Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Richard Townes
— married
23 Jan 1753 (to about 1759) in Middlesex, Virginia
Wife of
John Archer
— married
8 Feb 1760 in Amelia, Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Elizabeth (Townes) Cooper
Died
at about age 65
[location unknown]
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Biography
Elizabeth (Eliza) Burk, or Burke as it is sometimes spelled, was born about 1735, probably in Virginia.
She married (1) Richard Townes, 23 Jan 1753, in Middlesex, Virginia.[1]
Following the death of her first husband, she married (2) John Archer, 8 Feb 1760, Amelia, Virginia.[2]
- Name: John Archer
- Gender: Male
- Spouse Name: Elizabeth [Mrs] Townes
- Spouse Gender: Female
- Marriage Date: 8 Feb 1760
- County: Amelia
- State: Virginia
Sources
- ↑ "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91H-H3XX-M?cc=2134304 : 21 January 2021), > image 1 of 1; Accomat county court clerk offices, Virginia.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Bentley, Elizabeth Petty, indexer. Virginia Marriage Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly. Baltimore, MD: Genealogy Publishing Co., Inc., 1984.
America on or about 1630 and settled in Salem, Mass.” Compiled by Edwin Eugene Towne “Our ancestors should never be forgotten while memory is spared to us.” Newtonville, Mass. Published by the Author 1901. http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/lincoln/bios/towns.txt
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