Family:Lewis Elzey and Elizabeth Travers (1)

Genealogy Report for Lewis Elzey and Elizabeth Travers:

Descendants of Lewis Elzey, Capt.

Generation No. 1

1. LEWIS3 ELZEY, CAPT. (THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 1702, and died Abt. 17 Oct 1786 in Fairfax County, Virginia. He married (1) ELIZABETH TRAVERS WFT Est. 1724-1725 in Prob. Stafford County, Virginia, daughter of GILES TRAVERS and ANN WAUGH. She was born WFT Est. 1700-1707, and died Bet. 1727 - 1732. He married (2) MARY ??? WFT Est. 1728-1732 in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Notes for LEWIS ELZEY, CAPT.: From Stafford County, Virginia records:

Bk. B, p. 229. Thomas Waugh by his bro. John 6 Jan. 1728 set forth that he Thomas Waugh has part of 900 A. of 1500 A. Lewis Elsey eldest son of Thomas Elsey & Edmond Hanson eldest son living of Elizabeth Hanson dau. of Charles Hoyle 6 Jan. 1728 agreed to survey & division which showed 762 A. 3 Ro. 30 Per. Grant to Thomas waugh a full 1/3 of said land (254 A. 1 Ro. 9 Per.) in Stafford Co. on Patowmack Cr. adj. Walton's Patent, Patowmack Run, Lewis Elsey. 7 Sept. 1729.

From "Stoddard-Sudduth Papers", pg. 154:

From Virginia records we find Capt. L. Elzey represented Fairfax County, Virginia in the House of Burgesses in 1744. He was a member of the vestry of historic old Pohick Church in 1765, home church of the Washington family of Mount Vernon. Francis and Thomasine Elzey were associated with Pohick. Names of Benjamin Suddath's children appear on the Overwharton Parish Register.

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Cpt Lewis Ellzey Wife: Elizabeth Travers b. 1702 d. 1786, Fairfax, VA, Age: 84 br.

From Genforum.com post:

Re: Lewis Ellzey whom married Elizabet Travers Cave Posted by: Janet McKenney Date: October 17, 2001 at 10:35:58 In Reply to: Lewis Ellzey whom married Elizabet Travers Cave by Carlton H. Weakley of 134

Carlton,

Lewis ELLZEY had only two sons: William by his first wife Elizabeth TRAVERS and Thomasin by his second wife Mary. Thomasin never married or had any direct descendants. William had two sons Lewis and William.

Janet

Where is Burial of Lewis Ellzey in Fairfax? Posted by: Anne Date: February 18, 2002 at 09:51:16 In Reply to: Re: Lewis Ellzey whom married Elizabet Travers Cave by Janet McKenney of 134

Lewis Ellzey died in Fairfax County VA circa 1786-1787 , as he wrote his will October 17, 1786. (This taken from several researchers) It is noted he was a vestryman in the Pohick Church of Fairfax. Is Lewis Ellzey buried in the Pohick Church Cemetery?

I am reading Volume V "Fairfax County Virginia Gravestones" Pohick Cemetery, and do not see any Ellzey burials. The Pohick cemetery is one of the oldest in Fairfax - the church being established 1732. The Civil war all but destroyed the cemetery and records, so just curious if Lewis Ellzey and wife/ wives are buried here without a headstone. Can anyone offer further on this. Anne

Re: Thomazin Ellzey 1700 VA? Posted by: Elsea Date: March 07, 1999 at 16:06:10 In Reply to: Thomazin Ellzey 1700 VA? by Barb Sprik of 134

I reveiwed a will that belonged to Lewis Ellzey in the Fairfax City, VA Library about 2 weeks ago. Somebody told me that Thomasin Ellzey from Fairfax was actually Thomas Elsea. When I read the will it was obvious he (Thomasin Ellzey) was not the person I was looking for. Thomasin also paid taxes in Fairfax in 1782 and 1785. It seems his father Lewis Ellzey was a VA tobaco inspector in 1734. He can be found in Alexandria and Dumfries Va records. If you have anything on Thomas Elsea please send it my way. He was born circa 1760 and settled in east Tennessee.

