MSS2338Quinby, Teackle, and Upshur families of Somerset County, Maryland, and Accomack and Northampton Counties, Virginia papersQuinby, Teackle, and Upshur families of Somerset County, Maryland, and Accomack and Northampton Counties, Virginia papers finding aid MSS 2338Joseph Azizi and Ellen Welch (2024-0134)Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

2024 May 28

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110URL:

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-05 17:45:23 +0000.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Quinby, Teackle, and Upshur families of Somerset County, Maryland, and Accomack and Northampton Counties, Virginia Papers MSS 2338 Archival Resource Key /repositories/3/resources/1655 4.44 Cubic Feet 7 legal-size document boxes, 17 legal-size folders, 1 legal size folder for addition ViU-2024-0134, 2 large oversize folders. Includes 2 legal-sized folders in the Henry Clay Papers (1825 & 1842 letters from Clay to Littleton Teackle and Aaron Quinby); and 1 legal-sized folder in the James Madison Papers (1826 Mar 29 letter from Madison to Littleton Teackle). 1713-1977 Good English Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, 2017 August 19

 Arrangement

The overall collection is arranged sequentially in order by its different accretions, except the MSS 2871 material, which is interfiled among the first three. Accretions: MSS 2338, MSS 2338-a, MSS 2338-b, MSS 2871, MSS 2338-c, MSS 2338-d, MSS 2338-e, MSS 2338-f.

The most recent addition (ViU-2017-0179) that is represented in this finding aid is arranged chronologically.

 Other Finding Aids

https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/u3928667;

https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/u3928668;

https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/u4367998;

https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/u3927001;

https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/u2674611

 Preferred Citation

MSS 2338, Quinby, Teackle, and Upshur families of Somerset County, Maryland, and Accomack and Northampton Counties, Virginia papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

 Processing Information

Item level description for this addition ViU-2017-0179 was created so that digitized copies of the documents can be accessed.

 Scope and Contents

The larger collection consists of the original materials and 7 additions including the most recent one represented in this finding aid.

In this addition, ViU-2017-0179, are six Elizabeth Upshur Teackle letters with transcriptions. Five letters are written by Mrs. Teackle, and one is addressed to Mrs. Teackle from William Wirt, esquire. In the letters Mrs. Teackle mainly discusses the hardships of her family after her husband, Mr. Teackle, was sent to prison in Baltimore, the circumstances surrounding his imprisonment and those responsible for it, and the actions and support of their family friends. She writes to two government officials making appeals on behalf of her husband for his release from prison. Mrs.Teackle also writes about the return home of her husband from prison and some of their experiences after his return, as well as her desire to see her family.

Addition ViU-2024-0134 has its own scope and content note and bio note. It contains a handwritten document listing enslaved people and 8 letters among family members particular the Teackle and Bancker family members.

The records for the rest of the collection can be found here:

MSS 2338, MSS 2338-a, MSS 2338-b, MSS 2871 - Quinby, Teackle, and Upshur families of Somerset County, Maryland, and Accomack and Northampton Counties, Virginia papers: https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/u3928667

MSS 2338-c - Papers of the Quinby Family: https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/u3928668

MSS 2338-d - Accomack County, Land Patent: https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/u4367998

MSS 2338-e - Genealogy of the Evans Family: https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/u3927001

MSS 2338-f - Letter to Mary Emma Justis Sturgis: https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/u2674611 http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/uva-sc/vivadoc.pl?file=viu00995.xml

1825 and 1842 letters from Henry Clay to Littleton Teackle and Aaron Quinby (2 folders) interfiled in the Henry Clay Papers

An 1826 Mar 29 letter from James Madison to Littleton Teakle (1 folder) interfiled in the James Madison Papers.

 Conditions Governing Use

This collection contains some in-copyright material. Visit our Permissions and Publishing page https://www.library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/publishing) for more information about use of Special Collections materials. The library can provide copyright information upon request, but users are responsible for making their own determination about lawful use of collections materials.

 United States -- History -- War of 1812 University of Virginia Legal correspondence letters (correspondence) family papers photographs Elizabeth Upshur Teackle Correspondence - ViU-2017-0179Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2492030.24 Cubic Feet6 legal folders1821-1822Scope and Contents

Six Elizabeth Upshur Teackle letters with transcriptions, one of which is addressed to Mrs. Teackle from William Wirt, esquire. Mrs. Teackle in the letters mainly discuss the hardships of her family after her husband, Mr. Teackle, was sent to prison in Baltimore, the circumstances surrounding his imprisonment and those responsible for it, and the actions and support of their family friends. She writes to two government officials making appeals on behalf of her husband for his release from prison. Mrs.Teackle also writes about the return of her husband from prison and some of their experiences after, as well as her desire to see her family.

These letters are also available online at the Voices of the Eastern Shore website: https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/VOESH/

Elizabeth Upshur Teackle letter to Mrs. John EyreArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2492050.04 Cubic Feet1821-12-08MSS 2338-c1/6

Elizabeth Upshur Teackle letter to Mrs. John Eyre, 1821-12-08

Elizabeth Upshur Teackle letter to her sisterArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2492060.04 Cubic Feet1821-12-14MSS 2338-c2/6

Elizabeth Upshur Teackle letter to her sister, 1821-12-14

Elizabeth Upshur Teackle letter to William U. CrawfordArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2492070.04 Cubic Feet1821MSS 2338-c3/6

Elizabeth Upshur Teackle letter to William U. Crawford, 1821

William Wirt letter to Elizabeth Upshur TeackleArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2492260.04 Cubic Feet1 legal-size folder1822-07-10MSS 2338-c4/6

William Wirt letter to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, 1822-07-10

Elizabeth Upshur Teackle letter to her sisterArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2492271822-07-29MSS 2338-c5/6

Elizabeth Upshur Teackle letter to her sister, 1822-07-29

Elizabeth Upshur Teackle letter to William WirtArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2492281822-10-29MSS 2338-c6/6

Elizabeth Upshur Teackle letter to William Wirt, 1822-10-29

Scope and Contents

In this letter Mrs. Teackle includes a copy of a June 1822 letter in her own hand.

