Frederick County, Virginia was formed in 1743 from Orange County. Old Frederick County included all or part of four counties in present-day Virginia: Shenandoah, Clarke, Warren, and Frederick, as well as five in present-day West Virginia: Hardy, Hampshire, Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan.
Elizabeth Lupton Paxson was born on February 21 1721 in Newtown Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Her birth was recorded in the Middletown Monthly meeting minutes. Her parents were Joseph Lupton and Mercy Twining.
Elizabeth did not move to Frederick County, Virginia with her family when they left in about 1740.
She married Henry Paxson, Jr. on May 28, 1745 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Henry was born on August 28, 1722. He was the son of Henry Paxon, Sr. and Ann Plumlee.
Elizabeth and Henry lived in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and their children were born there. Mahlon Paxson (1746, married Jane Parry),
Rachel Paxson (1747, married Robert Eastburn),
Isaac Paxson (1748),
Henry Paxson (1750),
Elizabeth Paxson Hambleton (1752, married James Hambleton),
Joseph Paxson (1754),
Sarah Paxson Wilkinson (1755, married Joseph Wilkinson)
Mary Paxson (1758),
Mercy Paxson (1759),
Ann Paxson Scarborough (1761, married Robert Scarborough),
Amy Paxson Worthington (1763, married Thomas Worthington), and
John Paxson (1766).
Henry died on August 2, 1799 in Solebury. Elizabeth followed on August 1, 1801.
First printed in Boston 1745
Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn in 1684.
It is north of Philadelphia and just west of Trenton, New Jersey.
Bucks County, Pennsylvania is one of three original Pennsylvania Counties and was formed in 1682. Originally it was a large territory that included all of what would later be Berks, Northampton, and Lehigh.
