Individual Details

Judith Farris

(1715 - 11 Mar 1811)

Non-Cemetery Burial. Find a Grave Memorial 126833132

_____, in March, 1811, in Union district, S.C. in the 96th year of her age, Mrs. Judith Edmondson, a native of Virginia. She was the mother of eleven children, the grandmother of ninety-five, the great grandmother of three hundred and one, the great great grandmother of fifteen, in all 422. This enumeration was made and is certified by Hoses Holcomb and William Jackson, who suppose that several of the descendants of Mrs. Edmondson were not included, as being unkown to them. They also add that very few of the four hundred and twenty-two enumerated descendants of that lady were dead at the time of her death.

Source: Carolina Gazette (Charleston, SC), Saturday, November 30, 1811, Issue 731, Page 3.
———————————————————————�?br>Judith "Jude" Farris was the only daughter of Richard Farris III and wife Ann Bland of Curls Neck, Henrico County, Virginia. She married (1) Luke Bland Smith (1709-1780) before 1732 in Lunenburg County, Virginia (they were 2nd cousins), with issue: Martha, Archer, Sarah, Edith, James, Phoebe. Then Jude married (2) Caleb Edmondson 1713-1793) with no issue.
Contributor: Christine Garrison Rodriguez (48529128)

Events

Birth1715Richmond County, Virginia
Marriage1732Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg County, Virginia - Luke Bland Smith
MarriageAft 1783Union County, South Carolina - Caleb Edmundson
Death11 Mar 1811Cross Keys, Union County, South Carolina

Families

SpouseLuke Bland Smith (1709 - 1770)
ChildEdith "Ede" Smith (1740 - 1829)
ChildLuke Smith Jr. (1742 - )
ChildAnnabelle Smith (1744 - )
ChildMargaret Smith (1745 - 1804)
ChildSarah Smith (1745 - 1817)
ChildObadiah Smith (1746 - 1777)
ChildSusannah Smith (1746 - 1817)
ChildZachariah Smith (1748 - 1798)
ChildMartha Smith (1750 - 1840)
ChildDrury Smith (1754 - )
ChildArcher Smith (1755 - )
ChildUrsula Susan Smith (1759 - 1821)
ChildJames Smith (1760 - )
ChildPhoebe Smith (1760 - 1825)
SpouseCaleb Edmundson (1713 - 1791)
FatherHenry Farris (1670 - 1761)
MotherAlicia McGuiver ( - 1744)

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