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[[Category:Maiden's Choice Land Grant]]
== Biography ==
Thomas was born c. 1679 at Patapsco Hundred, Baltimore County, Maryland. He was a son of [[Gorsuch-21|Charles Gorsuch]] and [[Cole-63|Sarah Cole]].<ref name="VMHB26">J. H. P., [http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/4243688 "The Gorsuch and Lovelace Familes, Continued"] Vol 26, Pages 325-332 (July 1 1918,) ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed November 26, 2014</ref>
Numerous depositions given by Thomas Gorsuch are used to estimate his birth date, including an "important suit" August 6, 1772 in which Thomas stated he was "aged 90 or 91 years" <ref>Balto. Co. Court Proc. H.W.S. No. 4; 147, 268, 338, 354)</ref>
Note: Both Thomas' father, Charles Sr. and Thomas' brother, Charles Jr., married women named Sarah Cole (no relation).<ref name="Haschemeyer">Haschemeyer, Sue N., [http://www.dunnuck.com/Bio-Gorsuch.html GORSUCH] Dunn*ck Family Genealogy accessed November 26, 2014</ref>
===1687 Maiden Choice Inheritance===
John Gorsuch, carpenter, the oldest son of Charles Gorsuch and his wife Sarah Cole, apparently born between 1678 and 1679, jointly with his brother Thomas Gorsuch, planter, received the tract Maiden’s Choice, 450 acres, under the will of David Jones 1687. Jones was the second husband of their aunt Anna Gorsuch. They sold it in 1708-9. <ref name="jhp"/>
Background of Maiden Choice: In a Deed, December 8, 1679, Charles Gorsuch of Talbot County and his wife Sarah convey to his brother in law David Jones the three Baltimore County tracts, Cole’s Harbour, 550 acres, upon which Baltimore Town was later laid out; Maiden’s Choice, 450 acres, at the head of the Middle Branch of the Patapsco, and Marybourne, on Jones Falls in what is now North Baltimore, 200 acres, the deed reading, his wife Sarah “being heiress to said land, as ye last will and testament of Thomas Cole will make appear. “And again, in a confirmatiory deed to these same tracs executed by Sarah, with Charles Gorscuh, alone, August 1, 1682, she is described as “the only and sole heir of Thomas Cole, late of Patapsco River, Baltimore County, deceased. The Annapolis patent records show that Thomas Cole in 1649 transported himself and wife Priscilla into the Province and settled in Anne Arundel County on the Severn, but later patented Maiden’s Choice and Cole’s Harbour in Baltimore County.” <ref name="jhp"> J. H. P, Baltimore, MD. The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families. Pages 207-222 and 325-332. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Published Quarterly by the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia. Volume XXVI for the year ending December 31, 1918. Richmond, Virginia: House of the Society. https://books.google.com/books?id=Tgc1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA326&lpg=PA326&dq=land+OR+grant+OR+patent+OR+tract+%22Maiden%27s+Choice%22&source=bl&ots=dg_R9c78SM&sig=UFBwAVXNSgZWD28DsdbBGLgQYgw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZtvLo2aHRAhXE7iYKHXF5CisQ6AEIODAH#v=onepage&q=land%20OR%20grant%20OR%20patent%20OR%20tract%20%22Maiden's%20Choice%22&f=false.. Accessed January 1, 2017 </ref>
=== 1714 Marriage ===Thomas married 19 August 1714 to [[Ensor-2|Jane Ensor]], probably the sister of John Ensor of Darley Hall and daughter of John Ensor of Anne Arundel County who died c. 1709.<ref name="VMHB26"/>
===Children===
Children:<ref name="VMHB26"/>
# Lovelace b c. 1715, d 1783; mar Sarah ____
# Thomas b c. 1720, d 1777; mar Unknown, left issue# John b c. 1730, d Aug 7, 1808; mar Mar 11, 1755 to Elizabeth Merryman
# Elizabeth; mar before 1774 _____ Kelly
# Mary; mar before 1774 _____ Simpkin
=== 1774 Death ===Thomas wrote a will which was dated September 23, 1774, and it was proved November 4, 1774.<ref name="VMHB26"/> He left certain slaves to his wife.<ref name="VMHB26"/>
== Sources ==
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