Eleanor's Family Tree:Information about Elizabeth Foster
Elizabeth Foster (d. 1759)
Notes for Elizabeth Foster:
Elizabeth Foster, possibly a daughter of that Benjamin Foster whose land adjoined that of William Rives in 1711, and who appears as the owner of 923 acres of land in Prince George in 1704.She survived her husband and died before June 1, 1759, on which date the following inventory of her personal estate was presented into court by Benjamin Rives, her adminstrator, including "three negroes".
On the 1st of June 1759, "Benjamin Rives Administrator of Elizabeth Rives decd returned the within written Inventory and Appraisement of the said Deceadent's Estate which is by Order of the Court truely recorded. TestTheo. Bland C. Clerk"
Children of Elizabeth Foster and William Rives are:
- Benjamin Rives, b. 1706, d. date unknown.
- Mary Rives, b. 1708, d. date unknown.
- Timothy Rives, b. 1710, d. date unknown.
- +William Rives, b. 1712, Prince George County, Virginia, d. 1786, Bath Parish, Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
- Foster Rives, b. 1714, d. date unknown.
- Elizabeth Rives, b. 1716, d. date unknown.
- George Rives, b. 1720, d. date unknown.
- Robert Rives, b. 1722, d. date unknown.