Individual Details

Keene Withers II

(1728 - 1756)

Events

Birth1728
Marriage21 Dec 1747Stafford County, Virginia - Elizabeth Cave
Death1756Stafford County, Virginia

Families

SpouseElizabeth Cave ( - )
ChildJames Withers (1752 - )
ChildWilliam Withers (1754 - )

Notes

Marriage

The Will of Thomas DENT named his stepdaughter-in-law as Elizabeth WITHERS (the wife of Keene WITHERS II) and refers to her deceased natural father, William CAVE. Elizabeth CAVE was the longest surviving child of William CAVE (ABT 1700 - 1742, Stafford County, Virginia, British North America) and Ann TRAVERS. Her siblings were: David CAVE (died after 12 September 1748, , Virginia, British North America): m. Sarah UNKNOWN; and John CAVE (died AFT 6 August 1714 and BY 1721, Stafford County, Virginia, British North America): m. Anne DONIPHIN, BEF 1721. (Anne DONIPHIN, after 1721, was second married to Giles TRAVERS) Elizabeth CAVE was second married to Andrew EDWARDS, 9 January 1758, Stafford County, Virginia, British North America; and she was third married to Thomas WALKER. Ann TRAVERS married Thomas DENT in 1747.
George H. S. King: The Register of Overwharton Parish: "John CAVE's will was dated August 6, 1714 and proved in 1721 at Stafford County Court; it was recorded in the now lost Will Book "K," page 2. He devised 200 acres of land on Axton's Run and adjoining the property of John Gowry and Giles TRAVERS to his son John CAVE but he "died so that the above mentioned land fell and reverted to" David CAVE of Orange County who was joined by his wife Sarah in conveying the said property to Keene WITHERS of Hamilton Parish, Prince William County, on September 12, 1748.

Keene Withers (1728-1756) was the son of James Withers (1680-1746) and Elizabeth Keene, his wife; the name is incorrently rendered Cain Withers. His wife, nee Elizabeth Cave, was the daughter of William Cave and Ann Travers, his wife, daughter of Giles Travers, Gentleman, (16 -1717) an early settler on Potomac Creek. She married secondly in 1758 Andrew Edwards (1725-1788), widower, and thridly Thomas Walker.

Endnotes

1. George Harrison Sanford King, compiler, The Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia 1723-1758 and ... (Fredericksburg, VA: self published, 1961), page 134. Hereinafter cited as The Register of Overwharton Parish.

2. George Harrison Sanford King, compiler, The Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia 1723-1758 and ... (Fredericksburg, VA: self published, 1961), page 32. Hereinafter cited as The Register of Overwharton Parish.

3. George Harrison Sanford King, compiler, The Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia 1723-1758 and ... (Fredericksburg, VA: self published, 1961), page 134. Hereinafter cited as The Register of Overwharton Parish.

4. , Virginia, Marriage Records, FHL microfilm 6104724, Keene Withers and Elizabeth Cave, 21 Dec 1747 Overwharton Parish, Strafford, Virginia; Famiy History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

5. George Harrison Sanford King, compiler, The Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia 1723-1758 and ... (Fredericksburg, VA: self published, 1961), page 134. Hereinafter cited as The Register of Overwharton Parish.