Person:Elizabeth Paxton (26)

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Elizabeth Paxton
b.Abt 1741 Augusta County, Virginia
 
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Elizabeth PaxtonAbt 1741 -
  2. Thomas PaxtonEst 1745 -
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  • H.  John EakinEst 1735 -
  • W.  Elizabeth PaxtonAbt 1741 -
m. Abt 1759
  1. John Eakin, Jr., of Jessamine Co., KY1760 - 1818
  2. Keziah EakinBet 1762 & 1772 -
  3. William EakinBet 1762 & 1772 -
  4. Martha "Margaret" Eakin1766 - 1838
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Name Elizabeth Paxton
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 1741 Augusta County, Virginia[estimate]
Marriage Abt 1759 to John Eakin
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Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's:

  • Page 188 - - 25th May, 1760. Thomas Paxton's will - - To wife, Sarah; to son, Thomas, executor; to son, Samuel; to son-in-law, Mathew Robinson; to granddaughter, Elizabeth Eakin, to grandson, John Robinson, Teste: Mathew Lyle, Alex. Smiley, Andw. Smiley. Proved, 16th November, 1762, by Lyle and Alex. Smiley. Thos. Paxton qualifies, with Andw. Hays, Mathew Lyle.
  • Page 179.--2d November, 1768. John Eakin and Elizabeth, his wife, and James Eakin and Anne Eakin, of Bedford, £120, 261 acres, part of Borden's 92100 acres, corner Andrew and Samuel Eakin. Teste: John, James and Mathew Lyle. (Note: John and James Eakins listed in this record were sons of James Eakins, Sr., who had died a few years prior).
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Notes

For appropriate citations see "Elizabeth Eakin" as daughter of James Eakin.

I believe this to be Elizabeth Eakin, though listed as a daughter of James Eakin, was in fact his daughter-in-law Elizabeth Paxton, granddaughter of Thomas Paxton. I believe she was married to John Eakin for the following reasons:

- Citation for John and his wife Elizabeth is for 1768 where they register the purchase of land with his brother James and his wife Anne.

- Elizabeth Lockridge was not born until Bef. 1776. She could not have been the wife of John noted in the disposition of the land. If she were, she would have had to have been born at least by 1750-58 and her father William Lockridge estimated birth was 1750.

- There is an (unknown Daughter Paxton 1740-1756 - BEF 1762) daughter of Thomas Paxton Jr. The date of death doesn't exactly line up but since the daughter's death is a guess it could be her.

- The citation for Thomas Paxton in the Eakin suit was probably for Thomas Jr and not Thomas Senior as I first supposed.

- The suit is from 1758, which is the date she left the Eakin property and return to the Paxton property. Thomas Senior dies in 1760 and mentions her as his granddaughter. 1765 James Eakin dies and she is not mentioned in his will. 1768 she is mentioned with John meaning reconciliation, which probably would not have happened while James was alive.

Anyone else out there have a better idea who Elizabeth Eakin is?

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