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| Elizabeth Ball m. 1758 b. 1740 d. 1767? |
Thomas b. Apr 18, 1760 Essex Co. VA |
Spencer b. Apr 4, 1762 Essex Co. VA d. Sep 4, 1822 |
Sarah |
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| Judith b. Aug 16, 1767 Essex Co. VA d. May 8, 1802 | ||||
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Ann Cooke m. Oct 24, 1782 Gloucester Co. VA b. Gloucester Co. VA |
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Member of House of Burgesses for Essex Co. VA 1769, 1770, 1772, and 1774. |
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Son Spencer Roane was Judge of Virginia Courts (General Court and Court of Appeals)
from 1789 until his death in 1722. He was said to have been urged
by Thomas Jefferson to run for Vice-President. He married Anne Henry, daughter
of Patrick Henry (1736-1799), known for his Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!
speech. |
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Sources: "Mottrom-Wright-Spencer-Ariss-Buckner", Wm. & Mary Coll. Quarterly Hist. Mag., 17:54-59, Whittet and Shepperson, Richmond VA 1909. "Roane Family," Wm. & Mary Coll. Quarterly Hist. Mag., ser. 1, vol. 18, Whittet and Shepperson, Richmond VA, 1910, pp 194-200. Sweeny, Lenora Higginbotham, "The Upshaw Family of Essex," Genealogies of Virginia Families from Wm. & Mary Coll. Quarterly, 5:249, Baltimore, 1982. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Memorial Edition, Lipscomb and Bergh, eds., vol. 15:325. |
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