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Frances Culpeper Stephens Berkeley and Her Governor Husbands
Frances Culpeper Stephens Berkeley married three governors and moved among colonial power centers. Born at Jamestown around 1616 she first wed Samuel Stephens who became Albemarle governor, then married Sir William Berkeley who acquired Roanoke Island, and later Philip Ludwell who governed Carolina and Charleston.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Frances Culpeper
Virginia
Albemarle
Carolina
Jamestown
Samuel Stephens
Balthrope Plantation
Warwick River
Stephens
William Berkeley
County of
Isles
Isletts
Frances
Albemarle Sound
Berkeley
Frances Culpeper Stephens
Frances Berkeley
Roanoke Island
Bacon
England
Ludwell
Leeward Islands