Absolom Brittingham

- Bef 1756

• Name	Absolom Brittingham
  Gender	Male
  Land - they bought land	1744	Worcester Co., Maryland   [1]
  	20 Jul 1744 Adam Spence sold 200A "Inch" to Absolom Brittingham. On 23 Oct 1795 Jesse Henderson with wife Rachel, only living heiress of Absolom Brittingham, sold to Samuel Johnson 200A.
  Land - they received a land patent	1748	Worcester Co., Maryland   [1]
  	Absolom Brittingham patented "Friendship" for 80A 27 Sep 1748 in West Berlin district. in 1795 Jesse Henderson with wife Rachel, only heir of Absolom Brittingham, sold 40A to Samuel Johnson.
  Will - Named in Fathers will	1749	Worcester Co., Maryland
  	His father left him, Nathaniel and Ann Jarman "the rest of my estate" and "Branday Pint."
  Administration of estate - Administration of their estate was recorded	1756	Worcester Co., Maryland   [2]
  	Rebecca Brittingham, administrator, with bond paid 6 Jun 1756; sureties by Nathan Brittingham and Joshua Hill.
  Death	Bef 06 Jun 1756	Worcester Co., Maryland
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	William Brittingham, I,   b. Abt 1640, Hempsted, County Norfolk, England d. Bef 5 Apr 1709, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 69 years)  (Grandfather)  (--?--) (--?--),   b. Abt 1620   d. Yes, date unknown  (Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	7 brothers and 2 sisters
  + 1. Solomon Brittingham,   b. Abt 1714, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 17 Apr 1772, Worcester Co., Maryland  (Age < 58 years) ▻ Mary Ennis,  m. Abt 1745 + 2. William Brittingham, III   d. 1794, Worcester Co., Maryland ▻ Elizabeth (--?--),  m. Bef 1773 ;   Sarah (--?--),  m. Bef 1787   3. Belitha Brittingham   d. Aft 1794   4. Nathaniel Brittingham   d. Yes, date unknown + 5. Absolom Brittingham   d. Bef 06 Jun 1756, Worcester Co., Maryland ▻ Sarah Brittingham,  m. Bef 1744 + 6. Frances Brittingham   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ William Brittingham (of Pocomoke),  m. Bef 1749   7. Ann Brittingham   d. Yes, date unknown + 8. Isaac Brittingham   d. BEFb26 Mar 1773, Worcester Co., Maryland ▻ Peggy Hudson   9. Poynter Brittingham   d. Aft 1772 + 10. Jeremiah Brittingham   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ (--?--) (--?--)
  Person ID	I126826	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	William Brittingham, II,   b. Abt 1672, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 27 Sep 1749, Bogerternorten Hundred, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age < 77 years)
  Mother	Frances Pointer (Poynter)   d. Aft 1749
  Family ID	F45667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Brittingham   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1744
  Children	1. Rachel Brittingham   d. Aft 1795 ╚═ Jesse Henderson
  Family ID	F45695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S2158] Dryden, Ruth - Wor Land Records, 1666-1810, (Printed Privately, 1987), 2158. [S2402] Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Skinner, Wor Co, MD Estate Docket 1742-1820, (V.L. Skinner Jr, Brookville, MD), 2402.