BPG Family History

Washington Williams- Wasco Co. OR

2012-02-07T19:33:00.000-08:00

This is my Great Great Grandpa on my Winebarger side:

*** I have had a few too many speeding tickets around here :(

An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company,
Spokane, WA. 1905, page 237.
WILLIAM H. WILLIAMS is known far and near in Wasco county as one of the earliest
settlers on Eightmile creek, where he lives to this day. His estate is about ten
miles south from The Dalles and is one of the choice places in the community. He
was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, on November 18, 1838, the son of Washington
and Hester (Stevens) Williams, both natives of Indiana. Their ancestors were
among the hardy pioneers of the then wilderness of the eastern part of the
United States. In 1842, our subject came with his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio,
and in 1845 to Iowa. On April 8, 1850, they all started from Ottumwa, Iowa for
Oregon, and arrived on November 8, the same year, after a journey accompanied
with much suffering. Samuel Brooks, well known here, was in the same party. The
father took a donation claim and in 1858 returned to Chicago, where his death
occurred in 1861. The mother died at The Dalles, in 1886. William H. was
educated in the various places where the family dwelt and grew up amid frontier
surroundings. He was in the Indian wars of 1855-6, being in Company C, under
Captain Stafford, Lieutenant Colonel Kelley, and Colonel Naismeth. After the war
he went to Yreka, California and wrought in the mines until the spring of 1858.
Then he joined the rush to Fraser river and at Okanogan river in Washington, his
party was attacked by Indians and for twelve hours they fought the savages with
the loss of two men and then the battle ceased. A Mr. Robinson was in charge of
the party. After a few months in the Fraser country he returned to Oregon City
and married. In March, 1863, he came thence to his present place. His marriage
occurred on August 11, 1859 and Amanda Abbott was the lady who became his wife.
She was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the daughter of John and Catherine Abbott. Mr.
Williams has one brother, Taylor S., and two sisters, Lettie Holland, and Mary
Graham.
Mrs. Williams has two brothers and two sisters, John, Robert, Mrs. Catherine
Kelley and Mrs. Tillie Hatch. To Mr. and Mrs. Williams the following named
children have been born: Richard H., at Goldendale, Washington; Charles F.,
farming near by; Frank, at Macy, Washington; Jerry M., at home; Harry, also at
home; Lew, in the stock business in Washington: Clyde, a railroad man at Macy,
Washington; Kate, the wife of Clarence Garrison, at St. Helens, Oregon; Hester,
wife of John Harris, mentioned in this volume; Nellie, the wife of John W.
Harris, a stock man and liveryman in Macy, Washington; Hazel, the wife of
Charles Creighton, on Threemile creek; Fay, wife of Andrew Dufur, Jr,. a farmer
on Fifteenmile; and Clara, single at home. Mr. Williams is an independent
Democrat and well informed on the topics of the day, being also interested in
school matters. He was road supervisor for many years, and has labored for over
forty years in building up this country and is a highly esteemed man.
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.

Eleanor McMillan Milligan

2012-01-29T00:38:00.000-08:00

Holloway side.

http://www.thetroyhistoricalsociety.org/stories/biograph/biog-fl/2033.htm

Isabel Cheyne Hay Line

2010-05-30T21:19:00.001-07:00

http://thepeerage.com/p4280.htm#i42799

Home Line

2010-05-30T21:13:00.001-07:00

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I73081

Oglivy Line-

2010-05-30T21:11:00.000-07:00

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I57245

Sinclaire Line

2010-05-30T21:09:00.001-07:00

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I46393

egidia mercer grey

2010-05-30T20:35:00.001-07:00

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I57227

this is a very complete tree that needs to be input.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I57227

GOES BACK TO ADAM!!!

Gilbert Grey

2010-05-30T20:23:00.000-07:00

Full family tree:

http://histfam.familysearch.org/pedigree.php?personID=I40776&tree=Dodge

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=david_hughey&id=I164671

Elizabeth England & Silas Morphew

2010-05-30T14:52:00.000-07:00

Y-Dna Marker Tests for Different Morphew Descendants

To date (January 2009), two Morphew descendants have had their y-dna tested and their results are posted at http://www.familytreedna.com under the Morphew surname. 35 out 37 y-dna markers matched proving their relationship.

Their most recent possible common ancestor should be J. Morphew (~1725 - <1783) and their descendant lines were:

1- J. Morphew (~1725-<1783), 2- Silas Morphew ~1752-1807, 3- Uriah Morphew/Murphy ~1780->1840, 4-Hiram Morphew/Murphy ~1815->1860, 5-Abijah F. Murphy 1847-1888, 6-William Robert Murphy 1877-1945 and on for 7 generations

1-J.Morphew (~1725-<1783), 2-James Morphew ~1750-1829, 3-Joseph Morphew ~1771->1820, 4-James Morphew 1805-1871, 5-Rev. William H. Morphew 1829-1912, 6-Riley H. Murphy 1853-1935 and so on for 8 generations.

Y-Dna marker comes from the y-chromosome and only males can pass this on. This makes for an excellent test confirming Morphew lines.

Adult Locations for Silas and Elizabeth England

Silas Morphew + Elizabeth England lived in the following locations, some still being speculative.

1775 Chatham County, N. C: Marriage of Silas Morphew to Elizabeth England.

1783 Guilford County, N.C: Guilford County Quakers mention Silas has moved.

1785/86 Surry County, N.C: tax lists

1790 Burke County, N.C: "Silas Murphy" on U.S. Census list with the Englands.

1807 Burke County, N.C: "Silas Murphey" recorded death near Morganton.

1810 Wilkes County, N.C: Elizabeth Murphey near sons Silas and Uriah.

1814-1823? Knox County, Tn: Children marry here: Silas, Obediah, and Jennie.

1830 Roane County, Tn: Elizabeth Murphey - head of household on U.S. Census.

Details about Silas and Elizabeth Morphew – 1775 to 1807

Silas married Elizabeth England at Chatham County, N.C. in 1775. Why Chatham County has been the source of much speculation, but it has not be researched yet. John England was clearly living in Rowan County, N.C. in 1768 (tithable record) and in the newly divided off Surry County in 1771 (tithable record). In fact, what were both doing in Chatham? Arlie Morphew speculated that John England, father of Elizabeth, traveled back and forth to his father, William England, in Chatham County.

Silas Morphew was considered a Tory by someone, at least enough to attempt to hang him. We don’t know the year, which could tell us more of the story. The years could be from 1775 to 1781. After the war, Tory lands and property were seized. In Wilkes County, Benjamin Cleveland hunted down his enemies for hanging. Cyrus Grubb states Silas was saved when a woman held him up by the legs till help came. In this case, Silas needed to leave the area for a safer site and, perhaps, we will find him living in an unusual location. He does give us one clue. The Quaker Church records at Deep River (Guilford County) note the following:

Deep River, Guilford County, North Carolina Quaker Meeting on their 7th month 1783: “Silas Murphy having been under the care of the preparative meeting, now requests to be joined in membership which this meeting grants (From Quaker microfilm records at Guilford Collage).” The Quaker Encyclopedia indicated he had moved.

The 1785 Surry County, North Carolina taxables list "Silas Murphy" and 1786 "Silas Murphew," but Silas has no acreage.

The 1786 Census of Surry County, N.C. lists Silas Murphy in Captain Wright’s district and shows 1 male 21-60 years of age, 3 males under 21 and above 60, 2 white females all ages. His brother James is also listed here.

The 1790 Burke County, North Carolina Census records Silas “Murphy” and in the same county is Daniel England, John England Sr., John England Jr., Joseph England, and Thomas England, all related to his wife Elizabeth. In July 1790, Silas Murphey is recorded present at the Wilkes County estate inventory sale of Youngs Coleman. His sister, Sarah, was Coleman’s widow. In 1791, a Yakin County Land Grant Map (formerly Surry County) shows “Silas Morphew” with a land grant near Forbis Creek (details not known). This may be seen at http://www.nealancestry.com/scncmap.htm .

In 1795, Silas is mentioned in the will of John England, father of Elizabeth, which was probated at Burke County. It gives to Silas’s wife “one calf, one cow, no more, no less.” The wording suggests that John England had disapproved of Silas, but the reason is not known. Silas was probably living in Wilkes County at the time.

The membership list at Three Forks Baptist Church (formerly Ashe County, now Watauga County) includes Elizabeth Morphew. The list covered the years 1790 to 1810. If Silas was living there, he entered no land in the South Fork of New River area. The following is recorded:

"On 10 November (1807), Robert Craig, Esq. of Morganton, (died) of a sudden illness. Also Messrs Silas Murphey, John Bryant, Jonathon Duckworth, __ Moor, and Mrs. Mary Bradley, in the vicinity of the same place. All of whom were called in the course of four days of the disease which has proved so epidemical of late, in every quarter of the union." TM, Thursday, 10 December 1807, Volume 3, page 4, as entered in "Abstracts of Vital Records from Raleigh, North Carolina Newspapers 1799-1819," Volume One.

Silas' death was confirmed in the 1810 Wilkes County Census which lists Elizabeth Murphy head of the household, with possible names added:

Elizabeth Murphey - 1810 U.S. Census of Wilkes County:

2 females 0-<10; 1 female 10-<16; 2 females 16-<26 - Rhoda, Jennie, Peggy,Kizzy, and Sallie.

