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TALIAFERRO, Mary Elizabeth

TALIAFERRO, Mary Elizabeth

Female 1685 - 1741  (56 years)   Has 58 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name TALIAFERRO, Mary Elizabeth  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth 11 May 1685  Powhattan Plantation, James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Address:
    "Powhattan" Plantation
    Ironbound Rd.
    James City County, Virginia
    USA
    http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/jamesriver/pow.htm 
    Gender Female 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 54238454 
    Death 1 Aug 1741  Snow Creek - Thornton Family Home, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 6] 
    Address:
    "Snow Creek", Thornton Family Home
    Essex / Spotsylvania County, Virginia
    USA 
    Age 56 years 
    Burial Y  [6] 
    Person ID I728  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2025 

    Father TALIAFERRO, Capt. John "The Ranger" Sr.,   b. Abt 1662, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1720, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother SMITH, Sarah,   b. 10 Jun 1659, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1720, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Family ID F1631  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family THORNTON, Col. Francis Jr.,   b. 4 Jan 1681/82, The Hills - Thornton Family Home, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1736/37, Snow Creek - Thornton Family Home, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 1704  Snow Creek - Thornton Family Home, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 8, 9] 
    Address:
    "Snow Creek", Thornton Family Home
    Essex / Spotsylvania County, Virginia
    USA 
    Age at Marriage She : ~ 18 years and 7 months - He : ~ 21 years and 11 months. 
    Residence Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    at "The Falls" adjacent to the falls on the Rappahannock River 
    Address:
    "The Falls", Thornton Family Home
    Spotsylvania County, Virginia
    USA 
    Children 
    +  1. Male THORNTON, Lt. Col. John   d. Yes, date unknown
    >  2. Male THORNTON, Ruben   d. 1768, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    >  3. Female THORNTON, Sarah,   b. Abt 1705   d. Yes, date unknown
    +  4. Male THORNTON, Col. Francis III,   b. 7 Apr 1714, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1748, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    +  5. Female THORNTON, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1720, Snow Creek - Thornton Family Home, Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Oct 1774, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    +  6. Female THORNTON, Mildred,   b. 21 Mar 1720/21, Snow Creek - Thornton Family Home, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1778, Castle Hill Plantation, Cismont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Family ID F317  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Address:
    "Powhattan" Plantation
    Ironbound Rd.
    James City County, Virginia
    USA
    http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/jamesriver/pow.htm - 11 May 1685 - Powhattan Plantation, James City County, Colony of Virginia, England    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Address:
    "Snow Creek", Thornton Family Home
    Essex / Spotsylvania County, Virginia
    USA - 1704 - Snow Creek - Thornton Family Home, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Address:
    "Snow Creek", Thornton Family Home
    Essex / Spotsylvania County, Virginia
    USA - 1 Aug 1741 - Snow Creek - Thornton Family Home, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - at "The Falls" adjacent to the falls on the Rappahannock River,Address:
    "The Falls", Thornton Family Home
    Spotsylvania County, Virginia
    USA - - Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia, UK    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1137] Charles M. Marsteller, Book - Taliaferro Index, (Millsboro, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2015.), 1 Aug 2018, p 21.

    2. [S1135] Carol A. Hauk, Book - Descendants of Robert Taliaferro, (Anderson, Indiana: Hauk Data Services, 1995.), 30 Jul 2018, p 2, 4.

    3. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I611, Mary Taliaferro; Various Meriwether Society sources.

    4. [S159] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Four John Symes of VA, (Coshocton, OH: School Annual Publishing Co., 1986.), 19 Dec 2010, p. 35.

    5. [S1564] Virginia Armistead Garber, Book - Armistead Family (Ancestry), (Richmond, Virginia: Whittit & Shepperson, Printers, 1910.), 6 May 2025, p 192.

    6. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015<, Memorial #54238454, Mary Taliaferro Thornton.

    7. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I610, Francis Thornton; Various Meriwether Society sources.

    8. [S1135] Carol A. Hauk, Book - Descendants of Robert Taliaferro, (Anderson, Indiana: Hauk Data Services, 1995.), 30 Jul 2018, p 4.

    9. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 13 May 2025, accessed 13 May 2025<, Memorial #54238369, Col. Francis Thornton, Jr.

    10. [S214] Internet - Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page), 7 Aug 2015, accessed 7 August 2015), Fall Hill.


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