Elizabeth (Keith) Ford (1745-1821) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Elizabeth Ford formerly Keith

Born 1745 in Prince William, Virginia

Ancestors

Daughter of James Keith and Mary Isham (Randolph) Keith

Sister of Isham Browder [half], James W. Keith Sr, John Keith, Thomas Randolph Keith, Mary Randolph (Keith) Marshall, Judith (Keith) Key, Isham Keith and Alexander Keith

Wife of Edward Ford — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants

Mother of Jane Ford, James Keith Ford and Charles Fleming Ford Sr.

Died 1821 at about age 76 in Bourbon County, Kentucky

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Biography

Elizabeth Keith was born in Prince William, Colony of Virginia, in 1745, the 7th child of Rev James Keith and Mary Isham Randolph. According to Robert Isham Randolph's Compilation, she married Edward Ford in 1766.^[1] Edward died in 1814; Elizabeth died in 1821. They are buried together in Paris Cemetery, Bourbon County, Kentucky.^[2].

Research Notes

Comparable lists of Elizabeth Keith's and Edward's children:

Per Randolph's 1936 compilation of descendants indexed from Elizabeth Keith (#237)^[1]	Per Edward Ford's 1813 will^[3]
#2371 Mary Ford m. John Wynne	Polly Winn
#2372 Jane Ford m. Thomas Clark	Jane Clarke
#2373 William Ford m. ___ Warfield	William
#2374 Judith Ford m. Presley Simpson	Judith Simpson
#2375 James [Keith] Ford m. Anna Newton	James
#2376 Priscilla Ford m. James Sangster	Prisilla Songster
#2377 Hester Ford m. Walter Ashmore	Behethland Ashmore
#2378 Elizabeth Keith Ford m. Clifton Enos Thompson	Eliza Tompson
#2379 Edward Ford m. Julia Jackson	Edward Ford
#237x Charles Fleming Ford m. Patsy Butler	Charles F Ford
#237a Susan Tarleton Ford m. James Rogers	Susan Rogers
#237b Thomas Randolph Ford, d.s.p	Thomas R Ford
#237c John Ford m. 1st__Pritchett, m. 2nd__Augusta	John Ford

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Randolph, Robert Isham, The Randolphs of Virginia: A compilation of the descendants of William Randolph of Turkey Island and his wife, Mary Isham of Bermuda Hundred. Chicago: unknown (January 1, 1936), 101-105.
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 22209 #2 (accessed 13 April 2023)
↑ Burial: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #139149854
Ancestry Record 60525 #114283607 (accessed 13 April 2023)
Photo of headstone at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139149854/elizabeth-ford.
↑ Bourbon County, Kentucky, Will Book E, pages 293-295.

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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: