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Elizabeth Lear

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Elizabeth Lear (Bridger)
Birthdate:	circa 1670
Birthplace:	Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Death:	after November 1695 Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:	Daughter of Col. Joseph Bridger, Sr., Esq. and Hester Bridger Wife of Thomas Lear, of Nansemond Mother of John Lear, Esq., of Nansemond; Martha Godwin and Elizabeth Whitfield Sister of Hester Williamson; Capt. Joseph Bridger; Martha Goodwin; Lt. Colonel Samuel Bridger; Mary Marie Tibboth and 1 other

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Last Updated:	January 1, 2024

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Immediate Family

Thomas Lear, of Nansemond

husband
John Lear, Esq., of Nansemond

son
Martha Godwin

daughter
Elizabeth Whitfield

daughter
Col. Joseph Bridger, Sr., Esq.

father
Hester Bridger

mother
Hester Williamson

sister
Capt. Joseph Bridger

brother
Martha Goodwin

sister
Lt. Colonel Samuel Bridger

brother
Mary Marie Tibboth

sister
Col. William Bridger, of 'White ...

brother

About Elizabeth Lear

Biography

https://bridgerfamilyassociation.wordpress.com/bridger-family-assoc...

!Thomas Lear, son of Col. Lear by his first wife, married Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Joseph Bridger, of Isle of Wight county, another mem- ber of the Council. He died before his father, leaving issue named in Col. John Lear's will (QUARTERLY, VII., p. 309), (1) Thomas, (2) John, (3) Elizabeth, (4) Martha. Kecoughtan, Elizabeth City County, VA - Old Records; Wm. & Mary Qtrly, Vol. 9, No. 2.

!1 Nov 1695: Mentioned in Col. John Lear's will as my daughtr Elizabeth Lear, widow of my deceased son Thomas Lear.

Origins

[1] Thomas Elliot I born 1476 died Mar 1545. He married Margaret Wilson dau of Thomas. Their son John Elliot married Elizabeth Graves -their dau Mary md Lawrence Bridger I, their son Samuel Bridger md Mary Webb - their son Joseph Bridger md Hester Pitt - their dau Elizabeth md Thomas Lear.

References

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thamm&id=...
page 26 of Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647 ..., Books 1-3 By Blanche Adams Chapman
Marriages of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, by Blanche Adams Chapman, Genealogical Publishing Company, Page 30. LEAR, THOMAS and ELIZABETH BRIDGER, daughter of Joseph Bridger, 1686. W & D B 2 p 255 JOHNSTON STAPP & Allied Families-1979. Madam Elizabeth Bridger appears to have been a Quaker, as she makes affirmation to the will.

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Elizabeth Lear's Timeline

1670	1670	Birth of Elizabeth Lear Isle of Wight County, Virginia
1689	1689	Birth of John Lear, Esq., of Nansemond Nansemond, Virginia, United States
1693	1693	Birth of Elizabeth Whitfield Newport Parish, Isle of Wight County, Virginia
1695	November 1695 Age 25	Death of Elizabeth Lear Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
	1695	Birth of Martha Godwin Nansemond, Suffolk, Virginia
????		Burial of Elizabeth Lear

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