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Elizabeth Bushrod Smith (1747/8?–1791?)

Role

Elizabeth Bushrod Smith was an aunt of Bushrod Washington.

Description

Elizabeth Bushrod, a sister of Hannah Bushrod Washington, was born in Westmoreland, Virginia. In 1769 she married Philip Burgess Smith, a graduate of The College of William and Mary. They had three children. Elizabeth Bushrod Smith died in Westmoreland.

Citations

"Mathews Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 6, Number 2 (October 1897), 9293.

"[Diary entry: 17 December 1774]," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0004-0023-0…. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 3, 1 January 1771–5 November 1781, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978, p. 297.]

Elizabeth Bushrod in Bruce Jeffery Family Tree (Ancestry.com).

Elizabeth Bushrod at FamilySearch.