Elizabeth Grossgloss (abt. 1730 - 1773)

Born about 1730 in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Died 6 Jan 1773 at about age 43 in Luray, Page, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Elizabeth Grossglos, has been traditionally identified as the wife of Charles Sebastian Kayser (1726-1778) and one of the first settlers of Frederick county, Virginia (established in 1743). Shenandoah County was created on 15 May 1772 from Frederick County and was initially named Dunmore County. ^[1] Page County was formed in 1831 from Shenandoah and Rockingham counties.

Research Notes

The following have been claimed as sources for this tradition but none of them are deemed as reliable proof of her existence. Instead, they do point to a strong family tradition.

An Article, titled The First Keyser Family of Page County, Virginia, was contained in The Virginia Genealogist Magazine, Volume 37, number 1, published 1987 ^[2] and is available through the Church of the Latter Day Saints (The Mormans) FamilySearch.org website: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1284936?availability=Burley%20Idaho%20Family%20History%20Center.

Elizabeth and Charles, and their son, Charles Jr. is also listed in the first family of Shenandoah, digitized here: http://firstsettlersshenandoahvalley.com/documents/First-Settlers-list-as-of-Aug2011.pdf

Elizabeth's Find A Grave memorial indicates that she was born in 1710, in Germany and died in 1773, in Shenandoah county, Virginia. She is buried in the Keyser Cemetery, in Page county, Virginia. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Shenandoah_County,_Virginia_Genealogy
2. ↑ https://crhc.pastperfectonline.com/library/00E14740-C673-4DFA-94D6-594871952954
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177534732/elizabeth-keyser

• Website for First Settlers of Shenadoah Valley specifically naming wife as Elizabeth Grossgloss
• Jesse Family Newsletter 2002
• Supplement to History of the descendants of Charles Keyser and Henry Miller - Google Books
• Mark Kiser cemetery listing as follows:
• "18 known family members buried here per Mark R. Kiser. Information on 12 provided by Mr. & Mrs. George H. Ritenour. Mrs. Jeanette Conner Ritenour, surveyed this cemetery on 20 Mar 1983 after her husband George H. Ritenour cut away blackberry briars for three hours. They resided in 1983 on Fort Valley Route, Box 81, Seven Fountains, Shenandoah County, Virginia

1. Charles Keyser, Sr. , Born about 1702, Wurttemberg, Germany, Died April or May 1778, Shenandoah (now Page) County, VA

2. Elizabeth Grossgloss, wife of Charles Keyser, Sr., Born Wurttemberg, Germany, Died Shenandoah (now Page) County, VA

3. Charles Keyser, Jr., Born 1752, Lancaster County, PA, Died Aug or Sep, 1796, of Yellow Fever, Husband of Elizabeth Baker, Son of Charles Keyser, Sr. and Elizabeth Grossgloss

4. Charles Keyser, III, Born Shenandoah County, VA, Died 1796, Shenandoah County, VA, of Yellow Fever. Son of Charles Keyser, Jr. and Elizabeth Baker"

• Ancestry Family Tree 27070762

Acknowledgments

• Grossgloss-3 was created by Elisa Mayfield through the import of rosalie.ged on Oct 10, 2015