When Judith Fitzwater was born in 1778 in Rockingham, Virginia, her father, William, was 41, and her mother, Anna McCausland, was 38.
She married Abraham Ephraim House on December 1, 1801, in her hometown. They had ten children in 22 years: Catharine Jane, Abraham Jr, Jacob, Jesse, John, Absolom, Elizabeth, James, and William.
Judith died on September 11, 1853, in Barbour, West Virginia, having lived a long life of 75 years.