Elizabeth Flora1,2

Family Chart
ID# 20418, (1786 - )
FatherJoseph Flora Jr.3,4 (6 Feb 1752 - 10 Jan 1795)
MotherCatharine Toot3 (15 Sep 1757 - Mar 1804)

Key Events:

Birth: 17865,6
Marriage: 1 Apr 1809, Halifax Co., Virginia, Thomas Leak 7
ChartsDescendants of David Dutt/Toot
AncestryThe Dutt/Toot Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Elizabeth Flora was born in 1786.5,6
     She was probably one of the four females listed in the household of her father, Joseph Flora Jr., in the 1790 Federal Census of Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania.8
     Her father died on 10 Jan 1795, when Elizabeth was about 9 years old.9,10 Peter Shuster, merchant in Middletown, was appointed as her guardian on 17 Jan 1797 for as long as she remained a minor.11
     She was probably one of the two females age 10 to 15 listed in the household of her mother, Catharine Toot, in the 1800 Federal Census of Lower Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania.12
     At some date before 1809 Elizabeth's interest in her late father's real estate was attached in pursuance of a Domestic Attachment issued in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin Co. and sold to Ludwig Wolfley. He in turn sold it to her uncle, George Toot.13
     Elizabeth married Thomas Leak on 1 Apr 1809 in Halifax Co., Virginia.7
     On 24 Jul 1809 Elizabeth and her husband issued a power of attorney to her cousin Adam Toot to received property she was entitled to under the distribution of her father's estate.14
     
Research Note, 18 Jul 2016:
No further verifiable record has been found of Elizabeth or her husband. There is a Thomas Leak in the 1830 census in the of Halifax Co., Virginia. There are two separate Thomas Leaks in the Southern District of that county in 1840. There is a Thomas Leak, tanner age 70 in that district in 1850, with Harriet, age 35, and Eliza A., age 13. No further record of any of them has been found, so it cannot be determinded whether any of these Thomases were Elizabeth's husband.

Children:
     There were no children with Thomas Leak

Citations

  1. [S6427] Orphans Court Dockets, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, 1B:20, petition of widow of Joseph Flora Jr., 17 Jan 1797, shows name as Betsy; 1C:298-9, petition for division of real estate of Joseph Flora, 4 May 1809, shows name as Elizabeth.
  2. [S6954] Kolbe, "Halifax County Powers of Attorney," pg 123, extract of deed book 22, pg 124, Thomas Leak and wife Elizabeth to Adam Foot, shows her as "late Elizabeth Flood."
  3. [S6427] Orphans Court Dockets, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, 1B:20, petition of widow of Joseph Flora Jr., 17 Jan 1797.
  4. [S6954] Kolbe, "Halifax County Powers of Attorney," pg 123, extract of deed book 22, pg 124, Thomas Leak and wife Elizabeth to Adam Foot, shows her as distibutee or heir of Joseph Flood, decd. of Dauphin Co. Pa.
  5. [S6427] Orphans Court Dockets, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, 1B:20, petition of widow of Joseph Flora Jr., 17 Jan 1797, shows age 9 at her father's death 10 Jan 1795.
  6. [S6469] Bunderman, Flory Flora Fleury Family History 1948, pg 123, shows year, as 1787.
  7. [S3519] "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," FamilySearch.org, record for Thomas Leak and Elizabeth Flora, citing FHL #31918 and pg 52.
  8. [S6471] Joseph Flora household, 1790 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania.
  9. [S6427] Orphans Court Dockets, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, 1B:20, petition of widow of Joseph Flora Jr., 17 Jan 1797, shows date, as 10th; 1C:298-9, petition for division of real estate of Joseph Flora, 4 May 1809, shows year.
  10. [S975] Egle, Notes and Queries - Annual Volume 1896, pg 15, reprint of paper by E. W. S. P[athemore] read to Dauphin Co. Historical Society, 11 Nov 1895, shows date, as 30th.
  11. [S6427] Orphans Court Dockets, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, 1B:21, appointment of guardian for minor children of Joseph Flora Jr., 17 Jan 1797.
  12. [S6617] Catherine Flora household, 1800 U.S. Census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania.
  13. [S6427] Orphans Court Dockets, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, 1C:298-9, petition for division of real estate of Joseph Flora, 4 May 1809.
  14. [S6954] Kolbe, "Halifax County Powers of Attorney," pg 123, extract of deed book 22, pg 124, Thomas Leak and wife Elizabeth to Adam Foot.