1 female 45+ - Elizabeth Morphew

3 males 16-<26 – Silas, John M., Aaron (Where is James?)

Comment: Note that one son is missing here and Uriah Murphy/Morphew has his own Wilkes Census. Some of Elizabeth's daughters seem rather young and that raises questions.

Last Years of Elizabeth Morphew (1808 – 1830+)

After this point in time, the trail of Elizabeth England Morphew becomes hard to follow. Until recently, she was thought to be the oldest female in the 1820 and 1830 household of Silas Murphy, who lived in the Burke County, North Carolina. Evidence is increasing that this Silas belonged to James Morphew (born ~1750) and that the correct Silas Murphy/Morphew, Jr. had migrated to Tennessee to become a Private in the War of 1812-1814. An 1830 Census of Roane County, Tennessee records an Elizabeth Murphy who must be our Elizabeth England Morphew. She was head of the household and was born between 1750-1760. This same 1830 Census lists Obediah Murphy and John McCarroll, who married Permelea Morphew. Elizabeth does not appear again, but by 1840, Uriah Murphy is now in the same county.

The Old Morphew Cemetery in Watauga County, North Carolina

It is not known where Silas or James were buried. However a very old Morphew cemetery is located in Watauga County, North Carolina, on a mountain top along the eastern bank of the South Fork of New River. Readable grave stones belong to descendants of Silas, including Cyrus Grubb, who furnished some of the earliest clues about the clan. As one inspects the rows of Morphew stones, the dates become older as one walks east. In the eastern-most gave stones, the writing is no longer legible, and one wonders if these belong to Silas and James and even Mary Morphew, wife of the first known Morphew who probably immigrated to America.

The cemetery is located 7-8 miles east of Boone, North Carolina, and approximately 3 1/2 miles north. Drive east from Boone, N.C. along route 421/221 to the church center called Laxon (still in Watauga County), turn Northwest on old state highway road for 0.7 miles, then north on county road 1353 (Hardin Road). As one drives north, a small creek will meander along the west side of the road. This creek suddenly turns west to empty into the South Fork of New River. Not far from this point may be seen the cemetery on top of a high hill along the west side of the road.

Letter by Mrs. Marion M. Ingram of Robbinsville, N.C. (1971)

“I am very much interested in the problems of the Morphews during and following the War of Independence. Because it was so much earlier than the Civil War, accounts are dim. As fond as I am of Silas, the first, I do not believe that the story is quite true, at least the hanging. The story my father told me is so vividly impressed upon my memory.”

“My father never told any of these gruesome tales about his forebearers, so when my brother, as a young boy, came home from Ash County and Watauga where he had been visiting, he had heard even wilder tales concerning the adventures of the Morphews and Greers and Grubbs. What Cleveland’s men had failed to do, the Yankees did! And to cap it all, the Grubbs told him that one Morphew, Silas, had been hanged! We had something at last, on the Wiggins and Deveres – none of them could match a tale like the one we had about Silas. When my father heard that my brother was telling this tale about Silas Morphew being in some big battle and getting hanged and rescued, he told us that it was not true. The reason I remember it so vividly, I was so disappointed! My father said that Silas Morphew and his wife were visiting cousins. Rumors were going around that rewards were being offered for the capture of Tory Spies. Some rough necks, my father called them, came to the house and accused young Silas of being a spy. They marched him out across the clearing and into the woods. His wife and cousin followed along begging and crying and entreating hard and fast, then they began to interrogate him. To each question they asked, Silas is reported to have answered with a riddle. Finally the men went off and left Silas, and no wonder, bested as they were at every turn with the riddles. Despite not being hanged, Silas seems to have emerged from his ordeal as a hero, for, according to my father, that spot where Silas was tried was named Riddle Gap. (Uncle Jim Morphew told me the men heard a noise and left Silas.) There is a Riddle Creek in Watauga County, a Riddle Gap in Yadkin, and a place once called Riddle in Surry.”

A Second Letter by Mrs. Marion M. Ingram (1971)

Greer Medicinal Herbs by Leah Greer Barrow

“The Morphews and Greers got their “cash money” by gathering medicinal herbs and roots high up in the mountains and carrying them many miles to the trading centers. In later years, several of the Greers and Morphews established a huge crude drug plant.”

Leah Greer Barrow added that her grandfather John U. Greer was born in Ashe County, North Carolina in 1867 and died 1972 in Pike County, Kentucky. Lean "grew up digging Mayapple and Bloodroot for my grandfather. He wouldn't let us dig the gensing. He would pay us a little money and then he would lay it out to dry. He then took it to his cousin for money. ...I ran into a girl in Aiken, South Carolina with the name tag of Greer. She married the grandson of R.G. Greer in Pikeville, Kentucky that had the herb business. She told me that they were back in business. My nephew lives in our home place and he sells the ginseng around $450.00 a pound. His first cousin had an herb company in Pikeville, Kentucky, and it is still in operation today." (e-mails courtesy Leah Greer Barrow, 9 and 10 April 2006).

Letter of Arlie C. Morphew, April 30, 1971

The England Link to Chatham County, North Carolina

“A descendant of John England, Bess A. Machtley of West Chester, Pa. has quite a book on the Englands, and I will quote a ...reason (why) John England went to Chatham County, N.C. before moving on to Burke County by 1790. Mrs. Machtley is a descendant of Aaron England, son of John England.”

“William England, born Tyrone Ireland, came with the first Scotch-Irish immigration to Chester County, Pa., and was the first known England to settle in America. He located in Somerset County, Maryland, after marrying 1st to Elizabeth Wilcox or Wilcoxin. One son was born - William England. He married 2nd to Mary Watson, daughter of William Watson, Gloucester, N.J. There were four sons to this 2nd marriage, all born in Maryland: Daniel, Joseph, Samuel, and John England. With the tide of immigration moving south, he took his family in 1760 to Chatham County, N.C. where he received a large land grant. (The reason John went to Chatham County to see his father before going to Burke County). Of course Silas went along to get Elizabeth, but was back in the vicinity of Deep River Quakers. Very shortly thereafter, Mrs. Machtley says there is some doubt about John England’s religion, maybe none, but we do know that Elizabeth was a member of Three Forks Baptist Church. Mrs. Machtley says she lived down the road from the land of Goshen Quaker meeting house and cemetery.”

In the same letter, Arlie changes the subject: “Another Morphew has popped up – Jesse Morphew, who died in 1810 and had 2560 acres of land in one tract and another 2500 acres, purchased in 1809, all in White County, Tennessee. On May 15, 1811, an inventory of his estate was made by Uriah Morphew and presented to the courts on that date (will book A-10). Now this is something else - for who was Jesse Morphew and why would Uriah Morphew be inventorying his estate?”

http://www.planetmurphy.org/pagebuild.php?pagebody1=MorphewSi3.htm

Christopher Stokes & Prudence Ivy

2010-05-30T14:29:00.000-07:00

Here cometh the story:

Back in England in the early 1600s, there were two brothers, Thomas and Christopher Stokes. Christopher was the elder, inherited the manor of Titherton Lucas, and married Prudence Ivy, while the younger Thomas sailed off down the Avon to go adventuring in Bermuda. Meanwhile, Christopher and Prudence had (at least) two sons, again duly named Thomas and Christopher -- the first after the paternal grandfather and the second after the father.

This time Thomas was the elder and stayed home to mind the manor and marry Elizabeth Young while his younger brother Christopher sailed off to go adventuring in Virginia. However, oral tradition has it that Christopher lacked the funds to finance his venture [Thomas was stingey?] so his SISTER-IN-LAW hocked her dowry to pay for his pioneering efforts. [My cousin has verified in old English records that Elizabeth Young Stokes did indeed sell her dowry at the appropriate time.] In gratitude, Christopher promised that in each subsequent generation at least one child would be named in her honor.

In the first couple of Virginia generations, they seem either to have used the name Elizabeth or -- perhaps more likely -- several children died before reaching maturity and have hence not been recorded by history. But beginning with Sylvanus [son of William, who was a son of Christopher] the name Young appears as one of his sons, and the name remains used widely even today as the trademark of the line of Christopher of Titherton Lucas.

My own fanciful twist on this story -- and please don't tell my cousins! -- is that our own dear Chris made off not just with the dowry, but with the woman herself! I have no direct proof of this, but Christopher's wife of clear record was named Elizabeth -- no last name known -- and there is also clear record that brother Thomas back in England did later take a second wife -- with no trace as to whatever became of his wife #1, Elizabeth Young.

Hope this is of some help to you, and good luck in your quest!

http://genforum.genealogy.com/stokes/messages/1398.html

captain thomas mumford

2010-05-30T14:04:00.000-07:00

Thomas Mumford.

The first Mumford name in Virginia was Thomas Mumford I. He was one of 120 settlers who arrived in the colony in the John & Francis and the Phenix about February 1608/9. The “First Supply,” as they called this tiny fleet, dropped anchor at Jamestown only about nine months after the first colonists arrived there on 13 May 1607. Mumford was among the small band of fourteen explorers who accompanied Capt. John Smith on his exploration of Chesapeake Bay in 1608. Thomas also accompanied Captain Smith on his second voyage leaving Jamestown 20 July and returning 7 September 1608. Smith mentioned Thomas frequently in his narratives. Mumford was a member of the Second Virginia Company of London in 1609 and so he may have returned to England. Back in Virginia, he acquired three patents for land, all near the Nansemond River. They were for 200 acres on 5 March 1646/7 , for 700 acres on 24 October 1650 , and for 300 acres on 18 February 1664/5. This Thomas Mumford is likely the ancestor of the Mumford and Munford families of Virginia. Some early records depict the name “Mountford.” Because of the similarity of names, we believe that Thomas was the father of two children who later appeared in the records of York and Gloucester Counties: Thomas <7236.htm> [7236.1] and Edward Mumford <7236.htm> [7236.2].

