Born about in Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Gurley Jr.
and Sarah (Ward) Gurley
Sister of
Zebulon Gurley, Sarah (Gurley) Dimmick, Israel Gurley, Mary Gurley, John Gurley, Phineas Gurley, Eunice Gurley, Samuel Gurley, Hannah (Gurley) Dexter [half], Nahum Gurley [half], Lois (Gurley) Oakes [half], Zenas Gurley [half] and Margaret Gurley [half]
Wife of
John Smith
— married
about 1757 in North Carolina
Descendants 
Mother of
Samuel Smith II
Died about
at about age 96
in North Carolina, United States [uncertain]
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- WikiTree profile Gurley-109 created through the import of Donnell_FosterTREE gedFILE.ged on Oct 2, 2011 by Ann Fuller. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Ann and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
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~1.56%
Frank Stewart
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Mary Joy (Moses) Barnes :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Laura (Stewart) Cipriano :
23andMe
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~0.78%
William Anderson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Stacy (Smith) Aannestad :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member StacyAannestad
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #791135
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~0.39%
Robin (Harrison) Frost :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member robinfrost
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The father Smauel Gurley Jr. (1717-1796) is a duplicate of Samuel Gurley (1717-1796) and the mother Sarah (Ward) Gurley (abt.1717-1756) is a duplicate of Hannah (Baker) Gurley (1717-1756). Ward is the correct maiden name of Sarah, also known as Hannah.
Information has now been added to the comments to prove that Elizabeth from Pennsylvania is not connected to Connecticut.
edited by Linda (Carruth) Peterson
""Having followed the cow for about for miles he came upon a house where there resided a family by the name of Gurley. Finding them hospitable people he decided to take up his abode with them, especially when he found that the union was with four female children. He at once made a covenant that he would never leave the home until he won the heart and hand of one of these girls, and true to it, he married one of them. "
There is an earlier section that has her name as Durley, but later it has Gurley in the First Generation section "He married Elizabeth Durley, who was much younger than himself, and a very well educated woman. We do not know if he was married previous to this, though it is quite possible. Her father was one of the very first settlers of the Deep River Church neighborhood. She was a Pennsylvania Quaker and probably received her education in that state as there were no schools in North Carolina at that time. The Indians loved her. She sprung from the French, her ancestors being Huguenots, thought she herself was a Quaker. John Smith and his wife had no love for the old country, from which the families had fled on account of religious persecution and these were not times to inspire it. "
Genealogy of the Smith Family of Rockingham County, NC - http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/chattooga/bios/smithjno.txt
This family is covered for many generations in this document, but they are not related to anyone in Connecticut.