Frances Amanda DEWEES^[1]

1844 -

• Name	Frances Amanda DEWEES
  Birth	3 Nov 1844	Virginia   [1, 2]
  Baptism	16 Sep 1849	Hampton, Elizabeth City Co, VA   [1]
  	Frances, and her three siblings, were baptized at St. John's Episcopal Church in Hampton, Virginia on 16 September 1849. Her mother and her aunt, Frances Lively Armistead, stood as sponsors.
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I58720	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Edwin W. DEWEES   d. Feb 1843 - 17 Aug 1850
  Mother	Amelia LIVELY,   b. c.1817, Virginia d. 27 Jul 1865, Elizabeth City Co, VA
  Marriage	7 Jun 1838	Hampton, Elizabeth City Co, VA   [3, 4]
  	Their wedding announcement noted that the bride was a resident of Hampton and that he groom was of Old Point Comfort, Virginia. The couple was married at Hampton, Virginia by Rev. Mark Chevers, minister of St. John's Episcopal Church, on 7 June 1838.
  Family ID	F92	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: 17 Aug 1850, Hampton, Elizabeth City Co, VA [S5160] Resided: 29 Jun 1860, Old Point Comfort, Elizabeth City Co, VA [S5162]

  
  

• Sources

  [S231] Francis W. Hayes, Jr., compiler, Hayes, Elizabeth City Parish, Hampton, Virginia 19TH Century Parish Registers, ((Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc, 1986)), ISBN 0-917890-99-X. p. 22. [S5160] 1850 US Census / Dewees, Amelia. [S231] Francis W. Hayes, Jr., compiler, Hayes, Elizabeth City Parish, Hampton, Virginia 19TH Century Parish Registers, ((Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc, 1986)), ISBN 0-917890-99-X. p. 135. [S4968] Bernard J. Henley, compiler, Henley Marriage & Obituary Database. American Beacon and Norfolk & Portsmouth Daily Advertiser (15 Jun 1838), p. 2, c. 6.