Cecily...more

2010-05-28T22:23:00.000-07:00

http://www.reynoldsfamily.org/line17/chris_31.html

Cecily Reynolds

2010-05-28T22:17:00.001-07:00

The Sister of Christopher Reynolds of Isle of Wight VA?
by Susan E. Clement and Sybil R. Taylor
© 1992 Reynolds Family Association

Reynolds History Annotated (1475-1977)
Compiled by William Glasgow Reynolds
Copyright 1978 by W.G. Reynolds
Rockville MD: Mercury Press, 1978

Except where noted, the following is verbatim from book except for "..." (material which has no value as a source of proof) with reference at end of sentence or paragraph to which it pertains, and W.G. Reynolds' annotation. Roman numerals after a person's name supplied by W.G.R. to differentiate between individuals with same name.

The first Reynolds to reach the New World was an 11 year old girl named Cecily.

Cecily arrived at the VA Colony in Jamestown Aug 1610 aboard the Swan [1]. She came without her parents but under the auspices of several near relatives of Dorsetshire England.

[1] Hotten, Lists of Emigrants to American 1600-1700, p 209; Nugent Cavaliers and Pioneers, p XXX: "Her arrival was a year before 1611, the year that gave birth to the King James Version of the Holy Bible..."]

The name "Cecily" was an hereditary one [2].

[2] Ray, Index and Digest to Ray's NC Historical & Genealogical Register, p 135.

Her mother's maiden name had been Cecily Phippen before she was married around 1594 to Thomas Reynolds (II) [3]

[3] "Thomas Reynolds (II) had a near relative, William Reynolds (I) who attained distinction from a bequest in William Shakespeare's will, whereby he bequeathed 25 shillings 'to William Reynolds, Gent. to buy him a ring.' This will was dated Mar 1616 and was proved at Stratford-on-Avon England Jun 1616." See Bentley, A Handbook of Shakespeare, p 59].

...Her [Cecily's] father, Robert Phippen, sprang from grandfather Joseph Phippen whose wife was Cecily's great-grandmother Alice Pierce. Alice Pierce's forebears have been traced to 1475, which means that this line of Reynolds is now documented on the distaff side back half a millennium to the times of Christopher Columbus.

[4] The lineage of this Pierce family is set forth in Ray, Index & Digests to Hathaway's NC Historical & Genealogical Register, p 135. See also Appendix E [Pierce Lineage Chart, which see later in this article.]

A grandson of Alice Pierce's brother was a Capt William Pierce (III) who, with his wife Joan, served as chaperon to young Cecily Reynolds after her voyage to VA [5].

[5] Ray, Index & Digest to Hathaway's NC Historical & Genealogical Register, p 135. "She lived in their home where she met and married the first of her several husbands, Thomas Bailey."

Thomas Bailey was a member of the Governor's Guard at Jamestown.... Young Bailey became a victim of malaria. He left his widow with a young daughter, Temperance Bailey, who had been born in 1616 [6].

[6] Ibid. Note 5. "It is believed that Thomas Bailey's father was Samuel Bailey."

In accordance with the custom of the Colony, Cecily promptly remarried [7].

[7] "A male protector was an absolute necessity for the safety of the early female settlers in VA. For this reason we frequently find widows marrying within a few weeks or months after the death of their husbands, their newly acquired mate joining with the widow in the administration upon her deceased husband's estate...We find many 'much married persons' among these early immigrants." Hathaway, NC Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol I, No 2, p 310.

Her 2d husband was Samuel Jordan (I), a cousin of her mother, who had been previously married in England, and after the death of his first wife migrated to America. He came to VA on the 1610 voyage of the "Sea Venture" [8].

[8] "The detailed history of this Jordan migration will be found in Ray, Index & Digest to Hathaway's NC Historical & Genealogical Register, p 135. "The 'Sea Venture' left England in 1609. Sir Thomas Gates and Captain William Pierce (III) were fellow passengers with Samuel Jordan (I). The ship ran aground in West Indies and did not arrive at Jamestown until 1610." See Boddie Colonial Surry, p 21-22.

He settled first at "Jordan's Journey" near the confluence of the Appomattox and James Rivers; later added large holdings on the south bank of the James at Jordan's Point, where he built a house called "Beggar's Bush" named after a popular London theatrical performance at the time. [9]

[9] Samuel Jordan's home on the south bank of the James "he had named 'Beggar's Bush' after a popular play at the time..." in London. Hale Virginia Venturer, p 81.

. . .

As the 'Mayflower' was unloading in New England back in 1620 ... Cecily and Samuel Jordan, along with the surviving stockholders of the first Virginia Company were honored with the label of "Ancient Planters," given legal title to their lands and various immunities and privileges in connection with their use, as rewards earned by their perseverance in establishing the first permanent beachhead of English colonization on American soil...

Nugent, p 226: To all to whom these presents shall come etc Greeting in our Lord God Everlasting. Know yee that I George Yardley Knight, Governor and Capt. Genll. of Virginia etc. by verture of the great Charter of orders and lawes concluded on in a great and Genll. Quarter Court by the Treasurer Councill and Company of Adventurers and planters for this first Southern Colony of Virginia (according) to the authority granted them by his Majtie under the great Seal) and by them dated at London the Sixteenth of November 1618 and directed to myself and the Councill of Estate here resident, do with the appraobation and consent of the same Councill who are joined in Condicion with mee Give and grant to Samuel Jourdan of Charles Citty in Virga. Gent, an ancient planter who hath abode ten years Compleat in this Colony and performed all services to the Colony that might any way concern him etc and to his heirs and assignes for ever for part of his first genll. dividend to be augmented &c, 450 acs. on his personal right, etc. and out of the rules of Justice, equity and reason and because the Company themselves have given us president in the like kind of the personall claim of Cecily his wife an ancient planter also of nine years continuance, one hundred acres more and the other 250 acs. in recompence of his trans. out of England at his own charges of five servants, namely John Davies, who arrived in 1617 for whose passage the sd. Samuel hath paid to the Cape. Mercht., Thomas Matterdy bound apprentice to sd. Samuel by indenture in England dated 8 Oct 1617; Robert Marshall brought out of England by Capt. Burgrave in May 1619, at the costs of sd. Samuel; Alice Wade the same year in the George, etc., & Thomas Steed in the Faulcon in July 1620; and maketh choice in 3 several places: one house & 50 acs. called --ilies Point [Bailies Point] in Charles hundred, bordering E. upon the gr. river, W. upon the main land, S. upon John Rolfe and N. upon the land of Capt. John Wardeefe; 2ndly, 1 tenement containing 12 acs., etc., encompassed on the W. by Martins Hope, now in tenure of Capt. John Martin, Master of the Ordinance; & 388 acs. in or near upon Sandys his hundred, towards land of Temperance Baley, W. upon Capt. Woodlief, etc. To have etc. Yielding & paying to the sd. Treasurer & Company & Provided, & c.
Given at James City 10 December 1620 and Signed
George Yardley
Fr. Pory, Secr.
This patent certifeid to the Treasurer. Lawr. Hulett. At a Genll. Ct. held at James Citty Oct. 20, 1690, Present: The Right Honble. Francis Nicholso, their Maj. Lt. Richard Bland, the patent being for 450 acs. in Chas. Citty Co. granted to Mr. Samuel Jordan in 1620, which is truly recorded. Test: R. Beverley, by W. Soward, Cl. Genll. Ct. P.B. No.8, p125.

Footnote 13: "The story of the massacres at the lower plantations on the James is recounted in Boddie, Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia, pages 35 and 36."

Footnote 14: Hale, Virginia Venturer, pages 81-82: "Far up the James at Jordan's Point, stalwart old Samuel Jordan, one of the original Burgesses of the first Assembly, having escaped an early attack and being warned of what was happening by a colonist who rowed over the river to his plantation, gathered together a few stragglers, fortified... 'Beggar's Bush' and lived on there without loss of live despite assaults on the enemy and carnage among his neighbors."

Footnote 15: Ray, Index and Digest to Hathaway's North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, page 135: "But not long after that (the 1622 massacre) Samuel Jordan died... Cecily's third husband was William Farrar (I); they had two sons: John and William (II), the last of whom became the sire of the famous Farrar clan of Virginia." [19]

[19] Ibid. Note 18 {Ray, Index and Digest to Hathaway's North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, page 135}.

She next married Peter Montague; they had 7 children during their 23 years of marriage. When Peter Montague died in 1659, Cecily married, Thomas Parker by whom there were no heirs." [22].

[22] Ray, Index and Digest to Hathaway's North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, page 135.

