Elizabeth Chiswell

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Mother of Mary (Chiswell) Lewis (1st wife of Warner LEWIS.) Wife of John Chiswell.

===================Birth: Oct. 24, 1715====================

Henrico County Virginia, USA Death: Feb., 1776 Caroline County Virginia, USA

Mother of Mary (Chiswell) Lewis (1st wife of Warner LEWIS.) Wife of John Chiswell.

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Parents:

 William Randolph (1681 - 1742)

 Elizabeth Beverley Randolph (1691 - 1723)

Spouse:

 John Chiswell (1715 - 1766)

Children:

 Mary Chiswell Lewis (____ - 1776)*

 Susannah Chiswell Robinson (1725 - 1805)*

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Burial: Randolph Family Cemetery Presque Isle Henrico County Virginia, USA

Created by: Kaaren Crail Vining Record added: Nov 21, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 16733831

In "The Virginia Gazette" (Williamsburg, Va), Friday, March 8, 1776, page 3, column 1: "Died- Mrs. Elizabeth Chiswell, relict of the late Col. John Chiswell, at William Nelson’s, Esq., in Caroline. She died in her 54th year."

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Birth: Oct. 24, 1715 Henrico County Virginia, USA Death: Feb., 1776 Caroline County Virginia, USA Mother of Mary (Chiswell) Lewis (1st wife of Warner LEWIS.) Wife of John Chiswell. Family links: Parents: William Randolph (1681 - 1742) Elizabeth Beverely Randolph (1691 - 1723) Children: Mary Chiswell Lewis (____ - 1776)* Susannah Chiswell Robinson (1725 - 1805)* Spouse: John Chiswell (1715 - 1766) *Point here for explanation Burial: Randolph Family Cemetery Presque Isle Henrico County Virginia, USA Created by: Kaaren Crail Vining Record added: Nov 21, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 16733831

References

• https://colonialvirginiaportraits.org/family/ ELIZABETH RANDOLPH CHISWELL (MRS. JOHN CHISWELL, 1715-1776) Artist: JOHN WOLLASTON Date: ca. 1755-1758 Elizabeth Randolph Chiswell was the daughter of William Randolph II of Turkey Island and Elizabeth Beverley Randolph and the sister of William Randolph III of Wilton. Her portrait was commissioned by her brother and hung at Wilton Plantation. Dimensions: 36 x 30 in. (91.44 x 76.2 cm.). The subject wears a gold wrap dress with silver lining and a blue drape around her right arm, which rests on a stone plinth. There is lace at her elbows.
  • See: David Meschutt, “John Wollaston’s Portraits of the Randolph Family Owned by the Virginia Historical Society,” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 16, 4 (October 1984): 449-4; Carolyn J. Weekley, Painters and Paintings in the Early American South (2013), 231.