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- == Biography ==
===Name===
Anna, sometimes called Ann or Joanna was born at Walkern Hertfordshire. <ref>"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3KL-T5H : 11 February 2018, Anna Gorsuch, 13 Mar 1638); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 991,399.</ref>
=== 1638/39 Birth and Parentage ===
The daughter of John Gorsuch and Anna Lovelace, she was baptized on 13 March 1638/9 at Walkern, Hertfordshire, England. <ref name="VMHB24.4"/><ref name="Fisher">Fisher, Barbara Ann, [http://edlers.org/pers/AP/06abroa.pdf Descendancy of Barbara [--?--] (b 1653) and Descendancy of Dennis Garrett (b 1651) ...] (pp 6a2-3) March 2007, accessed December 10, 2014</ref> She was a daughter of [[Gorsuch-22|Rev. John Gorsuch]], rector of Walkern, Herfordshire, and his wife, [[Lovelace-8|Anne Lovelace]], daughter of Sir William Lovelace and sister of the poet, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lovelace Richard Lovelace].<ref name="VMHB24.4"/> <ref>"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3KL-T5H : 11 February 2018, Anna Gorsuch, 13 Mar 1638); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 991,399.</ref>
She is believed to be identical with Johanna, named in her grandmother's Will. <ref>Musser and allied families : a genealogical study with biographical notes [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data: Musser and allied families : a genealogical study with biographical notes. New York: The Company, 1941</ref>
Rev. John Gorsuch was a Loyalist Anglican clergyman, the rector of Walkern, Hertfordshire, who had been killed by the Puritans in England in 1647.<ref name="VMHB24.1">Pleasants, J. Hall, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243492 "The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families"] ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan., 1916), pp. 81-93, Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed April 19, 2015</ref>
Anna Gorsuch was a sister of Richard Gorsuch (1637-1677). Richard Gorsuch had come into Maryland from Virginia in 1660, with his brothers, Charles, Robert, and Lovelace. By the time that Anna Lovelace,Gorsuch emigrated to Virginia, probably being influenced thereto by the fact that Mrs. Gorsuch's brother, Colonel Francis Lovelace, settled in Virginia Colony in or soon after May, 1650, and was of Record there in may, 1652. <ref>Musser and allied families : a genealogical study with biographical notes [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data: Musser and allied families : a genealogical study with biographical notes. New York: The Company, 1941.</ref>
The Gorsuch Family arrived in Virginia prior to February 22, 1652, is found in Virginia Land Patent Book Number3, pp. 187-188. On that date one Theo.Hoane, Gent., was granted two parcels of land, eight hundred and fifty acres in all, on the north side of Rappahannock River, due him for the transportation of eighteen persons, seven of whom were: Robert Gorsuch, Richard Gorsuch, Anne Gorsuch, Elizabeth Gorsuch, Charles Gorsuch, Lovelace Gorsuch, and Kath Gorsuch. <ref>Musser and allied families : a genealogical study with biographical notes [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data: Musser and allied families : a genealogical study with biographical notes. New York: The Company, 1941.</ref>
Anna Lovelace and Rev. John Gorsuch were married in or before 1628 and had a total of 12 children which are Daniel-(b.1628), John-(b.1630), William-(b.1631/32), Katherine-(b.1633), Robert-(b.1635), Richard-(b.1637), Anna-(1638/39), Elizabeth-(b.1641), Phillip, Charles, Lovelace, and Frances all of whom were born in England. <ref>Musser and allied families : a genealogical study with biographical notes [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data: Musser and allied families : a genealogical study with biographical notes. New York: The Company, 1941.</ref> [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/16315/dvm_GenMono002841-00062-1?pid=69&backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/89279162/person/342062887676/gallery&usePUB=true&_phsrc=bHc16988&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=dvm_GenMono002841-00063-1]
=== 1657 North Point, Patapsco River, Baltimore County, Maryland ===
In 1657, Anna's brothers petitioned the Lancaster County Court for guardians, and Anna was not included, though she was a minor at the time.<ref name="VMHB24.4"/> This implies she was married by that date, 1657. At the time, Capt. Thomas Todd was living at Mobjack Bay, Gloucester County, Virginia.<ref name="VMHB24.4"/> A few years later, Thomas and Anna removed to North Point on the Patapsco River in Maryland.<ref name="VMHB24.4"/>
=== Marriages ===
Anna married three times.<ref name="Fisher"/>* She married c. 1657, probably in Virginia, as her 1st, to '''[[Todd-660|Capt. Thomas Todd]]'''.<ref name="Witcraft">Witcraft, John R., [https://archive.org/stream/virginiatodds00witc#page/n11/mode/2up/search/Gorsuch ''The Virginia Todds.''] Frankford, PA: Dispatch Publishing House, 1913, Archive.org, accessed December 13, 2014</ref>Their known children are listed here, Thomas-(1660-1724), Christopher, James, William, Phillip, Joanna, Frances, and Averilla. <ref>Maryland Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data: Spencer, Richard Henry, ed.. Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland. Baltimore, MD, USA: Clearfield, 1919</ref> [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7719/7719-Volume2-0117/481?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/89279162/person/342062887676/facts/citation/982216727779/edit/record#?imageId=7719-Volume2-0117]
* She married on 16 January 1677/8, as her 2nd, and as his 2nd, to '''[[Jones-23770|Capt. David Jones]]'''. They had no children together, though David Jones had a son, Joshua born after 1643 in Wales, by his first marriage. He died between 3 February 1686/7 (will written) and March 1, 1686/7 (probate requested by Anna, executrix).<ref name="VMHB24.4"/>
* She married c. 1688, as her 3rd, to '''[[Oldton-2|Capt. John Oldton]]'''.<ref name="Fisher"/> They had no children.
