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Elizabeth 'Betsy' Wade[1, 2]

Female Aft 1742 - 1785  (~ 42 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth 'Betsy' Wade 
    Born Aft 1742  Lunenburg Co., Virginia (Halifax today) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 4 Nov 1785  Halifax, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Various conflicting dates for the date of death for Betsy Wade, wife of James LeGrand lead this researcher to believe she may have died in childbirth. Some records show her death before the birth of her daughter Nancy. -Mary Frances Eggleston
    Person ID I547450963  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2019 

    Father Hampton Wade,   b. 1729, Loudoun County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 24 Dec 1764, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years) 
    Mother Jane/Jean Ellis,   b. 1729, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1785  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 19 Sep 1750  Amelia Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F518495650  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Capt. James LeGrand,   b. 23 Mar 1733, Goochland, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1800, Montgomery County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 30 Nov 1763 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Nancy LeGrand,   b. 9 Oct 1778, Lunenburg Co., Virginia (Halifax today) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1864, Forsyth, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +2. Sarah 'Sally' LeGrand,   b. Abt 1767, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Lucy LeGrand,   b. Est 1765, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1826, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years)
    +4. William Oliver LeGrand,   b. 6 Aug 1766, Charllotte Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1821, Richmond County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    +5. Elizabeth 'Betsy' LeGrand,   b. 1768, Henry Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1804, Henry Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years)
    Last Modified 6 Mar 2018 
    Family ID F518495281  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    1785 Virginia Census Prince Edward County and Pittsylvania Co., Virginia
    1785 Virginia Census Prince Edward County and Pittsylvania Co., Virginia
    1785Cenpec-pitts.pdf

  • Notes 

  • Sources 
    1. [S122] Genealogy. com, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/e/v/a/Mary-A-Evans/GENE1-0019.html.
      ELIZABETH6 WADE (HAMPTON5, ROBERT4, ANDREW3, EDWARD2, EDWARD1) was born 1742 in Lunenburg County, VA, and died 1797 in Virginia. She married JAMES LEGRAND November 20, 1763 in Halifax County, VA, son of JOHN LEGRAND and JANE MICHAUX. He was born 1734 in Goochland County, and died 1805 in North Carolina.

      Notes for ELIZABETH WADE:
      Marriage Bond: Surety by Hampton Wade

      Elizabeth Wade went by the name Petty.

      More About ELIZABETH WADE:
      Marriage Bond: November 20, 1763, Halifax County, VA., Marriage Records, Book 1

      More About JAMES LEGRAND and ELIZABETH WADE:
      Marriage: November 20, 1763, Halifax County, VA

      Child of ELIZABETH WADE and JAMES LEGRAND is:
      i. JOHN7 LEGRAND, d. 1816, Montgomery County, NC; m. (1) MARGARET CHAMBERS, 1800, Person County, NC; m. (2) PEGGY CHAMBERS, 1800.
      More About JOHN LEGRAND and MARGARET CHAMBERS:
      Marriage: 1800, Person County, NC

      More About JOHN LEGRAND and PEGGY CHAMBERS:
      Marriage: 1800

    2. [S84] Rootsweb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gwenbj&id=I2026860.
      Name: Nancy LEGRAND
      Change Date: 11 OCT 2008
      Sex: F
      Birth: ABT 1778
      Death: 06 OCT 1864 in Forsyth, GA
      Note:

      http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=txaggies&id=I0823
      ===
      Father: James LEGRAND b: 23 MAR 1733 in Goochland, Virginia
      Mother: Elizabeth or Betsy WADE b: 1742 in Lunenburg (today Halifax), Virginia
      ===
      Marriage Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Halifax County, Virginia
      1753-1800, 95, Sur. James Vaughan who consents for Nancy as her guardian stating her father James LeGrand had removed from this country and state leaving her in his care. married by Rev. Hawkins Laundrum.
      ===
      Title: Texas Charter Members of The Huguenot Society Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia
      Publication: 1952
      Repository:
      Note: Dallas Public Library
      Page: 135
      Text: daughter of James LeGrand- Nancy LeGrand marries William Turner on October 4, 1798- William Turner born 1771 dies 1812
      ===
      Title: History of Halifax County Virginia by Wirt Johnson Carrington
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: 409
      Text: 1798- October 4 - Turner, William, Nancy Legrand
      Title: Pierre LeGrand in Virginia 1700
      Author: Louis Everett LeGrand
      Publication: Gateway Press, 1995
      Repository:
      Note: Dallas Public Library
      Page: 160
      Text: adds Mary as the first name of Nancy LeGrand
      ===
      Title: Index to Maury County Wills and Minutes Vol I Book B
      Author: Tennesse State Library Reference Staff
      Publication: 1963
      Repository:
      Note: DAR Library Washington DC
      Page: 60
      Text: December term 1813
      Ordered that Abner Franklin, John Miller, Abner Cleaveland be appointed to committee's to divide and apportion to Nancy Turner, widow of William Turner, deceased such quantity of provision of said decd estate as will be sufficient to maintain the family of the deceased for the ensuing year and make return of such this roceeding to our next court. Joseph B Porter, Clk.
      ===
      Title: Maury County Deed Books
      Author: Vicky L. Hutchings
      Page: 246
      Text: Deed Book "F"
      "Tripartite made January 14, 1815 between William Yancy, administrator of the estate of William Turner, deceased, of the first part, Dabney Wade and Nancy his wife, formerly Nancy Turner, widow and relict of the said William Turner, of the second part and Anthony I. Turner, of the third part. Nancy Turner and Dabney Wade are indebted to Yancy, the administrator. Make Trust Deed to Anthony I. Turner. Wit: P.R. Booker, John M. Goodloe signed by William Yancy, adm. Estate of William Turner, Dec'd, Dabney Wade and his wife Nancy Wade, A.I. Turner
      ===
      Title: Index to Maury County Wills and Minutes Vol I Book B
      Author: Tennesse State Library Reference Staff
      Publication: 1963
      Repository:
      Note: DAR Library Washington DC
      Page: 60
      Text: Agreeable to an order from the worshipful court of Maury County to us directed in the under sighned (sic) have appointed divided and laid out unto Nancy Turner, widdow of William Turner, deceased the following portion of provisions to wit two thousand weight polk, two hundred bushels of corn, twenty pounds of coffee, one hundred pounds of sugar, three bushels of salt accepting what is in the hands of Nancy Turner widow of the said Willaim Turner deceased, we the said commissioners do hereby direct William Turner, administrator of Nancy Turner, deceased to furnish the said Nancy Turner, widow of William Turner deceased with all and every of the above articles, given under our hand and seal this the 8th day of Jan. 1819 A. Franklin, John Miller, A. Cleveland
      ===
      Title: 1820 US Census
      Repository:
      Media: Census
      Page: 106
      Text: Nancy Waid, one male under 10; one male 10-16; one male 16-18;
      three males 16-26; one female under 10; two females 10-16 and one
      female 26-45; two slaves both under 14
      ===
      Title: Maury County Deed Books
      Author: Vicky L. Hutchings
      Page: 284
      Text: Deed Book "D": Dabney Wade - Rubin Smith, Guardian for Sarah
      Wade, recorded 26 June 1827. In July 1822, Smith was solicited by Mrs. Nancy Wade, relict of Dabney Wade, deceased to take guardianship for her daughter, Sarah Wade. Jacob Scott was administrator of estate of Levisey Wade,deceased, from whom the Little Legacy was to paid me as guardian in October. Between July and October Court the child died and Scott refused to pay saying he did not know to whom the legacy should
      go. Smith asks court to appoint commission to make settlement.
      ===
      Title: Circuit Court Minute Book 1834-1837 Maury County, Tennessee
      Author: Jill Garrett
      Page: 4
      Text: page 4 - 20 Nov. 1834 Thornton Chandler and his wife Winneford,
      William S. Turner, Nancy Miller, Anthony I. Turner by his guardian Thornton Chandler, versus in equity, Winneford Sandford, admr. - a former order revived.
      ===
      Title: Circuit Court Minute Book 1834-1837 Maury County, Tennessee
      Author: Jill Garrett
      Page: 7
      Text: page 70 - 29 April 1835 Thornton Chandler and others versus James Black and Winneford Sandford, admrs. of James T. Sandford, deceased... commission allowed the widow of William Turner, deceased, 1/3 of the rent of the mills for 3 years on deposition of Mrs. J. Allen, the former widow of William Turner, deceased... Dabney Wade is second husband of said Mrs. J. Allen.... receipts and accounts of mill recorded...
      ===
      Title: Maury County Tenn. Will Books 1807-1832
      Author: Garrett and Lightfoot
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: 93
      Text: purchased something at estate sell of Jethro Brown - important because Nancy not Dabney Wade is listed which may get me closer to Dabney's date of death
      ===
      Title: Marriage Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Halifax County,
      Virginia 1753-1800
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: 95
      Text: 2 October 1798. William TURNER and Nancy LeGRAND.
      Sur. James Vaughan who consents for Nancy as her guardian stating her father James LeGrand had removed from this country and state leaving her in his care. married by Rev. Hawkins Laundrum.
      ===
      Title: Pierre LeGrand in Virginia 1700
      Author: Louis Everett LeGrand
      Publication: Gateway Press, 1995
      Repository:
      Note: Dallas Public Library
      Page: 160
      ====
      Title: Let The Drums Rolls
      Author: Marise Parrish Lightfoot
      Publication: The Parthenon Press, 1976
      Page: 178
      Text: By January 14, 1815, William Turner's widow, Nancy had married Dabney Wade.
      ===
      on page 246 of the Maury County Deed Books 1807-1817, book "F" its says:
      "Tripartite made January 14, 1815 between William Yancy, administrator of the estate of William Turner, deceased, of the first part, Dabney Wade and Nancy his wife, formerly Nancy Turner, widow and relict of the said William Turner, of the second part and Anthony I. Turner, of the third part. Nancy Turner and Dabney Wade are indebted to Yancy, the administrator. Make Trust Deed to Anthony I. Turner. Wit: P.R. Booker, John M. Goodloe signed by William Yancy, adm. Estate of William Turner, Dec'd, Dabney Wade and his wife Nancy Wade, A.I. Turner
      ===
      on page 284 of the Maury County Deed Books 1807-1817, book "D" it says:
      Dabney Wade - Rubin Smith, Guardian for Sarah Wade, recorded 26 June 1827. In July 1822, Smith was solicited by Mrs. Nancy Wade, relict of Dabney Wade, deceased to take guardianship for her daughter, Sarah Wade. Jacob Scott was administrator of estate of Levisey Wade, deceased, from whom the Little Legacy was to be paid me as guardian in October. Between July and October court the child died and Scott refused to pay saying he did not know to whom the legacy should go.
      Smith asks court to appoint commission to make settlement.
      ===
      Title: 1860 US Census
      Repository:
      Media: Census
      Page: 250; M432_890
      Text: Unreadable first name Allen, 78, NC
      Nancy Allen, 68, Virginia
      Martha Chandler, 12, Tenn
      ===

