Elizabeth (Duke) Taylor (abt. 1678 - abt. 1716)

Born about 1678 in James City, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of James Mason — married 1695 (to 1702) in Surry, Colony of Virginia

Wife of Etheldred Taylor Sr. — married after 1702 (to about 1716) in Virginia

Descendants

Died about 26 Jun 1716 at about age 38 in Surry, Surry, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Name

Name: Elizabeth /Duke/ ^{[1] [2]}

Name: Elizabeth /Duke/^[3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1673

Place: James, Virginia, USA ^[4][5]

Birth:

Date: 01 Jun 1677

Place: Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA ^[6]

Death

Death:

Date: 01 Jun 1725

Place: Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA ^[7]

Name: Elizabeth DUKE Elizabeth Duke and James Mason, Ethelred Taylor, and William Edwards

Elizabeth Duke has been identified by EDB as the sister of Capt Henry Duke of Prince George County, Virginia. ^[8] She married first James Mason of Matthews Mount in Surry County. James Mason was the son of Francis Mason, who was born in 1594 and died about 1648, and who came to Virginia in 1613. Francis Mason was a magistrate, vestryman, and sheriff in Lower Norfolk. [xlix] He received a grant in Lynhaven, Lower Norfolk, in 1745. [l] This was very near the area where Thomas Duke of Nansemond County lived. In 1678 Francis Mason received land on Tappahanock or Crouches Creek, in Surry County [li] The Petway family was on Crouches Creek from at least 1652. [lii] In 1682 Richard Bennett was granted land on Polantink Swamp adjacent Francis Mason and William Edwards, [liii] Elizabeth Duke’s first father-in-law and her third husband.

James Mason of Southwark Parish, Surry County and Elizabeth Duke had a son, James Mason Jr, who married Mary Petway, daughter of Robert Petway Sr and Ruth Gwaltney. [liv] James Mason died in about 1701. Elizabeth probated his estate on 18 Jul 1701. [lv] (A message to me dated 05 Jun 2008 from Carolyn Mason Anderson points out that there has been considerable confusion between two apparently unrelated Mason families in early Virginia. James Mason of Surry County was not related to John Mason of Greensville County, Virginia. Further, information available at http://www.ncroots.com/DNA-Mason-Worldwide/.)

Elizabeth then married Ethelred Taylor. [lvi] ^[9] On 02 Mar 1702 Ethelred and Elizabeth Taylor presented an inventory of the estate of James Mason, deceased. Ethelred was a first-generation English emigrant, appearing in the Surry County, Virginia records in 1702. In 1714 he purchased 332 acres in Lawnes Creek Parish from Nathaniel Harrison, William Robinson, and Nathaniel Ridley. William Edwards witnessed the deed. [lvii] Nathaniel Harrison’s grants were in the upper parish adjacent Owen Myrick and William Simons (VPB 9 p 496) and near Charles Jordan on Stony Run (VPB 10 pp 152-153).

Elizabeth and Ethelred Taylor had sons Ethelred, Henry, William and Samuel. Ethelred Taylor owned many hundreds of acres in both Surry and Isle of Wight Counties. In 1710 he posted bond as sheriff of Surry County. [lviii] He was frequently called upon for public functions. [lix] With Robert Lancaster he witnessed a deed for land on the south side of Blackwater Swamp (Surry County Deed & Will Book 7 p 685).

He died in 1716. His will gave lands on Poketank or Pohatink Swamp and the same side of Coker’s branch, purchased from the trustees of Joseph John Jackman, to son Samuel. Birth: ABT 1673 in James City County, Colony of Virginia 1 Event: Fact Administratix of Henry Duke's estate. Death: AFT 1716 in Surry County, Virginia Event: Fact Sep 1702 First husband, James Mason, died. Event: Fact Feb 1702/03 Married 2ndly, Ethelred Taylor. Event: Fact 1716 2nd husband, Ethelred Taylor, died. Event: Fact 1716 Married 3rdly, William Edwards Jr.

