Elizabeth Piersey

Elizabeth was the daughter of Clement Draper and Elizabeth Kember Garton. 1st wife of Abraham Piersey, Sr.. Mother of Elizabeth and Mary, his only children.

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• The Majors and their marriages By James Branch Cabell page 122
• https://archive.org/details/majorstheirmarri00cabe
• https://archive.org/stream/majorstheirmarri00cabe#page/n234/mode/1up
• Pg.118
• ABRAHAM PIERSEY, was born in England circa 1585, and married circa 1608 Elizabeth, daughter of Vincent Draper of London by whom he had issue two daughters, born in 1609 and 1613. It appears probable that his wife died before 1717, in which year Piersey came to Virginia in the Susan. . . .
• https://archive.org/stream/majorstheirmarri00cabe#page/n238/mode/1up
• Pg.120
• As has been said, Abraham Piersey was a widower, probably by the time he first went to Virginia. His daughters, Elizabeth and Mary, came to the Colony in the Southampton, in 1623, being then about thirteen and nine years old respectively. Piersey remarried in 1625, his second wife being Frances, daughter to Sir Thomas Hinton, and widow of Nathaniel West, Lord Delaware's brother. . . .
• https://archive.org/stream/majorstheirmarri00cabe#page/n240/mode/1up
• Pg.121
• Abraham Piersey himself died in the October of 1628. . . . . Legacies are bequeathed to Pooly, Kingsmill and Russell, as well as to Piersey's brother and sister, John Piersey and Judith Smithson of London, . . . .
• https://archive.org/stream/majorstheirmarri00cabe#page/n242/mode/1up
• Pg.122
• Piersey's second wife survived him, and in 1629 married Captain Samuel Matthews, afterward Governor of Virginia from 1658 until his death in 1660. By her marriage with Piersey Frances Hinton had no chiildren.
• Abraham Piersey and Elizabeth Draper had issue:
  • I. ELIZABETH PIERSEY, born 1609, who married first, Captain Richard Stephens, and second, Sir John Harvey.
  • II. MARY PIERSEY, born 1613, who married, first Captain Thomas Hill, and second, Thomas Bushrod. ________________

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Elizabeth was the daughter of Clement Draper and Elizabeth Kember Garton. 1st wife of Abraham Piersey, Sr.. Mother of Elizabeth and Mary, his only children.
supporting data

• The Majors and their marriages By James Branch Cabell page 122
• https://archive.org/details/majorstheirmarri00cabe
• https://archive.org/stream/majorstheirmarri00cabe#page/n234/mode/1up
• Pg.118
• ABRAHAM PIERSEY, was born in England circa 1585, and married circa 1608 Elizabeth, daughter of Vincent Draper of London by whom he had issue two daughters, born in 1609 and 1613. It appears probable that his wife died before 1717, in which year Piersey came to Virginia in the Susan. . . .
• https://archive.org/stream/majorstheirmarri00cabe#page/n238/mode/1up
• Pg.120
• As has been said, Abraham Piersey was a widower, probably by the time he first went to Virginia. His daughters, Elizabeth and Mary, came to the Colony in the Southampton, in 1623, being then about thirteen and nine years old respectively. Piersey remarried in 1625, his second wife being Frances, daughter to Sir Thomas Hinton, and widow of Nathaniel West, Lord Delaware's brother. . . .
• https://archive.org/stream/majorstheirmarri00cabe#page/n240/mode/1up
• Pg.121
• Abraham Piersey himself died in the October of 1628. . . . . Legacies are bequeathed to Pooly, Kingsmill and Russell, as well as to Piersey's brother and sister, John Piersey and Judith Smithson of London, . . . .
• https://archive.org/stream/majorstheirmarri00cabe#page/n242/mode/1up
• Pg.122
• Piersey's second wife survived him, and in 1629 married Captain Samuel Matthews, afterward Governor of Virginia from 1658 until his death in 1660. By her marriage with Piersey Frances Hinton had no chiildren.

Abraham Piersey and Elizabeth Draper had issue:

1. I. ELIZABETH PIERSEY, born 1609, who married first, Captain Richard Stephens, and second, Sir John Harvey.
2. II. MARY PIERSEY, born 1613, who married, first Captain Thomas Hill, and second, Thomas Bushrod.

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Draper-1341