She is noted as the daughter of Robert/Robin Jones, Jr. (1718-1766) and his second wife Mary Eaton.
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DIED
In this Town on Tuesday morning last, Mrs. ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, relict of the late Col. Benjamin Williams of Moore County, formerly Governor of this State.
-- Mrs. Williams had been for a long time confined with a chronic disease, and sensible of her approaching end, which she met with a resignation and calmness that only belong to the religious.
-- Her remains are carried to Moore County, to be deposited by the side of her husband.
The Carolina Federal Republican
(New Bern, North Carolina)
29 November 1817, Page 3, Column 3
[Transcribed by David A. French,
13 October 2014.]
http://www.newspapers.com/image/53144812
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“The epitaph on her tomb contains (in part) these words: “Reader! Under this marble are the mortal remains of an affectionate wife, a tender mother, and one whose memory is now embalmed in the hearts of the poor of this extensive neighborhood.”
Marshall De Lancey Haywood.
Source:
"Biographical history of North Carolina from colonial times to the present"
by Samuel A'Court Ashe.
https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092215478#page/n665/mode/2up
She is noted as the daughter of Robert/Robin Jones, Jr. (1718-1766) and his second wife Mary Eaton.
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DIED
In this Town on Tuesday morning last, Mrs. ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, relict of the late Col. Benjamin Williams of Moore County, formerly Governor of this State.
-- Mrs. Williams had been for a long time confined with a chronic disease, and sensible of her approaching end, which she met with a resignation and calmness that only belong to the religious.
-- Her remains are carried to Moore County, to be deposited by the side of her husband.
The Carolina Federal Republican
(New Bern, North Carolina)
29 November 1817, Page 3, Column 3
[Transcribed by David A. French,
13 October 2014.]
http://www.newspapers.com/image/53144812
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“The epitaph on her tomb contains (in part) these words: “Reader! Under this marble are the mortal remains of an affectionate wife, a tender mother, and one whose memory is now embalmed in the hearts of the poor of this extensive neighborhood.”
Marshall De Lancey Haywood.
Source:
"Biographical history of North Carolina from colonial times to the present"
by Samuel A'Court Ashe.
https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092215478#page/n665/mode/2up
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