Elizabeth
Fitzgerald
formerly Poythress
Born about in Charles City Co., VA
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Poythress
and Christon (Peebles) Poythress
Sister of
Mary (Polythress) Eppes [half], John Poythress, Peter Poythress, Christian (Poythress) Ivey, Francis Poythress, Joshua Poythress, David Poythress, Robert Poythress [half] and William Poythress
Wife of
Thomas Epes
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
John Fitzgerald
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
William Fitzgerald I and Elizabeth (Fitzgerald) Robertson
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Aug 2013
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Biography
Elizabeth Poythress m. (1) John Fitzgerald, who died around 1736. Among her Fitzgerald children were: A- Francis Fitzgerald who married (1) Mary Epes and B-Elizabeth Fitzgerald who m. Archibald Robertson and was the mother of the wife of Joshua Poythress 1[1]
- Mentioned in her father's will -
- from the Last Will and Testament of John Poythress, 1712 (Prince George County wills) published in The Southside Virginian vol.IX no.4 page 153 transcribed by Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis [1]
- "In the Name of God Amen I John Poythres [Poythress] Senr. of Pr. Geo County ..... Item I give to my Daughter Eleva. Poythres two Negroes named Pegg and her son Tom"
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Allan Thomas.
Acknowledgments
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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:
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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~0.39%
Linda Elmore
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~0.39%
Jim Miller :
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
Bennie Bailey :
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J Crallé :
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Notes and Queries The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct., 1914), pp. 417-436 Published by: Virginia Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243389
Bernard Family The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jan., 1897), pp. 181-187 Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture DOI: 10.2307/1914882 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1914882 Page Count: 7