Abigail Painter, a daughter of Sarah (née Haines) and Isaac Painter, was born in Frederick County, Virginia. Her family were then members of the Crooked Run Monthly Meeting near Nineveh (then in Frederick County, today in Warren County).
Abigail Painter and Walter Tanquary were married on 15 October 1808 in Frederick County. She was disowned by the Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Frederick County on 4 September 1809 for having married contrary to discipline.
Notes
Parents, siblings, date of birth in: Iona Lupton, A Record of Birth and Burials for Crooked Run Monthly Meeting 1785 (manuscript), p. 8.
Will of Isaac Painter, senior, 26 May 1805 (proved 2 Sep 1805): "Item. I give and devise unto my daughter Abigail one good feather bed and furniture one case of drawers one walnut table two milch cows and two ewes one new side saddle to her and her heirs forever to be delivered to her when she arrives at lawful age or so soon as she shall marry." (Harold Painter, The Painter Family (typescript, 1975), pp. 45-46.)
Marriage license: Walter Tanquary and Abigail Painter, 15 Oct 1808, Frederick Co., Virginia. (Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850)
4 Dec 1809: "Abigail (Painter) Tanquiry. Married—a testimony signed against & referred back to [Hopewell] Women's Mtg." (Joint Committee of Hopewell Friends, Hopewell Friends History, 1734-1934, Frederick County, Virginia (Strasburg, Virginia: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., 1936), p. 525.)
1850 U.S. Mortality Schedule, 12th Dist., Clarke Co., Virginia; p. 166.
14. Abigail Tanquary, 62, born in Virginia, died Apr [1850], pneumonia, ill for 90 days.
Comment
Most members of the Painter family continued their opposition to slavery, even after they left the Quaker faith. Abigail Tanquary (née Painter) is exceptional, being enumerated in 1840 in a household with eight slaves.
Reviewed 30 July 2021.
Abigail Painter and Walter Tanquary were married on 15 October 1808 in Frederick County. She was disowned by the Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Frederick County on 4 September 1809 for having married contrary to discipline.
Notes
Parents, siblings, date of birth in: Iona Lupton, A Record of Birth and Burials for Crooked Run Monthly Meeting 1785 (manuscript), p. 8.
Will of Isaac Painter, senior, 26 May 1805 (proved 2 Sep 1805): "Item. I give and devise unto my daughter Abigail one good feather bed and furniture one case of drawers one walnut table two milch cows and two ewes one new side saddle to her and her heirs forever to be delivered to her when she arrives at lawful age or so soon as she shall marry." (Harold Painter, The Painter Family (typescript, 1975), pp. 45-46.)
Marriage license: Walter Tanquary and Abigail Painter, 15 Oct 1808, Frederick Co., Virginia. (Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850)
4 Dec 1809: "Abigail (Painter) Tanquiry. Married—a testimony signed against & referred back to [Hopewell] Women's Mtg." (Joint Committee of Hopewell Friends, Hopewell Friends History, 1734-1934, Frederick County, Virginia (Strasburg, Virginia: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., 1936), p. 525.)
1850 U.S. Mortality Schedule, 12th Dist., Clarke Co., Virginia; p. 166.
14. Abigail Tanquary, 62, born in Virginia, died Apr [1850], pneumonia, ill for 90 days.
Comment
Most members of the Painter family continued their opposition to slavery, even after they left the Quaker faith. Abigail Tanquary (née Painter) is exceptional, being enumerated in 1840 in a household with eight slaves.
Reviewed 30 July 2021.
Abigail Painter, a daughter of Sarah (née Haines) and Isaac Painter, was born in Frederick County, Virginia. Her family were then members of the Crooked Run Monthly Meeting near Nineveh (then in Frederick County, today in Warren County).
Abigail Painter and Walter Tanquary were married on 15 October 1808 in Frederick County. She was disowned by the Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Frederick County on 4 September 1809 for having married contrary to discipline.
Notes
Parents, siblings, date of birth in: Iona Lupton, A Record of Birth and Burials for Crooked Run Monthly Meeting 1785 (manuscript), p. 8.
Will of Isaac Painter, senior, 26 May 1805 (proved 2 Sep 1805): "Item. I give and devise unto my daughter Abigail one good feather bed and furniture one case of drawers one walnut table two milch cows and two ewes one new side saddle to her and her heirs forever to be delivered to her when she arrives at lawful age or so soon as she shall marry." (Harold Painter, The Painter Family (typescript, 1975), pp. 45-46.)
Marriage license: Walter Tanquary and Abigail Painter, 15 Oct 1808, Frederick Co., Virginia. (Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850)
4 Dec 1809: "Abigail (Painter) Tanquiry. Married—a testimony signed against & referred back to [Hopewell] Women's Mtg." (Joint Committee of Hopewell Friends, Hopewell Friends History, 1734-1934, Frederick County, Virginia (Strasburg, Virginia: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., 1936), p. 525.)
1850 U.S. Mortality Schedule, 12th Dist., Clarke Co., Virginia; p. 166.
14. Abigail Tanquary, 62, born in Virginia, died Apr [1850], pneumonia, ill for 90 days.
Comment
Most members of the Painter family continued their opposition to slavery, even after they left the Quaker faith. Abigail Tanquary (née Painter) is exceptional, being enumerated in 1840 in a household with eight slaves.
Reviewed 30 July 2021.
Abigail Painter and Walter Tanquary were married on 15 October 1808 in Frederick County. She was disowned by the Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Frederick County on 4 September 1809 for having married contrary to discipline.
Notes
Parents, siblings, date of birth in: Iona Lupton, A Record of Birth and Burials for Crooked Run Monthly Meeting 1785 (manuscript), p. 8.
Will of Isaac Painter, senior, 26 May 1805 (proved 2 Sep 1805): "Item. I give and devise unto my daughter Abigail one good feather bed and furniture one case of drawers one walnut table two milch cows and two ewes one new side saddle to her and her heirs forever to be delivered to her when she arrives at lawful age or so soon as she shall marry." (Harold Painter, The Painter Family (typescript, 1975), pp. 45-46.)
Marriage license: Walter Tanquary and Abigail Painter, 15 Oct 1808, Frederick Co., Virginia. (Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850)
4 Dec 1809: "Abigail (Painter) Tanquiry. Married—a testimony signed against & referred back to [Hopewell] Women's Mtg." (Joint Committee of Hopewell Friends, Hopewell Friends History, 1734-1934, Frederick County, Virginia (Strasburg, Virginia: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., 1936), p. 525.)
1850 U.S. Mortality Schedule, 12th Dist., Clarke Co., Virginia; p. 166.
14. Abigail Tanquary, 62, born in Virginia, died Apr [1850], pneumonia, ill for 90 days.
Comment
Most members of the Painter family continued their opposition to slavery, even after they left the Quaker faith. Abigail Tanquary (née Painter) is exceptional, being enumerated in 1840 in a household with eight slaves.
Reviewed 30 July 2021.
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