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- E. F. Elizabeth Fruit
Elizabeth Pugh-Fruit is the daughter of Thomas Pugh and Elizabeth Pugh.
Elizabeth's relationship to her parents is proven by a land deed dated 18 Sept. 1770, this deed mentions the relationships of her, her husband John Fruit, her father Thomas Pugh, her nephew William Husband (son of Herman Husband and Mary Pugh-Husband), and her brother James Pugh is witness. Her relationship is further proven when she and her husband John Fruit sign as witness ( in the section reserved for family) to her sister Mary Pugh's Quaker marriage to Herman Husband. Lastly, the fact that Elizabeth and her brother James Pugh are the only two known siblings to be buried next to their parents pretty much confirms their relationship.
In 1768 Elizabeth's husband John Fruit and most of her siblings, namely John, Enoch, Jesse and James Pugh and her father Thomas Pugh signed the Regulator Advertisement # 9.
In 1771 Elizabeth's husband John Fruit and her brother John Pugh were both indicted as regulators and for their involvement in crimes and riots leading up to the regulator rebellion. Elizabeth's sister Peninah and her mother Elizabeth were both deposed as witnesses. Both John Fruit and John Pugh were later pardoned of these crimes.
* For more information, refer to documents under photo section.
Elizabeth along with her husband John Fruit and their son John Fruit Jr. are buried next to her parents in the old "Pugh/Fruit/Campbell Cemetery" a small family cemetery located in the area of Liberty, NC. The cemetery was put on the adjoining corners of the land owned by the Pugh, Fruit, and Campbell families.
Elizabeth married John Fruit and they had these seven children:
1. Sebilla Fruit m. John Husband the son of Herman Husband.
2. James Samuel Fruit m. 1st Martha Clark and 2nd Mary Reeder the widow of John Reeder.
3. Elizabeth Fruit m. Joab Harmon
4. Peninah Fruit m. William Fagan
5. John Fruit who died in 1798 and is also buried in this cemetery
6. Grace Fruit m. Levi Branson
7. Thomas Fruit m. 1st Ruth Lane and 2nd Susannah Swaim
Elizabeth Pugh-Fruit had 7 siblings
1. Mary Pugh m. Herman Husband
2. James Pugh m. Jane Patterson
3. Peninah Pugh m. William Walker
4. John Pugh m. Elinor Fruit the sister of John Fruit (Elizabeth Pugh's husband)
5. Enoch Pugh m. Esther Worthington
6. Jesse Pugh m. Elizabeth Stewart
7. Thomas Pugh m. Barbara Amick
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1738 - 1783 (45 years)