From the will of JAMES MASON, dated 31 Mar 1701, proved 13 Sep 1702: "It: I give & bequeath to COLL HENRY DUKE . . . tenn Shillings to buy a Ring. It: I give & bequeaty to my Loveing wife ELIZABETH my son Francis and (if my wife be wth Child) the Child she now goes wth to be Equally divided between ym but if in Case my wife Should not be wth Child or happen to miscarry therewth it is then my Will & desire my sd Estate be Equally divided between my sd Loveg wife and my sd Son. . ."

Text: "In a suite in Chancery between William Edwards Jr and Elizabeth, his wife, Executor of Ethelred Taylor dec'd, Compalinants and Richard Les of London, merchant, and Elizabeth Newel. Deft Elizabet Newel to pay £8.8 shillings.5 pence. ^[10]

After the death of JAMES MASON in 1702, ELIZABETH married ETHELRED TAYLOR who died in 1716. In 1733/4 the sons of ETHELRED AND ELIZABETH DUKE MASON TAYLOR and the sons of CAPTAIN HENRY DUKE and his wife ELIZABETH TAYLOR (as far as we know, unrelated to Ethelred Taylor) of Prince George County, Virginia, bought neighboroing tracts of land in Brunswick County, Virginia

Death:

Date: 01 Jun 1725

Place: Surry, Virginia, USA ^[11]

Research Notes

• Needs Style Review: Vital statistics at top of biography need to be incorporated into prose. Subheadings unnecessary. GEDCOM import artifacts need cleanup. Spratlin-29 19:25, 18 Jul 2022 (UTC)

• A reference to his daughter, ELIZABETH DUKE MASON:

"Gentlemen

I understand yu are Mr JAMES MASONS Security for his adeon on the estate of Mr THOMAS BINNS deced and that yu feare being injured thereby therefore this is to let yu know yt if yu rest satisfied till Mr MASON returnes that I will dureing his absence stand between yu and all manner of damage that shall fall upon yu or either of yu for being his Security as above sd and doe assure yu what is due to BINNS estate (had not MASON wherewth to doe it) out of my owne estate rather than yu should suffer therefore hope for the prsent this will give yu such satisfaccon that you putt my daughter to noe further trouble. I had thought to bee over at yr Court but the Committee for the revisall of the lawes will then sett wch will prevent mee. I am Gent

Yr humble servt

HEN DUKE" ^{[12] [13]}

• Elizabeth was born about 1670. She passed away about 1706. Elizabeth cannot be the daughter of Lydia Hansford who was only about age 10 when Elizabeth was born.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Etheldred TAYLOR
2. ↑ Source: #S258 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Duke
3. ↑ Source: #S258 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth
4. ↑ Source: #S258 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Soane
5. ↑ [1] Evelyn Duke Brandenburg, The Duke Family, Vol II 1995, D Armstrong Company, Inc, Houston, TX
6. ↑ Source: #S258 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Duke
7. ↑ Source: #S258 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Duke
8. ↑ Duke, Walter Garland “Henry Duke Councilor, His Descendants and Connections” : Dietz Press Inc, Richmond 1949 p 44 [2]
9. ↑ Duke, Walter Garland “Henry Duke Councilor, His Descendants and Connections” : Dietz Press Inc, Richmond 1949 p 76 [3]
10. ↑ [4] Surry County Virginia Court Records pp 1691-1744, p 111, March Court 1716/17]
11. ↑ Source: #S258 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth
12. ↑ [5] ZTL Cox Duke • Lyn Teague • James, Virginia]
13. ↑ Morris, Jane Morris “Duke-Symes Family” : Dorrance and Company, Philadelphia 1940 pp 30, 31 [6]

See also:

• Source: S-2116326487 Repository: #R-2145182005 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=9266875&pid=374
• Repository: R-2145182005 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
• Birth of Elizabeth 1683
• Source: S138 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R7 Name: Ancestry.com
• Source: S258 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R7
• Henry Duke, councilor, his descendants and connections : comprising partial records of many allied families, Descendants of Elizabeth Duke2 and Etheldred Taylor. p 77

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Regina Hall for creating WikiTree profile Duke-940 through the import of Hall Family Tree.ged on 02 May 2013.