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Grace Harrell 1731–1780 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1731

Birth Location: Isle of Wright, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1780

Death Location: Southampton County, Virginia, USA

Father: Francis Harrell

Mother: Mary Benton

Spouse(s): Roger Fohisay

Children(s): Nancy Fohisay

Grace Harrell was born in 1731 in Isle of Wright, Virginia, USA, the child of Francis Harrell And Mary Leander Benton. Grace Harrell married Roger Fohisay, and had children including Nancy Elizabeth Fohisay. Grace Harrell passed away in 1780 in Southampton County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Grace Harrell was born in 1731 in Isle of Wright, Virginia, USA, the child of Francis Harrell And Mary Leander Benton.
  • Grace Harrell married Roger Fohisay, and had children including Nancy Elizabeth Fohisay.
  • Grace Harrell passed away in 1780 in Southampton County, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Francis Harrell
1695–1763
Birth Location: Clungunford, Shropshire, England
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Mary Benton
1698–1759
Birth Location: Nansemond, Virginia, United States
MB

Spouses(s)

Roger Fohisay
1730–1830
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Nancy Fohisay
1748–1839
Birth Location: of, Randolph, North Carolina, USA
NF

Grace Harrell's Ancestors

Self
Grace Harrell
1731–1780
Birth Place: Isle of Wright, Virginia, USA
Parents
Francis Harrell
1695–1763
Clungunford, Shropshire, England
Mary (Leander) Benton
1698–1759
Nansemond, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
John ((Thomas)) Harrell
1660–1741
Parkgate, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Mary (Ann) Smith
1656–1716
Saint Mary,Lancaster,Lancashire,England
Peter Benton\Baynton
1666–1710
Mells Somerset England
Great-Grandparents
Anna Gildersleeve
1629–1683
John Baynton
1639–1721
Elinor Creese
1640–1682
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Gildersleeve
1601–1681
Gilbert Baynton(Bainton)
1607–1663
Alice GGM10
1613–1681
Robert Creese
1620–1663
Emma Creese
1610–1643

Grace Harrell's Descendants

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Grace Harrell (1731–1780) m. Roger Fohisay (1730–1830)
  1. 1. Nancy (Elizabeth) Fohisay 1748–1839
    1. 1. William (Franklin "Leggs") Smith 1775–1840 m. Lydia (S Melton 🚺) Smith 1784–1870
      1. 1. Celia ("Seely") SMITH 1817–1895 m. Samuel (Wright) Sr. 1810–1897
        1. 1. Margaret (Jane) Wright 1852–1907 m. Peter (Johnson) Kesterson 1853–1919

Grace Harrell's Timeline

2 Records

1731
1731
Birth of Grace Harrell in Isle of Wright, Virginia, USA
Isle of Wright, Virginia, USA
1780
1780
Age 49
Death of Grace Harrell in Southampton County, Virginia, USA
Southampton County, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1731
    Event Place: Isle of Wright, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1780
    Event Place: Southampton County, Virginia, USA
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