William Eltonhead (c1615-1657)

WILLIAM ELTONHEAD / info /Genealogy

WILLIAM ELTONHEAD, son of RICHARD ELTONHEAD and ANN SUTTON, was a special agent for LORD BALTIMORE in Maryland. He was sent from Lancaster County, Virginia to Maryland in 1654-5. He took the oath of fealty 2 January 1646; was made member of the Privy Council 29 September 1649, and took the oath as such 22 July 1650.

WILLIAM was killed in the conflict betweeen GOV. STONE's party and that of FENDALL. His wife JANE FENWICK survived. His nuncupative will was probated in Calvert County, Maryland 5 October 1658. He left his will to his wife and children desiring his wife to set apart for ROBERT and RICHARD FENWICK.

SOURCE: Virginia Genealogies, A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia by Horace Edwin Hayden.

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