Father: John LANCASTER
Mother: Susannah SINGLETON, (daughter of Daniel SINGLETON), b. ABT 1750, Orange County Virginia
Will of her father Daniel gives her last name as Lancaster and lists some of her children at that time Sarah, Susannah and Elizabeth/ .The legend has come down through the years that the father of Joanah Singleton gave her weight in gold when she married as a dowry. Richard Lancaster was a member of the Orange Militia in the Revolutionary War. His oldest son, Benjamin married Ann Hutcherson, daughter of Wm. Hutcherson, on Dec. 23, 1800 and was in the War of 1812. His daughter, Elizabeth was born in Orange County, Virginia in 1785 and was the 4th child. In the fall of 1837 or 38, she moved with her husband and children to Sumter County, Alabama where she died may years later at the age of 70. She was a member of the Mt. Hebron Baptist church. Click here for more Lancaster information. http://tommcknight.com/family/lancaster/Lancaster.htm Source 1937 Genealogy of T H McKnight Sr
Married 1775
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