Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Alston was born in 1739, in Halifax, North Carolina, British Colonial America, her father, William Alston, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Tinsley, was 25. She married Thomas Crawford Sr in 1763, in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 30 March 1819, in Greene, Georgia, United States, at the age of 80.
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Family Time Line
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- Elizabeth Crawford (born Alston), 'WikiTree'
Spouse and Children
1737–1819 Male
1739–1819 Female
Children (15)
1765–1820 Male
1765–1836 Male
1766–1840 Female
1767–1820 Male
1768–1820 Male
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Parents and Siblings
World Events (6)
1767 · Tryon Palace
Age 28
1776
Age 37
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 42
Name Meaning
English and Scottish:
from the Middle English personal name Alstan, which is a coalescence of several different Old English personal names: Æthelstān ‘noble stone’, Ælfstān ‘elf stone’, Ealdstān ‘old stone’, or Ealhstān ‘temple stone’.
habitational name from any of various places called Alston (in Cumbria, Lancashire, Devon, and Somerset) or Alstone (in Gloucestershire and Staffordshire). With the exception of Alston in Cumbria, which is formed with the Old Norse personal name Halfdan, these placenames all consist of an Old English personal name + Old English tūn ‘settlement’, for example Ælfsige in the case of Alstone in Gloucestershire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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