Elizabeth Hill Byrd Skipwith
(1759-1819)
BIRTH
1759
PLACE
NAME
Elizabeth Hill Byrd
DEATH
August 6, 1819
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
William Byrd III
(1728-1777)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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AWARDS
Elizabeth Hill Byrd Farley Dunbar Skipwith was the daughter of William Byrd III and Elizabeth Hill Carter of Westover. She married James Parke Farley in 1771, had three daughters, and later married John Dunbar and Henry Skipwith. She and Dunbar acquired Williamsburg’s Wythe House in 1793; she lived there until her death in 1819. Her surviving tomb inscription gives a 1755 birth, while other accounts give 1754. A 1773 portrait by Cosmo Alexander depicts her as Mrs. Farley.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Elizabeth Hill Byrd Skipwith’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Elizabeth Hill Byrd Skipwith is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Elizabeth Hill Byrd Skipwith died on Aug 6, 1819. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Elizabeth Hill Byrd Skipwith died on Aug 6, 1819. Elizabeth Hill Byrd Farley Dunbar Skipwith was the daughter of William Byrd III and Elizabeth Hill Carter of Westover. She married James Parke Farley in 1771, had three daughters, and later married John Dunbar and Henry Skipwith. She and Dunbar acquired Williamsburg’s Wythe House in 1793; she lived there until her death in 1819. Her surviving tomb inscription gives a 1755 birth, while other accounts give 1754. A 1773 portrait by Cosmo Alexander depicts her as Mrs. Farley. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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