Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Augustine Claiborne
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Mary Herbert (Claiborne) Harrison [half], Herbert Claiborne [half], Augustine Claiborne II [half], Anne (Claiborne) Cocke [half], Susanna (Claiborne) Jones [half], William Presley Claiborne [half], Richard Cook Claiborne [half], Buller Claiborne [half], John Herbert (Claiborne) Cliborn [half], Lucy Herbert (Claiborne) Cocke [half], John Herbert Claiborne [half] and Bathurst Claiborne [half]
Wife of
Thomas Peterson
— married
15 Jun 1775 in Sussex County, Colony of Virginia
Mother of
John Herbert Peterson
Died
at about age 36
[location unknown]
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Biography
Elizabeth Claiborne m Thomas Peterson before 1777 (son John Herbert Peterson was born around 1777). She was the daughter of Colo. Augustine Claiborne and granddaughter of Thomas and Ann (Fox) Claiborne.
Elizabeth (Claiborne) Peterson died in 1794, at the age of 36.
Source
- Her son's account, written 1829, published in The William and Mary Quarterly:
- The Petersons, Claibornes, and Harrisons, and Some of Their Connections; Clayton Torrence; The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan., 1922), pp. 1-19; Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Article DOI: 10.2307/1921480. - Early Virginia marriages. Pt. I; by William Armstrong Crozier (1864-1913); Publication date 1907; Publisher New York : Genealogical Association. Quote from above the middle of page 35 for Sussex County: June 15, 1775, Thomas Peterson and Elizabeth, daughter of Augustine Claiborne.
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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:
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:
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Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Liz (Noland) Shifflett
born 1761- see page 169, https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23661414M/A_history_of_Bristol_Parish_Va.
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Liz (Noland) Shifflett
I removed Goodwyn-4 as her husband (Peterson Goodwyn was related, but not her husband)
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