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Samuel Clagett Sr. / Ann Brown

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Samuel Clagett Sr. / Ann Brown

Husband: Samuel Clagett Sr.
Born: 31 Jan 1717[86] at: Charles Co., Maryland, USA
Married: 1751at:
Died: 12 Aug 1756at: Charles, Maryland, USA
Father: Richard Claggett Sr.
Mother: Deborah Dorsey
Notes: [87]
Wife: Ann Brown
Born: 1732at: Rich Hill, Charles, Maryland, USA
Died: 6 Sep 1800at: Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia, USA
Father: Gustavus Brown
Mother: Frances Fowke
Sources: [88]
Children
Name: Samuel Claggett II [81] [79]
Born: 1756at: Snowhill, Fauquier, Virginia, USA
Married: at:  
Died: 25 Mar 1821[79] at: New Baltimore, Fauquier, Virginia, USA
Spouses: Amey Jane Ramey


Pedigree Chart for: Samuel Clagett Sr.

      /--Edward  Clagett 
   /--Thomas  Clagett  I
   |  \--Margaret  Adams 
/--Richard  Claggett  Sr.
|  |  /--
|  \--
|     \--
|--Samuel  Clagett  Sr.
|     /--Edward  Dorsey 
|  /--John  Dorsey 
|  |  \--Anne  Howard 
\--Deborah  Dorsey 
   |  /--Edward  Dorsey 
   \--Pleasance  Ely 
      \--Joane  Phipps 

Pedigree Chart for: Ann Brown

      /--Richard  Brown 
   /--Gustavus  Brown 
   |  \-- (----) 
/--Gustavus  Brown 
|  |  /--George  Mitchelson 
|  \--Jane (Jean)  Mitchelson 
|     \--Isabel  Elphinstone 
|--Ann  Brown 
|     /--Gerard  Fowke 
|  /--Gerard (Gerrard)  Fowke 
|  |  \--Anne  Thoroughgood 
\--Frances  Fowke 
   |  /--Gerard  Fowke 
   \--Sarah  Burdette 
      \--Verlinda  Cotton 

[87]

In 1750, the Maryland Assembly voted funds to enlarge and repair Christ Church in William and Mary Parish (in what is now Wayside, Maryland), under the direction of its rector, The Rev. Samuel Clagett.

[81]

"He entered the army in the Maryland line on continental establishment as stated by his widow in the year 1777 as an Assistant Surgeon (he then being a student of medicine with doctor Gustavus R. Brown of Port Tobacco, Maryland) and served until about the middle of February 1780, he then resigned and went to sea. On his return he again entered the service in the same capacity and served to the end of the war. I have often heard him speak of his services as assistant surgeon at the Bethlehem Hospital and Valley Forge, and in the state of New York and other places." --From pension claim W6693, an affadavit by William Horner. DAR Pension Vol. 149. The will book shows that, among other property, Samuel owned four slaves, "1 white horse, 1 dark bay, 22 sheep and 6 lambs, 1 yoke of steers, 1 buffalo cow red" From DAR record #71 795: CLAGGETT, Samuel, esf 1777 Charles Co., MD, while student of medicine at Port Tobacco, ME, as surgeon's mate; settled in VA after RW [Revolutionary War]; dd [died] 4th Monday of March 1821; md [married] 9/15/1785 Amie Jane Ramey of Cameron Parish at Leesburg, Loudoun Co, VA, per her AFF, but MB dated 8/22/1786 per Cc clerk's certificate to court; wid PN ae [widowed pension age] 68 Fauquier Co. VA 1838, per her AFF & dd there 11/10/47 leaving ch: Ferdinand, Christopher, Thomas, Anne W/o Tomlin Bailey, Elizabeth w/o Thomas McCormick, Cecelia w/o John G. Kirby, Sophia w/o Thomas Simpson & Juliet w/o Robert Roach, all liv 1850; d Mary Cooper & s [son] Samuel dd before m [mother] & had ch [children] mbnn liv 1850; AFF 1838 by William Horner ae [age] 69, res [resident] Warrenton VA, high sheriff of Fauquier Co, that he halfbro/o sol [soldier], & also b & reared Charles Co, MD, further his m's s's [mother's sisters] Dr. Samuel Clagett & Dr. Gustavus Horner RW svc together, further his m [mother] Ann also md Samuel Hanson Sr. of Green Hills, Charles Co, MD, further Dr William Brown, RW surgeon, near relative of sol; QLF 1929 from desc Mrs Samuel W Price, Searles, WV; QLF 1904 from gds [grandson] Charles W Cooper, res/o [resident of] Ex-Confederate Soldiers' Home, Richmond, VA, states sol wid [widowed] dd c1848, further querier bro of Mrs Price of Smyth Co, VA. R547

[86] [S23]

  • Data:
    Priest of the Church of Engalnd; rector of parishes in Calvert and Charles Cos., MD;
[88] [S6] [79] [S21]

    [80]

    Shows appriasement of his assets ordered by the court on October 10, 1820.

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