Elitia Mayes

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Elitia2 was born c.1634 (or c.1632 if she was the same person as Mary). She married Henry Mayes c.1652 who died before 18 Jun 1702 when his will was probated. She died before 19 Aug 1708 when her will, now lost, was probated (Northumberland Co. Orders 1698 1713: 541). Some say that Henry Mayes married Mary Gaskins. If there is some record of this, then Mary and Elitia were the same person. The name 'Elitia' is very unusual and is considered to have originated in America. It's possible the first person to use it was Elitia (Gaskins) Mayes. Amongst the descendants of Thomas1 Gaskins, the immigrant, it appears at least three more times. Many variant spellings are found, e.g. Elesha, Elisha and Elisher, but spellings like Eliza and Alicia appear to be modern mistranscriptions.

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gaskins-229

The Elizabeth who married William Mayes at Halifax County, Virginia in 1710 was not the daughter of Thomas Gaskins, the early Virginia immigrant. Thomas Gaskins, the early Virginia immigrant, had a daughter Elitia who married Henry Mayes.

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gascoigne-135

Thomas and his wife had at least five children surviving infancy: Thomas, Alice, Mary/Elitia, Josias and Henry. Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 4th ed., 2:55 adds two ” Elizabeth, between Thomas and Alice, and Mary, as a daughter separate from Elitia:

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@R853656352@ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,7836::0

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Source number: 1144.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PKS 1,7836::455698

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Elizabeth2 was born c.1628 — if she existed. Most researchers believe the Eliz. Gaskins claimed as a headright in 1636 was the wife of Thomas1 Gaskins, the immigrant, not a daughter.