Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W8842, for John Gassaway, Maryland.

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[The following text is copied from file NAID 54646605, John Gassaway.  A Pension Office employee typed the information from this Bible leaf as follows:]

Capt. Nicholas Gassaway died Monday morning about 2 o’clock 13th January, 1806.
Capt. Henry Gassaway died Monday night about 10 o’clock 9th February 1818.

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John Gassaway was married to Elizabeth Lane Price on the 1st day of October 1799 and on Thursday the 13th day of August 1801 had a son born, baptized Thomas Jefferson Gassaway.

Louisa Emily Gassaway born on Sunday morning about half past 6 o’clock being the 11th day of August 1805 and baptized - both by the Rev. Mr. Higginbottom.

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[The following is copied from file NAID 54646605, John Gassaway.  A Pension Office employee typed the information from this Bible leaf as follows:]

Henry Gassaway son of Capt. Thomas Gassaway & Susannah his wife was born the 15th August 1723.

Henry Gassaway & R. Chapman his wife married Sunday 13th July 1746.

Thomas Gassaway born Friday the 5th June 1747.

R. Gassaway wife of H. Gassaway departed this life 13th March 1748.

Henry Gassaway & Dinah Battee his wife married Thursday 7th May 1752

Susannah Gassaway born Monday 23rd April 1753.
John Gassaway born Tuesday the 18th June 1754.
Elizabeth Gassaway born Monday 6th October 1755.
Nicholas Gassaway born Sunday 20th January 1757.
Henry Gassaway born Whitsunday 16th May 1758.
Dinah Gassaway born the 19th September 1760
William Gassaway born Tuesday the 3d February 1761 & departed this life in September 1762.
Ann Gassaway born the 5th September 1762 & departed this life on Friday 21st October 1763.
William Pitt Gassaway born Thursday 23d January 1766.
Ann Gassaway born Monday 31st October 1768.

Henry Gassaway departed this life 16th September 1776 about 7 o’clock in the evening, he was father to the above children.

Thomas Gassaway son of Henry & Rebecca his wife departed this life on Sunday the 7th day of October 1787.

John Gassaway and Mary Quynn aged 19 the 5th day of February 1788, was married on the 1st day of January 1788 by the Rev. Mr. Ralph Higginbottom about 8 o’clock at night.

Eliza Gassaway daughter of John & Mary Gassaway was born on Monday night the 17th Day of November 1788 about half past 7 o’clock in the evening and baptized the 9th day of April 1789. Joshua Yates God-father and Catherine Ghiselin and Deborah Ghiselin God-mothers.

Dinah Gassaway wife of Henry departed this life on Monday the 6th day of July 1789 about 6 o’clock in the morning.

John Gassaway son of John & Mary Gassaway was born on Sunday night the 8th day of August 1790 at 10 o’clock and baptized shortly after Capt. John Kilty God-father.

Louisa Gassaway daughter of John & Mary Gassaway was born on Monday the 17th day of September 1792 at 7 o’clock in the evening and baptized the 1st day of January 1793 about 8 o’clock in the evening William Pinkney God-father and Mary Howard and Ann Lavasha God-mothers.

Louisa Gassaway daughter of John & Mary Gassaway departed this life on Thursday morning July 11th 1793 about 10 o’clock and the next day was interred at South River Church Yard in All-hallows Parish, she was aged 9 months & 24 days.

Mary Gassaway wife of John Gassaway departed this life on Sunday the 11th day of January 1795 about half past 4 o’clock in the evening.