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Eleanor Gough

Eleanor Gough

Female Bef 1748 - Aft 1774  (> 28 years)

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  • Name Eleanor Gough  [1] 
    Birth Bef 1748  St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death Aft 1774  St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Stephen Gough,   b. Abt 1630, County Gloucester England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 22 Oct 1700 and 2 Jan 1701, St. Bernards, Newtown Hundred, St Mary's Co., Md. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)  (Great Grandfather) 
    Priscilla Heard,   b. Bef 1720, St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1767, St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 47 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I3174  1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Father James Gough, II,   b. Bef 1690, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 12 Jun 1764 and 19 Jun 1764, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 74 years) 
    Mother Priscilla Heard,   b. Bef 1720, St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1767, St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 47 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1735  St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1832  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Greenwell,   b. Bef 1744, St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1774 (Age > 32 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1764  St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James Greenwell,   b. Bef 16 Dec 1770   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Elizabeth Greenwell,   b. Bef 4 Apr 1774   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1751  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • Richard Langhorn Clarke was the son of John Clarke and Eleanor ? (Mary Donnelly claimed this Eleanor ? was Eleanor Gough daughter of James Gough and Priscilla Heard) but we have problems with that conclusion which I won't discuss right now. Linda Reno

      Both the wills of James Gough and Priscilla Heard call their daughter Eleanor Greenwell.

      Will of James Gough, Sr., SMC 6/12/1764-6/19/1764. Son: Stephen, "Raccoon Neck" and "St. Leonard's". Sons: James and Ignatius, "Lady" and "Margaret's". Sons: Stephen, James, and Ignatius geldings. Sons: Stephen and James, "Gough's Mill". Daughter: Eleanor Greenwell, a negro boy Joshua and a negro boy Abraham. Daughter: Susanna Gough, negro woman Margaret. Daughter: Elizabeth Jenkins, 1 shilling. Children: Eleanor Greenwell, Mary Gough, Susanna Gough, Stephen Gough, James Gough, and Ignatius Gough, all the remainder of my personal estate. Exec: Wife, Priscilla and son, Stephen. Wit: Athanasius Nottingham, Clement Norris, Ann Norris.

      Will of Priscilla Gough, SMC 6/23/1767-11/7/1767. Son: Stephen Gough, 1000 lbs. tobacco. Son: James Gough, negro man Tom. Daughter: Eleanor Greenwell, cow and clothes. Son: Ignatius Gough, 3000 lbs. tobacco. Daughter: Elizabeth Jenkins, set of silver teaspoons. Remainder of estate to be divided among Elizabeth Jenkins, Mary Rhodes, James Gough, Ignatius Gough, and Susanna Dant. Exec: Son, James. Wit: Henry Jenkins, Richard Joyce Lynch, Ann Jenkins.

      Eleanor ____who married three times was married to James Wheatley sometime in 1762 or before. Their son, William Wheatley was baptized at St. Andrew's on January 8, 1763. This is before both of the Gough wills above. It just doesn't add up.

      Eleanor (nee Gough) was still being called Elizabeth Greenwell in her mother's administration accounts in 1770:

      Admin. accts. of Priscilla Gough 8/15/1770; sureties were Bennet Raley and John Fenwick; legatee was Eleanor Greenwell (dau.); residue to: Elizabeth Jenkins, Mary Rhodes, James Gough, Ignatius Gough, and Susanna Dante; Exec., Mr. James Gough (Skinner).

      In looking again at Priscilla Gough's administration accounts, I noticed this.

      8/15/1770: Admin. accts. of Priscilla Gough, SMC. Received from: Stephen Gough due from estate of James Gough. Payments to: James Pike, Zachariah Forrest, Owen Allen. Legatees: Stephen Gough, Ignatius Gough, William Jenkins, James Greenwell, accountant. Exec.: James Gough. (Admin. accts. of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, Libers, 59-66, 1768-1771 by V. L. Skinner, Jr.). NOTE: This record is not on CD #206.

      This last account has just killed two birds (or more) with one stone. Elizabeth Gough, daughter of James and Priscilla, was married to WILLIAM Jenkins, not John Jenkins (per Donnelly). Eleanor Gough, daughter of James and Priscilla, married JAMES Greenwell. As was the norm, the sons-in-law have been paid their wives' share of Priscilla's estate.

