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Martha (Lanier) Loftin (bef. 1740 - 1823)

Martha Loftin formerly Lanier
Born before in Virginia Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , [half], , and
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , and
Died after age 83 in Snow Creek Township, Stokes, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Martha (Lanier) Loftin was a Virginia colonist.

Martha was born around 1740, in Virginia (in what would become Greensville County when it was formed in 1781).

Martha is mentioned in the administration accounts for her father's estate when Lemuel Lanier is named her guardian.[1]

Around 1762, she married John Loftin. They had the following children.

  1. Elizabeth Loftin b. abt. 1765 VA - d. abt. 1830 NC, m. Francis Harwell
  2. John Loftin b. abt. 1766 - d. 1844, m. Nancy Smith
  3. James Loftin b. abt. 1768 VA - d. 1836 NC, m. Susannah Sherrill (sister of Mary)
  4. Edmund Loftin b. abt. 1770 - d. aft. 1838, unmarried
  5. Martha Loftin b. 1774 VA - d. aft. 1859 NC, m1/wid. William Jones, m2. James Hugh Martin
  6. Frances Loftin b. 1781 - d. abt. 1845, m. William Sturdivant
  7. Eldridge Edward Loftin b. 1782 VA - d. 1842 NC, m. Mary Sherrill (sister of Susannah)
  8. Herbert Chamberlain Loftin b. abt. 1783 - d. abt. 1815
  9. Augustine Loftin b. 1786 VA - d. 1850 TN, m. Mary McCarroll Grigg

John died in 1793, age 53. She moved to North Carolina and lived with her daughter Martha and her family. She lived another 30 years, passing away on 6 Aug 1823 in Snow Creek, Stokes County, North Carolina.

Martha Lanier Loftin's Will[2]

Slaves

She inherited three slaves from her husband, Lewecy/Lucy, Andrew and Kate. [3]

Sources

  1. ↑ "5th September 1759 settlement of accounts in the Orphans Court, Brunswick County Virginia", from NYGBR 47, p. 65
  2. ↑ [1] Loftinnc.com
  3. ↑ John Loftin's will on The Loftin Family Genealogy Website[2]

See also:

  • Violett, Atwood. "Washington-Lanier Family--A Genealogical Discovery." The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 47, pp. 60-68. 1916.
  • Ingersoll: Ingersoll, Louise. Lanier, Goetz Printing Company, Washington, 1965. Free on DCMS
  • Loftin.com John Loftin & Martha Lanier.
  • History of Greenville County[3]




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