Elizabeth (Travers) Tarpley (abt. 1689 - aft. 1720)

Born about 1689 in Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Harwar — married about 1707 in Essex Co., Virginia

Wife of John Tarpley — married about 1716 in Richmond, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 28 May 1720 after about age 31 in Richmond County, Virginia

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Biography

Elizabeth Travers, the daughter of Samuel Travers and his wife Frances Allerton, was born about 1688.^[1]

Around 1707 in Virginia, Elizabeth Travers married her first husband Thomas Harwar Thomas Harwar's 1713 will identifies his wife and their three children:^[2][3]

• Frances Harwar, born about 1710; died young
• Elizabeth Harwar, born about 1708; died young
• Ann Harwar, born about 1713; married William Beale

Thomas Harwar died in 1713.

Around 1715, the widow Elizabeth Travers Harwar married John Tarpley (1695-1737).^[1] John and Elizabeth had three children of their own in addition to raising Elizabeth's three daughters from her first marriage.^[4]

• Travers Tarpley (born before 23 Nov 1717- )^[1]; married Elizabeth Sydnor
• John Tarpley (c. 28 May 1720- )^[1]; died young
• Elizabeth "Betty" Tarpley (c. 28 May 1720- )^[1]; died young

Given that Frances Harwar, still a minor, applied to have her stepfather John Tarpley (1695-1737) named as her guardian on 19 Sep 1721^[5], Elizabeth Travers Harwar Tarpley must have died between the baptism of the twins on 28 May 1720 and the 19 Sep 1721 application for guardianship.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Scott E. Tracy, “Mayflower Descendant Col. John Tarpley (1720-1786/7) Richmond County, Virginia,” Magazine of Virginia Genealogy 50, no. 2 (Richmond: Virginia Genealogical Society, May 2012), 121-42.
2. ↑ Will of Thomas Harwar, Essex County, Virginia, Deeds & Wills 14, 1711–1716, pp. 55–6.
3. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 134
4. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 134
5. ↑ Essex County Order Book 5, 1716–1723, p. 596

• Robert S. Wakefield and Margaret Harris Stover, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. . ., Volume 17, Family of Isaac Allerton (Plymouth: Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1998), p. 55
• Headley, Robert K. Jr. Married Well and Often, Marriages of Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800, Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, MD 2003, p. 343
• Scott Tracy, "Mayflower Descendant Col. John Tarpley ( 1720-1786/7) Richmond, County, Virginia", Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 50#2, pages 121-142 (May 2012)
• Scott E. Tracy, “Revisiting the Narrative of Col. John Tarpley of Richmond County,” Magazine of Virginia Genealogy 56, no. 3 (Richmond: Virginia Genealogical Society, Aug 2018), 173-193.
• Scott E. Tracy, "Solving the Mystery of the Ownership of Morattico Hall, Richmond County, Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, 7225-7846.
• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 134