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Elizabeth (Beckham) Grundy (abt. 1736 - 1824)

Elizabeth Grundy formerly Beckham
Born about in Winchester, Frederick, Virginiamap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 88 in Washington County, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Biography

Elizabeth (Beckham) Grundy was part of a Southern Pioneer Family.
Elizabeth was born in 1733. She married George Grundy. [1]

She appears on a Washington County, Kentucky 1800 tax list along with Felix, Gardum, George, John, Robert and Samuel Grundy. [2]

Residence (09 Oct 1749) Bolton, Lancaster

Daughter of John Beckham. [3]

She passed away in 1824. According to her will[4]


She mentions the following children in her will: Robert, Nancy, Polly Rutter, Gardom, William, Amsted, Samuel, James Gardom Seay, George, Elizabeth Mason, George, William, Felix.


Children of George and Elizabeth

  1. Edmund Grundy 1753–
  2. William Grundy 1756–1778
  3. John Robert Grundy 1758–1814
  4. Nancy Anne Grundy (Kelsey) 1760–
  5. George Grundy 1764–1815
  6. Robert Grundy 1766–1823
  7. Gardom Grundy 1768–1842
  8. Samuel Henry Grundy 1770–1841
  9. Charles Grundy 1775–1793
  10. Felix Grundy 1777–1840
  11. Nancy Grundy 1778–1857

In 1992 there appeared a Kentucky Bicentennial History report in a newspaper publication that spoke of "the intrepid Matriarch, Elizabeth (Grundy)"[5] The article mentioned that the Grundy family was the only family in Washington Country to have established five plantations. They were named: Glenannie; Valley Hill (established by Charles Grundy); Walker Heights; Oak Point (Samuel Grundy, Jr, designed by Lexingon, KY architect McMurtry); and Palmer Grundy and were built over a period of sixty-two years (the individual Grundy family member who owner or built them were not named within the article.)

Sources

  1. Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
  2. Ancestry.com. Kentucky, U.S., Tax Lists, 1799-1801 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
  3. Descendants of Edmund Grundy of Newton Generation 6
  4. Elizabeth Grundy March 1, 1818 June 14, 1824
    Age 82 years old about.
    ::To son Robert Grundy a negro also a negro to Joseph Grundy a son of Robert. To daughter Nancy Handl? $25.00. To daughter Polly David horse, to son Gardom negro. To son William don Gardum negro. To son Amstead and son Samuel Grundy negro. To son James Gardom Seay negro. To son George son John Grundy negro. To daughter Elizabeth B. Mason daughter Felix Grundy negro. To heirs of son George Grundy deceased ??? among to me by my son George Grundy son John Grundy. Also son William and Felix son John and George Grundy the hoof rope and floyed. Give to daughter Polly Rutter negro. Give to daughter bed and furniture. Give to Jane daughter John Grundy negro. Sons Samuel and Felix want their above to go to Jane daughter of John Grundy. Executer son Samuel and son William and George son John Grundy deceased. Her Mark, Elizabeth X Grundy, Book D, Page 21, Washington Co, Kentucky
  5. Samuel Grundy, Washington, Kentucky Bicentennial History, Turner Publishing Comany, Pahucah Kentucky 1992




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