Elizabeth Driggas

• Reference: Emmanuel Driggus in EncyclopediaVirginia.org

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2nd wife of Emmanuel Driggus.

http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Driggers_Dutchfield.htm

By 1 October 1661 he had married his second wife Elizabeth, with whom he made a deed of jointure in which he gave her a three-year-old mare and its increase [Orders 1664-74, fol.75, p.78]. Perhaps as the wife of a newly freed slave she was concerned about her property rights. She was probably white since she was not tithable.

References

• http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Driggers_Dutchfield.htm “ DRIGGERS FAMILY” *Emmanuel had eight children: Elizabeth, Frances, Jane, THOMAS, Ann, Edward, William, Mary, and Devorick. We think Frances was mother to most of his natural children, Elizabeth most certainly was mother to Devorick. Also, the younger Elizabeth may not have been their natural daughter, her indenture stated that she was “given to my negro (Emmanuel Driggers) by one who brought her up by ye space of 8 years.”
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Emmanuel_Driggus/Driggers_Family