From Fairfax County, VA records:

21 July 1752, page 213 Ordered that Lewis Ellzey and Hugh West Junr. Gent. James Hamilton Dempsie Carroll and James Halley or any three of them View and mark the most convenient Way for a Road to be Cleared from Alexandria to Rockey Run Chappell and report to the Court

21 November 1752, page 250 Ordered that Lewis Ellzey, James Halley, Hugh West Senr. & James Hamilton or any three of them being first sworn before some Justice of the Peace for this County do View and open a road from Alexandria Town to the rockey run chappel and report the same to the next Court -

21 November 1753, page 477 Lewis Ellzey Gt. is appointed Surveyor of the road from Accotink to Popeshead

21 November 1753, page 477 Lewis Ellzey Gt. is appointed surveyor of the road in the room of Richard Simpson junr.

19 March 1754, page 61 Lewis Ellzey Gent. is appointed to allot a sufficient number of Tithables to clear the roads whereof Philip Grimes & Edward Payne the surveyor of the Church road and himself are Surveyors -

19 June 1755, page 315 William Reardon is appointed surveyor of the road from Occoquan Ferry road to the Ox road & Lewis Ellzey Gent. is appointed to divide the Tithables who clear the roads whereof William Peake, William Simpson & Peter Wagener are Surveyors -

Notes for ELIZABETH TRAVERS: From "Stoddard-Sudduth" Papers, pg. 153:

1726 - James Sudath and Jacob Watts witnessed dead when Lewis Elzey's wife Elizabeth2 (Travers) (Giles1) Cave, Elzey signs dower to French.

• - Elizabeth's sister, Millicent, married son of "Parson" John Waugh.

Children of LEWIS ELZEY and ELIZABETH TRAVERS are:

• i. ELIZABETH4 ELLZEY, b. Abt. 1725, Prob. Stafford County, Virginia; d. Aft. Oct 1785; m. WILLIAM HANCOCK.
• ii. MARY ELLZEY, b. Abt. 1726, Prob. Stafford County, Virginia; m. WILLIAM WEST.

Notes for MARY ELLZEY: From Genforum.com post:

Re: Stacey Ellzey Md Benj Grayson Posted by: Jim Date: March 02, 2001 at 19:09:48 In Reply to: Re: Stacey Ellzey Md Benj Grayson by Janet MCKENNEY of 288

Hello Janet,

I am interested in the Ellzey family also as I am a descendant of Lewis Ellzey, through his daughter, Mary Ellzey whom married William West. Have you seen any information on William and Mary (Ellzey) West or any of their children.

Thank you,

Jim Bish

iii. WILLIAM ELZEY, b. Jan 1726/27, Stafford County, Virginia; d. 24 Feb 1796, Loudoun County, Virginia; m. ALICE BLACKBURN; b. 11 Apr 1738, Prince William County, Virginia.

Notes for WILLIAM ELZEY: Fairfax County, VA records:

20 May 1752, page 191 Ordered that George William Fairfax William Ellzey, Jacob Lasswell & Marquis Calmes View and mark out the most convenient way for a Road from the Court house of this County to William’s Gap and make report of their Proceedings to Court -

17 October 1752, page 240 On the Motion of Richard Coleman It is Ordered that Vincent Lewis Anthony Russell and William Ellzey Gent. or any two of them View the most convenient way for a Road to be cleared from the Sugar Lands to the new Chappell and report their Proceedings herein to the next Court upon Oath -

20 February 1754, page 45 William Ellzey Gt. John Atholl & Thomas Williams or any two of them are appointed to view the most convenient way for a road from Williams’s Gap to rocky run Chappel

Children of LEWIS ELZEY and MARY ??? are:

• iv. THOMASIN4 ELZEY, b. WFT Est. 1728-1735; d. Abt. 1817.

