Elizabeth Hill Carter Cocke
(1703-1771)
BIRTH
1703
PLACE
Shirley, Charles City County, Colony of Virginia
NAME
Elizabeth Hill
DEATH
1771
PLACE
Crotoman, Lancaster, Colony of Virginia
FAMILY
HUSBAND
John Carter
(1695 or 1696-1742)
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DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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AWARDS
Elizabeth Hill Carter, later Cocke, was the heiress of Shirley Plantation in Virginia and daughter of Edward Hill III and Elizabeth Williams. She married colonial secretary John Carter in 1723; Shirley’s mansion was built about 1738 during their ownership. After Carter’s death she married Bowler Cocke. Her children included Charles Carter, who inherited Shirley, and Elizabeth Carter Byrd. Her portrait survives at Shirley. She died in 1771; her birth year is uncertain.
EARLY LIFE
Elizabeth Hill Carter was born 1703. The external genealogical record identifies Edward Hill III and Elizabeth Williams Hill as the parents. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
No distinct public profession or office for Elizabeth Hill Carter is established by the structured external record used for this entry. The surviving information is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independently recorded public career. Elizabeth Hill Carter died 1771. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Elizabeth Hill Carter died in 1771, in Crotoman, Lancaster, Colony of Virginia. Elizabeth Hill Carter, later Cocke, was the heiress of Shirley Plantation in Virginia and daughter of Edward Hill III and Elizabeth Williams. She married colonial secretary John Carter in 1723; Shirley’s mansion was built about 1738 during their ownership. After Carter’s death she married Bowler Cocke. Her children included Charles Carter, who inherited Shirley, and Elizabeth Carter Byrd. Her portrait survives at Shirley. She died in 1771; her birth year is uncertain. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
Shirley Plantation
501 Shirley Plantation Road, Charles City, VA
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