Elizabeth Duke

Disambiguation: Elizabeth Duke was NOT born Cluverius.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130586670/elizabeth-taylor

Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Captain John Taylor and Henrietta Maria Lucy married Captain Henry Duke the son of Colonial Henry Duke Sr. Esq. and Elizabeth Soane around 1705, and they had the following children:

Children: 1. William Duke (1705-)

2. John Taylor Duke Sr. (1706-1787)

3. Henry Duke (1710- )

4. Charles Duke (1712-)

5. Thomas Duke (1714- )

Parents: Father: Captain John Taylor (1663-1709) Mother: Henrietta Maria Lucy (1633-1709)

Siblings: 1. Harriet Ethel Taylor (1680-1720)

2. Henrietta Maria Taylor (1690-1780)

3. Sarah Taylor (1690-1780)

Elizabeth Taylor was born in about 1680 to parents Capt. John Taylor and Henrietta Maria Lucy of Flowerdew Hundred. This is documented in his will dated 5 Apr 1707.[1] The will states:

""IN the name of GOD AMEN, I JOHN TAYLOR of Prince George County being very sick & weak in body, but of perfect sense and memory thanks be to God for the same do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following. I commit my Soul to Almighty God who gave it trusting in the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ for pardon of all my Sins and to enjoy a blessed and Glorious Eternity, and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named, and as to what wordly estate it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and bequeath as followeth,

"IMPRIMIS, I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Duke two Negroes ( Vizt) one man called Dick, and one man called Buck, and my Riding horse called Trooper, besides what I have already given her. ...

References

• Virginia Historical Genealogies. By John Bennett Boddie. Page 151. GoogleBooks