Notes for THOMASIN ELZEY:

6 April 1765 - 544 acres on drains of Pohick, Rattlesnake Br., branch of Pope's head where Ox Road crosses road to Alexandria; adj. Col. CARTER, Capt. ELLZEY, Col. GRAYSON and others. (Fairfax Co. - Northern Neck Land Grants)

6 June 1767 - Assignee of Thomas Bryan MARTIN and surveyor for 888-1/2 acres of land on Elk Pasture located over first main spur of Allegany Mt. from New Creek on Great Run on North Branch of the Potomac which included head of Maple Run, Rattlesnake or Camp Branch and adjacent his own land. (Hampshire Co. - Northern Neck Land Grants)

26 February 1768 - 190-1/2 acres on Difficult run near the Ox Road. Richard HEYDON obtained a warrant on this land in 1766 - apparently there was some dispute as the records state the Lord FAIRFAX decided in favor of Thomazin. This is surprising as traditionally Lord FAIRFAX and the ELLZEY family were not supporters of each other. This land was adjacent to Thomazin's father, Lewis ELLZEY

17 August 1768 - He purchased 441-1/2 acres on both sides of Beaver Run drain of Patterson's Creek. (Hampshire County)

20 December 1769 - Thomasin is mentioned as a boundary in a land survey of William BAILEY. Thomazin owned 407 acres. (Berkeley County)

He appears on the Rent Rolls of Fairfax Co., VA, in 1774 along with his father and half brother, William.

The Virginia Publick Claims for Fairfax Co. indicated he supplied 590 pounds of beef for the Continental Army and received 9.16.8. (Virginia Publick Claims, Fairfax Co., V, compiled and transcribed by Abercrombie and Statten, p. 16)

The 1787 tax list of Fairfax Co. shows him with 1 black male over 16, 1 horse, and 6 cattle.

He is mentioned in both his father's and mother's wills. His father willed him land and slaves and made him trustee of his sister's (Stacy) legacies. Lewis stated, "I give and devise to my son Thomasin tracts or parcels of land, containing about one thousand and sixty acres, also one other tract of land situate on Pohick in the County of Fairfax containing one hundred and seventy one acres, also one other tract of land adjoining the last mentioned, granted to me by the Proprietor of the Northern Neck.... But it is my will and desire that my son Thomasin disturb not his mother in the peaceable enjoyment of the lands and plantation whereon I now live but that she hold the same during her life. Item I give to my son Thomasin ELLZEY my negro boy named Nelson." After the death of his mother, who had been given 13 slaves with the exception of one named young Will, the 13 slaves were to go to Thomasin and his sisters, Stacy, Sarah, and Sibyl. Thomasin along with his brother-in-law was named executor of his father's will.

Records that I have found indicate that Thomasin never married.

Thomasin was an original purchaser of town lots in Bath in 1777-1798. He purchased lots #72 and 130.

Thomasin was a county surveyor for Fairfax Co., during the 1789s.

On 30 November 1796, court records from Alexandria state, "...William PAYNE the surveyor of Fairfax Co. is requested in conjunction with George GILPIN and Thomasin ELLZEY to have the original plan of the Town of Alexandria inserted in the record book for the corporation and Town aforesaid, together with the minutes of the surveyors relative to the said Town." On 27 March 1797, Tz. ELLZEY, George GILPIN, and W. PAYNE, SFC, signed that they had done as they were required.

In 1793, Thomasin, of Fairfax Co., sold to Elias POSTON of Hampshire Co., VA, 276 acres on the Little Cacapeon River.

In 1800 and 1801 Thomazin had a license for an ordinary service. (LDS film # 29295, Fairfax Co., VA, Personal Property Tax Lists)

On 7 August 1813, he provided security for the guardian bond for Mary, the child of John COFFER, dec'd.

