Elizabeth Monro

Family

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91094920/urania-cowling

2. Col. John Monro, born Abt. 1689 in near Smithfield, Isle of Wight Co., VA; died Jun 1760 in Isle of Wight Co., VA. He was the son of 4. Rev. Andrew Monro and 5. Sarah Smith. He married 3. Elizabeth Norsworthy Abt. 1738 in Isle of Wight Co., VA.

3. Elizabeth Norsworthy, born Abt. 1717 in Isle of Wight Co., VA; died Abt. 1741 in near Smithfield, Isle of Wight Co., VA. She was the daughter of 6. Col. George Norsworthy and 7. Martha Webb.

Children of John Monro and Elizabeth Norsworthy are:

• i. Mary Monro, married John Bryant.
• ii. Lydia Monro, married Charles Bryant.
• 1 iii. Urania Monro, born Abt. 1739 in Isle of Wright Co., VA.; died 1799 in Nansemond Co., VA. (present-day City of Suffolk); married Josiah Cowling Abt. 1769 in probably Isle of Wight Co. or Nansemond Co., VA.

Origins

Children of James Webb and Elizabeth Godwin:

https://sallysfamilyplace.com/thomas-godwin-martha-bridger/

• d. daughter Webb [died before April 1717] married George Norsworthy son of Tristram Norsworthy II and wife Sarah Pitt
  • i. Elizabeth Norsworthy
  • ii. Martha Norsworthy
• George married 2nd Christian Exum

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George Norsworthy married Christian, daughter of Jeremiah Exum, one of the leading Quakers. Their children were: Christian, Elizabeth, Martha and George.

References

• Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800 ... By Blanche Adams Chapman. Page 95. GoogleBooks Norsworthy, GEORGE: Leg.- wife Christian; son George; daughter Elizabeth, a negro at Capt. William Wilkinson's, in lieu of what her grandmother Elizabeth Bridger left her; ...
• Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800. Will Book IV. AncestryImage
• Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800 Will Book IV. Page 355. AncestryImage
• Dorman, John Frederick. 2004. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. Genealogical Pub. Co. 4th edition. Vol 3, Page 187, book lookup by Hill, C. [03/02/2024]