Handy, Mary Ann Pitts Gilliss, 1795-1839

Maria Ann Pitts Gilliss was born around 1795 in Somerset County, Maryland to Levin Gilliss and Margaret “Peggy” Nutter. She married James Henry Handy I on June 29, 1812 and together they had eight children, four of which lived past infancy. She died on December 29, 1839 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, July 8, 1811]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle. She writes about the family's health and their Fourth of July celebration. She talks of their acquaintances John Donnell, William Gilmor, Molly Gilmor, Ann "Nancy" Smith Gilmor, Amelia Williams Gale, Miss Morcross, and Miss Gillis.