Who is Elizabeth Jane Rouseau? The answer is in Thomas Sherrod's 1756 marriage record and his will probated in 1818. The will names his wife as Elizabeth and the marriage record only has the name "Rouseau". Thus comes the name Elizabeth Rouseau. But where does the middle name, "Jane" originate? This is a mystery as to date no record shows Jane, however. most Ancestry family trees only show Jane Rouseau and the wife of Thomas Sherrod. I did discover one tree which used the name ELizabeth Jane Rouseau but that tree had other trees and the marriage record as it only sources.[1][2]
Not much is known about Elizabeth other than she is the wife of Thomas Sherrod who was born during 1730 in North Carolina. Their marriage was during 1756.[1] Many of their children/grandchildren are listed in the will of Thomas. Their children were:[2]
Temperance Young (& her children: WIlliam, Thomas and Nancy)
Martha Weaver (& her children: Joseph and John)
Penny Sherrod
James Sherrod (& maybe his child, Jocobina)
Nancy ?ays
Jordan R Stegall (Stepson)
Betsy Pulliam listed as granddaughter (was this daughter, Elizabeth or daughter of deceased daughter who married a Pullium?)
Benjamin passed away 1785 or 1811. Was not listed in will
This profile for Rouseau-2 was one of 970 profilesJerry Cox imported through jcoxff.ged on Oct 15, 2013 which contained many of Jerry's notes from many years of family history research. Some are large with information for many people. Parts of this family are included in these notes by Jerry[4]
↑ 1.01.1Rouseau in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 No Image; Text-only collection: Ancestry Record 7836 #1044969
Name: Rouseau
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: Thomas Sherrod
Spouse Birth Place: NC.
Spouse Birth Year: 1730
Marriage Year: 1756
↑ 2.02.1Thomas Sherrod in the North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998Ancestry Record 9061 #872488
Name: Thomas Sherrod
Probate Date: 1818
Probate Place: Franklin, North Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1818
Inferred Death Place: North Carolina, USA
Table of Contents 5 images: Cover Page 1; Will Papers 2–4; Cover Page 5.
↑ One of 970 profiles imported by Jerry Cox through the import of jcoxff.ged on Oct 15, 2013 which includes Jerry's notes from the many years of his family history research.
Acknowledgments
WikiTree profile Rouseau-1 created through the import of Paula's family 5-28-2011.GED on May 29, 2011 by Paula Marksman which was improved with the merge of the following profile(s):
Rouseau-2 was created through the import of jcoxff.ged by Jerry Cox on Oct 15, 2013. NOTE: Imported GEDCOM includes Jerry's notes containing parts of his years of family history research.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth: