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Elizabeth Minor

Female 1752 - 1786  (33 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Minor 
    Born 3 Aug 1752  Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 1786  Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I1883  Dabneys of Virginia
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2016 

    Father John Minor,   b. 29 Jun 1707, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1755, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Sarah Carr,   b. 14 Nov 1714,   d. 28 Sep 1772  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 14 Nov 1732  [2
    Family ID F366  Group Sheet

    Family Col. James Lewis,   d. 1801, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1770  Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2016 
    Family ID F1289  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth Minor was born to John and Sarah (Carr) Minor August 3, 1752 , in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
      She married James Lewis about 1770 in Spotsylvania County. He was born about 1750 to William and Sarah Lewis of Fredericksburg. She died without surviving children and James remarried to Sarah Herndon June 19, 1783. Sarah was born about 1765 to Edward Herndon in Spotsylvania. She died childless in 1784 and James married a third time to Elizabeth Maury about 1785. She was born April 1, 1756, to Rev. James Maury in Albemarle County. James died in 1801 without children from his three wives. His widow, Elizabeth Maury Lewis, remarried to Edward Herndon (1761-1837) of Laurel Hill, Spotsylvania County, who was a lieutenant and captain in the revolution, elected a vestryman of St George’s Parish in 1790, and in 1819, vice-president of the Colonization Society, which encouraged repatriation of slaves to Africa. She died November 15, 1834, aged 77, at Laurel Hill, Spotsylvania County. [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1638]

    2. [S169] p. 143..

    3. [S1712]

    4. [S1690]

    5. [S1785]

    6. [S1778]