Thomasin died between 1813 and 24 July 1817. Estate records show that his coffin was paid for 24 July 1817. Rev. William DUNN was paid 4 April 1819 for preaching the funeral. Thomasin held land in Fairfax, Morgan, Hampshire, and Hardy Counties. In Fairfax Co. WB Q, p. 112, a list of land of the "late Thomazin ELLZEY that was sold by the Commission under the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia." Land was sold in 1824 and purchasers were John SHERARD, Robert ALLISON, Thomazin GRAYSON, Edward BLACK, Loyd WARD, and others whose names were too unclear to read. Fairfax Co. court records that his heirs were being paid from his estate as late as 1831.

There is some connection between Thomasin and the LACEY family of Loudoun Co., but I have not looked into it yet. The Loudoun Co. Chancery Suits 1757-1874 (Index) lists Thomazen et al as plaintiff and a David LACEY as the defendant. The year was 1813 - which was the final date of the suit, not the original filing date. Also a Sally LACY of Loudoun Co. was among the heirs to whom money from the estate of Thomasin was distributed in 1826. In the account of Thomasin's estate of 19 March 1829, she was listed as Sally LACY MANNING.

Inventory of Thomasin's estate was recorded 20 August 1817 and listed very few items: 1 Dictionary and sundry old books, 1 ink stand and mahogany box, 3 sheets and 1 table cloth, and an old apple still Total was 66.21. (Fairfax Co. WB L)

Sarah, person of Colour vs Ellzey, Admr. 1827 M2217, Loudoun Co., VA, Chancery Suit

Negroes Sarah, and her children Henry, William, Albert, and Elizabeth and Grace and her children …Jno and George; and John - Persons of Colour - plaintiffs

against

Wm. ELLZEY adm. Of Thomazin ELLZEY, dec'd.,

Sally LANE - defts death suggest at 7 April Term 1826. Wife (?) of Wm. Lane, dec'd.

Thos. PHILLIPS Reuben SCHOOLEY Exors. Of David LACEY, dec'd.

Nathaniel MANNING & Uphemia his wife

Jesse RICE & Thurza his wife (RICE's death suggested 7 April 1826)

Thomas GRIGGS & Castalina his wife

William PAXSON (?) & Diadama his wife (PAXSON's death suggest Ap 7 '26)

Wm. ELLZEY

Sybil BECKWITH

Susanna DULIN

Edward L. BLACKBURN

Thomas BLACKBURN

Charles DULIN and Ann his wife

Elizabeth ELLZEY

Mary ELLZEY

Sarah ELLZEY

Lewis ELLZEY

Catharine HARRISON

Margaret H. RUSSELL

Elizabeth ARMISTEAD

Mary ARMISTEAD Lewis E. TURNER

Vincent TURNER

Thomazin E. TURNER

Thomas TURNER

John HYATT (?) and Mary his wife (MY NOTE: In another doc. his name is spelled HYET)

John BEAVERS and Nancy his wife

Joseph PERR and Elizabeth his wife

Patience GILL

Thomazin GRAYSON

Henry GRAYSON

Catharine GRAYSON

Lydia GRAYSON

Jno. LILLER and Nancy his wife late GRAYSON

Elizabeth GRAYSON

William GRAYSON

Maria GRAYSON

Reuben GRAYSON

Felix GRAYSON

Wm. TURNER

Wm. TURNER (son of John)

Robt. WELCH & Mary his wife

Thomas NELSON and Margaret his wife

Jeremiah MOTLEY & Sarah his wife

Thomas BEATTY

Polly BEATTY

Wm. BEATTY

Sally BEATTY

______ LEE & Nancy his wife (MY NOTE: no first name for him)

Joseph WILSON & Ann his wife (Ann was the daughter of Moses HOPWOOD)

James HOPWOOD - Son of Moses HOPWOOD

John HOPWOOD - Son of Moses HOPWOOD

Zachariah HOLSEY & Mary his wife (Mary was the daughter of Moses HOPWOOD)

John P. CLARK

William GRANT & Elizabeth his wife

Thomazin PORTER

Edward PORTER

John PORTER

Mary PORTER

Ann PORTER

Sarah PORTER

Benjn. GRAYSON

Representatives of said Thomazin ELLZEY dec'd. There is no one date on this paper that would indicate when it was written. The last date on it is 1834 April T. Court.

