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Biography
Elizabeth Claiborne was the daughter of Capt William Claiborne and Elizabeth Whitehead, daughter of Col Philip Whitehead of King William county, and a granddaughter of Richard Whitehead of Gloucester county.[1]
Elizabeth appears in the Claiborne pedigree: a genealogical table of the descendants of secretary William Claiborne of the junior branch in the United States, with some other tracings in the female line, as the daughter of William Claiborne, son of William Claiborne, and Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Philip Whitehead.
According to this record, Elizabeth was married to Benjamin Lawson and Isaac Jackson. Her children shown in this record were Robert Lawson, Claiborne Lawson, Benjamin Lawson, William Lawson, Philip Whitehead Jackson and Katherine Jackson. Omitted from this record is Philadelphia Lawson West who is confirmed to be the brother of Robert, Claiborne, Benjamin and William Lawson who is confirmed as their sibling in a chancery record. [2]
Spouses
Elizabeth Claiborne married first Benjamin Lawson and secondly Isaac Jackson. [1]
Alternate death date/location: 1800 in Elbert, Georgia
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Genealogies of Virginia Families: From Tyler's Quarterly ..., Volume 1
By Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981. Found at: Google Books Genealogies of Virginia Families
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
Claiborne-343 and Claiborne-252 appear to represent the same person because: This is the same person. Will also need to merge the Isaac Jackson profiles.
Claiborne-476 and Claiborme-1 appear to represent the same person because: same name, same spouse name (in process of merge), son Thomas on both profiles (needs to be merged),