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Their granddaughter, Elizabeth Ann Teackle (daughter of their son Littleton Dennis Teackle (1777-1848) and his wife Elizabeth \"Eliza\" Upshur (1783-1835), married Aaron Balderston Quinby in 1839.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoth families came to Virginia and Maryland from Great Britain around the same time, were owners of enslaved people and were probably related through cousins.  Genealogy: Arthur Upshur (1624-1709) was born in Essex County, England. He immigrated to the Eastern Shore of Virginia about 1637. His descendants for the next five generations remained on the Eastern Shore.  The Teackle family goes back to Thomas Teackle (1624-1695) who came to the Eastern Shore from Gloucester, England. They are related to the Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805) who fought in the Battle of Trafalgar. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is reparative in that Elizabeth Upshur Teackle was an exemplary independent woman and poet. 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Their granddaughter, Elizabeth Ann Teackle (daughter of their son Littleton Dennis Teackle (1777-1848) and his wife Elizabeth \"Eliza\" Upshur (1783-1835), married Aaron Balderston Quinby in 1839.","Both families came to Virginia and Maryland from Great Britain around the same time, were owners of enslaved people and were probably related through cousins.  Genealogy: Arthur Upshur (1624-1709) was born in Essex County, England. He immigrated to the Eastern Shore of Virginia about 1637. His descendants for the next five generations remained on the Eastern Shore.  The Teackle family goes back to Thomas Teackle (1624-1695) who came to the Eastern Shore from Gloucester, England. They are related to the Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805) who fought in the Battle of Trafalgar.","The collection is reparative in that Elizabeth Upshur Teackle was an exemplary independent woman and poet. 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Correspondents are Elizabeth Dennis Teackle Montgomery, Littleton Dennis Teackle, John Teackle, and William White Bancker. Letter recipients are Elizabeth's sister, Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker, Henrietta Bancker, Aunt Hetty (Esther Maria Fisher Teackle), and Messrs. Blair from the Maryland House of Delegates. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe legal document, dated 1801, is from Littleton Dennis Teackle, recording his moving two enslaved women, Sarah alias Sally and Nanny alias Nancy, from Virginia to Maryland. The rest are letters dated between 1807 and 1835, primarily to family members. One included letter is from John Teackle to his granddaughter Henrietta Bancker, dated 1815 and postmarked to Chestnut Street, Philidelphia, is a photocopy of an original not present in this collection. 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