Beyond this point, the history of 'Aunt Cecily' becomes obscured by the ascendancy of the Independents or Puritans. In that transition, the old plantation aristocracy of which she was a part lost power in the affairs of the Colony. But her original chaperon in America, Captain William Pierce (II) wound up on the winning team in that shuffle. So did her brother, Christopher Reynolds (III)." [23]

[23] For a capsule description of the transition that cast the parliament and the King of England at loggerheads during this period, see White, Concise History of England, pages 93-97.

Thus, Aunt Cecily Reynolds-Baily-Jordan-Farrar-Montague-Parker was able to end out her days in calm assurance that her title "Number One Wife and Mother of America" was abundantly secure." [24]

[24] Ibid. Note 22. {Ray, Index and Digest to Hathaway's North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, page 135}.

http://www.reynoldsfamily.org/line17/chris_32.html

Jordan Family

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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sassytazzy/family/surnames/jordan/docs/jordanfambyjluther1.html

History of the Jordan Family of Surry County, Virginia -- Part 1
Prepared by Joseph Luther
Works in Progress, February 1990

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SAMUEL JORDAN

The history of the Jordan family must begin with Captain Samuel Jordan of Dorsetshire, England. Samuel Jordan was a member of the Virginia Company and in June of 1609 set sail from Plymouth Harbor, bound for Virginia. There were nine ships in this fleet, containing some 500 settlers known as the "Third Supply."

The fleet was "caught in the tail of a hurricane" and became part of Shakespeare's immortal tale, TEMPEST. Of the original nine ships, one was sunk, and the flagship, called the Seaventure, was wrecked off the coast of Bermuda. For three days and nights the crew bailed frantically to keep the ship from foundering. In the end, the Seaventure was wedged between two rocks on the coast of Bermuda. Most of the cargo and all hands were salvaged.

The flagship carried Sir Thomas Gates, Governor of the colony; Sir George Somers, commander of the London Company's naval operations; and Vice-Admiral Christopher Newport, commanding the ship. Among the passengers on the flagship Seaventure was Samuel Jordan.

Also on the Seaventure was Silvester Jourdain. Perhaps the first authentic news of the disaster to reach England was Jourdain's pamphlet on the discovery of the "Barmudas" published in London in the late autumn of 1610. Silvester Jourdain (Jourdan) was the son of William Jourdain of Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire. He stayed in Virginia but a few weeks.

The remaining seven ships reached Virginia one by one in August of 1609. The first year for these 300 settlers in Virginia was a dreadful experience. This was known as "the starving time" when the infant colony was reduced from 500 to "a haggard remnant of 60 all told, men, women and children scarecely able to totter about the ruined village."

At the height of the despair, in May of 1610, the leaders finally arrived from the Bermudas in the pinnace Deliverance which had been constructed by the shipwrecked crew. Given the grim situation, a decision was made to abandon the colony in the early summer of 1610.

Just as the settlers were making ready to leave the Virginia colony, Lord Delaware's three ships arrived bringing new hope and courage, and Samuel Jordan.

Samuel Jordan is called "the ancient planter" due to his early arrival in Virginia in 1610. He established himself near Charles City on the plantation which is known as Jourdan's Journey. His age at this time was in excess of thirty years.

Samuel Jordan does not appear in the literature again until 1619, when he was a representative to the first legislative assembly ever to be convened in America. At that session in Jamestown, Samuel Jordan and Samuel Sharpe, both survivors of the Sea Venture, sat side by side as the two representatives of Charles City.

In 1620, married Cecily Reynolds Bailey. This is a young woman of some international reputation and speculation. Much has been written about her various marriages and affairs.

Arriving in the summer of 1610 aboard the Swan, Cicely Reynolds was only ten years of age. Soon after she married William Baily. Samuel Jordan's later land grant would be in an area called Bailey's Point. This was owned by William Baley, the first husband of Cicely Reynolds. They had one child, Temperance Baley, born in 1617, who was named for Temperance Flowerdew, the future wife of General Yardley.

Apparently, William Baley died soon after the marriage, for in 1620, Cicely Reynolds Baley married Samuel Jordan. Cicely Reynolds Baley's mother was Samuel Jordan's first cousin in Dorsetshire. The Jordan ancestor in England, Thomas Jordan of Dorsetshire, had at least two children: Thomas, Jr. and Cicilie. Cicilie, married in 1580 to "Robert Fitzpen als Fippen of Wamouth in Com. Dorset." Their youngest daughter, Cicilie Fitzpen, was born in 1593 and married a man named Reynolds. Their daughter was Cicely Reynolds. Thomas Jordan Jr.'s son, Samuel Jordan, married in Dorsetshire and had three children by this first marriage, including Thomas Jordan who was born in 1600.

The year 1620 is notable here for it is the year in which the Mayflower landed at New Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Jordan line had been in America for ten years prior to the Mayflower.

Samuel Jordan and his wife Cicely are described in their grant, "Samuel Jordan of Charles Citty in Virga., Gent., an ancient planter who hath abode ten years Compleat in this Colony" and "Cecily his wife an ancient planter also of nine years continuance". In the land-grant for 450 acres, "Given at James City 10 December 1620," signed by George Yardley, "Knight, Governor and Capt. Genl. of Virginia, etc."

The land-grant is described as being "in severall places: one house and 50 acs. called Bailies Point in Charles hundred, bordering E. upon the gr. river, W. upon the main land, S. upon John Rolfe and N. upon land of Capt. John Wardeffe; 2ndly, 1 tenement containing 123 aces. etc encompassed on the W. by Martins Hope, now in tenure of Capt. John Martin, Master of the Ordinance; & 388 acs. in or near upon Sandys his hundred, towards land of Temperance Baley, W. upon Capt. Woodlief etc."

Apparently, Samuel Jordan's patent ranks next in date to "the earliest extant patent" which was granted by Governor Sir George Yardley to ancient planter William Fairfax, Yeoman of Charles City.

The adjoining land of John Rolfe is of special interest. It was John Rolfe who married Pocahontas, the Indian princess, in 1614. They were neighbors of Samuel Jordan.

The adjoining lands of Temperance Baley was a tract of 200 acres in the "Territory of Greate Weynoke", where "William Baily" and "Samuell Jordan" had tracts of land also. Apparently Temperance Baley's share had been allotted to her as "the sole heir of her father" under the law of 1618. In essence, Samuel Jordan also controlled these lands, as Temperance was not more than three years of age at the time.

It should be noted that Temperance Baley later became the first wife of Richard Cocke and mother of his two oldest sons, Richard of Bremo and Thomas of Malvern Hills. They were married about 1637. Richard Cocke was County Commandant of Henrico, a member of the House of Burgesses, from Weyanoake in 1632 and from Henrico in 1654. His son, Thomas Cocke, married Mary Brashare, sister of Margaret, who became the wife of Thomas Jordan, son of Samuel Jordan.

In 1622, there were Indian raids in the area. Samuel Jordan brought his neighbors into his home "Beggars Bush" at Jourdan's Journey and from this fortified position held off the Indians until relieved.

Samuel Jordan died in 1623, leaving two children by his marriage to Cicely: Mary Jordan and Margery Jordan. He also left his step-daughter, Temperance Baley, as well as his three children by his first marriage in Dorsetshire.

Immediately after the death of Samuel, Jordan, rich, landed, gay and fascinating Cicely was courted intensely by Parson Greville Pooley and Councillor William Farrar. Cicely discarded Parson Pooley with little ceremony and Farrar moved into Beggers Bush. Word of the scandal, aided by an outraged Pooley, spread through colonial America. Pooley sued and the issue became too much to be handled by the government of Virginia and was remanded to England for disposition. Farrar married Cicely Reynolds Baley Jordan.

Cicely became, in fact, the ancestor of the lines of Jordans and Farrars, as well as the children of Richard Cocke, which includes another line of Jordans. She did all this by the age of 24.

Cecily

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http://www.connielapallo.com/AboutTheBook.htm

I am buying this tomorrow morning. And I emailed the author.

cecily the cute!

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She sounds like a lot of fun!

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/y/Lyndall-J-Mayes/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0109.html

Cecily was born 1600 in England, and died Abt. 1662 in Charles City, Henrico Co. Virginia. She married (1) Unknown Bailey on Abt. 1616 in Henrico Co. Virginia. She married (2) Samuel Jordan on Bef. December 01, 1620 in Henrico Co. Virginia. She married (3) William Farrar on Bet. January 03, 1624/25 - May 02, 1625 in Charles City, Henrico, Co. Virginia, son of John Farrer and Cecily Kelke.

Notes for Cecily:
"CECILY" She was said to have introduced the art of flirting in Virginia... she was the original southern belle, and no doubt beautiful for she won the hearts of some of the colony's outstanding citizens. The fascinating Cecily earned her reputation as a heartbreaker and a place in history when she became the object of the first breach of promise suit in America. There is much myth and speculation, but few facts truly known about this often married elusive lady of whom so many today claim descendancy. There has long been a mystery surrounding the little girl who arrived in Jamestown at the tender age of ten, and received the distinction of "Ancient Planter." Genealogists have long pondered the question, "Who was Cecily"?

FACTS: Cecily was born in England about 1600. In June 1610, at age ten, Cecily sailed from the port of London aboard the "Swan" arriving at the Jamestown Colony in late August 1610. The "Swan" was one of a fleet of three ships belonging to Sir Thomas Gates, which along with the "Tryall" and the "Noah" carried 250 passengers and a years worth of provisions for 400 men. Fortunately for Cecily she arrived well supplied because the previous year 1609 had been known as that dreadful "starving time" when the infant colony was reduced from about 500 souls to "a haggard remnant of 60 all told, men, women and children scarcely able to totter about the ruined village". The only surviving record of the passengers on the "Swan" are Cecily "Sisley Jordan" and ten other persons named in the Virginia Muster of early 1624/25 taken 14 years after the voyage.

