Dorothy Elizabeth (Waller) Tazewell (1754 - 1777)

Born 2 Sep 1754 in Williamsburg, Virginia

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Died May 1777 at age 22 in Brunswick county, Virginia

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Biography

Dorothy Elizabeth Waller was born the 2nd of September, 1754 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Dorothy was the daughter of Benjamin Waller and Martha Hall.

Dorothy married Henry Tazewell in January, 1774 in Williamsburg.^[1]

Dorothy's son, Littleton Waller Tazewell wrote a family history in 1823, and in that family history he wrote the following about his mother: ". . . My mother (of whom I have no recollection) left two children, myself and my sister [Sophia] who was younger. . . . I was carried to my father's house in Brunswick, and remained there until the death of my mother in May 1777 . . ." ^[2]

Dorothy died in May 1777, in Brunswick county, Virginia

Sources

1. ↑ Page72 of Littleton Waller Tazewell's Sketch of His Own Family 1823; Transcribed and Edited Lynda R. Heaton; William & Mary Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects; chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/etd/article/4825/&path_info=10625028.pdf
2. ↑ Pages 121, 122, & 124 of Littleton Waller Tazewell's Sketch of His Own Family 1823; Transcribed and Edited Lynda R. Heaton; William & Mary Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects; chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/etd/article/4825/&path_info=10625028.pdf

See Also

• Waller, Robert Page. “Records of the Waller Family”. The William and Mary Quarterly 13.3 (1905): 175–177. Transcribed Bible Records Benjamin Waller