Individual Details
Philip Cecil
(28 Mar 1693 - 9 Mar 1733)
Philip lived in Western Branch Hundred, Prince George's Co. near Bladensburg, Maryland in 1719. Phillip Gittings and Col. Thomas Spriggs also lived here. Today Western Branch Hundred is a suburb of Washington, DC known as Cheverly.
The following are exerpts from "Knowledge, Assumption and Speculation On William Cecil (b. ca 1666?)" by Penny Cecil Bloodhart. The entire document is in my files. JMT
Phillip Cecil, like his brother John, was also a landowner in PGC. He wed Elizabeth ?? (probably Gittings) around 1715, and died in March of 1733. According to the accounting of his estate, he left children Susannah, Mary, Elizabeth, John, William, Joshua and Phillip Jr.. Phillip was probably the son of William Cecil and the younger brother of John Cecil. However, his widow Elizabeth stated in court that her dead husband had "...no relation to ye deceased in this Province," an assertion which has troubled genealogists for years.
If this was actually Elizabeth Gittings Cecil, she was the daughter of Phillip Gittings and Ann Sprigg, gentry of the area. Some genealogists have speculated that since she was the daughter of a gentleman, she might have been embarrassed by her husband's lowly relatives. However, John Cecil's wife Elizabeth Sollars was the daughter and sister of gentlemen, and John died with a respectable amount of property. William Cecil's estate of about 113 pounds puts him in the middle class of his time. Phillip Cecil's estate left nothing but debts and property which he had purchased from his brother in law. This speculation does not hold up.
The following are exerpts from "Knowledge, Assumption and Speculation On William Cecil (b. ca 1666?)" by Penny Cecil Bloodhart. The entire document is in my files. JMT
Phillip Cecil, like his brother John, was also a landowner in PGC. He wed Elizabeth ?? (probably Gittings) around 1715, and died in March of 1733. According to the accounting of his estate, he left children Susannah, Mary, Elizabeth, John, William, Joshua and Phillip Jr.. Phillip was probably the son of William Cecil and the younger brother of John Cecil. However, his widow Elizabeth stated in court that her dead husband had "...no relation to ye deceased in this Province," an assertion which has troubled genealogists for years.
If this was actually Elizabeth Gittings Cecil, she was the daughter of Phillip Gittings and Ann Sprigg, gentry of the area. Some genealogists have speculated that since she was the daughter of a gentleman, she might have been embarrassed by her husband's lowly relatives. However, John Cecil's wife Elizabeth Sollars was the daughter and sister of gentlemen, and John died with a respectable amount of property. William Cecil's estate of about 113 pounds puts him in the middle class of his time. Phillip Cecil's estate left nothing but debts and property which he had purchased from his brother in law. This speculation does not hold up.
Events
| Birth | 28 Mar 1693 | Maryland | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1715 | Prince George's Co., Maryland - Elizabeth Gittings | |||
| Death | 9 Mar 1733 | Prince George's Co., Maryland |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Gittings (1698 - 1735) |
| Child | Susannah Cecil ( - ) |
| Child | Mary Cecil (1716 - ) |
| Child | Philip Cecil (1718 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Cecil (1720 - 1796) |
| Child | Joshua Cecil (1720 - ) |
| Child | William Cecil (1720 - ) |
| Child | John Cecil (1721 - ) |
| Father | William Cecil (1666 - 1749) |
| Mother | unknown ( - 1698) |
| Sibling | John Cecil (1691 - ) |
| Sibling | Susan Cecil (1696 - ) |