Ellsworth M. Rust, _Rust of Virginia_ (Washington, 1940), p. 168:
"474-Benjamin Rust-336-346 of Lunenburg Parish, Richmond Co, Virginia, and
Tappahannock, Essex County, Virginia, birth date undetermined, was a
lieutenant in the navy, Revolutionary War, and his will, 1787, was proven
the same year; married Lettice Lee Smith, daughter of Meriwether and Alice
(Lee) Smith."
P. 169: "George William Smith, Governor of Virginia, was among the victims
burned to death in the Richmond theatre fire, December 26, 1811.--Lee of
Virginia, pp. 100-101.
"Lettice Lee (Smith) Rust, along with her sister, Lucy Dangerfield, wife of
Frances West Quarles, and Edwin Bathurst Smith her brother, inherited
interest in lands conveyed September 7, 1787, by deed to her father,
recorded in Essex County, Virginia, October 15, 1787.--Augusta County,
Virginia records, vol. 2, p. 87."

Looks like Lettice was born a Smith, not the widow of one.

Kathleen Much

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Robert Headley wrote:

>
> An e-mail query several years ago requested info on the NUPHIS Family of
> Essex Co.  In my research for a book on Northern Neck probate records
> (1800-1825), I have found evidence that I believe shows that "NUPHIS" is a
> spurious surname.  It should be RUST.  It looks like Lettice L. SMITH, the
> wife of Francis SMITH was the wid. of Capt. Benj. RUST (d. Essex Co. 1787).
>  I can find no evidence of a NUPHIS Family anywhere in Virginia.
>
>

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