Anne Cleves (Armistead) Pleasant (1773 - 1801)

Ancestors

Wife of John P Pleasant — married 14 Mar 1793 in Kingston Parish, Mathews, Virginia

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Biography

"MRS. JOHN P. PLEASANTS of Baltimore was Anne Cleves Armistead, daughter of William" Armistead of "Hesse," and his wife Maria Carter, daughter of Charles Carter of "Cleves" and Anne Byrd of "Westover." Born November 7, 1773. Married March 14, 1793. Copied from her tombstone: "The amiable wife of John P. Pleasants of Baltimore, died at the house of her kind friend and brother-in-law Capt. Thomas T. Byrd on June 17, 1801, in the 28th year of her age."^[1]

"After her burial and before returning to Baltimore, her husband upon riding to the Old Chapel planted the willow switch he used as a whip. It took root and formed the great willow that now shades her grave."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Hughes, Charles Randolph, "Old Chapel," Clarke County, Virginia Berryville, Virginia : The Blue Ridge Press, 1906. Print.

• Source: Garber, Virginia Armistead "The Armistead Family (1635-1910)." Whittet & Shepperson, Printers, Richmond 1910. The original was full of errors due to its poor organization. It has been reorganized and corrected by: Douglas E. Zimmerman, 2002-2004.

• LDS C50443-1, VA, Mathews Co., Extracts from the Register of Kingston Parish, (1749-1827. 975.53 V26m.), Pg-99.

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