Susanna

Abt 1725 - 1751  (26 years)

• Name	Susanna   [1]
  Birth	Abt 1725	Northampton Co, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Administrator	14 Apr 1747	Northampton Co, Virginia   [2]
  	It was on this date that administration on the estate of Jonathan Wilkins was granted to Susanna Wilkins, relict of the dec'd.
  Death	1751	Northampton Co, Virginia   [3]
  Anecdote	Sep 1754	Northampton Co, Virginia   [3]
  	In Sep 1754 it was recorded in Northampton Co, VA, that Frances Wilkins, infant under 21 year (by John Smaw, her next friend and guardian), one of the daughters of Jonathan Wilkins late of N'hamp Co, shows that her father at the time of his death (adm 14 Apr 1747) was possessed of several slaves - Ben and Sarah. The slaves desecnded to the said Frances and her two sisters, Rachel and Joanna, infants under age 21. The three daughters were coheirs subject to the dowwer of their mother, Susanna. The said Susanna vested herself of the slaves as administrix of the estate and guardian of the three daughters. She soon married John Ellegood. They, the said Susanna and John kept possession of the two slaves and all of the profits from there on. Susanna died in 1751. Nathan Wilkins, brother to the above Jonathan and Uncle to Frances, Rachel & Jonna died in 1747 (adm 8 Mar 1747) unmarried. His sundry slaves (Mary & Dinah, woman & a girl) descended to the three Wilkins sisters. The said John Ellegood, after the death of his wife Susanna, held possession of all the slaves as guardian. However, Frances, after the death of her mother, chose John Smaw as her guardian. Since then she has frequently applied to her sisters, Rachel and Joanna for a partition of the slaves and their increase now living: Leah, Jack, Daniel, Esther, Ben and ... (paper torn). This petition asks the Court to order a division. Filed 15 May 1754 & the partition was ordered.
  Marr Name	Susanna Elligood
  Marr Name	Susanna Wilkins
  Record ID	54047
  Person ID	I54047	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2023

  
  

  Family 1	Jonathan (173) Wilkins,   b. Abt 1720, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 14 Apr 1747, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 27 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1742	Northampton Co, Virginia   [4]
  Children	1. Rachel (471) Wilkins,   b. Abt 1742, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 10 Jan 1770, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 28 years)   2. Frances (472) Wilkins,   b. Abt 1744, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   3. Joanna (473) Wilkins,   b. Abt 1746, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F19675	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	John Elligood,   b. Abt 1727   d. Bef 11 Oct 1763, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 36 years)
  Marriage	12 May 1748	Northampton Co, Virginia   [4, 5, 6]
  	Benja Scott was the security on the M.L.B. of John Ellegood and Susanna Wilkins, widow of (Jonathan Wilkins). Catherine Blaikley witness.
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F19780	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S887] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 1, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004), p. 965 (Fisher Family), 887. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 337 (adm of Jonathan Wilkins to Susanna Wilkins, relict of the dec'd), 497. [S882] Mihalyka, N'hamp Loose Papers, Vol. III, (Eastville, VA: Hickory House, 2005), p. 103 (Wilkins vs Wilkins), 882. [S940] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 2007), p. 621 (Wilkins Family), 940. [S622] Mihalyka, N'hamp Co Marriages 1660-1854, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), 622. [S882] Mihalyka, N'hamp Loose Papers, Vol. III, (Eastville, VA: Hickory House, 2005), p. 86 (Kemp vs Floyd), 882.