The first records of William Jarrett are from the 1770's. On 14 Feb. 1771 Benjamin Norris, Senior of Frederick County, MD (now Montgomery County, MD) sold his daughter, "Elinour" and his son-in-law William "Jarrat,"(the misspelling of surnames was common during this time) a blacksmith, of the same county five acres for five shillings. The 1772 & 1773 tax rolls of Frederick County may reflect this purchase since William Jarrett paid tax on part of a tract of land named "Good Hope"
.In 1777 William "Jarett"(sp. ) took an oath of allegiance to the rebellious United States in newly created Montgomery County, MD. William Jarrett ( -1815) and Eleanor Norris (1749-1810), his wife, were from the Barnesville, Beallsville, and Germantown region of Montgomery County, MD. They resided in Sugar Loaf Hundred. The 1790 Montgomery County census the Jarrett household had four white males over 16, three white males under 16, and four white females. Tombstone of Eleanor Jarrett, October 19, 1749 - July 16, 1810 wife of William Jarrett Buried in Baker Cemetery, Morgantown, WV
The first records of William Jarrett are from the 1770's. On 14 Feb. 1771 Benjamin Norris, Senior of Frederick County, MD (now Montgomery County, MD) sold his daughter, "Elinour" and his son-in-law William "Jarrat,"(the misspelling of surnames was common during this time) a blacksmith, of the same county five acres for five shillings. The 1772 & 1773 tax rolls of Frederick County may reflect this purchase since William Jarrett paid tax on part of a tract of land named "Good Hope"
.In 1777 William "Jarett"(sp. ) took an oath of allegiance to the rebellious United States in newly created Montgomery County, MD. William Jarrett ( -1815) and Eleanor Norris (1749-1810), his wife, were from the Barnesville, Beallsville, and Germantown region of Montgomery County, MD. They resided in Sugar Loaf Hundred. The 1790 Montgomery County census the Jarrett household had four white males over 16, three white males under 16, and four white females. Tombstone of Eleanor Jarrett, October 19, 1749 - July 16, 1810 wife of William Jarrett Buried in Baker Cemetery, Morgantown, WV
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