=== 1657 First Marriage to Capt. Thomas Todd ===
Anna married c. 1657, probably in Virginia, as her 1st, to Capt. Thomas Todd.<ref name="Witcraft" />
Thomas Todd of Toddesburg, Ware Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, came to Baltimore County, Maryland, and settled there in 1664. He owned the original site upon which Baltimore now is located. He came originally from England in 1637; was a member of the Maryland Assembly 1674-1675; he died 30 May 1675 while on a voyage to England and was buried at sea; his will was dated 26th February, 1675, and probated 30th May, 1677.
Richard Gorsuch had come into Maryland from Virginia in 1660, with his brothers, Charles, Robert, and Lovelace. They were the sons of a Loyalist Anglican clergyman, the Rev. John Gorsuch, rector of Walkern, Hertfordshire, who had been killed by the Puritans in England in 1647.<ref name="VMHB24.1" /> They had emigrated with their mother to Virginia about 1652, had become converts to Quakerism there, and were of that group of Quakers who had been driven out of Lancaster County by Gov. Berkeley in 1660. The brothers had divided, Charles and Robert settling on the Patapsco, and Richard and Lovelace on the Choptank. <ref name="VMHB24.3">Pleasants, J. Hall, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243537 "The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families (Continued)"] ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' (Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jun., 1916), pp. 317-327)</ref><ref name="VMHB27.3/4">Pleasants, J. Hall, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243737 "The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families (Concluded)"] (Vol. 27, No. 3/4 (Jul. - Oct., 1919), pp. 379-392)</ref>
===1677 Second Marriage to Captain David Jones===
She married on 16 January 1677/8,{{Citation needed}} as her 2nd, and as his 2nd, to Capt. David Jones. They had no children together, though David Jones had a son, Joshua born after 1643 in Wales, by his first marriage. He died between February 3, 1686/7 (will written) and March 1, 1686/7, when his wife and executrix, "Ann Jones," petitioned the Prerogative Court of Baltimore to have his will proved.<ref name="VMHB24.4"/>
After the death of Captain Thomas Todd, his widow Ann Gorsuch Todd married Captain David Jones, who lived at Cole's Harbor, part of the site of the city of Baltimore. Captain Jones, who gave his name to Jones Falls, the stream which runs through Baltimore, arising in the Green Spring Valley, had a dwelling house at what is approximately the corner of High and Fayette Streets in downtown Baltimore. This tract, originally Cole's Harbor, was later repatented by James Todd, son of Captain Thomas Todd, and called Todd's Range. It extended from Broadway on the east to Howard Street on the west, the northern boundary being Madison Street and the southern boundary the Baltimore waterfront. When Baltimore Town was established in 1729 Todd's Range was subdivided into building lots.{{Citation needed}}
===1688 Third Marriage to Captain John Oldton===
* She married c. 1688, as her 3rd, to Capt. John Oldton.<ref name="Fisher"/> They had no children. John died between May 4, 1709 (will written) and June 30, 1709 (will probated) (P 439).<ref name="VMHB24.4"/>
===Children===
Children of Thomas Todd and Anna Gorsuch (from the will of Thomas Todd, Sr and from deeds):<ref name="VMHB24.4"/> There were four daughters and four sons (P 440).<ref name="VMHB24.4"/>
# [[Todd-504|Thomas Todd]], eldest b 1660
# Robert Todd living on Aug 16, 1664 (deed of gift)
# [[Todd-2544|Ann Todd]]
# John Todd living on Aug 16, 1664 (deed of gift)
# [[Todd-2549|Johanna Todd]]
# [[Todd-2550|Frances Todd]]
# James Todd (P 433), probably the youngest son
# Averilla "Aberill" Todd, prob b after April 5, 1669
This child is included by some, without citation:
# Isabella Minor Todd
:Name:Isabella Minor Todd
:Father:Thomas Captain Todd
:Mother:Anne Gorsuch
:Birth Date:1663
:State:VA
:Country:USA
:Spouse Birth year: 1663
:Marriage Year: 1690
:Marriage State: VA
:Number Pages: 1Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.[https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5769&h=4523261&ssrc=pt&tid=89279162&pid=342063270310&usePUB=true]
===1671 Son John and the Howard Connection===
In 1671 Cornelius Howard was named guardian to John Todd, son of Anne Gorsuch and Capt. Thomas Todd.<ref name="newmanfox">Newman, Anne Arundel Gentry, pages 261, cited by Becky Fox, Email <beckfox @ aol.com> (28 Jun 2003) at http://dgmweb.net/FGS/H/HowardMathew-Anne_.html. Accessed May 13, 2015 </ref>
The origin of Cornelius Howard's wife Elizabeth has been much debated among genealogists. If she was Elizabeth Gorsuch, sister of Anne, then Cornelius would have been the uncle by marriage to Anne's son John.
