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Nehemiah Hitch
(Abt 1724-1774/1775)
Sarah Lank
(Abt 1725-Bef 1778)
Elias Hitch
(Abt 1750-1792/1793)
Esther (?)
(Abt 1748-After 1798)
Elizabeth (Betsy) Hitch
(1788/1794-After 1880)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John Nicholson

Elizabeth (Betsy) Hitch

  • Born: 1788-1794, Somerset Co., MD 1
  • Marriage (1): John Nicholson on 28 Aug 1811 in Somerset Co., MD
  • Died: After 1880, Wicomico Co., MD 2
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bullet  Notes:

On April 2, 1842, for $80, Nelly, Nancy, Levin and his wife Sally, and Sarah Hitch and Betsy Nicholson (indicated as the widow of John Nicholson) sold to Moses Hastings, all of Somerset County, 21½ acres of land bordering "Hot Hill". Betsy Nicholson signed this record as Elizabeth Nichols. (SoLR-AH:108)

In the Federal Census of 1860, Elizabeth Hitch is listed in Salisbury, Somerset County, Maryland in the Levin H. Nicilas (Nicholson, Nicholas, Nichols) family (household 1348) as follows: - Levin H. Nicholson, age 41 - Elizabeth Nicholson, age 31 - Charles Nicholson, age 3 - Thomas Nicholson, age 2 - Eugene Nicholson, age 10 months - Elizabeth Hitch, age 67 - Sarah Hitch, age 63 All born in MD.

On June 8, 1861, Sarah Hitch and Elizabeth Nichols were paid $40 by Noah Hearn for 2 acres of land called "Hitch's Chance" on the west side of the county road leading from Ruark's Mill to Salisbury. (SoLR-LW7:133).

On February 2, 1869, Sarah Hitch and Elizabeth Nichols (Nicholson) sold land to Humphrey Humphreys for $89. The land adjoined Henrietta Byrd's land and the county road from Ruark's Mills to Salisbury consisting of 10½ acres. Witness: Handy Fooks. (WiLR-TFJR:448).


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Elizabeth married John Nicholson on 28 Aug 1811 in Somerset Co., MD. (John Nicholson died before 02 Apr 1842 in Somerset Co., MD.)


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Sources


1 1850 MD Census, Listed as age 52 in the 1850 Salisbury, Somerset Co., MD Census.

2 1880 MD Census, Listed as age 92 in the 1880 Quantico, Wicomico Co., MD Census.


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