Teackle and Bancker family papers- ViU-2024-0134Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/273925Teackle, John, 1756-18170.03 Cubic Feet8 letters and one list of enslaved people1801-1837EnglishConditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a gift from Randolph George, Somerset County Maryland Historical Trust to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 12 July 2024.

Preferred Citation

MSS 2338, Teackle and Bancker family papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Related Materials

MSS 2338, MSS 2338-a, MSS 2338-b, MSS 2338-c, MSS 2338-d, MSS 2338-e, MSS 2338-f MSS 2871

These letters have been digitized and are online at Voices for the Eastern Shore. https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/VOESH/

Scope and Contents

This addition (ViU-2024-0134) to MSS 2338, Quinby, Teackle, and Upshur Families of Somerset County, Maryland, and Accomack and Northampton Counties, Virginia Papers includes one legal document and eight handwritten letters from the Teackle and Bancker family. 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.

The 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. The eight remaining letters are originals, postmarked on their exterior.

These letters are also available online at the Voices of the Eastern Shore website: https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/VOESH/

Biographical / Historical

The collection centers around the family of John Teackle of Kegotank (1753-1817) and his wife Elizabeth Dennis Teackle (1760-1811) and their children from the Eastern Shore (Somerset County and Accomack County of Maryland). 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. It is also reparative because the Teackle family enslaved many people, who are mentioned in the letters.

The Voices of the Eastern Shore project headed by Dreanna Belden sums it up well, "Topics such as: slavery, women's history, home life, the economy, the War of 1812, social life, religion, health, and death – the letters encompass virtually every aspect of society that informs our understanding of the era."

Children of John Teackle of Kegotank,Maryland and Elizabeth Dennis: Littleton Dennis Teackle (1777-1848) m. Eliza Upshur (1783-1835) Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker (1783-183) Henrietta (Hetty) Teackle Chauncey (1780-1832) Elizabeth Dennis Teackle Montgomery (1786-1823) Henry Dennis Teackle (1786-1807) John Justice Teackle (1790-1824) Esther (Hetty) Maria Fisher Teackle (1795-1840) James Henry Dennis Teackle (1796-1840)

Ann Upsher Eyre,sister of Elizabeth Upshur Teackle (1780-1829) lived at Eyre Hall with her husband John Eyre.

Sources: Upshur, John, A. "Upshur Family in Virginia" Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize,preserve and extend access to The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine https://www.jstor.org/stable/1923340?seq=2

Digitized letters by the Voices of the Eastern Shore and was provided by the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. https://voicesoftheeasternshore.org/

Conditions Governing Use

This collection contains some in-copyright material. Visit our Permissions and Publishing page (https://www.library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/publishing) for more information about use of Special Collections materials. The library can provide copyright information upon request, but users are responsible for making their own determination about lawful use of collections materials.

enslaved personsList of people enslaved Littleton Dennis TeackleArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/27393918011Elizabeth Dennis Upshur Teackle to her daughter Sarah Upshur BanckerArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2739401807English1Related Materials

This letter has been digitized by: Voices of the Eastern Shore and was provided by the Somerset County Historical Society to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1618897/?q=elizabeth%20upshur%20teackle%20to%20sarah%20teackle%20bancker

Elizabeth Dennis Teackle Montgomery to her sister Sarah Upshur Teackle BanckerArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/273934ca 18101Related Materials

This letter was digitized by: Voices of the Eastern Shore and was provided by the Somerset County Historical Society to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries.

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1618900/?q=elizabeth%20dennis%20teackle%20montgomery%20to%20sarah%20teackle%20bancker

Elizabeth Dennis Teackle Montgomery and her father John Teackle to Sarah Upshur Teackle BanckerArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2739351812English1Elizabeth Dennis Teackle Montgomery to her sister Sarah Upshur Teackle BanckerArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/273941undatedEnglish1Related Materials

This letter is part of the collection entitled: Voices of the Eastern Shore and was provided by the Somerset County Historical Society to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries.

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1618898/?q=elizabeth%20dennis%20teackle%20montgomery%20to%20sarah%20teackle%20bancker

John Teackle to his daughter Sarah Upshur Teackle BanckerArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/273936ca 1815-1817English1Related Materials

This letter is part of the collection entitled: Voices of the Eastern Shore and was provided by the Somerset County Historical Society to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1618901/?q=john%20teackle%20to%20sarah%20teackle%20bancker

(Photocopy) John Teackle to his granddaughter Henrietta BanckerArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2739371815English1William White Bancker to his Aunt Henrietta Teackle (Esther Maria Fisher Teackle)Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2739381837English1Related Materials

This letter was digitized by: Voices of the Eastern Shore and was provided by the Somerset County Historical Society to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries.

https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/VOESH/browse/?q=william+white+bancker+to+aunt+hetty&t=fulltext&sort=

Letter from Littleton Dennis Teackle to the Maryland House of Delegates: address change Messr. Blair and RivesArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/2739431Related Materials

This letter is part of the collection entitled: Voices of the Eastern Shore and was provided by the Somerset County Historical Society to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1711690/?q=littleton%20dennis