Elizabeth Hughes

Not the daughter of Roger Tarleton, of Isle of Wight

Abraham Childers married Esther PLEDGE, widow of John Cannon, ABT 1697. She was born ABT 1673.

Disputed origins

The wife of Stephen Hughes being Elizabeth Tarlton is unlikely, the Genealogy Forum states she was the daughter of already dead parents Stephen Tarleton who died abt 1688 & Susannah Bates who died 1675. Others have claimed she was the daughter of Roger Tarleton of Isle of Wright VA (80 miles from Henrico), in Roger's will of 12 Dec 1726 he names his daughters all by their married name except for a daughter Elizabeth:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9P6-978S

Elizabeth would have been married about seven years

Elizabeth Childress, named in the 14 Jan 1718 Will of Abraham Childress Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Eliza Hughes, wife of Stephen Hughes, 1 shilling. The will is torn but the location is correct and the husband is clearly written out https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-41QF

References

• Updated from WikiTree Genealogy via sister Susanna Fleming (born Tarleton) by SmartCopy: Jan 23 2015, 17:55:47 UTC
• GEDCOM Source Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=49479199&pid... Elizabeth (Eliza) Tarleton was born in 1691 in New Kent, Virginia to William Roger Tarleton and Minerva Hargrove. She married Stephen Hughes in 1715. Children: Elizabeth, Judith, Joseph, Reuben, Susanna, John. She died on 28 Apr 1775 in Richmond, Virginia.
• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 14 2021, 17:16:48 UTC