DeWitt-Fitzwater

[Pat (Friend) Thompson]

1850 Allegany County (now Garrett Co. MD, and what is today the Swanton MD
area)
Nelson Fitzwater, 32, farmer, b. VA
Sarah, 25, b. MD
Jos. Knox, 30 laborer b. VA
Benjamin Spiker, 22, Gun smith, b. MD
Martha Fitzwater, 3, probably b. MD
John Dewitt, 6, probably b. MD

Since John Dewitt is listed last but older than the other child that usually indicates the child is from a previous marriage. My best guess is that Sarah (now wife of Fitzwater) was married first to a DeWitt and they were the parents of John DeWitt (6 years old, above)

Can anyone tell me Sarah's maiden name and her DeWitt husband's given name?

[spicyburrnet]

Is the last name Fitzwater related to Friend? And how common is the last name Fitzwater... strange, my boss's name is Fitzwater.

[Pat (Friend) Thompson]

The name Fitzwater appears in Western Marylan (now Garrett County) in the 1850's. I wouldn't say that marriages between the Fitzwater and Friend family was common but Fitzwater is a name known in Garrett Co., MD still today.

There were probably more DeWitt/Friend marriage than there were Fitzwater/Friend marriages........at least according to the record I currently have in my files.