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Elizabeth Whitehead (Swepson)

Also Known As: "Whitehead"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Amelia County, Virginia, British Colonial America
Death: August 17, 1825 (78)
Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Richard Swepson, Sr. and Ann Swepson
Wife of Benjamin Whitehead and Eleazer Clay
Mother of Jane Jefferies; Elizabeth Taylor; Nancy Gayle; Nancy Walden; Mary "Polly" Greening and 3 others
Sister of Anne Dandridge Boyd; Richard Swepson; Jeanne Dandridge Young; Thomas Swepson; Susannah Davis and 2 others
Half sister of Charity A. Swepson; Lucy Speed and William Mallory Swepson

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About Elizabeth Whitehead

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Elizabeth Clay was born Mary Elizabeth Swepson, daughter of Richard Swepson, on 9 June 1747 (prob. in Amelia Co., VA). She first married to Benjamin Whitehead on 31 March 1761, which is the date on their Lunenburg County Marriage Bond. She married second to Rev. Eleazer Clay on 10 January 1788 in Mecklenburg Co., VA.

Children from her marriage to Benjamin Whitehead: (1) Richard Whitehead, (2) Jane Whitehead [who married Richard Jeffries, (3)Sarah Whitehead [who married James Coleman], (4) Elizabeth Whitehead [who married Clark Taylor], (5) William Whitehead, (6)Nancy Whitehead [who married John Gayle], (7)Mary "Polly" Whitehead [who married John Greening, (8) Swepson Whitehead, and (9)Susannah Whitehead

Children from her marrige to Rev. Eleazer Clay:(1) Martha Swepson "Patsy" Clay [who married Lawson Burfoot, and (2) Matilda Clay [died young].

bio by contributor LaurieSue Kelley

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"Wife of E. Clay"


Daughter of Richard Swepson & Jane Ann Jeffries.

Wife of Benjamin Whitehead. Married 3/31/1761 Lunenburg Co., VA.

Source:

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZJJ-7TV/mary-elizabeth-sweps...

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Elizabeth Whitehead's Timeline

1747
June 9, 1747
Amelia County, Virginia, British Colonial America
1764
1764
Lunenburg County, Virginia, British Colonial America
1766
September 12, 1766
Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States
1773
1773
MECKLINBURG Cty., Va
1775
1775
Mecklenburg,,Virginia,USA
1775
1777
September 17, 1777
Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States
1825
August 17, 1825
Age 78
Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States