Elizabeth 'Betsy' Rayfield

Abt 1780 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Elizabeth 'Betsy' Rayfield  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1780	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Female
  Will - Fathers	10 Oct 1797	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	She was shown as a daughter Elizabeth Rayfield in the will of Major Rayfield.
  Land cause	17 May 1799	tract A99, south of Parksley, west of R.R. tract, Hunting Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  	That a certain Finla McWilliams the elder was in his lifetime seized as of fee of and in a certain tract of land supposed to contain 400 acres, of which the premises in question is part; that being so seized on the 25 Mar. 1687, made his last will & testament and shortly afterwards died without having altered said will; that the said will was probated 16 Nov. 1687; that Finla McWilliams the younger & Overton, the sons of the said Finla McWilliams the elder, entered into the land devised them and were of their several parts respectively seized according to their several estates in the said will specified; that Overton McWilliams, one of the sons of the said Finla the elder, died leaving issue, which issue still survived at the time of the death of the said Finla the younger; that the said Finla the younger lived till 1762 and then died intestate and without issue, being seized at the time of his death of that part of the tract of 400 acres which his father, the said Finla the elder, had devised to him as aforesaid; that immediately after the death of the said Finla the younger, Charles Courtney, being the heir at law and the eldest son lawfully begotten of the body of Sarah, the daughter of the said Finla the elder, entered into the lands whereof the said Finla the younger had died seized as aforesaid, claiming title as heir of the said Sarah, who was then dead, under the will of the said Finla the elder; We also find that Mary, the wife of Abraham Turner, and only daughter and heir of the said Overton McWilliams, entered at the same time with the said Charles Courtney into the said lands whereof the said Finla the younger died seized as aforesaid, claiming title thereto as heir both of the said Finla the younger and the said Finla the elder; we find that the title to the said lands whereof the said Finla the younger died seized being in contest between the parties as aforesaid, the following deeds were respectively executed between them: A certain indenture from the said Charles Courtney to the said Abraham Turner, dated 30 Jan. 1764, & one other indenture from the said Abraham Turner dated the day and year aforesaid; we find that the said parties after the execution of the said deeds, to-wit: on the said 30 Jan. 1764, entered respectively into the lands in the said deeds respectively specified to them and remained possessed thereof; that the said Abraham Turner died on the ____ day of April, 1769 leaving issue two sons, Richard & William & three daughters Ritter, Dina & Peggy, having previously made his last will & testament; that Richard Turner, one of the said children of the said Abraham Turner, on the ____ day of ____ 1774, died an infant & without issue, and that William Turner, the younger of the two sons survived his said brother and arrived at lawful age in the year 1781; that Mary, the widow of the said Abraham Turner, having afterwards married with a certain Major Rayfield, remained on the lands which the said Charles Courtney had conveyed to the said Abraham Turner, and which are the premises in question, until the said William Turner, the younger of the two sons of the said Abraham Turner, had come to lawful age; that the said William Turner after coming to lawful age, to-wit: in the year 1781, entered upon the premises claiming title as heir of his said father whom he pretended held under the deed of the said Charles Courtney, and cleared a few acres of woodsland and built a house thereon and made other improvements; that on the ____ day of Aug. 1796, in the life of her said husband, Major Rayfield, the said Mary Rayfield died leaving issue the said William Turner, Dina, the wife of William Bull and Peggy the wife of Levi Ames, children of the first husband, Abraham Turner, and also Sarah Delastacion, an infant grandchild born of her daughter Ritter, then dec., who was a child of the said Abraham Turner, and leaving issue by the said last husband, Major Rayfield, the following children: William Betty, Major & Mary Rayfield; that Mary Rayfield, one of the children of the said Mary and Major Rayfield, after the death of her said mother, to-wit: on the 1 Sept. 1797, died an infant and without issue; We find that Major Rayfield, the husband of the said Mary the elder, continued in possession of the lands at the death of his said wife, claiming to hold the same as tenant by the curtesy; that the before named William Bull & Dianna his wife, & Levi Annis & Peggy his wife, on the 4 Oct. 1797 conveyed their right & interest in the said premises to the said Major Rayfield the elder; That Major Rayfield the elder by deed dated 21 May 1798 conveyed the said right & interest so purchased to the defendant Thomas Bayly; that on the ____ day of ____ 1799 the said Major Rayfield the elder died, and the said defendant Thomas Bayly entered into the premises claiming to hold part thereof in consideration of the right & interest conveyed to him by the said Major Rayfield aforesaid; that William, Elizabeth & Mary Rayfield, children of the said Major Rayfield the elder, entered into the premises and afterwards, to-wit: 7 Oct. 1799, by their deeds conveyed their interest and rights in the said premises to the said Thomas Bayly, the defendant, by virtue whereof the said Thomas Bayly entered into and became seized & possessed thereof according to the tenor of said last mentioned indenture; that William Turner aforesaid, after the death of his mother, died leaving issue the following children, Mary, Richard & John, Lessors of the plaintiff &c.
