13. | Elizabeth (niece of Rachel Donelson (Mrs Andrew Jackson)) Caffery was born in 1784 in Warwick, Virginia (daughter of Capt John Caffery and Mary Donelson); died on 17 Dec 1823 in Claiborne Co, Mississippi. Other Events and Attributes:
- Research Notes: ASSOC-Cafferty/Donelson
Notes:
Niece of Rachel Donelson, wife of Andrew Jackson.
Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson
b Jun 1767 Chatham, Virginia
d 22 Dec 1828 Washington DC
heart failure
bur The Hermitage, Nashville, TN
Presbyterian
father: Col John Donelson, a Virginia Surveyor
c 1725 d 1786 (Murdered)
mother Rachel Stockley c 1730 m 1744
m1 1784 Lewis Robards KY (She was 17)
1788 (thrown out of his house)
lived with widowed mother
1790 lived w/ Andrew Jackson (rumor)
1791 m Andrew Jackson (no documentation but when they state were married after Robards had obtained div.)
1792 Robards actually filed for div.
1793 div granted
1794 remarried Andrew Jackson
1806 duel w/ Charles Dickenson over wife's honor. Killed Dickenson - Jackson wounded
1828 ran for office -much ridicule - said she was bigamist, etc.
weeks after election, before inauguration she died reportedly of a heart attack, buried in white dress she had bought to wear at inauguration.
with no wife, Andrew asked his wife's niece, 21 yr-old Emily Donelson to perform white House duties.
Research Notes:
Elizabeth (niece of Rachel Donelson (Mrs Andrew Jackson)) Caffery?
Children:
- Marguerite Jane Green was born about 1801; died on 21 Aug 1835 in Harrodsburg Springs, Kentucky.
- Filmer Wills Green was born on 10 Jan 1802 in Coles Creek, Natchez, Mississippi; died on 28 Jun 803 in Coles Creek, Natchez, Mississippi.
- 6. Thomas Jefferson Green was born on 06 Jun 1804 in Jefferson Co, Mississippi; died on 06 Mar 1845 in Oak Ridge, Warren Co, Mississippi.
- Mary Caffrey Green was born on 17 Mar 1806 in Natchez, Mississippi; died on 06 Aug 1812 in Natchez, Mississippi.
- Rachel Jackson Green was born on 28 May 1808 in Natchez, Mississippi; died on 04 Feb 1813 in Natchez, Mississippi.
- John Donelson Green was born on 08 Jun 1810 in Natchez, Mississippi; died after 1810.
- Andrew Jackson Green was born on 31 Jan 1812 in Natchez, Mississippi; died after 1813.
- Robert Hayes Green was born on 21 Feb 1814 in Natchez, Mississippi; died on 21 Jul 1815 in Natchez, Mississippi.
- Martha Green was born on 02 Sep 1817 in Natchez, Mississippi; died after 1819.
- Abram Asbury Green was born on 03 Apr 1819 in Natchez, Mississippi; died in 1919 in Mississippi.
- Eliza Green was born on 01 Aug 1821 in Mississippi; died after 1822.
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