      Not sure at this point which James Greenwell that Eleanor was married to--there are several contenders. Linda Reno>
      >
      >Dear Tom.
      >
      >This Will is of John Greenwell son of James Greenwell and Grace Taylor.
      >This John Greenwell married Catherine Wiseman daughter of John Wiseman and
      >Catherine Miles daughter of Francis Miles. John Greenwell was a brother to
      >Charles Greenwell who married Mary_____, and Grace Greenwell who married
      >Thomas Clarke son of Robert Clarke Sr. And Sarah Combs.
      >
      >His brother Henry Greenwell married Eleanor Clarke daughter of Robert
      >Clarke Sr. And Sarah Combs. His brother James Greenwell Married Sarah
      >Clarke daughter of Robert Clarke Sr. and Sarah Combs.
      >
      >Grace Greenwell and 1st husband Thomas Clarke had a son John Clarke born
      >abt 1724/25 who married Eleanor Gough daughter of James Gough and Priscilla
      >Heard. Eleanor Gough (Clarke) married 2nd to John Basil Greenwell son of
      >John Greenwell and Catherine Wiseman. John Basil Greenwell and John Clarke
      >were 1st cousins. Eleanor Gough (Clarke) (Greenwell) married third to James
      >Wheatly.
      >
      >Tom you may want to correct this in your records when you state that Henry Greenwell married Eleanor Gough. I'm afraid that is not possible. I have the Church records as well as the inventory of Eleanor Gough's husband's.
      >

      Jerry L. Clark
      1037 South 680 West
      Provo, Utah 84601
      1-801-374-5016

      Dear Linda and List,

      As far as who the Eleanor was that married John Clark, she is the same Eleanor who married John Basil Greenwell, because on John Basil Greenwell's will he lists a stepson Richard Langhorn Clarke, and a step-daughter Jane Clarke, both children of John Clarke and Eleanor ? and he mentions land that John Clarke owned called evans Quarter.

      Here are a few problems to consider.

      John Clarke when he died about 1755 on his inventory had as a witness James Gough, Which one I don't know, he also had as a witness his brother Abraham Clarke who married Eleanor Heard sister of the Priscilla Heard who married James Gough. So I assume The James Gough on John Clarke's inventory was the same James Gough who married Priscilla Heard.

      What we have never proven is if the Eleanor ? who married John Clarke, if she might be a sister of the James Gough who married Priscilla Heard.

      I can't prove it but I believe John Clarke's brother Thomas Clarke married Susanna Heard also a sister of Priscilla Heard (Gough)

      Now Are we saying that the Eleanor ? who married James Wheately is not the same Eleanor ? who married John Clarke and John Basil Greenwell? Or do we agree same Eleanor ? married all three men?

      John Basil Greenwell and John Clarke were 1st cousins and I'm certain they married the same Eleanor ?.

      If Eleanor Gough daughter of Priscilla Heard and James Gough married, then who do we agree she might have married? She appears to have married a ? Greenwell.

      is James Wheately a possible husband of Eleanor Gough?, or are we saying that who ever the Eleanor ? who married John Clarke and John Basil Greenwell, is also the same Eleanor ? who married James Wheatley?

      or are we saying you agree with 1st two marriages but not the last one to James Wheatley?

      Just trying to figure out how many Eleanor's we have in this plausable scenario.

      I currently have the same Eleanor ? married to John Clarke, John Basil Greenwell, and third to James Wheately.

      but I do realize that this Eleanor ? who married these men, was not likely eleanor Gough daughter of James Gough and Priscilla Heard.

      as far as if Susanna Gough daughter of James Gough and Priscilla Heard, married John Baptist Dant or not, I believe if I'm not forgetting my notes, that John Baptist Dand and wife Susanna signed as witnesses to her mother Priscilla Gough's will or Inventory I believe.

      I might also add that Joshua Leonard Greenwell a son of John Basil Greenwell and Eleanor ? followed his half brother Richard Langhorn Clarke to Kentucky, and he was present when Richard Langhorn Clarke died in Breckinridge County, KY about 1814.

      There is definitely a close relationship, between Clarke and Gough Families.

      But I'm saying Eleanor Gough daughter of James Gough and Priscilla Heard, is married to only a ? Greenwell in my records. I no longer have her married to John Clarke, John Basil Greenwell, or James Wheately.

      I hope we are agreeing on most of the same points.

      I might also mention that the Peter Gough who married Eleanor Bowles also had a daughter Eleanor Gough, who I currently have married to Peter Howard son of William Howard and Mary Melton, I have Ann Gough their daughter married to Thomas Howard son of Edward Howard.

      I personally believe that Edward Howard must be closely related to Peter Howard, could they be Brothers? or Cousins?

      I just can't believe that Edward Howard is a brother to John Baptist Howard, maybe an Uncle.

      When did Peter Howard die?

      Could his wife Eleanor have been the correct age to marry John Clarke?

      Just trying to find a possible Eleanor as mother to Richard Langhorn Clarke

      Jerry Clark

  • Sources 
    1. [S5407] Reno, Linda.