Elizabeth Lee Taylor was born 25 May 1709 in Ditchley, Northumberland County, Virginia, Kingdom of Great Britain to Hancock Lee (1650-1709) and Sarah Allerton (1670-1731) and died April 1750 Bare Forest, Orange County, Virginia, Kingdom of Great Britain of unspecified causes. She married Zachary Taylor (1707-1768) 23 February 1738 in Northumberland County, Virginia.
Biography
Elizabeth Lee was a twin; her twin brother was Hancock Lee. They were both born in 1709 in Northumberland County, Virginia.
Her twin, Hancock, married Mary Willis in Virginia. Elizabeth also had a sister, Anne, and brothers: Willoughby, Richard and Isaac.
Elizabeth was married first to Swan Jones and there is no record of any children from this union. She married second to Zachary Taylor in 1737 in Northumberland County, Virginia, by whom she had at least 4 children. The only one not listed below is Hancock Taylor, whose birth year is unknown.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Charles Taylor (1743-1813) | |||
Richard Lee Taylor (1744-1829) | 3 April 1744 Orange County, Virginia, United States | 19 January 1829 Louisville, Kentucky, United States | Sarah Dabney Strother (1760-1822) |
Joseph Taylor (1744-) | |||
Hannah Ann Taylor (1745-1769) | |||
Jonathan Taylor (1746-1804) | |||
Nancy Taylor (1748-1860) |
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
William Kendall Lee (1679-1679) | |||
Anna Lee (1681-1754) | |||
William Lee (1686-1706) | |||
Richard Henry Lee (1691-1735) | 18 August 1691 Ditchley, Northumberland County, Virginia, USA | 1735 Ditchley, Northumberland County, Virginia, USA | Judith Steptoe (1680-1740) |
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Ann Lee (1702-) | |||
Elizabeth Lee (1707-c1750) | 25 May 1709 Ditchley, Northumberland County, Virginia, Kingdom of Great Britain | April 1750 Bare Forest, Orange County, Virginia, Kingdom of Great Britain | Zachary Taylor (1707-1768) |
Isaac Lee (1707-1727) | |||
Hancock Taylor Lee (1709-1762) |
Residences
References
- History of the Allerton family in the United States : 1585 to 1885, and a genealogy of the descendants of Isaac Allerton, Mayflower pilgrim, Plymouth, Mass. Fascinating story of this family of Mayflower descendants that helped settle the new world.
- Elizabeth Lee - Disambiguation page
- Lee in Virginia - first families