Another document names Thomazin, Henry, Catharine, Lydia, Nancy (w/o John LILLER), Elizabeth and Felix as children of Ambrose GRAYSON, dec'd. They are the only people identified in this document and the other two documents that name all the representatives of Thomaszin ELLZEY.

IDENTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THOMAZIN ELLZEY NAMED ABOVE

Uphemia MANNING, Thurza RICE, Castalina GRIGGS, and Diadama PAXSON(?) are daughters of David LACEY. Nathaniel MANNING died in Loudoun Co., VA, on 14 January 1830 at the age of 54. Castalina GRIGGS died at the age of 43 on 19 May 1834. She was of Charleston, VA.

William ELLZEY - son William ELLZEY and Alice BLACKBURN

Sibil BECKSMITH - Daughter of Lewis ELLZEY

Susanna DULIN - Daughter of Stacy ELLZEY and Benj. GRAYSON

Edward L. BLACKBURN - Edward Lewis BLACKBURN was the son of Edward BLACKBURN and Margaret HARRISON. (Margaret was the daughter of William HARRISON and Isabell TRIPLETT. Edward BLACKBURN was the son of Edward BLACKBURN and the nephew of Richard BLACKBURN. Richard BLACKBURN was the father of Alice BLACKBURN ELLZEY. I don't see how that relationship could lead to BLACKBURNS being heirs of Thomazin ELLZEY.)

Thomas BLACKBURN - Son of Edward BLACKBURN and Margaret HARRISON.

Ann DULIN, w/o Charles - Daughter of Stacy and Benjamin GRAYSON

Elizabeth ELLZEY, Mary ELLZEY, Sarah ELLZEY, Lewis ELLZEY, and Catharine HARRISON, - all children of William ELLZEY and Alice BLACKBURN

Margaret H. RUSSELL - Daughter of Ann ELLZEY and Albert RUSSELL and granddaughter to William and Alice (BLACKBURN) ELLZEY

Elizabeth and Mary ARMISTEAD - Daughters of Lucy M. ELLZEY and Robert ARMISTEAD and granddaughters to William and Alice (BLACKBURN) ELLZEY

Lewis E., Vincent, Thomazin, and Thomas TURNER - all children of Sarah ELLZEY and William TURNER

John HYETT and Mary - ?

John BEEVERS and Nancy - ?

Joseph PERR and Elizabeth ?

Patience GILL - May be the daughter of Lewis ELLZEY or daughter of Sarah GRAYSON who was a daughter of Stacy GRAYSON and Benjamin GRAYSON. Sarah married Moses GILL and may have named a daughter after her mother's sister.

Thomazin, Henry, Catharine, Lydia, Nancy (w/o John LILLER), Elizabeth, William, Maria, Reuben, and Felix GRAYSON - all children of Ambrose GRAYSON, dec'd.

William TURNER - ?

William TURNER (Son of John) - ?

Robert WELCH and Mary - ?

Thomas NELSON and Margaret - ?

Jeremiah MOTLEY and Sarah - ?

Thomas, Polly, William and Sally BEATTY - all children of Sarah TURNER and grandchildren of Sarah ELLZEY and William TURNER

_____LEE and Nancy - ? (His first name may be Edmond J.)

Joseph WILSON & Ann his wife - Ann was the daughter of Moses HOPWOOD) James HOPWOOD - Son of Moses HOPWOOD John HOPWOOD - Son of Moses HOPWOOD Zachariah HOLSEY & Mary his wife - Mary was the daughter of Moses HOPWOOD) William GRANT & Elizabeth his wife - Elizabeth was the daughter of Mary and Zachariah HOLSEY (Name in HOPWOOD VS HOPWOOD, M 1795, 1829, was spelled GAUNT) (Moses HOPWOOD died in April 1811. He had 6 children. His wife was not named in this suit - she must be the link to the ELLZEYS.) Joseph WILSON and Ann - Ann was a daughter of Moses HOPWOOD

John P. CLARK - Son of Nancy Ann TURNER and John CLARK. He was a half-brother of Thomazin PORTER

Thomazin PORTER - Son of Nancy Ann TURNER and Elias C. PORTER. He was a half-brother to John P. CLARK Edward, John, Mary, Ann, and Sarah PORTER - These may be children of Thomazin PORTER.

