Elizabeth Marrs

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Elizabeth Marrs (unknown)

Also Known As: "Widow Fowler"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Botetourt County, Virginia
Death: 1788 (46-47)
Tazewell County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Wife of Samuel Fowler and Samuel Marrs, Sr.
Mother of Samuel Fowler; Mary Marrs; Josiah Marrs and Abigail McKenzie

Managed by: Erica Howton
Last Updated:

About Elizabeth Marrs

Elizabeth was not born a Fowler.


Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-400535

Daughter of ?

Elizabeth LNU married Samuel Fowler (?-1778) ca. 1767.

They had at least two children:

  1. Mary (1768-1799);
  2. Samuel (?-?).

Elizabeth Fowler married second Samuel Marrs (1740-1817) in 1780 in Thompson Valley, Montgomery (later Tazewell) Co, VA.

They had two children:

  1. Josiah (1781-after 1810) and
  2. Abigail (1785-1790).

Elizabeth Fowler was the widow of Samuel Fowler who died on 17 Mar 1778. Her maiden name is unknown. She may have been a Fowler who married a cousin or she may have been a Dysart since on 21 Mar 1780, James Dyshart was made guardian of her two children by Samuel Fowler: Mary and Samuel.

Christopher Marrs, the son of Samuel Marrs, married Mary Fowler on 10 Feb 1787.

Elizabeth Fowler Marrs died in (early?) 1788


References

  • Updated from MyHeritage Match via husband Samuel Marrs by SmartCopy: Oct 11 2014, 1:59:31 UTC
  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-400535 cites
  • Ancestry.com entries for "Elizabeth Fowler" (3).
  • Jean Leeper, ed., William Erskine Marrs Family In America, Volume II (on-line website, 2001), at URL http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jeanlee/firstseve.... This website is an anthology of pieces from various sources regarding the William Erskine Marrs and his descendants in America. This website includes a few primary sources and a variety of secondary sources, some the product of original research, some by amateur genealogists, and others taken from older histories of the southwest Virginia region. Many of the items in this miscellaneous collection are replicated in Ancestry.com Message Board postings. For that reason I have not listed such postings separately here. A list of those consulted is available on request.
  • For additional sources see the profile for Samuel Marrs.
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Elizabeth Marrs's Timeline

1741
1741
Botetourt County, Virginia
1765
1765
Virginia, Colonial America
1766
1766
Augusta County, VA, United States
1781
February 16, 1781
Tazewell, Virginia, United States
1785
February 24, 1785
Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia, United States
1788
1788
Age 47
Tazewell County, Virginia, United States
1790
1790
Age 47
Virginia, United States