Passengers from the Port of London on the Swan to Virginia, June - August 1610:

Biggs, Richard . . . . . . .Age 41 in Virginia Muster, January 22, 1624/5.
Bouldinge, Thomas . . . Age 40 in Virginia Muster, February 7, 1624/5
Fludd, John . . . . . . . . . See name in Virginia Muster, January 21, 1624/5
Garnett, Thomas . . . . . Age 40 in Virginia Muster, February 7, 1624/5
Jordan, Sisley . . . . . . . Age 24 in Virginia Muster, January 21, 1624/5.
Lupo, Albiano (Lt.) . . . .Age 40 in Virginia Muster, February 7, 1624/5
Stepney, Thomas . . . . .Age 35 in Virginia Muster, February 7, 1624/5
Taylor, John . . . . . . . . Age 34 in Virginia Muster, February 7, 1624/5
Waine, Amyte . . . . . . Age 30 in Virginia Muster, February 7, 1624/5
Gates, Thomas (not Sir)..Age ? in Virginia Muster, January 21, 1624/5, arrived 1610, not 1609.
Wright, Robart . . . . . . . Age 45 in Virginia Muster, February 4, 1624/5, arrived 1610, 1608.

FACT: It is not known for certain who Cecily's parents were, who brought her to Virginia, or who raised her in Virginia.

MYTHS ABOUND: Some researchers have assumed her name was Greene because there was a Cecily Greene listed in "Hakluyt's List of Immigrants to Virginia" before 1624. The most popular myth of all is that she was Cecily Reynolds, daughter of Thomas Reynolds and Cecily Phippen (Fitzpen) and sister of Christopher Reynolds, arriving in America in 1610 with her mother and brother. Amazingly the Reynolds' daughter Cecily is listed in numerous Ancestral File and IGI records in the LDS Family Search files as born in 1575, 1586, 1594, 1595, 1600, 1601 & 1605 and all with absolutely no sources to support the dates given. Some alternately list her mother as Jane Phippen, a twin, rather than Cecily Phippen; some list any one of a combination of five supposed husbands, and Cecily's death dates also vary just as widely: 1610, 1620, 1637, 1656, 1659, Sept. 12, 1660, 1662 & 1677. The problem with the theory of Cecily being Thomas Reynolds and Cecily Phippen's daughter Cecily was that the most plausable records place her birth circa 1575-1586 with a death date as early as 1610-20, therefore she was about a generation older than our Cecily (born 1600) and died young. Another variation speculates that Cecily was the first "Reynolds" to reach America, arriving in 1610 with "Uncle Billy Pierce" actually her cousin, but he arrived on the Seaventure 1609-10 along with Samuel Jordan, of whom there is also speculation of a family connection. Christopher Reynolds arrived on the "John & Francis" in 1622.

Another fascinating speculation arises- going back some 50 years before Cecily's birth- The "will of John Yerdely of Myles Grene" of Audeley, Co. Stafford, England, dated in 1558 and proved in 1559, it names "Cicilye my wife" and "John GERNETT, my son in law", and the will of Ralph Yerdley of Audeley, Co. Stafford, gentleman, dated 1587 and proved in 1588 not only states that the testator's father was "William Yerdeley, gentleman" and that his brothers are John and George Yerdley, but he was also appointed as one of the executors of a "kinsman" named "William BOULTON" (Boulding?). --The significance of these names, besides "Cicilye" Yerdley, mentioned in these wills is that there were two men with the surnames- "Bouldinge" and "Garnett" who arrived on the Swan in 1610 along with Cecily and are listed in the 1624/25 Virginia Muster.

Sir George Yeardley was the son of Ralph Yardley, citizen and merchant tailor London; and Sir George Yeardley's brother was Ralph Yardley, "citizen and Apothecarie of London". Exactly what was the link between the Yerdley's of Staffordshire and the Yardley's or Yearle's of London is not known but it is likely that there was some tie of kinship between them both and the little girl "Sislye" who sailed for Virginia in the Swan in 1610. Two of her fellow passengers on that boat were Thomas Garnett, a servant of the famous Indian fighter Captain William Powell, and one Thomas Boulding (Bouldin), who was then twenty-six years old. Neither of them could have been Sislye's father, but the name Thomas Garnett is strangely reminiscent of "Thomas Gernett" who more than fifty years before was the son-in-law of John Yerdley and his wife "Cicilye", and there is a close resemblance between Thomas Boulding's name and that of Ralphe Yerdley's "kinsman" William Bouldin. Perhaps William Bouldin (Boulding), yeoman, who, together with his wife Mary, also came to Virginia in 1610 (whether in the Swan or on another ship) was Sislye's father, but nothing more is known of this couple from the day they came ashore. Not so, however with Thomas Boulding (Bouldin, Bolding, Bolden) "of Elizabeth Cittie Co., Yeoman and Ancient Planter:, and Thomas Garnett, for both of them gradually acquired tracts of land in Virginia and were apparently living side by side as late as 1635.

FURTHERMORE: Based on naming patterns and proximity Cecily seems to have had a close connection to Governor and Lady Yeardley - Temperance Flowerdew, who became Lady Yeardley, and arrived in Virginia in 1609 on the "Falcon" (her husband and Samuel Jordan were aboard the ill-fated Seaventure, presumed lost at sea, but joyfully to all arriving in May 1610). Temperance Flowerdew and Cecily may have been related or simply became friends. Whatever the connection Cecily's first child Temperance Bailey was believed to be the namesake of Temperance Flowerdew.

FACT: There is strong circumstancial evidence that Cecily, at about age 16, married her first husband and had daughter Temperance Bailey from this union about 1617, and was widowed before 1620. Even though solid proof is lacking it is generally accepted as fact that Cecily was the mother of Temperance Bailey based on the two Musters of Jordan's Journey of February 16, 1623 and January 21, 1624/5, land patents and deeds, and wills in the Cocke family into which Temperance Bailey married. Lineage societies accept the descendants of Temperance Bailey Cocke as proven.
SPECULATION: Without stating any sources for the following details some researchers have written that Cecily's first husband was either John or Thomas Bailey, who came to Virginia in 1612 sponsored by William Pierce... he was a young member of the Governor's Guard stationed at Jamestown... He and Cecily were married in the home of William Pierce in Jamestown... The young couple lived at Bailey's Point, Bermuda Hundred... and Bailey died of malaria shortly after the marriage. There are no records to support these details, only the existence ot Temperance Bailey.

CECILY AND SAMUEL JORDAN
As was the custom of the time it was an absolute necessity for the safety of the early female settlers to have a male protector. For this reason we frequently find widows marrying within a few weeks or months following the death of their husbands. Cecily 20, promptly married her much older neighbor Samuel Jordan 42, shortly before December 1620. Cecily was about a year younger than Samuel Jordan's eldest son. Samuel had been previously married in England with four known children, but after his first wife died he immigrated to America in 1609 aboard the "Seaventure" which was shipwrecked off Bermuda, not arriving in Virginia till May 1610. He was a member of the initial House of Burgesses of the Colony in 1619 where the first specific instance of genuine self-government emerged in the British Colonial Empire.

Samuel and Cecily settled at "Beggar's Bush" later renamed "Jordans Journey" near the confluence of the Appomattox and James Rivers southside. One of Sir George Yeardley's first acts was to grant a patent of land at James City on Dec. 10, 1620 to Samuel Jordan of Charles City in Virginia. Gent. an ancient planter "who hath abode ten years Compleat in the Colony" and to "Cecily his wife an ancient planter also of nine years continuance." The land grants for being "Ancient Planters" were the rewards they had earned by their perseverance in establishing the first permanent beachhead of English colonization on American soil.

Samuel Jordan later added large holdings on the south bank of the James at Jordan's Point. On the point jutting out into the James River, Samuel and Cecily developed a large home plantation later renamed "Jordan's Journey," consisting of a palisaded fort enclosing 11 buildings. They were soon expanding their family too with the arrival of daughter Mary Jordan, born in 1621 or early 1622.

Baby Mary Jordan probably had no memory of that fateful day of the vernal equinox, 22 March 1622, when the Great Indian Massacre fell on the colony like a thunderbolt from the sky. Powhattan's tribe tried to wipe out the entire English Colony in a concerted uprising on Good Friday. Fortunately for the Jordans they received a forewarning of the plot in sufficient time to fortify "Beggar's Bush" against attack. Early that morning Richard Pace had rowed with might and main three miles across the river from Paces Paines to Beggars Bush to warn Samuel Jordan of the impending blow. Without losing an instant, Samuel Jordan summoned his neighbours from far and near and gathered them all, men, women and children, within his home at Beggar's Bush, "where he fortified and lived in despight of the enemy." So resolutely was the place defended, that not a single life was lost there on that bloody day. They were also able to save their buildings and most of the livestock. The agony and terror of the women and children huddled together in the farthest corner of the little stronghold can only be imagined. The next day their neighbor Mr. William Farrar reached "Beggar's Bush" a few miles journey from his plantation on the Appomattox River. Ten victims had been slaughtered at his home and he himself had barely escaped to safety at the Jordan's where circumstances would force him and other survivors to remain for some time. About one third of Virginia colonists died during the Indian Massacre including Samuel's son Robert Jordan at Berkley Hundred in Charles City while trying to warn neighbors across the water of the impending Indian attack. In those days most people got around by boat and freely went from one side of the river to the other.

