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Robert Hitch
(1781-1834)
Nelly Wilson
(1787-1862)
(?) Leonard
Mary (Polly) Parker
George Wilson Hitch
(1809-1891)
Esther Anne Leonard
(1820-1900)
Samuel George Leonard Hitch I
(1845-1877)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Florence Phelps

Samuel George Leonard Hitch I

  • Born: 1845, Somerset Co., MD 3 4 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Florence Phelps on 07 Nov 1876 in Dorchester Co., MD 1 2
  • Died: 26 Sep 1877, MD 3
  • Buried: Abt 29 Sep 1877, Old Hitch Family Graveyard, West Rd., Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD
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bullet  Notes:

On November 18, 1871, S.G.L. Hitch bought land from R. Watson Jackson, William H. Jackson, Elihu E. Jackson, and Wilber F. Jackson for $25. Land is described as on the west side of the county road leading from Hitches Steam Mill to Salisbury adjoining lands of John E. Harris, Horatio Nelson and R.W. Jackson and consisting of ¾ acre. Witness: Joseph C. Bush. (Wicomico County Land Records, Liber TFJR No. 3, Folio 31).

The Dorchester County, Maryland Marriage Records state that Samuel G.L. Hitch, age 31, a physician, married Florence Phelps, age 22, on November 7, 1876 at Eldon by Reverend. Theo. P. Barber.

There is a mention that S.G.L Hitch died at 11 o'clock on Sep 26 1877 from a "collection" of diseases in the Salisbury Advertiser newspaper of Oct 6 1877.


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Samuel married Florence Phelps, daughter of Francis Philo Phelps II and Mary R. Springer, on 07 Nov 1876 in Dorchester Co., MD.1 2 (Florence Phelps was born on 07 Nov 1854 in MD,7 8 died on 15 Feb 1940 in Wicomico Co., MD and was buried about 18 Feb 1940 in Parsons Cemetery, Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD.)


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Sources


1 Great Choptank Parish Records.

2 Dorchester Co., MD Marriage Records.

3 Gravestone Record.

4 1850 MD Census, Listed as age 6 in the 1850 Somerset Co., MD Census, born in MD.

5 1860 MD Census, Listed as age 15 in the 1860 Salisbury District, Somerset Co., MD Census, born in MD.

6 1870 MD Census, Listed as age 23, works in a sawmill, in the 1870 Wicomico Co., MD Census, born in MD.

7 1880 MD Census, Listed as age 25 in the 1880 Dorchester Co., MD Census, born in MD.

8 1860 MD Census, Listed as Flora Phelps, age 6, in Dorchester Co.


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