      Marriage 1 William TURNER b: 1773 in Halifax, VA
      Married: 02 OCT 1798 in Halifax, VA

      Children

      Has Children James Legrand TURNER b: 09 SEP 1799 in Richmond, NC
      Has No Children Anthony I. TURNER b: 12 OCT 1812 in Maury, TN
      Has No Children Hampton TURNER b: ABT 1800 in Maury, TN
      Has No Children Elizabeth TURNER b: ABT 1802 in Maury, TN
      Has No Children John TURNER b: ABT 1806 in Maury, TN
      Has No Children Winifred TURNER b: ABT 1808 in Maury, TN
      Has No Children Nancy TURNER b: ABT 1810 in Maury, TN
      Has No Children William TURNER Jr. b: ABT 1804 in Maury, TN

      Marriage 2 Dabney WADE b: 1777 in Goochland, VA
      Married: 14 JAN 1815 in Maury, TN

      Marriage 3 J. William ALLEN b: ABT 1778
      Married: AFT 1817 in Maury, TN
      I do not believe Nancy LeGrand's children were born in Tennessee. Her daughter Elizabeth Patience 'Betsy' married William George 'Buck' Carter and remained in Halifax County, Virginia. - Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston


    3. [S48] Ancestry Link, http://person.ancestry.com/tree/29224194/person/12452922643/facts.
      Elizabeth "Betsy" WADE, 1742?1785
      Birth 1742 ? Lunenburg, Halifax, Virginia
      Death 4 NOV 1785 ? Halifax, Virginia