Lucretia (Townes) de Graffenreid (1748 - 1817)

Born 1748 in Amelia, VA

Ancestors

Wife of Anton Tscharner deGraffenried Sr. — married 14 Dec 1780 in Lunenburg county, Virginia

Descendants

Died 30 Mar 1817 at about age 69 in South Carolina

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Shayne Davidson [send private message] and Andrew Bristol [send private message]

Biography

"of the Mays Family by Samuel Edward Mays, 1929, p. 187. William Townes had brothers John, Thomas, Henry and Samuel. John and Samuel came over with James Townes. William Townes settled in Amelia Co., VA, on the Appomattox River. He was born in 1711, married Anne Wood or Childer", and died June, 1774. They had issue beside Elizabeth, who married Blackman Ligon: William; Thomas; Henry; John; Joseph; Balcott; Molly (Mary?) married William Pride; Nancy (Ann?) married Charles Jones; Lucretia Townes married 1st in Amelia Co., Va., March 20, 1769, Francis Robertson, and had issue: Mary; William; Louise; James; and possibly Anne. She married 2nd Tscharner de Graffenreid and had issue, Catherine Jenner who married William Calhoun. "^[1]

1st m. James Francis ROBERTSON 20 Mar. 1769 Amelia Co., VA ( b: 1746 in Chesterfield Co., VA) 2nd m. Tscherner de Graffenreid 14 Dec 1780 in Lunenburg County, VA

1769 - Lucretia Townes married James Francis Robertson. Witness by Wm Townes. She has five children by James - William, John, Richard, Mary and John. [Amelia Co. Mar. Bond. Vol. 16 No. 4. p. 281]

James dies and she remarries to Anthony Tscharner DeGraffenreid with whom she has three more children - Lucretia, Catherine, and Nancy.

Sources

1. ↑ of the Mays Family by Samuel Edward Mays, 1929, p. 187.

• http://www.next1000.com/family/EC/townes.wm1.html

• WikiTree profile Townes-49 created through the import of Davidson_Fink.ged on Sep 26, 2011 by Shayne Davidson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Shayne and others.

• Source: S70 Text: Clark-Townes genealogy compiled by Margaret Coffey Hanson