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Elizabeth Bray Allen

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In 1753, Allen established a £140 trust fund for school in Smithfield, with instructions for the building and the right to name the school's trustees. The school taught poor girls and boys to read and write. Boys were also taught arithmetic. After three years of education, boys became apprentices to
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and learned to read and write, which was unusual for girls at the time, whose education was generally limited to household skills and social graces. She had at least one sister, Angelica, and two brothers, one named Thomas. Her mother died January 6, 1711, and her father died November 25, 1725.
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Elizabeth Bray Allen likely died by February 22, 1774 at her house in Surry County. She wrote her will before 1769 and it was proved on February 22, 1774. She left money for the education of her grandchildren and godchildren. Personal property was left to her granddaughters. Smithfield School
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visited her house on February 28, 1728, as he headed toward the border of Virginia and North Carolina, which he was going to survey. He noted that she ran a well-ordered household and provided elegant entertainment. Byrd stated that she was a lady "who had copied Solomon's complete housewife
23:(ca. 1692–by 22 February 1774) operated a large plantation after the death of her first husband, Arthur Allen. After the death of her second husband, she operated both the Allen and Smith estates. She provided the direction and funds to establish a free school for poor boys and girls in 93:
They had three children, a daughter Katharine, who married Benjamin Cocke, son James, and another daughter who married James Bradby. In 1727, Arthur died intestate, with an estate of about £900. Two years earlier, her father died. She then inherited town lots in
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Between September 1761 and April 1763 she married a man with the surname Stith, his first name is unknown. There is no evidence of a marriage contract and Stith was no mentioned in her will in 1769, so he may have died before then.
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Each of her children were to be paid £300 and Allen was paid £500 for her dower claim to Allen's estate by Arthur Smith, if the court decided it belonged in Allen's estate. Gundersen states that £300 was paid to
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Elizabeth Bray married Arthur Allen on November 27, 1711, at her family's house in Williamsburg. Arthur owned a large plantation, with 23 enslaved workers on his two properties. His brick house in
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The Smiths had a son. In 1743 their son died in a swimming accident. Her son, Arthur Allen, died in 1744, without having any children. Arthur Smith died in 1754.
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Elizabeth Bray, born about 1692, was the daughter of Mourning Burgh Pettus and James Bray, who were married about 1691. James Bray was from Wilmington Parish,
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learn a trade or skill. Girls were similarly bound to a woman to learn how to run a household. The school operated until the
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There was no mention of another son in his will, but a grandson, James Bray III, who was the son of Thomas was mentioned.
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to have the building. The building was initially a one-story building and a second story was added at some point.
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She and Arthur Smith entered into a marriage contract on February 17, 1729. Arthur Smith was an entrepreneur in
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library Research Report Series - 0151 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library
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Mason's Hall, Mason Street, Smithfield, VA - formerly the Smithfield school for poor boys and girls
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in James City County, which was known as "Utopia" and "Littletown". He had a brick house in
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received £120 and the residue of her estate. When she died, she had five enslaved workers.
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and land in James City County. She sold the land, which added to her wealth.
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After Arthur Smith died in 1754, she ran the Allen and Smith estates.
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Allen managed the Allen estate, including the house later called
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in 1711. He also owned other property in James City County,
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William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine
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Smithfield, Virginia
Virginia Women in History
James City County
James River
Colonial Williamsburg
York County
New Kent County, Virginia
House of Burgesses
Colonial Williamsburg
Surry County
Bacon's Castle
Williamsburg
Smithfield
Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Bacon's Castle
William Byrd II

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