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Elizabeth Lobill (Russell) Roberts (1699 - abt. 1768)

Elizabeth Lobill "Eliza" Roberts formerly Russell aka Hodges
Born in Spotsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial Americamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 7 Jul 1730 in Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 69 in Culpeper, Virginia, British Colonial Americamap [uncertain]
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Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1699 in Spotsylvania, Virginia[1]. She was the daughter of Peter Russell and Sarah Hallowell. Elizabeth married John Hodges and had 4 step children.

Elizabeth married John Wesley Roberts born 1695 and they had 10 children[2].

Elizabeth died around 1768 and was buried in Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia.[1].

Research Notes

Still looking for sources for her date of birth and date of death.

Disputed Marriage

In this profile and in the profile of John Hodges, Jr., it was previously claimed that John had a second marriage, at Ross, Herefordshire, England, on 17 November 1718, to Elizabeth Lobill Roberts Russell[3]. For various reasons this did not make sense: John's first (and only) wife, Mercy (Tisdale) Hodges, survived him by half a dozen years – dying in 1749 – and there is no record of a divorce. John was a prominent figure in the town of Norton, Massachusetts Bay, where he was a selectman for multiple terms, and was in fact the town clerk and the moderator of town meetings during the precise period when he is alleged to have been in England marrying Elizabeth[4]. The groom John Hodges in that 1718 marriage may have been the John Hodges christened at Ross-on-Wye in 1677[5]; or the John Hodges christened there in 1686[6]. There is nothing in any known, reliable record to suggest that John Hodges, Jr., of Massachusetts Bay removed to England at any time.

The claimed second marriage must therefore be regarded as erroneous, and the link to Elizabeth Lobill Roberts Russell as a second wife of John has been severed.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 US Find A Grave Index https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172801633/elizabeth-lobill-roberts
  2. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LB66-5MV/elizabeth-lobill-russell-1699-1768
  3. "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKFY-S4S : 12 March 2020), John Hodges, 1718.
  4. Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family of New England, by Hodges, Almon D., Boston : Frank H. Hodges, 1896, p. 77; https://archive.org/details/genealogicalrec01unkngoog/page/77/mode/1up
  5. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N8J4-NK3 : 5 February 2023), John Hodges, 1677.
  6. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N8J4-NJM : 5 February 2023), John Hodges, 1686.

England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973; Bristol, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1720-1933


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WikiTree profile Russell-4319 created through the import of RodneyTree12232012.ged on Dec 23, 2012 by Rodney Gross.






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The Find-a-Grave citations on this page need to be replaced with factual sourcing. Find-a-Grave is not an accepted source for pre-1700 profiles in WikiTree and the memorial for this person contains no actual sources or documentation.
posted by T Stanton
Russell-11852 and Russell-4319 appear to represent the same person because: This appears to be the same person. Both have the same parents however there is also an issue with her son/husband. One is married to John Roberts III and the other to John Roberts IV.
posted by Timothy Upton
A birth date should not be after a spouse's death date.

A marriage date should not be before a spouse's birth date.

posted by Loretta (Leger) Corbin

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