Maria Cadwalader Ringgold
(1776-1811)
BIRTH
1776
PLACE
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NAME
Maria Cadwalader
DEATH
1811
PLACE
Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States
FAMILY
FATHER
John Cadwalader
(1742-1786)
MOTHER
Elizabeth Cadwalader
(1742-1776)
SISTER
Elizabeth McCall
(1829-1905)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Maria Cadwalader Ringgold (1776–1811) was a daughter of John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Lloyd. She married Samuel Ringgold in 1792 and moved from Maryland’s Eastern Shore to his Washington County estate, Fountain Rock. A historical study counts twelve children before her death at thirty-five. Sons Samuel and Cadwalader later entered military service. A recorded cemetery inscription dates her death to August 1, 1811; conflicting child totals remain unresolved.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Maria Ringgold’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Maria Ringgold is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Maria Ringgold died in 1811, in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States. Maria Cadwalader Ringgold was a daughter of John Cadwalader and Elizabeth Lloyd. She married Samuel Ringgold in 1792 and moved from Maryland’s Eastern Shore to his Washington County estate, Fountain Rock. A historical study counts twelve children before her death at thirty-five. Sons Samuel and Cadwalader later entered military service. A recorded cemetery inscription dates her death to August 1, 1811; conflicting child totals remain unresolved. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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