030,11005,11031,11006,11032,11007,11033,11010,11034,11011,11035,11036,11037,11013,11038
Birth1730, Bowling Plains, Charles County, MD11021,11028,11039,11040,11006,11007,11010,11034,11041,11042,11043
Memoabt 1709? abt 1725?
MemoBurches Addition & part of Bowlings Plaines from her father, Justinian Burch Sr for love
Memoa tract “Burches Addition abt 18 ac & part of tract Bowlings Plains abt 19 ac for 1000 lbs tobacco from her father, Justinian Burch, Sr.
MemoJustinian Burch Sr deeds to dau Elizabeth Burch for 5000 lbs tobacco part of tract Bowlings Plains, where he now dwells & bounded by a water grist mill up to Mill Branch, abt 40 ac
Census1790, Charles County, MD11029
Memoabt 1730? aft 1771?
Misc. Notes
Some records from John Sawyer, San Angelo, TX say that Elizabeth's parents were John Burch and Ann unknown.
Robert Cooke, b: 28 Mar 1752 Parents: John Cooke & Elizabeth
11056 (See Research note)
John Cooke, b: 1 Aug 1754 Parents: John Cooke & Elizabeth
James Cooke, b: 26 Oct 1760 Parents: John Cooke & Elizabeth
Alexander Cooke, b: 22 Feb 1765 Parents: John Cooke & Elizabeth
Elizabeth Cooke, b: 1767 Parents: John Cooke & Elizabeth
Anne Cooke, b: 1769 Parents: John Cooke & Elizabeth
Research
Burch Families of Southern MD
9985Vol 2 p. 21: Will of Justinian Burch Sr; dated 23 Oct 1758 probated Feb 23, 1760 to dau Elizabeth all tract Burches Addition & pt of Bowlings Plain. ... but if Elizabeth has no children, the land shall go.... (implies she had no children when the will was written in 1758)
Vol 2 p. 22: Nov 1758 Chas Co MD Land: Justinian Burch Sr for fatherly love deeds to dau Elizabeth Burch, Chas Co, tract land Burches’ Addition & part of tract Bowlings Plaines & more (S: Chas Co Land Liber G 3 p. 250) (named as Elizabeth Burch not Cooke, perhaps not married yet?)
Vol 2 p. 25: Dec 1758 ChasCoLand. Justinian Burch Sr deeds to dau Elizabeth Burch for 5000 lbs tobacco pt of tract Bowlings Plains, where he now dwells & bounded by a water grist mill up to Mill Branch, abt 40 ac (S:ChasCoLand Liber G 3 p.317) (named as Elizabeth Burch not Cooke, perhaps not married yet?)
Spouses
Birth28 Mar 1726, Chaptico, St Mary’s County, MD19770
Deathabt 1775, Fauquier, VA19770
Research
Liber 28, folio 231; 30 Nov 1751 Sprigg, Edward, PG Co: To son Edward Sprigg, Happy Choice, in Frederick Co, div by my friend John Cooke, Thomas Williams, & James Beck to include the buildings where he dwells. Witn: Jno Cooke, Lucy Williams, Rachel Sprigg, Jo[seph] Belt Jr. 21 Feb 1752, sworn to by all 4 witn.
19771 (Same John Cooke?)
John Cooke Married to Elizabeth Burch daughter of Benjamin Burch & Winifred Coad
19772 (Which Elizabeth Burch is he married to?)
Marriage1750, Chaptico, St Mary’s County, MD11027
Memoabt 1724? bet 1727-43?
Tax List1758, Charles County, MD11009
MemoDistrict Port Tobacco West Side; Record Number 84; Name Order 2
Land Purchaseca 1758, Charles County, MD11008
MemoPort Tobacco; May Day
Land Sold1764, Charles County, MD11016
Memoto his brother-in-law, Oliver Burch
Census1790, Charles County, MD11004
Memo1778-93 (& prob by 1790)?
Research
Different husband than other sources
107531790MDChas591
11019 James Smallwood 1M 16+, 2M <16, 4F, 9 Slaves (2M <16 & 3 other Females assume children, not listed here)
Military
Marriageaft Feb 1759, Charles County, MD11013
Marr Memobef Oct 1764