Elizabeth (Dawson) Hess (1757 - 1798)

Born 1757 in North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Hess — married 1779 in Virginia

Descendants

Died Sep 1798 at about age 41 in Monongalia County, Virginia

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Biography

records for Elizabeth Dawson are scarce Sometimes she appears as Mary Elizabeth?

- Elizabeth, wife of Peter Hess b. Feb 1755 often confused w wife of other Peter Hess b. July 1755. Elizabeth Dawson b. North Carolina vs. Elizabeth Loveall (Lovell) b. Virginia.

- Elizabeth's parents are John & Charity (Alston) Dawson (big slave-owning family in Northampton County, North Carolina).

- See attached exhibit of father's Will on Elizabeth's father's profile page, where:

- daughter, Elizabeth, is third of her father's bequeaths consisting of "Item: I give all my right, title and interest to a girl called Dinah, she and her increase forever to my daughter, Elisabeth Dawson." ^[1];

- and jointly with her other minor siblings, Elizabeth is bequeathed further: Item: I give and bequeath all the rest of my negroes and their future increase, to my three young children, Charity Dawson, Elizabeth Dawson and John Dawson, to them and their heirs forever, to be equally divided when the first of the three said children shall arrive to lawful age or be married, and the profits of their labor, if any, to be equally divided likewise' '^[2]

- Elizabeth Dawson m Peter Hess 1776.

- Elizabeth & Peter's children^[3]

- Abraham 1770–1814 m. Jemima Pindall

- Jeremiah 1779–1855 m. Elizabeth Henry

- Peter Jr 1782–1860 m. Susanna Cox

- Balzar 1784–1840 m. Phoebe Scott, dau of maj. David & Rachel Brand^[4]

- John 1788–1862 m. Hannah Tibbs

- Thomas 1790–1870 m. Mathilda Scott

- William 1794–1848 m. Mary Smith

- Catherine 1795– m. John Smith

- Elizabeth 1796- m. Moses Barb

- Eliza & Peter were parents of nine children who were each named in his Will, executed 8 September 1827, and probated in 1832^[5]. With the exception of Abraham, it is likely all of the children were born in Monongalia, VA.

Sources

1. ↑ father's will in "North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 for Colonel John Dawson" from Wills; Author: North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Northampton County); Probate Place: Northampton, North Carolina taken from North Carolina County, District and Probate Courts / provided via Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. [1]
2. ↑ ibid North Carolina Wills
3. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Elizabeth Dawson" from Book Title: "Boddie Family charts, illustrations, & coat-of-arms" via Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. [2]
4. ↑ 1812 MARRIAGE: Index to Marriage Bonds; 1796-1850; Monongalia County West Virginia County Clerk; no. 161; FHL film 0840909; NOTE: Balser Hess to Phobe Scott, dau of David Scott.
5. ↑ Peter Hess' Will in Monongalia County, WV., Will Book 1, page 78; proved Oct 1833 and by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

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