Elizabeth (Grimball) Baynard (abt. 1737 - 1773)

Born about 1737 in Edisto Island, Province of South Carolina [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of William Baynard — married 1 Feb 1753 in St Helenas Church, Beaufort, South Carolina

Descendants

Died 1773 at about age 36 in Edisto Island, Province of South Carolina [uncertain]

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Biography

Elizabeth was the daughter of Paul Grimball and Mary Barnwell of Edisto Island, South Carolina.^[1]

She married William Baynard on 1 February 1753 in St. Helena Parish.^[2]

They had issue:^[1]

• Elizabeth Ann Baynard, who married Dr. John Hall,· of Philadelphia, and had one son, Baynard Rush Hall 1798-1863.
• Thomas Baynard 1763- 1805; married July 6, 1784, Sarah Calder, and had issue
• William Baynard, 1772-1802; married first, April 6, 1791, Sarah Black, one son, William Grimball Baynard, who married first Ann Ninian Jenkins, and second Mary Swinton. William Bay­nard married second, Elizabeth Mikell, who married next, Mungo Macky; issue by Elizabeth Mikell, Elizabeth Grimball Baynard, who married Dr. Ed­ward Mitchell and had issue; and Abigail Baynard, who married Edward Whaley, and had issue.

Elizabeth Baynard, widow, wrote her Will on 16 March 1773, and it was proved 28 June 1773. She mentions her sister Mary Cuthbert, sons Thomas and William Baynard, and daughter Elizabeth Ann Baynard. Her executors were her sister Mary Cuthbert and cousin John Barnwell, son of Nathaniel Barnwell Sr.^[3]

Slaves

Elizabeth Baynard was a slaveholder. Elizabeth's will^[3] and her probate inventory listed a number of enslaved persons.^[4]

For more information please see

• the Slaves of Elizabeth Grimball Baynard
• the Baynard's Old Place Plantation

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Webber, Mabel L. “Grimball of Edisto Island (Continued).” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 23, no. 2 (1922): 39–45 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27569579.
2. ↑ “St. Helena’s Parish Register (Continued).” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 23, no. 3 (1922): 105. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27569588
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Will of Elizabeth Baynard "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-NWS7-TV?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-FZ9%3A210905601%2C211710001 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Wills, 1771-1779, Vol. 015 > image 196 of 352; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
4. ↑ Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
   Catalog: Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868 Inventories v. 94A-94B 1771-1774
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Inventories, 1771-1774, Vol. 094B > image 580 of 813; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JJ9H-LC (accessed 21 May 2023)
   • probate inventory