Nicholas Gaither

1759 - 1793  (34 years)

• Name	Nicholas Gaither
  Birth	1759	Frederick County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Death	1793	Iredell County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I68000	Tree1
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Edward Gaither,   b. 20 Dec 1714, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland d. 11 Jun 1777, Montgomery County, Maryland - probate (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Eleanor MNU Gaither,   b. 1729, Anne Arundel County, Maryland d. 1792, Iredell County, North Carolina (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Aft 14 Feb 1751	Anne Arundel County, Maryland
  Family ID	F24493	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor Greenfield,   b. 1757, Frederick County, Maryland d. 9 Oct 1850, Iredell County, North Carolina (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	26 Oct 1779	Montgomery County, Maryland
  Notes	Gaither, Nicholas and Eleanor Greenfield, Oct. 26, 1779.
  Family ID	F5710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  placeholder === BEALL, ANDREW, JR., Frederick Co. 4 Jan. 1775 30 Jan. 1775 To John Watkins, wearing apparel, gun, watch, To six sisters: (unnamed) all my lands equally, To father: Ninian Beall of Nn., ex., to sell all stock and furniture and money to be used to pay debts, balance to remain In hands of Executor. Wit: Thos. Beall of Geo,; Thos. Prather, Jr.; Benjamin Gaither, 40.349 === Marylanders to Carolina-Henry C. Peden, Jr. GAITHER, JEREMIAH. Jeremiah Gaither, son of Benjamin Gaither and Rachel Jacob, was born in September 11, 1776, in Maryland before his parents moved to western North Carolina. He married Eleanor Greenfield, widow of Nicholas Gaither, on January 4, 1793, she being more than 20 years older. They had a son, Elam Gaither (1798-1876) who married Amelia Tomlinson. Jeremiah Gaither died on April 16, 1848, in Iredell County, North Carolina, and Eleanor Gaither died on October 9, 1850 (Ref: HWN I-79, 80). === Marylanders to Carolina-Henry C. Peden, Jr. GAITHER, NICHOLAS. Nicholas Gaither, son of Edward and Eleanor Gaither, was born in Frederick County, Maryland and married Eleanor Greenfield in 1779. He served in the militia of Montgomery County during the Revolutionary War and moved to Rowan County, North Carolina prior to the end of the war. He also participated in the war effort there. His children were: Edward Burgess Gaither (later moved to South Carolina), Libetious Gaither, Horatio Gaither, and Walter Gaither. Nicholas died testate in 1793 in Iredell County, North Carolina. His widow married second to Nicholas' cousin, Jeremiah Gaither, and had a son Elam Gaither. She died on October 9, 1850 (Ref: HWN I-118). === Montgomery County Land Records, 1777-1781; Liber A1, Page 463. Nov 9, 1779 from Nicholas Gaither and Burgess Gaither of M, to Greenbury Gaither of M, for 2000 £, part of that tract of land known by the name of the Resurvey on Mitchells Range, containing and now laid out for about 294-1/2 acres. Signed - Nicholas Gaither, Burgess Gaither. Wit - AEns Campbell*, Joseph Wilson*. Nelly, the wife of the sd Nicholas, relinquished her right of dower to the within mentioned land. Recorded Mar 17, 1780.