Less than a year later in early 1623 Samuel Jordan passed away at the home he built later known as Jordan's Journey. Cecily was soon due to give birth to their second child. Samuel Jordan is known to have died prior to the February 16, 1623 census of Virginia colonists because his name is conspicuously missing from the list of inhabitants at Jordan's Journey and his and Cecily's second daughter Margaret had recently been born:

From Persons of Quality: "A List of Names; of the Living in Virginia, February the 16, 1623"
"Living
At Jordan's Jorney
Sislye Jordan
Temperance Baylife
Mary Jordan
Margery Jordan
William Farrar"
(37 more names follow the above listed.)

CECILY AND WILLIAM FARRAR
After Samuel Jordan died Cecily 23, was left with daughter Mary 2, her eldest daughter Temperance Bailey 6, and another child soon to be delivered. Reverend Greville Pooley, age 46, who had conducted Samuel Jordan's funeral service, proposed to Cecily only four days afterwards. She apparently consented, feeling the need for a protector, but subject to the engagement being kept secret due to the timeliness of Samuel's death and her pregnancy. However, Rev. Pooley "spread the word" of the engagement, and this so ired the young widow that she refused to go through with the wedding. Soon afterwards Cecily accepted another proposal of marriage and became engaged to William Farrar who had been living at Jordan's Journey since the massacre. Undaunted, the enraged Rev. Pooley brought suit for breach of promise to compel Cecily to marry him. When the Parson sued on June 14, 1623, he accused the lady of having jilted him and alleged that it was nothing short of "Skandelous" for Mr. Farrar, his rival, to be "in ordinary dyett in Mrs. Jordan's house and to frequent her Company alone." This was the celebrated case of its day. William Farrar, trained for the law in England and the executor of Samuel Jordan's estate, was enlisted by Cecily to represent her.

The Governor and Council could not bring themselves to decide the questions and continued the matter until November 27, 1623, then referred the case to the Council for Virginia in London, "desiring the resolution of the civil lawyers thereon and a speedy return thereof." But they declined to make a decision and returned it, saying they "knew not how to decide so nice a difference." Reverend Pooley was finally persuaded by the Reverend Samuel Purchase to drop the case. As a result on January 3, 1624/25, the Reverend Pooley signed an agreement freely acquitting Mrs. Jordan from her promises. Cecily then formally "contracted herself before the Governor and Council to Captain William Farrar."

The Governor and Council of the Colony were so stirred by the extraordinary incident that they issued a solemn proclamation against a woman engaging herself to more than one man at a time. Passage of this law for the protection of Virginia bachelors gave Cecily a place in history. And there is not in Virginia any known record that this edict has ever been revoked.

That the first breach of promise case in this country was filed by a parson is commentary on the times. Although ministers were carefully selected, the salary was very small and Pooley can hardly be blamed for being alert to a chance to feather his nest. The small poplulation afforded little choice of a desirable mate, and insecurity and terror following the Great Massacre the year before would have led any widow to feel need for protection. Due to insecurity of plantation life throughout colonial times, widows often remarried soon after their husband's death, sometimes before settlement of his estate.

A rather dramatic version of events is recounted in the book "The Farrars" by William B. & Ethyl Farrar:
CICILY FARRAR: Interesting accounts of Cicily Jordan Farrar are found whenever the genealogy of the Farrar family is given. Below are portions of two stories:
(After the death of Samuel Jordan)... there was a rush for the hand of his beautiful young wife, led by the Rev. Greville Pooley. Jordan had been in his grave only a day when Pooley sent Capt. Isaac Madison to plead his suit. Cecily replied that she would as soon take Pooley as any other, but as she was pregnant, she would not engage herself she said, "until she was delivered." But the amorous Reverend could not wait, and came a few days later with Madison, telling her "he should contract himself to her" and spake these words: "I, Greville Pooley, take thee Sysley, to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold till death do us part and herto I plight thee my troth." Then, holding her by the hand he spake these words, "I, Sysley, take thee Greville, to my wedded husband, to have and to hold till death do us part." Cicily said nothing, but they drank to each other and kissed. Then, showing some delicacy about her condition and the situation she found herself in, she asked that it might not be revealed that she did so soon bestow her love after her husband's death. Pooley promised, but was soon boasting of his conquest, very impetuously for "Sysley" now engaged herself to William Farrar, a member of the Governor's Council. Enraged, Pooley brought suit for breach of promise. The case too much for the the authorities at Jamestown, who referred it to London. The jilted Pooley soon found solace in a bride, it appears, but met a tragic death in 1629, when Indians attacked his house, and slew him, his wife and all his family. (From "Behold Virginia" by G.F. Willison--1951)

REVEREND POOLEY'S FATE:
Pooley continued as minister for Fleur-Dieu Hundred until his death in 1629, but he does not seem to have been a very peaceful parson, for he was brought into court twice, ironically by William Farrar, for trouble with settlers. At the March 1628 Court "Yt is thought fitt the Mr. ffarrar (then Councilor) at the next meeting of the Court do bring down Mr. Pooley and Edward Auborne to aunswer to such things as shall be objected against them." And on another occasion, after a disagreement with Captain Pawlett, he was brought into court to answer charges against him; however in this case Pawlett was required to apologize. Pooley married and had a family but they are said to have met a tragic death at the hands of the Indians.

During the course of the lawsuit in which he successfully defended Cecily, William Farrar performed the duties of executor of Samuel Jordan's estate in 1623 (Jordan's will does not survive). At a Court held on November 19, 1623, and presided over by Sir Francis Wyatt, Governor, and Christopher Davison, Secretary, records indicate that a warrant was issued "to Mr. Farrar to bring in the account of Mr. Jordan his estate by the last day of December." Another warrant was issued to "Mrs. Jordan, that Mr. Farrer put in security for the performance of her husbands' will." An abstract of the orders were to be delivered to Sir George Yeardley.

THE MUSTER OF THE INHABITANTS
OF JORDAN'S JOURNEY AND CHAPLAIN CHOICE
TAKEN THE 21TH OF JANUARY 1624

THE MUSTER OF Mr WILLIAM FERRAR & Mrs JORDAN

WILLIAM FERRAR aged 31 yeares in the Neptune in August 1618.
SISLEY JORDAN aged 24 yeres in the Swan in August 1610.
MARY JORDAN her daughter aged 3 yeares }
MARGARETT JORDAN aged 1 yeare }borne heare
TEMPERANCE BALEY aged 7 yeares }

(There is a single bracket three lines high to the right of the three daughters names, then the words "borne heare" indicating all three girls born in Virginia. William Farrar's age listed as 31 is incorrect. He was ten years older.)

Below the family listing is a section listing "SERVANTS" followed by the names of ten males ages ranging from 16 to 26 years. Following that is a list of food, livestock, ammunition and buildings at Jordan's Journey:

PROVISIONS: Corne, 200 bushells; Fish, 2 hundred.
ARMS AND MUNITION: Powder, 14 lb; Lead, 300 lb; Peeces fixt, 11; Coats of Male, 12.
CATTLE, SWINE ETC: Neat cattell young and old 16; Swine, 4; Poultrie, 20.
HOUSES AND BOATS: Houses, 5; Boats, 2.

MYTH: Cecily is said by some researchers to have had three children with second husband Samuel Jordan. Two daughters- Mary and Margaret, and a son Richard Jordan who married his first cousin Elizabeth Reynolds, daughter of Christopher Reynolds (presuming Cecily was a Reynolds).
FACT: There are no records showing that Cecily and Samuel Jordan had a son Richard. If he existed he must have died before the 1623 and 1624/25 musters of Jordan's Journey on which he is not listed. Cecily was widowed while in the late stages of her pregnancy with youngest daughter Margaret Jordan who would have been a newborn at the time of the 1623 census, and in the 1624/25 muster Margaret Jordan is shown to be "aged 1 years" as would be expected. There was no Richard Jordan, son of Cecily.

William Farrar 42, and Mrs. Cecily Jordan 25, were married shortly before May 2, 1625. Cecily's third husband was the son of John Farrer the elder of Croxton, Ewood, and London, Esquire and Cecily Kelke. He was born into the wealthy landed gentry of Elizabethan England in 1583. The Farrar ancestral estate Ewood had been handed down in the distinguished Farrar family since 1471. William Farrar had arrived in Virginia in August 1618 aboard the "Neptune" and settled a few miles up the Appomattox River from Jordan's Journey. It isn't know if he'd been previously married. William Farrar acquired a ready-made family of females when he married the young, attractive, and wealthy widow Cecily; Mary Jordan 4, Margaret Jordan 2, and Temperance Bailey 8, were thereafter his step-daughters.

Since William Farrar and Cecily Jordan had married, his bond to administer Samuel Jordan's estate was ordered canceled: "At a Court, 2 May 1625, 'Yt is ordered yt Mr. William Farrar's bonde shall be cancelled as overseer of the Estate of Samuel Jordan dec'd."

