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Judith (Eason) Lassiter (abt. 1727 - abt. 1768)

Judith Lassiter formerly Eason
Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
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Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died about at about age 41 [location unknown]
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Biography

Judith was born in about 1727 but this is inconsistent with the ages of persons thought to be her children.

No records have been found regarding Judith until her husband, Moses Lassiter wrote his will on 26 Feb 1767 in Chowan County, North Carolina. She was among the beneficiaries. He leaves the plantation to his son, Frederick, but Judith has the use of it during her natural lifetime.[1][2][3][4]

An inventory of Moses Lassiter's estate was done on the 27 Jul 1767. Apparently, Judith died soon after Moses. Jeremiah Mizell becomes the guardian of Moses Lassiter's orphans, Frederick, Jethro, Timothy and Millicent, on 21 Mar 1769, placing her death between 27 Jul 1707 and 21 Mar 1769, i.e., about 1768.[5][6]

Research Notes

I have been unsuccessful tracking down anything but online family trees that provides her surname as Eason. While there was an Eason family in the area, Judith is not the only Lassiter spouse purported to be an Eason, but again, the same situation where there is no record whatsoever. I think it is far more viable that she was a close relation to Jeremiah Mizell, probably a sister, since he was designated as guardian for her children. Unless perhaps she married him after Moses' death, which is also possible. Either way, it would be very helpful to find a single source shows any Eason married a Lassiter! - DCO August, 7 2023

Parentage

Judith (Eason) Lassiter and Moses Lassiter are currently identified as parents of Jotham Jonas Lassiter. Judith Eason Lassiter is currently thought to have been born in about 1727, but this is unsourced. Jotham's son Luke Lassiter (mentioned in his will) is thought to be born in 1756. He married in 1783 to Temperance Harriss in Wake County, North Carolina. The marriage was witnessed by his older brother Hardy, born in 1750. These are Jotham's two oldest sons, and Hardy is thought to be his oldest child.

Some sources have Jotham born as early as 1723. The fact that Jotham was born before 1755 is validated by the 1800 census. Hardy's birth in 1750 means that Jotham must have have been born before 1734, the most optimistic possible birth date. If all these facts and inferences are correct, Jotham was born between 1723 (earliest reliably sourced estimate) and 1734 (latest possible birth date base on age of his oldest children. In summary, Jotham was born between 1723 and 1734. His profile currently asserts 1732.

This birth date range is important because Judith (Eason) Lassiter is currently thought to have been born in 1727. Either this birth date for Judith is incorrect or Jotham is not her son, or both. Further research is needed to validate the inferences about Jotham's son's ages and Judith's life. As a DAR ancestor (see his profile), Jotham's life and birth date has received significant review.

Sources

  1. ↑ North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Wills, 1760-1942; Cross Index to Wills, 1760-1940; Author: North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Chowan County); Probate Place: Chowan, North Carolina, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9061&h=1903161&ssrc=pt&tid=3070208&pid=5074443245&usePUB=true
  2. ↑ North Carolina, Will Abstracts, 1760-1800, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3945&h=1937&ssrc=pt&tid=3070208&pid=5074443245&usePUB=true
  3. ↑ North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. II, search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=flhg-ncgenregii&h=297
    554&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
  4. ↑ North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. II, search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=flhg-ncgenregii&h=297
    813&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
  5. ↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VX9F-NZ6 : 8 March 2021), Moses Lassiter, 1769; citing Chowan, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,750,332.
  6. ↑ North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Wills and Estate Papers (Chowan County), 1663-1978; Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History (Raleigh, North Carolina); Probate Place: Chowan, North Carolina, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9061&h=515387&tid=3070208&pid=5074443245&usePUB=true&_phsrc=dHN24714&_phstart=successSource




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Chad Olivent
Jeremiah Mizell was appointed guardian of four of Moses' and Judith's children. Guardianship was commonly given to some relative. I would like to point out that Jeremiah Mizell had a brother named Timothy Mizell and these are also names of two of Moses and Judith's sons. Additionally, oldest son Jotham named two of his sons Luke and Hardy Lassiter. These names also appear in the Mizell family, especially Luke Mizell. ( Jeremiah Mizell's grandfather) I would submit that either there was an unnamed first wife of Moses that was a Mizell, and/or Judith was a sister to Jeremiah and Timothy Mizell. Jeremiah and Timothy Mizell were born about 1730 and 1732, respectively. There does not seem to be a source document for the Eason surname, so there is that. This is pure speculation, but it may be that Judith was a younger sister to the unnamed first spouse. It was not unheard of for a man to marry sister after the death of the first spouse. I have done extensive work on the Mizell family, trying to clean up some issues there, namely that Lawrence Mizell was the progenitor of all the North Carolina Mizells, but that is another story. This Mizell idea may be worth researching in hopes of solving the Jotham quandry.
posted by Chad Olivent
Gentry-2808 Jeff Gentry
Having no specific documentation regarding her date of birth, if we accept that Jotham (as one example of an older child) is her son, I propose that she may have been born earlier. There may have been an earlier wife, but there is no documentation either way. We do know that if she was born in 1727, she can't be Jotham's mother since he was born no later than 1734. The other alternative is to presume there was a prior spouse. Given the choice, I propose that we change her Birth Date to "Before 1716".

Her supposed birth date may have originated with a FamilySearch profile (I'll connect it) that asserts she is the daughter of Abner Eason, Sr., but that same set of research has Abner born in 1722, five years before his daughter. Based on this, I'd say the FamilySearch research that led to the 1727 birth date for Judith is highly questionable.

Please share your perspective.

posted by Jeff Gentry
Anonymous McDaniel
Concur that the 1727 birth date appears to be unsupported by any primary documentation. Not sure that we can justify "before 1716" unless we are certain she was Jotham's mother. Perhaps just leave her birth date as "unknown", and let the body of the bio explain the reasoning?
posted by Anonymous McDaniel
Gentry-2808 Jeff Gentry
"until we are certain she is Jotham's mother" - Concur. You may have noticed that I didn't claim that to be true in my research notes; only that it is the current assumption. Since it is the current assumption though, I think the birth date should conform to the same assumption in the most conservative way possible. I'm don't have strong feelings about that, but I do think it's the best course of action. We know the current state of depicting the relationship is not possible.

HOWEVER, the more important question is how do we know that Jotham is Juedith's son? I don't want to disturb the status quo of the profiles because it's not sourced unless we exhaust the possibilities. I've found over and over again in situations like this that the unsourced assertion is more likely to be true and false, it's just that the original source hasn't been found, or the relationship can be establish with a high degree of confidence based on a set of high confidence inferences. Jotham is my ggggg-grandfather so my priority will be trying to support or refute the assertion that she is his mother.

posted by Jeff Gentry

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