Elizabeth Cecil

Female1761–December 1844

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Cecil was born in 1761, in Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America, her father, James Sollers Cecil, was 27 and her mother, Jane Thomas, was 26. She married Nathan Summers in 1780, in United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died in December 1844, in Prince George's, Maryland, United States, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Nathan Summers
1755–after 1780
Elizabeth Cecil
1761–1844
Marriage: after 1780
James C. Summers
after 1770–1880
Henry Warren Summers
about 1801–1863
Ann Summers
after 1775–after 1820
Mary Summers
after 1775–after 1830
Deborah Summers
1787–after 1820

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    Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    after 1780United States
  • Children (5)

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    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1776

    Age 15

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776

    Age 15

    Maryland is the 7th state.

    1783 · A Free America

    Age 22

    The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

    Name Meaning

    Welsh (Monmouthshire): from the Old Welsh personal name Seisyllt, sometimes wrongly said to derive from the Latin name Caecilius (see Sisley ). The most frequent modern spelling is a Renaissance attempt to connect the surname with Caecilius in the English pronunciation of its time. The Welsh name is more probably, but not definitely, from the Latin name Sextilius, a derivative of sextus ‘sixth’.

    History: The great and powerful English Cecil family first came to prominence with David Cecil, a Monmouthshire gentleman who espoused the cause of Henry Tudor and came to court in London after the latter became king in 1485. His grandson William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520–98), was Elizabeth I's chief adviser for 40 years, and his descendants have remained politically powerful and culturally influential in Britain ever since. They were originally minor Welsh gentry; their name is found in a variety of forms, including Sitsylt, Ceyssel, and Sisseld.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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