Such a relationship is seconded by the naming of Cornelius, in Captain John Sisson's 1663 will, of Cornelius not only as executor of his will, but as "brother." <ref name="newmanfox"/>John Sisson was married to another of Anne's sisters, Frances Gorsuch.
In the 1690 will of Lancelot Todd, son of Anne Gorsuch and Capt. Thomas Todd, Elizabeth is named as daughter Mary Todd's "Aunt Elizabeth Howard."<ref name="newmanfox"/>
=== Death and Legacy ===
Anna died between May 23, 1694, when she witnessed the will of Edith Beacher, and September 2, 1702, when John Oldton was married, as his 2nd wife, to Mary Watkins (P 439).<ref name="VMHB24.4"/> Anna may have died before November 13, 1697 when John Oldton executed a deed with no wife joining.<ref name="VMHB24.4"/> She almost certainly died at Baltimore County, Maryland, where she lived.
Anna's death date is identified as (exact) May 24, 1695, without citation.{{Citation needed}} This is almost certainly not correct, and may simply be the day after her last known signed document, (the will of Edith Beacher on May 23, 1694).
===1662 Named in Will of Grandmother Alice===
Johanna Gorsuch, daughter of "my son John", was named in the July 7, 1662 will of his grandmother [[Hall-347|Alice (Hall) Gorsuch]], of Weston, Co. Hertford, spinster, widow of Daniel Gorsuch, proved February 3, 1662-3 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, to receive an equal division among six grandchildren of "my lease for about five years yet to come, of about £52 a year in the parish of St. Olave, Southwark, payable by Frances Wilkinsonne and Richard Daniell. <ref name="jhp"> The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families, by J. H. P., Baltimore, Md. Virginia Historical Magazine, pp. 85-86. https://archive.org/stream/jstor-4243492/4243492_djvu.txt. Accessed Feb 10, 2016 </ref>
== Research Notes ==
Note that there is considerable discussion that Anna Gorsuch and her sister Joanna were one person, rather than two. Note in this context that Joanna is named in the 1662 will of her grandmother Alice (Hall) Gorsuch, but Anna is not.
All of Rev. John and Anne (Lovelace) Gorsuch children's records have now been found, but we still have the question of whether Anna was identical to Joanna, or were they two different daughters. There was a discovery in the "Bishop's Transcripts" of the Walkern Parish Register of the baptism of Joanna Gorsuch, on March 15, 1639/40, found written in the wrong place, among the marriages for 1639 (pg 425).<ref name="VMHB24.4">Pleasants, J. Hall, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243555 "The Gorsuch and Loverlace (''sic'') Families (Continued): Anna Gorsuch and the Todd Family of Virginia and Maryland."] ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 24, No. 4 (Oct., 1916), pp. 425-440, Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed April 19, 2015</ref>
J. Hall Pleasants, who authored the many articles on the Gorsuch and Lovelace families in ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' believes the entry for Joanna was just a duplication of the entry for Anna. He contends that the correct entry is March 13, 1638/9, because Anna must have been married when she did not join her siblings in their 1656 petition for guardians.<ref name="VMHB24.4"/>
However, there could have been two daughters, Anna and Joanna, where Anna was married while Joanna had died before the petition in 1656. It would be a complex error with both the day and year different - possible but unusual.
Note that Joanna but not Anna is named in the 1662 will of Alice (Hall) Gorsuch.
There is no separate baptism for a Joanna Gorsuch at Walkern. The record for a baptism on 15 Mar is for Anna Gorsuch, baptised 15 Mar 1638/39 so the same person as Gorsuch-26.
Alt death 18 Jan 1676 at Gloucester Virginia is unsourced and may refer to a different Joanna Gorsuch.
Anne was born in 1640. She passed away in 1694.
== Sources ==
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See also:* [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JWVS-YXJ ''England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,''] index, FamilySearch (accessed 08 Apr 2014), Ann Gorsuch, 12 Dec 1637; citing HALSALL,LANCASHIRE,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 0844821 IT 1.* Source: <span id='S-781676472'>S-781676472</span> Repository: [[#R-1197866539]] Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=65838841&pid=1038 * Repository: <span id='R-1197866539'>R-1197866539</span> Name: Ancestry.com
== Acknowledgments ==* Thank you to Barbara Ann Fisher and Karl Frederick Edler for your extensive research on these related families and for publishing [http://edlers.org/pers/AP/appref.pdf Preface: "All-People Some Lineages of Barbara Ann Fisher and Karl Frederick Elder, Jr ..."] online.
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