Frances COSTIN^{[1, 2, 3]}

- 1832

• Name	Frances COSTIN
  Gender	Female
  marriage bond	21 Apr 1803	Norfolk, Norfolk Co, VA   [4]
  Death	14 Jun 1832	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA   [5]
  	Her obituary noted that she was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a denomination which she had joined during the early days of Methodism on the Eastern Shore.
  Person ID	I21513	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Abraham COSTIN   d. Jan 1800
  Mother	Elizabeth GRIFFITH,   b. Bef 27 Mar 1736   d. Oct 1818, Northampton Co, VA (Age > 82 years)
  Marriage	Before 17 Feb 1764  [6]
  	Elizabeth was named as "Elizabeth Costin" in her father's will dated 17 February 1764.
  Family ID	F871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Thomas BUTLER   d. 9 Jun 1801
  Children	1. Mary BUTLER,   b. 1784   d. 31 Mar 1848 (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F2264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Capt. Levy GREAR   d. Bef 11 Nov 1818
  Marriage	21 Apr 1803	Norfolk, Norfolk Co, VA   [1, 7]
  Family ID	F848	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  HER WILL: Nco 6WB108-109.

  
  

• Sources

  [S254] Stratton Nottingham, compiler, Nottingham, Virginia Land Causes, Lancaster County, 1795 - 1848, Northampton County,1731 - 1868, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1991), ISBN 1-55613-438-X. pp. 90-91: Robert Haley et all v. Amelia Spady & Evelina Jones. [S2712] Samuel Costin et al v. Thomas Widgeon et al, chancery suit (1801). Northampton Co, VA. [S3182] property survey / Costin, Abraham, Northampton Co,. [S52] George Holbert Tucker, compiled & annotated by, Tucker, Abstracts from Norfolk City Marriage Bonds (1797-1850) and Other Genealogical Data, ((Norfolk, VA: William H. Delaney, 1934)), F234.N8 T7. p. 18. [S5060] Bernard J. Henley collection., Frances Grear obituary, American Beacon and Virginia & North-Carolina Gazette, (Norfolk, VA) 21 June 1832., LVA film 188-A. [p. 1, c. 4] Film 188-A, LVA, Archival & Information Division 800 E. Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219-8000 [S256] James Handley Marshall, compiler, Marshall, Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Northampton County, Virginia 1632 - 1802, ((Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994)), ISBN 0-89725-163-6. p. 429: William Griffith will. [S5059] Bernard J. Henley collection., Capt. Levy Grear - Widow Butler wedding announcement, The Norfolk Herald, (Norfolk, VA) 23 April 1803., LVA film 191.