Elizabeth Hill Carter Byrd
(1731-1760)
BIRTH
1731
PLACE
NAME
Elizabeth Hill Carter
DEATH
1760
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
John Carter
(1695 or 1696-1742)
HUSBAND
William Byrd III
(1728-1777)
CHILDREN
Francis Otway Byrd
(1756-1800)
CHILDREN
Elizabeth Hill Byrd Skipwith
(1759-1819)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Elizabeth Hill Carter Byrd (1731–1760) was William Byrd III’s first wife and the daughter of John Carter of Shirley plantation. They married in April 1748 and had four sons and a daughter. Her surviving letters asked Byrd to return while he pursued military service during the French and Indian War. She died in July 1760, before the American Revolution. Encyclopedia Virginia considers her death a probable suicide, a qualified interpretation rather than an established fact.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Elizabeth Hill Carter Byrd’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 Carter Byrd 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. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Elizabeth Hill Carter Byrd died in 1760. Elizabeth Hill Carter Byrd was William Byrd III’s first wife and the daughter of John Carter of Shirley plantation. They married in April 1748 and had four sons and a daughter. Her surviving letters asked Byrd to return while he pursued military service during the French and Indian War. She died in July 1760, before the American Revolution. Encyclopedia Virginia considers her death a probable suicide, a qualified interpretation rather than an established fact. The available account does not establish a detailed sequence of final symptoms, treatment, or bedside attendance.
Westover Plantation
7000 Westover Road, Charles City, VA
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