Person:James Veitch (2)
Sheriff James Veitch
b.Abt 1628 Scotland
d.Abt 1685
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Sheriff James VeitchAbt 1628 - Abt 1685
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Sheriff James VeitchAbt 1628 - Abt 1685
  • W.  Mary GakerlinAbt 1629 - Abt 1689
m. 1657
  1. Nathan VeitchAbt 1668 - Abt 1705
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Sheriff James Veitch
Alt Name[1] James Vaitche
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1628 Scotland
Marriage 1657 to Mary Gakerlin
Death[1] Abt 1685

Founder of this branch of the family in America, he left Scotland in 1751, settled in Calvert Co., Maryland, where he received a grand of land from Lord Baltimore "for having transported himself into this our Province here to Inhabit." Sheriff of Putuxent, St. Maries and Potomack 1653-1657.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Burke, John Bernard. Burke's American families with British ancestry: the lineages of 1,600 families of British origin now resident in the United States of America. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983)
    p. 2951.
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