Elizabeth Champion

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Benjamin[3] Champion, son of Edward[2] and Priscilla Champion, moved from the Upper Parish of Isle of Wight across Lawne's Creek to the Lawne's Creek Parish of Surry where he bought land in 1723. He married Elizabeth Williams, daughter of Charles Williams of that parish. Charles Williams appears in the list of Tithables for Surry from 1683 to 1702.

Family

Benjamin Champion married Elizabeth Champion (Williams), daughter of Charles Williams and Elizabeth Mary Seward, before 1720 in Surry, Virginia, USA. Together they had the following children:

1. Charles Champion; born before 1720, d 1755, married Ann Judkins.
2. Elizabeth Judkins; born before 1720; married Nicholas Judkins.
3. John Champion, Sr.; born after 1720, d 1757; married Lucy Hart.
4. Anne Bell (Champion); born BEF 1735, died 1776 OR 1777; married Benjamín Bell.
5. Benjamin Champion, III; born BEF 1735, married Elizabeth.
6. Mary Bell, born BEF 1735.

He died in 1735 in Virginia, British Colonial America. Will probated on 17 SEP 1735 in Surry, Virginia.

Origins

Elizabeth and her family were named in her father Charles’ will:

He made his Will Dec. 4, 1720, probated Aug. 16, 1721, as follows:

• ”Sick and weak,
• to dau. ELIZABETH CHAMPION £5 current money;
• to dau. MARY SEWARD my grey horse colt
• to grandson CHARLES CHAMPION new feather bed, etc.;
• to son in law BENJAMIN CHAMPION my wearing apparel;
• to child my wife now goes with 100 acres lying in Lawne's Creek Parish,
• if child die without issue to my grand daughter ELIZABETH CHAMPION; *all rest of estate to loving wife ELIZABETH WILLIAMS and child she goes with, she to be extrx.
• Wits: William Gray, James Vaughan, Bartlett Moreland, Luce Mecone (Bk. 1715-30, o, 357). "

References

• https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/106991/I30110/anne-champion/individual
• 1. Title: Jean Gray Peer Records
• 2. Title: Virginia Genealogist, Vol 25, No 1, Jan-Mar, 1981, pages 29-30
• https://www.leuthardtfamily.com/rootspersona-tree/seward-elizabeth-...

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 13 2022, 19:18:34 UTC
• Ancestry.com. A Champion lineage : an informal family history [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data:Shelburne, Lorena C.,. A Champion lineage : an informal family history. unknown: unknown, 1974. <AncestryImage>