Elizabeth Veatch Trail

• Following records discovered by George Arthur Trail IV
• (Prince George's County Probate)..... 1705.... will of Nathan Veatch.... 'for want of heirs then to my daughters Mary and Elizabeth"
• Elizabeth never inherited land because all her siblings outlived her and she died 3 years before her mother so was not mentioned in the will of Ann Veatch Weaver dated 1746.

Elizabeth Veatch was the stepsister of George Weaver.

• ( Prince George's County Court Record)....1750.... "David Trail allowance for taking care of George Weaver."

Elizabeth Veatch was first step cousin to Weaver Barnes (born 1706), son of Elizabeth Weaver and Godfrey Barnes.

• (John Glassford Records, Library of Congress, Wash DC) ....1767..James Trail Sr. Account (son of David Trail Sr. and Elizabeth Veatch)..... "per order Weaver Barnes"

Elizabeth Veatch's sister Mary married William Masters, her brother John Veatch married Grace Masters, her brother James Veatch married Rachel.

Elizabeth Veatch Trail was still alive in 1742 when David Trail petitioned PG Court for assistance taking care of his daughter Rachel Trail who suffered from fits and once" pushed her mother into the fire."

Elizabeth Veatch Trail died by 1744 when Cornelius Sandford testified in PG Court case that he sold Nehemiah Ogden's servant , Elizabeth May, "to a lonely desolate old man named David Trail who had since married her."

• (PG County Prerogative Court Records).... 1728 Elizabeth Levett - list of debtors....David Trail,John Veatch... (the names of the brothers in law appear side by side on the debtors list.)

One of the telling evidences that David Trail Sr, married Elizabeth Veatch is the land indenture from David Trail Sr. to David Trail Jr. recorded August 29, 1744 at the PG County land office. (BB1 pg. 177). There were only 3 transactions recorded at the Land office that day. The first one was from William Masters and his wife Mary (Veatch) to John Veatch. The second one was from David Trail Sr. to his son David Trail Jr. The two indentures appear side by side in the land records and indicate it was an extended family of inlaws that traveled together to the Land office that day.