Nicholas Gassaway | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Committee of the Twenty | |
| In office < 1690 – 1691 | |
| Constituency | Maryland Colony |
| Gentleman Justice of the Quorum, later Justice of the (Maryland) Provincial Court | |
| Commissioner of Londontown, Commissioner of the Peace, & Colonel, Maryland Provincial Forces | |
| Assumed office 1683 & 1686 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1634 London, England |
| Died | 1691 Anne Arundel, Maryland |
| Spouse | Anne Besson |
| Relations | Ancestor of Henry G. Davis |
| Children | Ann Gassaway Watkins (2nd Burgess, 3rd Jones), Captain Nicholas Gassaway, Captain John Gassaway, Jane Gassaway Cotter (2nd Sanders), Lord Sheriff Captain Thomas Gassaway, Margaret Gassaway Larkin, and Hester Gassaway Groce (2nd Warman) |
| Residence(s) | Love’s Neck, Bessondon, Poplar Ridge & Gassaway's Addition Plantations, Anne Arundel, MD |
| Occupation | Plantation owner, provincial military officer, justice and politician |
Colonel Nicholas Gassaway (baptized 11 March 1634 – between 10 and 27 January 1691[1] Julian Calendar) was a colonial military and political leader and justice in early Maryland. He is the progenitor of the some five and a half thousand Americans who bear the family name in the 2000 census.[2]