Elizabeth Lear

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Elizabeth Lear (Bridger)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Death: after November 1695
Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Colonel Joseph "Esquire" Bridger, Sr. and Hester Bridger
Wife of Thomas Lear, of Nansemond
Mother of John Lear, Esq., of Nansemond; Martha Godwin and Elizabeth Whitfield
Sister of Mary Marie Pope; Hester Williamson; Capt. Joseph Bridger; Martha Goodwin; Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Bridger and 1 other

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About Elizabeth Lear

Biography

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!Thomas Lear, son of Col. Lear by his first wife, married Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Joseph Bridger, of Isle of Wight county, another mem- ber of the Council. He died before his father, leaving issue named in Col. John Lear's will (QUARTERLY, VII., p. 309), (1) Thomas, (2) John, (3) Elizabeth, (4) Martha. Kecoughtan, Elizabeth City County, VA - Old Records; Wm. & Mary Qtrly, Vol. 9, No. 2.

!1 Nov 1695: Mentioned in Col. John Lear's will as my daughtr Elizabeth Lear, widow of my deceased son Thomas Lear.

Origins

[1] Thomas Elliot I born 1476 died Mar 1545. He married Margaret Wilson dau of Thomas. Their son John Elliot married Elizabeth Graves -their dau Mary md Lawrence Bridger I, their son Samuel Bridger md Mary Webb - their son Joseph Bridger md Hester Pitt - their dau Elizabeth md Thomas Lear.


References

  • http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thamm&id=...
  • page 26 of Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647 ..., Books 1-3 By Blanche Adams Chapman
  • Marriages of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, by Blanche Adams Chapman, Genealogical Publishing Company, Page 30. LEAR, THOMAS and ELIZABETH BRIDGER, daughter of Joseph Bridger, 1686. W & D B 2 p 255 JOHNSTON STAPP & Allied Families-1979. Madam Elizabeth Bridger appears to have been a Quaker, as she makes affirmation to the will.
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Elizabeth Lear's Timeline

1670
1670
Isle of Wight County, Virginia
1689
1689
Nansemond, Virginia, United States
1693
1693
Newport Parish, Isle of Wight County, Virginia
1695
November 1695
Age 25
Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
1695
Nansemond, Suffolk, Virginia
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