WILLIAM ELTONHEAD, pro. Mr. William Eltonhead, Esq., special agent for Lord Baltimore in Md. This chart gives him as d. s. p., but not as single.
No William is given by Richard, 1611, as his brother, possibly because Mr. William was then dead. Richard makes two mistakes, in giving Raphe Wormeley as son of Raphe, and Cuthbert Fenwicke's name as Robert. He may, therefore, have forgotten to add the name of William.
Mr. William Eltonhead of Lanc'r Co. was sent to Md. by Lord B., 1654-5. He took the oath of fealty Jan. 2, 1646; was made member of the Privy Council Sep. 29, 1649, and took the oath as such July 22, 1650. He was killed in the conflict between Gov. Stone's party and that of Fendall, 1655. His wid., Jane, survived.
His nuncupative will was pro. Calvert Co., Oct. 5, 1658; leaves his estate to wife and children, desiring wife to set apart land for Robert and Richard Fenwick.
Mrs. E. and her child were pro. dead in 1663, as "Thomas Taylor, the Lawfull heire" of Mrs. E., with Cuthbert Fenwick, Wm. Mills and John Bogue, guardians for the orphans Robert and Richard Fenwicke, petitioned the Assembly for permission to set apart 200 a. of land for the use of the said Robt. and Rich'd F. (Bozman's His. Md., Davis' Day Star, &c.)