Benjamin GRAYSON - Could be the son of Stacy and Benjamin GRAYSON or he could be the son of Ambrose GRAYSON; however in all three documents that list these names, his name is always last and not listed with the names of the other children of Ambrose.

• v. STACY ELZEY, b. 03 May 1734; m. (1) BURGESS BERKELEY; d. Bet. 21 Sep 1754 - 20 May 1755; m. (2) BENJAMIN GRAYSON; b. 1731, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

Notes for STACY ELZEY: From Genforum.com post;

Re: Stacey Ellzey Md Benj Grayson Posted by: Janet MCKENNEY Date: February 22, 2001 at 11:06:02 In Reply to: Re: Stacey Ellzey Md Benj Grayson by Richard Roland Grayson, M.D. of 288

Richard,

My husband is a descendant of Stacy ELLZEY and her second husband Benjamin GRAYSON. I have researched the ELLZEY and GRAYSON family for so long and have become so interested in them, I forget they're not "mine"! Stacy was the daughter of Lewis and Mary ELZEY. She was born 3 May 1734 as shown in the chuch records of Pohick Church. Her first husband was Burgess BERKLEY - no record of their marriage. Knowledge of this marriage is through her father's will. Stacy and Burgess had children, but I don't know how many, and the only one I've been able to identify is William BERKLEY. Burgess died between 21 September 1754 and 20 May 1755. Stacy was granted administration of his estate on that date. She married Benj. GRAYSON, son of Ambrose GRAYSON and Alice SHARP by 1762 (Loudoun Co., VA, Fee Book). Most of what is known about Stacy is from her father's will. Apparently Benjamin squandered all of her first husbands money and the money that her father had given her at the time of her marriage and then left her. Lewis ELLZEY was providing for her - again - in his will and thus the reason for making her situation clear - he didn't want Benjamin to return to her and take her money again. I will be glad to share what information I have on Stacy and her family if you're interested. I corresponded some years ago with George FOX and if you have exchanged data with him, you most likely have most or all of my data. I'm most interested in finding out what happened to the Senior Benjamin - scoundrel though he was! - and in what happened to Benjamin, Jr. It does seem likely that he (Benj., Jr.) is the Benjamin that had a daughter named Stacy, but I'm not sure that it can ever be proven. I have searched the Chancery court records of Loudoun hoping for some obscure record that might give a clue - I can't believe that the children of Burges and Stacy would let Benj. get by with taking their father's money, but so far nothing has turned up. These families were also active in Fairfax and Pr. William Cos. as well as in areas that are now in West VA. so it is possible that something might be found in their court records.

I look forward to hearing from you and will gladly share all the ELLZEY/GRAYSON information I have.

Janet

• vi. SARAH ELZEY, b. WFT Est. 1728-1742; m. WILLIAM TURNER.

Notes for WILLIAM TURNER: From Genforum.com post:

Re: Lewis ELLZEY Posted by: Barb Sprik Date: November 25, 2000 at 14:39:33 In Reply to: Re: Lewis ELLZEY by p j dennis of 288

I am a descendent of William and Sarah Ellzey Turner's son Thomasin Ellzey Turner who married unknown and their daughter Sarah Turner who married Peter Chevalier. Capt. Lewis Ellzey married an Elizabeth Travers and for second time a Mary. Do you have any details on this? Barb

• vii. SIBYL ELZEY, b. WFT Est. 1728-1742; m. MARMEDUKE BECKWITH.