Within the first year of their marriage William Farrar was given a position of great responsibility when on March 4, 1625/6, Charles I appointed him a member of the King's Council, a position he probably held until just prior to his death in 1636. William and Cecily Farrar continued to reside at Jordan's Journey after their marriage. Records from the Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia 1622-1632 show that William Farrrar was living at Jordan's Journey as late as September 1626, and possibly until 1631/32. William and Cecily Farrar had three children together; the first two born prior to 1631. Their first was a girl named for her mother, Cecily, born about 1625/6. After becoming the mother of four girls there must have been excitement at the birth of Cecily's first son- William Farrar II in 1627. William II, as the first boy, was no doubt the long awaited little prince of the family. His godfather was Captain Thomas Pawlett, who had sailed to Virginia in the "Neptune" in 1618 with William Farrar. Son John was born about 1632 and may have been the only one of Cecily and William Farrar's children to be born at Farrar's Island.

William Farrar's father died in 1628 and William returned to London in the summer of 1631 and sold his sizable inheritance to his brother, Henry Farrar of Berkshire, for £200 in a document dated September 6, 1631. Cecily and their children, Cecily and William, appear in the deed and relinquished their rights to his inheritance. It isn't known whether Cecily or the children accompanied William on the trip to England.
FROM SALE OF WILLIAM FARRAR'S INHERITANCE: "September 6, 1631, indenture between William Farrar of London gent of the one part and Henry Farrer of Reading, Berkshire, Esquire, of the other part. Whereas John Farrer the elder of London Esquire, deceased, bequeathed to William Farrar and Cecily his wife and Cicely and William his children.."

The achievement for which Cecily's husband William Farrar is most remembered is the establishment of Farrar's Island, an estate their descendants would own for 100 years. It was located in what is now Henrico Co. Virginia on a bend in the James River at the former site of the city of Henricus, the second settlement of the colony. The estate consisted of 2000 acres, very large for its day, granted to William Farrar for the transportation of 40 settlers. It was not until after William Farrar's death in 1636, at the age of 54, that the patent for Farrar's Island was granted posthumously by King Charles I to his and Cecily's son William Farrar II on June 11, 1637. Presumedly thrice widowed Cecily Farrar continued to raise her six children at Farrar's Island. Daughter Temperance Bailey married Thomas Cocke in 1637. There are no known records of the fates of Mary and Margaret Jordan. Young Cecily Farrar is said to have married Isaac Hutchins and Henry Sherman, or Michael Turpin? William Farrar II inherited Farrar's Island at the age of ten and followed in his illustrious father's footsteps. Youngest son John Farrar held important offices in the colony, but never married or had offspring. The numerous Farrar descendants of William and Cecily all stem from the elder son, Col. William Farrar II. The name Cecily lived on in the Farrar family as several of her descendants were bestowed as her namesakes.

MYTH: There is speculation that Cecily, widowed again by 1637 (at age 37), married a fourth and fifth time. There has, so far, been no proof of any later marriages for Cecily Bailey Jordan Farrar. She disappears from the records after 1637 and other women named "Cecily", of whom there were several in the colony, have been confused with her.

From Elizabeth Tissot: Many have said, with no proof, that Cecily also married Peter Montague and Thomas Parker. This is FALSE. Cecily Montague was the relict of William Thompson I and had one son William Thompson II who married Ellen Montague, his step sister. Cecily Montague returned to England following the deaths of Peter Montague (in 1659) and her son, William Thompson II. Peter Montague's first wife was Elizabeth and she was mother of all his children.
Source: "A Place in Time, Middlesex Co. VA 1650-1750", by Rutman, pp. 50, 96-98. This is a history of the County of Middlesex which relies on court records.

From- Daughters of The American Colonists, Member #14341 -Mrs.Louise Boone Ratliff: Her papers state Peter Montague, 1st married in 1633 Cecily Watkins -not Matthews, -not Farrar. Her lineage in Vol. 15 also says Peter Montague, 2nd married Elizabeth.
Note: Additionally the marriage of Peter Montague to his Cecily was said to be in 1629 or 1633, both these dates predating the 1636 death of William Farrar, therefore making it impossible for Cecily Bailey Jordan Farrar to be the Cecily that Peter Montague married.
-Peter Montague, born 1603 in England, had come to Jamestown in 1618 aboard the "Charles" at the age of 18 as a headright of Billy Pierce. Peter Montague had six children - Peter, Margaret, William, Ellen, Elizabeth, and Ann with his first wife Elizabeth. He died in 1659 and named his wife Cecily (widow of Thompson) Montague in his will. Evidence shows she was not our Cecily Bailey Jordan Farrar.

-Thomas Parker, the immigrant, died in 1663 in Isle of Wight, Virginia. Parker family researchers are not sure which Thomas Parker of Isle of Wight, Virginia "is said to have married" the widow of a Peter Montague. The unnamed widow of a Peter Montague is mentioned in an Isle of Wight County deed transaction: On May 29, 1683 a patent was issued to Thomas Parker and James "Bagnall" for 470 acres, of which 50 acres granted to Peter Montague, and 40 acres for tranportation of a Negro Francisco. The patent stated that Thomas had married the widow of Peter Montague who had left two daughters Dorothy and Sarah and that Sarah had married James "Bageall."
-Our Cecily Bailey Jordan Farrar would have been 83 years old at the time of this patent, and it has been proven she could not have been the survivng wife of immigrant Peter Montague. Therefore this record does not pertain to the generation of our Cecily or the immigrant Peter Montague who had a widow named Cecily, or to the immigrant Thomas Parker who died in 1663 long before the land patent mentioning the widow of Peter Montague. By all accounts Cecily is estimated to have died years before 1683.

It is thought Cecily Farrar died prior to 1676, probably about 1662, but she may have died much earlier. There is no conclusive proof. Perhaps because her son, Col. William Farrar II, wrote his will in 1676 and doesn't mention his mother in it may be the reason she is presumed deceased before 1676.

Cecily's name survives today on the historical marker in Smithfield, Virginia at the location of "Jordan's Journey," where she lived circa 1620-1631 on the estate of her second husband Samuel Jordan. The marker reads:
"SAMUEL JORDAN OF JORDAN'S JOURNEY
Prior to 1619, Native Americans occupied this prominent peninsula along the upper James River, now called Jordan's Point. Arriving in Jamestown by 1610, Samuel Jordan served in July 1619 in Jamestown as a burgess for Charles City in the New Word's oldest legislative assembly. A year later, he patented a 450 acre-tract here known first as Beggar's Bush and later as Jordan's Journey. He survived the massive Powhatan Indian attack of March 1622 here at his plantation, a palisaded fort that enclosed 11 buildings. He remained at Jordan's Journey with his wife, Cicely, and their daughters until his death in 1623."

Today there are impressive brick entrance gates to "Jordan On The James," a high-end residential development. On the pillar is a small insert "c. 1619." In the development there is a road called "Beggars Bush" and outside is "Jordan's Point Road." Nearby one can play golf at Jordan's Point Country Club. The location of Samuel and Cecily Jordan's house, which has perished, was where the base of the Benjamin Harrison Bridge is now that connects both sides of the river. The Jordan Point Yacht Haven is now located at their former home site.

lt. col. richard cocke - 1602-1665

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joseph pleasants

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Joseph Pleasants 1
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1674 in Bremo, Henrico Co., Virginia
Death: BET 9 SEP 1725 AND 7 FEB 1726 in Henrico Co., Virginia
Burial: Friends Burial Ground near Henrico Co., Virginia
Will: 9 SEP 1725 Henrico Co., Virginia 2
Probate: 7 FEB 1725 Henrico Co., Virginia 3
Note:
Joseph Pleasants, son of John Pleasants and Jane Larcombe, married Martha Cocke, daughter of Richard Cocke and Elizabeth Littleberry; Genealogyof the Cocke Family of Virginia by James Southall and The English Descent of John Pleasants (1645-1668) of Henrico Co., Virginia by J. Hall Pleasants, Baltimore, MD, published in different volumes of Genealogies of Virginia Families from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. The Pleasants entry does not show Martha's first name.

