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Elizabeth Torian[1]

Female Abt 1762 - Abt 1800  (~ 38 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Torian 
    • d/o Peter Torian
    Born Abt 1762  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Abt 1800  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3672  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2023 

    Family Hampton Wade,   b. 22 Mar 1757, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1816, Christian Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Married Sep 1779  Almond Grove, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary 'Polly' Wade,   b. Abt 1786, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1878  (Age ~ 92 years)
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2016 
    Family ID F1342  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S122] Genealogy. com, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/e/v/a/Mary-A-Evans/GENE1-0021.html#CHILD86.
      HAMPTON6 WADE (ROBERT5, ROBERT4, ANDREW3, EDWARD2, EDWARD1) was born March 22, 1757 in Halifax County, VA, and died 1816 in Christian County, KY. He married ELIZABETH TORIAN September 1779 in Almond Grove, Halifax County, VA, daughter of PETER TORIAN. She was born Abt. 1762 in Halifax County, VA, and died 1800 in Halifax County, VA.

      Notes for HAMPTON WADE:
      First Located: 1782, Halifax County, VA (Source: Virginia's First "Census")

      Hampton Wade was a very important and rich man. Helped organize Halifax County in his living room with others in Antrim Parish.

      Hampton Wade remarried on September 30, 1804 and died in Christian County, KY in 1816

      Produced in open court and duly recorded the May term of 1816
      Christian County, Kentucky
      Will Book C, Page 49
      In the name of God, Amen. I, Hampton Wade of the county of Christian and state of Kentucky, being sick and weak of body, but sound in mind and memory, and calling to mind that it is appointed for all the human family once to die, do make this my last will and testament in manner and for following, to wit. First, I recommend my soal to God and my body to the clay. In next place I do will and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife, Sarah Wade, her side saddle, my family bible and Rippon's Hymns, out of my family library of books, her own large pot that she had when I married her, one flat iron and pair to tongues and one stone butter pot, one trunk. And I also give her twenty-five dollars in money in the place of her right of dower of the land, which she doeth now agree to take to be paid to her out of my estate as soon as it can be collected by me Executors. In the next place, I do give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Polly Burton, the sum of fifteen dollars that William Burton is indebted to me, and Nancy Arington ten dollars; and Sarah Arington ten dollars, each to receive their money from William Burton as the money is now in his hands. I do will and bequeath to my son David Wade, my land on which I now live, containing 42 1/2 acres, one feather bed and furniture, the bed that has been called by the family his, and the one half of my library of books. After all my just debts is paid, my will is the remainder of my property shall be equally divided between my four sons, Peter Wade, Robert Wade, Edward Wade and David Wade. I do appoint Peter Wade, George Torian and Sarah Wade, my Executors.
      Witness: Jonathan Bozarth, Joseph McCarty
      Signed: Hampton Wade

      More About HAMPTON WADE and ELIZABETH TORIAN:
      Marriage: September 1779, Almond Grove, Halifax County, VA

      Children of HAMPTON WADE and ELIZABETH TORIAN are:
      i. ROBERT7 WADE, b. 1778; m. ELIZABETH BENNETT, September 11, 1800, Halifax County, VA.
      Notes for ELIZABETH BENNETT:
      The date on the family page for Elizabeth Bennett is the bond date. I have found another date for the marriage of Elizabeth Bennett and Robert Wade of September 11, 1800.

      More About ELIZABETH BENNETT:
      Surety Bond: May 9, 1798, Halifax County, VA

      More About ROBERT WADE and ELIZABETH BENNETT:
      Marriage: September 11, 1800, Halifax County, VA

      ii. HAMPTON WADE, JR., b. Abt. 1780; m. (1) SALLY SMITH, November 2, 1801, Halifax County, VA; m. (2) ELIZABETH WADE, June 8, 1807.
      Notes for HAMPTON WADE, JR.:
      An undocumented family record reports that Hampton Wade, who was born on July 2, 1795 and died while in the Army at Fort Hampton in New Orleans, on January 21, 1814, aged 18 years, 6 months and 19 days, was the son of Hampton and Elizabeth Torian Wade.

      More About HAMPTON WADE and SALLY SMITH:
      Marriage: November 2, 1801, Halifax County, VA

      More About HAMPTON WADE and ELIZABETH WADE:
      Marriage: June 8, 1807

      iii. SARAH ANN WADE, b. August 14, 1780; m. EDMOND ARRINGTON.
      137. iv. PETER WADE, b. 1782, Virginia; d. October 17, 1857, Trigg County, KY.
      v. MARY WADE, b. Abt. 1785; d. Abt. 1869; m. WILLIAM BURTON, December 12, 1805, Halifax County, VA (Bond).
      More About WILLIAM BURTON and MARY WADE:
      Marriage: December 12, 1805, Halifax County, VA (Bond)

      vi. NANCY WADE, b. Abt. 1789; m. RICHARD ARRINGTON, May 2, 1806, Halifax County, VA (Bond).
      More About RICHARD ARRINGTON and NANCY WADE:
      Marriage: May 2, 1806, Halifax County, VA (Bond)

      138. vii. EDWARD WADE, b. October 7, 1791, Halifax County, VA; d. April 8, 1884, Plymouth, Hancock County, IL.
      viii. DAVID WADE, b. December 5, 1797, Halifax County, VA; d. May 22, 1859, Plymouth, Hancock County, IL; m. NANCY TRAMILL, January 1820, Woodlawn, Montgomery County, TN.
      More About DAVID WADE and NANCY TRAMILL:
      Marriage: January 1820, Woodlawn, Montgomery County, TN