Elizabeth Summers

1705 - 1781  (76 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Summers  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1705	, Augusta, VA
  Gender	Female
  Death	20 Nov 1781	Beverly Manor Plantation, Augusta, VA, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I6367	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John Summers,   b. 2 Apr 1683, Jamestown, Virginia d. 5 Mar 1705, Christ Church, Middlesex, VA (Age 21 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Thompson,   b. 10 Mar 1689, Middlesex, VA d. 29 May 1722, Middlesex, VA (Age 33 years)
  Relationship	natural
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Benjamin Clark, *,   b. 1700, King and Queen County, Virginia, United States of America d. 17 May 1778, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1722	Greinbrier, VA
  Married	1725	Augusta, Virginia, United States
  Children	1. William R. Clark,   b. 1738, , Augusta, VA d. 20 May 1766, Moffets Creek, Augusta, VA (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. James Clark,   b. 1732, , Augusta, VA d. 19 Aug 1791, , Bath, VA, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Gridley Clark,   b. 10 Aug 1724, Augusta Springs, Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America d. 1783, Green Plain, Greensville County, Virginia, United States of America (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Samuel Clark,   b. 1727, , Augusta, VA d. Aft 1794, , Greenbrier, VA, USA (Age > 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Alexander James Clark, *,   b. 1736, Cowpasture, Augusta, VA d. 12 Jun 1794, , Greenbrier, VA, USA (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Elizabeth Clark,   b. Jan 1728, Beverly Manor Plantation, Augusta, VA d. 23 Nov 1804, , Augusta, VA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Sarah Clark,   b. 1 Jun 1729, , Augusta, VA d. 1830, , Anson, NC, USA (Age 100 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Ann Clark,   b. 1740, , Augusta, VA d. Aft 1781, Of Augusta, VA (Age > 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Jean Clark,   b. 1726, Of Augusta Co., VA d. 11 Jan 1780, , Augusta, VA (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Margaret Clark,   b. 1 Jun 1746, Augusta., VA d. 26 Jun 1834, , Greenbrier, VA (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Robert Clark   d. 1841  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  Elizabeth's will, dated 8 OCT 1781, was recorded in Augusta County, Virginia, on 20 NOV 1781 in Will Book 6, Pages 108-109. Elizabeth bequeaths her clothing, household linens, pewter utensils, books and money to various members of the famoteworthy among the items is a book to "...my son Robert my Confession of Faith..." It's summary is from "Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish in Virginia" Page 208.--8th October, 1781, (original in Will Bk. 6) Elizabeth (mark) Clark's will--To daughter, Jean Elliot's heirs; to well beloved Elizabeth Breath (Reath, Reoth?) (This is actually Rhea), to daughter, Sarah Elliot; to daughter, Anne Dounlap; to daughter, Margret Clenkaid; to son, John Gridle; to son, James; to son, Alexander and to Alexander's wife; to four daughters; to son, Samuel; to son, William's heirs; to son, Robert. Executors, son Robert Clark and William Reaoh. Teste: Charles Donally, James McCleerey, Robt. Patterson, Geo. Berry. Proved, 20th November, 1781, by McCleerey and Berry. Robert Clark qualifies.

  
  

• Sources

  [S215] Public Member Tree (www.ancestry.com). [S271] Lyman Chalkley, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia with many extracts forwarded by Sharon Jebavey (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966). [S1603] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (www.ancestry.com). [S426] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Lehi, UT, USA;), 1,60525::0. [S1067] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2004 Place:Provo, UT, USA;), Source number: 343.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RDP, 1,7836::0.