Henry Gaither

1752 - 1812  (59 years)

• Name	Henry Gaither
  Born	23 Feb 1751/52	Anne Arundel County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Died	1812	Washington County, Maryland
  Person ID	I068010	Tree1
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Edward Gaither,   b. 21 Jun 1723, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland ,   d. 1793, Anne Arundel County, Maryland  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Sarah Howard,   b. 1722, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
  Married	Abt 1738	Anne Arundel County, Maryland
  Family ID	F19766	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Stewart,   b. Abt 1756, South Carolina ,   d. 30 Jun 1845, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Married	Abt 1772	Frederick County, Maryland
  Notes	Anne Arundel Gentry page 140 has his wife as Elizabeth Stewart and on page 143 she is Margaret Stewart sister of General Daniel Stewart of Georgia
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2021
  Family ID	F31493	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  === Marylanders to Carolina-Henry C. Peden, Jr. GAITHER, HENRY. Henry Gaither, son of Edward Gaither and Sarah Howard, was born on February 23, 1752 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. "Certainly before the Revolution he settled in the Upper District of Frederick which in 1776 was organized into Washington County. His wife was Margaret Stewart, of South Carolina, a sister of Gen. David Stewart of Georgia. According to family tradition, she came to Maryland to visit the Fitzhughs. A romance ensued and there was an elopement." Their children were: Susan Gaither, Stewart Gaither, Edward Gaither, Sarah Howard Gaither, Rebecca Gaither, Catherine Gaither, Louisa Gaither, Martha Gaither Huyett, Matilda Gaither, Henry Gaither, Henrietta Gaither, and Juliana Gaither. Henry Gaither died intestate in 1812 and his widow died on June 30, 1845, in Hagerstown, Maryland (Ref: HWN I-143, 144).