When Judith Morton Venable was born on 3 August 1797, in Charlotte, Virginia, United States, her father, Joseph Venable, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Watkins, was 27. She married Judge Thomas Joyes on 26 August 1819, in Shelby, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States for about 20 years. She died on 31 December 1873, at the age of 76, and was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.
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English: variant of Venables .
History: American bearers of this name are descended from Abraham Venables, who came to VA from England in or before 1687.
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