Sarah (Epes) Fitzgerald
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Sarah (Epes) Fitzgerald (1757 - 1796)

Sarah "Sally" Fitzgerald formerly Epes aka Eppes
Born in Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 1777 in Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 38 in Nottoway Parish, Amelia, Virginiamap
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Biography

Sarah Epes was born November 7, 1757, in Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginia Colony, British Colonial America. She was the daughter of Francis Epes and Mary (Williams) Epes.

Timeline

  • 1777 Marriage: Sarah Epes, 20, married Major William Fitzgerald, 27, in Virginia Colony. [1][2] Page 32
  • 1797 Sarah "Sally" (Epes) Fitzgerald died prior to 1797, in Nottoway County, Virginia, and was buried in the Fitzgerald Family Cemetery there. Find A Grave: Memorial #176503372 [3]

Sources

  1. * https://books.google.com/books?id=e1VlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA217&lpg=PA217&dq=William+Fitzgerald+1742+Virginia&source=bl&ots=D6dqj2cjaQ&sig=U93zAVJ3TjKi3jdL9qLwTA9_dKk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMIkJW6u576yAIVQ9tjCh2fqwQl#v=onepage&q=William%20Fitzgerald%201742%20Virginia&f=false
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=DHxMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA30&dq=Sarah+Epes+Eppes+Fitzgerald&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAmoVChMI8tbHzLr6yAIVCaOICh3llwTT#v=onepage&q=Sarah%20Epes%20Eppes%20Fitzgerald&f=false
  3. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176503372/sarah-fitzgerald: accessed 11 August 2023), memorial page for Sarah “Sally” Epes Fitzgerald (7 Nov 1757–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 176503372, citing Fitzgerald Family Cemetery, Nottoway County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by vcudean (contributor 48669187).
  • Will of Richard Eppes of Bermuda Hundred in the county of Chesterfield. Chesterfield Co., Va, WB 1, pp. 355-358, w. 20 May 1762, no notation of when the will was proved. Digital image at Ancestry.com




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Epes-133 and Epes-49 appear to represent the same person because: per sources on Epes-49, these are the same person
posted by Robin Lee

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