Frances Martha (Woodman) Prettyman (abt. 1660 - abt. 1718)

Born about 1660 in Accomack County, Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Wife of Anthony Pietersen Enloe — married after 8 Feb 1681 (to Mar 1703) in Sussex Co., Colony of Delaware

Wife of William Prettyman — married 1706 (to 1718) in Sussex Co., DE

Descendants

Died about 1718 at about age 58 in Sussex County, English Colony of Delaware

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Biography

Frances Martha Woodman is said by many family genealogies to have been born in the 1630s but this is belied by her 3 marriages and child-bearing up to 1718, according to Sussex Co. court documents that state "the widow of Anthony Inlows (Enloe)" appeared in court in March 1707 as the wife of William Prettyman, married after Enloe's death in March 1703. William Prettyman's first wife, Frances (Woodman), widow Enloe, had 5 children with him between 1710 and 1718, when she died after giving birth to her last child, son William Prettyman II. It is much-more logical to assume she was born around 1660 and therefore died at about 58 years old after having given birth to at least 10 children.

The following is from a now-off-line genealogy from RootsWeb:

Name: Frances Martha WOODMAN

Given Name: Frances Martha

Surname: WOODMAN

Sex: F

Birth: ABT 1638 [sic=About 1660 - see above]

Marriage#1 Aaron Harrison

Married: About 1678 (if born 1660, she would have been 18)

Marriage#2 Anthony INLOE [aka Enloe], b: ABT 1630 in Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands [sic = we know he was born ca. 1650]

Married: After 8 FEB 1681 (when Aaron Harrison died)

Children:

1. Peter Inloe / Enloe, b: Before 1682 in Sussex Co., Delaware
2. Elizabeth Inloe, b: About 1684 in Sussex Co., Delaware
3. Thomas Inloe / Enloe, b: 1685 in Sussex County, Delaware
4. Abraham Inloe b: 1687 in Sussex County, Delaware
5. Samuel Inloe b: Before 6 DEC 1687 in Sussex Co., Delaware (ruled by Pennsylvania from 1682 to 1701); died before 1703 (not in father's Will)

27 Feb 1703 Anthony Enloe write his Will in Sussex County.

10 April 1703 Anthony's Will is "proven" indicating his recent death.

4 March 1706, Anthony's widow, Frances Inlows (Enloe), appeared in Court as Executrix of his Estate.

4 March 1707, Frances Prettyman, widow of the late Anthony Inloe, appeared in Court...

Marriage #3 William Prettyman, b: 1675 in Sussex Co., Delaware

Married: before 4 March 1707

Children: ^[1]

1. Isaac Prettyman, b: ca. 1710, Sussex Co., DE; m. Sarah Leatherbury
2. Thomas Prettyman, b: ca. 1712, Sussex Co., DE; d. by 1763 m Comfort Stockley.
3. John Prettyman, b: ca. 1714, Sussex Co., DE; m. Comfort Leatherbury.
4. James Prettyman, b: ca. 1716, Sussex Co., DE; d. by 20 Feb 1744
5. William Prettyman II, b: ca. 1718, Sussex Co., DE; d. 1739; m. Elizabeth Unknown.

Frances Martha (Woodman) Prettyman died shortly after the birth of William Prettyman II in 1718 in Indian Hundred, near Lewes, Sussex County, Colony of Delaware. Burial site: Unknown.

"We believe that William [Prettyman] married first, by 4 March 1707, Frances, the widow of Anthony Enloe. On that date as Frances Prettyman, the widow of Anthony Enloe, she appeared in Court on the estate of Anthony. Anthony Enloe in his will probated 10 Apr 1703 mentions wife Frances and daughter Elizabeth Inlows. The quit rents of Sussex County for March 1706 shows Widow Inloss(Enloe) holding land of Anthony, and William must have married her after this date and before 4 March 1707. On 4 March 1707, "Frances Prettyman, formerly the widow of Anthony Inlows, deceased, and executrix of his last will & testament came into Court..."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ D. Mitchell Jones' Prettyman Files on web.archive.org
2. ↑ http://www.dmitchelljones.org/nextp4.htm

• Knoche Family Plus Tree on RootsWeb - Frances Martha Woodman - Seems to have been taken off-line.

• Tommy Knowles, created WikiTree profile Woodman-70 on May 3, 2011, from firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Tommy and others.