Elizabeth grant bankson was born in philadelphia in 1775 and died in baltimore on june 5, 1851. She was the daughter of jacob bankson (1752 - december 10, 1795), a philadelphia lawyer, and his wife, elizabeth bedford (1756 - january 29, 1821), daughter of gunning bedford (1720-1802) of cecil county, maryland and philadelphia. Her first husband was carl heinrich wilmans (1769 - february 22, 1798), a native of bremen, germany, by whom she had a son, carl herman wilmans (1797-1833). (e and h) carl heinrich wilmans became a prosperous baltimore merchant and was later lost at sea. In 1801, she married james beatty (august 25, 1771 - october 5, 1851), also a baltimore merchant, who, at the time of his death in 1851 (?), owned the bellona gunpowder factory. The beattys had seven children: susan, james, john, elizabeth (later mrs. Hugh young purviance), sarah, george, and mary. (e) there is much confusion as to the identity of the bankson family portraits. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: between 1803 and 1805. Place of creation: Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Dimensions: 20 x 15 3/4 in. (50.8 x 40.01 cm.). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Elizabeth Grant Bankson. Collection: Private collection. Mrs. James Beatty (Elizabeth Grant Bankson) by Joshua Johnson
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