Lucretia (Hobbs) Driver (abt. 1776 - abt. 1819)

Born about 1776 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Ancestors

Wife of James Earl Driver — married 3 May 1792 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA

Descendants

Died about 1819 at about age 43 in Vermilion, Erie, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Lucy was possibly a daughter of Nicholas Hobbs and Elizabeth Cumming. She was born 1776 in Maryland, and died in Vermilion, Erie, Ohio. She married Rev. James Driver with Rev.Dorsey officiating, May 3, 1792 in Baltimore, Baltimore Co, Maryland. ^[1]

Newspaper Mentions

Mrs. Lucy Driver has two letters at the post office in Baltimore Maryland and Mrs. Lucy L. Driver has one. ^[2] The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland 26 May 1913, Mon • Page 11

Birth

Date: 1776

Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Page: Database online.

Text: Record for Denton Driver

Death

Date: 1818

Place: Vermilion, Erie, Ohio, USA

Page: Database online.

Text: Record for Denton Driver

Burial

Though no headstone exists now for Lucretia, an oak tree was planted over the plot - only a stump remains but it is at least 6 feet in circumference.

Burial: Oak Bluff Cemetery

Place: Berlin, Erie, Ohio, USA

Text: Record for Isaiah Driver

Burial: Cranberry Cr. Cemetery, Vermillion Twp., Ohio

Text: Record for Isaiah Driver

Burial: Cranberry Creek Cemetery, Vermillion, Berlin Twp, Ohio (her tombstone is missing)

Research Notes

Sources

1. ↑ http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/bios/erie/driverj.txt
2. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55544592/the-baltimore-sun/

• 1791 "Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4J5-2ZS : 16 January 2020), James Driver, 1791.

• 1792"Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VS-44Q : 16 January 2020), James Driver, 1792.

• http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/bios/erie/driverj.txt

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111856373