Marriage and Family
Wythe's first wife was Anne Lewis, whom he married in 1748. She died 8 months later.
In 1755, Wythe married again, to Elizabeth Taliaferro. Her father Richard Taliaferro built the couple a house in Williamsburg, Virginia as a wedding present. They had one child who died in infancy. Wythe did not remarry after Elizabeth's death in 1787.
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