Bridgett Major

Abt 1750 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Bridgett Major  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1750	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Land - they sold land	1768	tract A116, east of Parksley & east of Rt 13, Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  	In 1736 William Miles & his wife Esther sold his part of this tract to John Major, who bought additional acres from adjacent tracts. In 1763 he died in testate and his estate was administered to John Gowtee; the later is the next owner of record, but it is not clear whether he had married a childless widow or an only child of Major.
  Marr Name	Bridgett Gootee
  Record ID	101513
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Major,   b. 1607, England d. Bef 28 Apr 1648, Northampton County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 41 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather)  Elizabeth Watson, (Watson?),   b. Abt 1705, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 31 Aug 1773, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 68 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID	I101513	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	John (of John) Major,   b. Abt 1706, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1 Jun 1763, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 57 years)
  Mother	Euphamia (183) Kellam,   b. Abt 1732, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown Other Partners: ╚═Kendall (of Rowles) Major,   b. Abt 1740, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 27 Oct 1772, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 32 years)  m. Abt 1765    ╚═John (of Rowles) Major,   b. Abt 1728, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 29 Sep 1800, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 72 years)  m. Bef 30 Dec 1772
  Marriage	Abt 1750  [2]
  Family ID	F18739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Gootee,   b. Abt 1740, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1768	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F33827	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1750 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Marriage - Bef 1768 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), in a 2 volume set, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1125 (tract A116), 572. [S940] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 2007), p. 522 (Anthony West Family), 940.