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! (1) Carolyn Carey, Greenwood Village, CO. Cites: (a) Side-Lights on Maryland History, p.16 -17.
(2) "The Tayloes of Virginia and Allied Families," by W. Randolph Tayloe (Berryville, VA, 1 963) p.82. FHL #929.273 T211t. Cites: (a) Maryland Historical Society Magazine, Sep 1907, Vol . 2, No. 3, p.276-279.
(3) "A Chronicle of Belair," by Shirley V. Baltz (Bowie Heritage Committee, Bowie, MD, 1984 ) p.31,33,39,41-42; Pt. 2, p.164. Cites: (a) St. Anne's Register, Annapolis, MD, Vol. 1, p.79 . (b) "Maryland Gazette," 19 May 1747. (c) "MD Hist. Mag.," V.2, p.276, Lowndes Genealogy.
(4) "The Maryland Gazette 1727-1761," by Karen Mauer Green (Frontier Press, Galveston, TX , 1989) p.35.
(5) "The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland," by J.D. Warfield (Koh n & Pollock, Baltimore, 1905) p.297.
! Birth: (1) 4 Feb 1726. (1,2,3) d/o Benjamin Tasker/Ann Bladen. (3a) Feb 1726. (4) Third d/ o Hon. Benjamin Tasker, Esq.
Marriage to Christopher Lowndes: (1,4) 14 May 1747. (2,5) (3b) 12 May 1747. (4) "Last Thurs day" (reported Tues., 19 May) (m. 14 May).
Death: (1) 19 Sep 1789.
(3) 1760, Oct: In his will, her brother Benjamin Tasker ordered that all his real and perso nal properties were to be sold and the proceeds divided equally among three of his sisters, A nne Ogle, Frances Carter and Elizabeth Lowndes, and after their deaths, to their surviving ch ildren. He also specified that none of the money due to Elizabeth was to be paid into the han ds of her husband, Christopher. Instead, as long as he was alive, Elizabeth's legacy was to b e held in trust, and only the income paid to her or her children.
(3) 1768, Jun: In his will, Benjamin Tasker Sr. left 2,500 pounds to each of his daughters , Anne Ogle, Frances Carter and Elizabeth Lowndes. As long as Christopher Lownded lived, Eliz abeth's portion was to be held in trust. Only the profits were to be paid into her hands, an d upon such payment, she was to render a receipt. Most of his land was to be sold and the pro ceeds divided equally between his wife and their children.
(3) 1771, 11 Feb: Benjamin Ogle filed suit against Anne Ogle, Robert and Frances Carter an d Christopher and Elizabeth Lowndes as heirs of Benjamin Tasker in the Chancery Court of MD , seeking title to the Belair plantation.
(3) 1774, 27 Apr: The Chancery Court ruled in favor of Benjamin Ogle. It took years to sett le the details.
(5) She inherited "Blenheim," upon a commanding hill at Bladensburg, MD, a survey of Gov. B laden.
Elizabeth Tasker |
Date of Import: 12 Jan 2003