We still do not understand the changes in the ownership of this one piece of land that William Ewing had inherited by primogeniture
and that the two, Nathaniel and Samuel, had been willed by their father. The following earlier deed reads:
• Cecil Co,, MD Deed Book 10 page 371 “William Ewing eldest son of Nathaniel Ewing, deceased, and his widow, Rachel Ewing,
from Patrick Ewing, eldest son of Joshua Ewing deceased, and his widow, Jane Ewing, and Robert Ewing and Samuel
Ewing, and Nathaniel Ewing part of DIVIDING located on the North Side of the Octoraro Creek, for 5 shillings.” But, the
following proves what Samuel Ewing did with his part:
• Cecil Co., MD Deed Book 16 page 181 dated 4 October 1787, Samuel Ewing sold to James Miller of Philadelphia, PA 200acres,
his part of DIVIDING for £l,000. He is of Russell Co., Va.(which was formed in 1786 from Washington Co., VA.) The
following Deed identifies him further:
• Cecil Co., MD Bill of Sale Book 17 page 94 dated 11 Nov 1790 “Samuel Ewing, of Russell Co., Va. sells to John McCoy of
Cecil Co., MD a negro named Peter he purchased from Col. Elihu Hall. Witnesses were Patrick Ewing and Thomas
Johnson. Court records and Deeds further identify this man in Russell Co., Va. and the settlement of his estate names
grandchildren. In Maryland Revolutionary War Records he is listed as Paymaster of the 2 Maryland Regiment of Col.nd
Thomas price from 9 May 1777 to 2 January 1778. One Samuel Ewing is listed as a deserter but many records were
incorrect at the close of the War. Below are the children and some grandchildren of Samuel as found in Russell Co., Va.
Will Book #3, page 208 dated 20 Feb. 1815 and probated 3 Nov 1817:
A. Margaret Ewing was given “$1,000.” She married George Ewing II, son of George Ewing and Eleanor Caldwell who
went from Prince Edward Co., Va. to Wythe Co., Va. George Ewing was the son of Samuel Ewing who died 1758 in Prince
Edward Co. The children of Margaret and George II Ewing are given in Chapter XXVI re Samuel Ewing, brother to
Nathaniel born 1693.
B. Joshua Ewing was willed “154 acres in Elk Garden and a Negro boy.” Joshua married Mary Jones and they had:
1. Ellen Ewing married Joshua Brown.
2. Samuel Ewing (It is reported he went to Texas) .
3. William Donald Ewing “died at Kelly’s Creek TX” or TN (we have been unable to locate).
4. Robert Ewing married 1 Jane Garrett and had 5 children married 2 Dice Stanley.st nd
5. John Ewing married and had a daughter Mary and a son William.
6. James Ewing became an M.D. and died at age 25.
7. Joshua Calvin Ewing married Katherine Grubb and had 4.
8. Eliza Ewing married Rev. Robert Harding.
9. Jane Ewing married Benjamin Martin and had Samuel and Mary.
C. Jane Ewing married Oliver Hughes. Their daughter, according to Samuel’s 1815 will was Sally Ewing Hughes. She married William Frick and this family is fairly well documented.