  Land cause	1 Nov 1802	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	It was on this date that a land cause was recorded wherein it was brought out that Mary, wife of Major Rayfield, had died in Aug 1796 leaving children by 2 husbands, including William, Elizabeth, Major & Mary by her last husband, Major Rayfield.
  Marr Name	Elizabeth 'Betsy' Ames
  Record ID	43403
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Siblings	2 brothers and 1 sister
  + 1. William (of Major) Rayfield,   b. Abt 1775, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Jul 1826  (Age 51 years) ╚═Susanna Kelly, (Kelly?),   b. Abt 1780, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 31 May 1830, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 50 years),  m. 22 Apr 1803, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   + 2. Major Rayfield, II,   b. Abt 1777, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Oct 1858  (Age 81 years) ╚═Nancy Turnall,   b. Abt 1776, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 20 May 1853, Hunting Creek, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 77 years),  m. Abt 1795     3. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Rayfield,   b. Abt 1780, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═Benjamin H. (of Levin) Ames,   b. Abt 1777, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. 6 Jan 1801, Accomack County, Virginia, USA     4. Mary Rayfield,   b. Abt 1782, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1 Sep 1797, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 15 years)
  Half-siblings	4 half brothers and 3 half sisters (family of Abraham (of Rich II) Turner and Mary Anne Mackwilliam)
  1. Andrew (of Abraham) Turner,   b. Abt 1754, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═Tabitha (of Dennis) Tignal,   b. Abt 1750, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Bef 26 Nov 1774, Accomack County, Virginia, USA     2. Richard (of Abraham) Turner,   b. Abt 1758, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1774, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 16 years) + 3. William (of Abraham) Turner,   b. 1760, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 25 Jun 1798, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 38 years) ╚═Elizabeth 'Betty' (--?--),   b. Abt 1765, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1785, Accomack County, Virginia, USA     4. Jacob (of Abraham) Turner,   b. Abt 1762, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 5. Diana (of Abraham) Turner,   b. Abt 1764, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═William (Young?) Bull,   b. Abt 1767, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1788   + 6. Rachel 'Ritta' (of Abraham) Turner,   b. Abt 1766, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef Aug 1796  (Age < 30 years) ╚═(hus of Ritta Turner) Delastatius,   b. Abt 1765, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1790   + 7. Margaret 'Peggy' (of Abraham) Turner,   b. Abt 1768, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Oct 1851  (Age 83 years) ╚═Levy Levi Annis,   b. Abt 1760, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1792
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Major Rayfield, I (Hunting Creek),   b. Abt 1740, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 20 Oct 1798, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 58 years)  (Father)  (--?--) (--?--),   b. Abt 1710, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  (Grandmother)
  Person ID	I43403	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Major Rayfield, I (Hunting Creek),   b. Abt 1740, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 20 Oct 1798, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 58 years)
  Mother	Mary Anne Mackwilliam,   b. Abt 1740, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Aug 1796, St. George Parish, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 56 years) Other Partners: ╚═Abraham (of Rich II) Turner,   b. Abt 1722, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 31 May 1768, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 46 years)  m. Abt 1754
  Marriage	Abt 1770  [2]
  Family ID	F16967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin H. (of Levin) Ames,   b. Abt 1777, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  Other Partners: ╚═Ann Arlington 'Nancy' Mears,   b. Abt 1780, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  m. 21 Oct 1805
  Marriage	6 Jan 1801	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	Thomas Scarburgh was the security on the M.L.B. of Benjamin Ames and Betsy Rayfield.
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2023
  Family ID	F46195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1780 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Fathers - 10 Oct 1797 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 6 Jan 1801 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Land cause - 1 Nov 1802 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 408 (will of Major Rayfield), 570. [S571] Nottingham, Acc Land Causes, 1728-1825, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 49 (partition suit between Thomas Bayly & Mary, Richard & John Turner), 571. [S571] Nottingham, Acc Land Causes, 1728-1825, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 65-67 (John Goodright, lessee of Mary Richard &c. vs. Richard Thrustout - Ejectment Proceedings), 571. [S558] Turman, Nora Miller, Accomack Co, VA, Marriages, 1776-1854, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994), 558.