CLOPTON Elizabeth

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Elizabeth¹⁸ Clopton, of New Kent (Walter¹⁷, William¹⁶, William¹⁵, Walter¹⁴, William¹³, Richard¹², William¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, Thomas⁸, Walter⁷, William⁶, Walter⁵, William⁴, Walter³, William², Guillaume¹ Peche, Lord Of Cloptunna and Dalham) was born 1715 in New Kent County, Virginia¹⁶, and died in probably North Carolina. She married William Ballard Aft. September 10, 1774. He was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, and died in Halifax County, North Carolina.
The information regarding Elizabeth Clopton & William Ballard was contained in a letter from Clifton F. Davis, Esq., Shreveport, Louisiana, dated August 11, 1938 and was sent to Lucy Lane Erwin. But to date, there is no proof that Elizabeth Clopton married William Ballard nor that an Elizabeth Clopton was the daughter of Walter Clopton and Mary Jarrett.
William and Elizabeth lived in Lunenburg County, Virginia. There is a deed to him dated December 3, 1735. About 1760 they migrated to the Scotland Neck Vicinity, Halifax County, North Carolina. His will, dated September 10, 1774, names his wife and nine children.
Children of Elizabeth Clopton and William Ballard are:
+ 29 i. Mary¹⁹ Ballard, born November 22, 1737 in probably Lunenburg County, Virginia.
+ 30 ii. Joyce Ballard, born Abt. 1740 in probably Lunenburg County, Virginia.
31 iii. Elizabeth Ballard¹⁷, born Abt. 1743 in probably Lunenburg County, Virginia. She married George Freeman.
+ 32 iv. Martha Ballard, born November 2, 1749 in probably Lunenburg County, Virginia; died November 5, 1827 in Newberry County, Sourth Carolina.
33 v. Nancy Ann Ballard¹⁷, born 1751 in probably Lunenburg County, Virginia. She married William Lenoir.
34 vi. Walter Clopton Ballard¹⁷, born Abt. 1753 in probably Lunenburg County, Virginia; died 1801 in Halifax County, North Carolina. He married Rebecca Taylor May 23, 1786.
35 vii. Devereux Ballard, born 1756 in probably Lunenburg County, Virginia.
36 viii. Salumith Ballard, born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, probably; died Abt. 1841 in Warren County, North Carolina, probably¹⁸. She married William Burt¹⁹; died Abt. 1823 in Warren County, North Carolina, probably²⁰.
37 ix. William Sorrell Ballard, born in probably Lunenburg County, Virginia.