When Elizabeth Roberts was born about 1771, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States, her father, George Roberts, was 27 and her mother, Catherine Russell, was 32. She married Reuben Redding on 26 January 1789, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 11 daughters. She died in 1860, in Shelby, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Shelby, Kentucky, United States.