Elizabeth Taliaferro Wythe (c. 1739-1787) was a member of a prominent Revolutionary-era family and the spouse of George Wythe. George Wythe was a public official whose career or family position supplies an important part of this entry’s Revolutionary context. The marriage connected Elizabeth Taliaferro Wythe to the political, military, commercial, or social developments surrounding the Revolution. This life overlapped the Revolutionary era, when war, political upheaval, disrupted trade, military service, and changing governments placed unusual demands on households and extended families. Born in Virginia and later dying in Williamsburg, Virginia, the course of this life reflects the movement of Revolutionary-era families across colonial, national, and sometimes Atlantic settings. Including Elizabeth Taliaferro Wythe in HistoryGPS recognizes that households, marriages, property, correspondence, hospitality, and kinship networks were essential parts of the world in which Revolutionary leaders acted.