The Valentine Papers, Vol 1-4, 1864-1908
Pleasants Family
1 June 1698 . George an Indian Boy belonging to Mr. Joseph Pleasants was brought before the Court by his master and was adjudged 8 years old (Henrico Records Feb. 1682-Apr. 1701 , p. 194)
1 Feb. 1698/9 . John Pleasants , of Henrico , for 10,000 lbs tobo. and cask conveyed to his brother Joseph Pleasants two tracts of land known as Pequienocka in Henrico Co. one containing 320 acres purchased by my father John Pleasants decd. of Henry Wyatt , of New Kent Co. by deed 1 April 1697 , the other containing 100 acres purchased by my said father of Giles Webb , by deed 24 Mch. 1696 (Henrico Records 1697-1704 , p. 133)
15 May 1699 . Lycence granted Jos. Pleasants for marriage with Martha Cocke (Ibid. p. 152) 1 Aug. 1699 , Joseph Pleasants vs Mathew Raysons . Action of Debt. Dismisses with costs (Henrico Records, Feb. 1682-Apr. 1701 , p. 232)
22 Oct. 1699 . Joseph Pleasants patent for 98 acres Henrico Co. on Chickahominey Swamp in forks of Queen's Cabin Branch and Chickahominey River and known as John Bottoms Plantation and is King's Land at the foot of a patent granted Capt. Cock, Sr. for transporting 2 persons (Register of the Land Office Book 9, p. 237)
1 May 1700 . Mr. Joseph Pleasants acknowledgeth ye Rect. of ye estate given him by ye last will of his Decd. Father Mr. John Pleasants and upon motion of Mrs. Jane Pleasants ye Exr. it is ordered that ye same be entered upon Record (Henrico Records, Feb. 1682-Apr., 1701 , p. 268)
Received of my Mother Jane Pleasants all the Goods and chattells bequeathed to me in ye last will and testament of my deceased father. I say recd. this 1 day of May 1700 . (signed) Joseph Pleasants (witnesses) Thomas Cardwell (Henrico Records 1697-1704 , p. 168)
21 Aug. 1704 . Mr. Joseph Pleasants by his petition sets forth that his covenant servant woman named Mary Gwinn hath lately had a bastard child in his house. Ordered that said child being a mulatto named Beck be bound to serve said Pleasants according to law; the child as said Pleasants informs the court being now about six months old (Henrico Records, 1677-1692 , p. 46 Orphan's Court)
20 Oct. 1704 . Patent to John and Joseph Pleasants for 286 acres in Henrico Co. on head of Little White oak Swamp (Register of Land office Book 9, p. 268)
1 March 1707 . Joseph Pleasants , Henrico Co. and Martha , his wife, to Thomas Childers of same Co., for L26, conveys land in said Co. N. side James River , on eastermost branch of Four Mile Creek , bounded as in deed from Alexander Makenny to John Bottome dated 10 July 1696 (Henrico Records, 1706-09 , p. 84)
1 June 17-08 . The estate of Thomas Sessiers , indebted to Joseph Pleasants for "souling a pair of shoes 1s-6d and for "16 Bottls. claret L2" (Ibid. 98)
31 July 1708 . Joseph Pleasants , Henrico Co. and parish, and Martha , his wife, to John Alldridge , New Kent Co. Blacksmith, for L50 sterl. convey 50 acres in parish and Co. aforesaid, S. side Chickahominey Swamp , whereon John Bottome formerly dwelt; said land was given to said Joseph Pleasants by the will of his father John Pleasants Senr. but upon asigning said land was found to have relapsed and was granted to John Pleasants the younger, 6 June 1699 and by him sold to said Joseph , by deed 1 August 1705 . (Ibid. p. 104)
10 Oct. 1708 . Joseph Pleasants , of Henrico Co. and parish and Martha , his wife, to Gilly Groomarin , of same, for 9200 lbs. tobo. and cask, convey 47 acres in parish and county aforesaid, on S. side James River , (being part an island) above Porrwhite Creek and falls of the said river, being more particularly bounded as in deed from William Drury and Jeremy Benskin to John Pleasants, Sr. dated 1 Apr. 1697 , which tract of land and island descended to John Pleasants son and heir at law of aforesaid John Pleasants Sr. decd. and by him sold to aforesaid Joseph , by deed 1 August 1705 . (Ibid. p. 117)
6-8ber (Oct.) 1709 . Richard Cocke , Henrico Co. and parish, Merchant and Rebecca , his wife, convey for L10, and 6000 lbs tobo. and cask. 130 acres in Parish and county aforesaid, N. side James River , which said land was purchased of Edward Mathews , decd. by said Cocke, 11 Dec, 1705 . (Henrico Records 1710-1714 , p. 166)
1709 . A List of surveys made in Henrico Co. (recorded 1 July 1710 .) Nov. 14, 1710 Joseph Pleasants , one survey 670 acres, do 550 acres (Ibid. p. 16)
2 Oct. 1710 . Joseph Pleasants vs John Alldridge (Ibid. p. 30)
Jany. 1710 . Joseph Pleasants executor Sarah Mathews , decd. and security for John Redford guardian to John Mathews . Mr. Joseph Pleasants , a Quaker, makes solemn declaration in manner proscribed by law that he attended 5 days as a witness for John Woodson vs Joseph Watson . Ordered that said Woodson pay him for said attendance (Ibid. pp. 30, 34, 36)
March 1710 . Joseph Pleasants , Pltf. vs Elizabeth Perkins , admrx. Nicholas Perkins , decd. Deft. Action of Case L3-10s. 8d. due Plts. by account dated 3 Nov. 1709 . being a Quaker makes affirmation as to truth thereof. Decides for Pltf. (Ibid. p. 48)
Aprl. 1710 , Eleanor Dutsue's Estate due Joseph Pleasants for a parcel of Women's Cloaths, 265 (lbs. tobo) (Ibid. 51) April 1711 , Joseph Bryan 's Estate due Joseph Pleasants for a parcel of Coopers' tools, 105 (lbs. tobo.) (Ibid.)
May 1712 , July 1712 , Nov. 1712 , Feb. 1712 , May 1713 Joseph Pleasants (a Quaker) appears as plaintiff in several suits actions of case and actions of debts (Ibid. pp. 136, 159, 176, 199, 206, 210, 237)
May 1714 . Francis Epes, Jr. Pltff vs John Woodson , John Pleasants and Joseph Pleasants, Defts. Action of case. This cause was referred from court to court. It was instituted by Epes to recover of defendants a certain amount of tobacco paid by him as surveyor to the chain bearers, the said Epes having surveyed lands for the defendants as ordered to do so by the General Court 24 Oct. 17-11 , at expense of defendants. The survey was ordered in a case pending in General Court in which John Bolling is Plaintiff and the defendants in this suit are the defendants. The defendants refuse to pay Epes claiming that he has not complied with order of General Court upon which this suit is brought. The court refuses further action herein and on motion of defendants it is dismissed. Plaintiff appeals to 6th day of next General Court. (Ibid. 282)
1 Jan. 1714 . Amos Leade (Ladd) of Henrico to Joseph Pleasants , of same, for 1500 lbs. tobo. conveys 361 2/3 acres in Co. aforesaid, N. side James River , on Beaver Dam Creek , part of a patent granted said Ladd (Henrico Record 1714-18 , p. 22)
1 Jan. 1714 Joseph Pleasants , Henrico Co. and Martha , his wife to John Redford , of same, for 4000 lbs. tobo. convey 322 acres in said county N. side James River , part of larger tract granted said Joseph Pleasants (Ibid. p. 23)
7 March 1714/15 . Joseph Pleasants , Henrico Co. and parish and Martha , his wife conveys (for 600 lbs. tobo. and cask and L10 Va. curr) to Edward Good, Junr. of same Co., and Parish. 150 acres in Parish and county aforesaid; N. side James River and N. side Four Mile Creek , between Eastern Run and great Branch of said Creek (Ibid. p. 24)
16 Aug. 1715 . Joseph Pleasants , patent for 550 acres Henrico Co. N. side James River , adjoining lands of Mr. Joseph Pleasants on Beaver Dam Creek , for importing 6 persons (Register of Land office Book 10, p. 254)
4 June 1716 Joseph Pleasants , Henrico parish and Co. to John Webb, Senr. of same, for L20 curr. conveys 550 acres as granted said Pleasants in patent 16 Aug. 1715 . (Henrico Record 1714-18 , p. 86)
6 June 1715 Joseph Pleasants , Henrico Parish and Co., Gent. to John Pledge , of same, planter, for L30 curr., conveys 300 acres N. side James River , adjoining John Redford's line , Henrico Co. , being part of a patent granted said Joseph 13 November 1713 . (Ibid. p. 87)
1720 April . Joseph Pleasants vs William Ferris, Jr. Action of Debt. 17 August Robert Blaws assignee of Joseph Pleasants , vs Benjamin Woodson , executor of Tucker Woodson , decd. (Henrico Record 1719-24 , pp. 23, 42)
5 Sept. 1720 . Joseph Pleasants , acknowledges deed to Obediah Smith . Martha , wife of said Pleasants relinquishes dower (Ibid. pp. 45, 53)
Oct. 1720 . Joseph Pleasants deed to Arthur Marcum , and Marcum's deed to Pleasants . Joseph Pleasants and Martha , his wife deed to Learner Bradshaw . 7 Sept. 1720 . Robert Blaws and Anne , his wife, deed to Joseph Pleasants . 5 Dec. 1720 . Joseph Pleasants and Martha , his wife, deed to Wm. Frogmorton (Ibid. pp. 48, 49, 53)
Oct. 1720 . Joseph Pleasants vs Edward Good, jr. Action of case (Ibid. p. 51)
1720. Feb. upon petition of Joseph Pleasants it is the opinion of the court that a bridge be built over Beaver Dam Creek at the charge of the county and the last day of this month is appointed for workmen to come to the Court House and agree with such of the Justices as shall be present for building the same and keeping it in repair 10 years (Ibid. p. 58)
1720 Feby. Joseph Pleasants vs Edward Good, Jr. Action of detenue L4 damages claimed by means of Good's detaining a horse belonging to Pleasants . General issue joined; jury ordered impannelled-verdict incertain, no judgment can be given thereon; ordered to withdraw and find more certain verlct. Continued to next court. 1720 Mar. verdict of Jury-Pleasants vs Good, jr. ; Edward Good bargained for horse with Joseph Childers and was to give 35s last year or 40s. this; Childers was not of age; he never said the sum nor was possessed of the horse. Plaintiff and Childers made an exchange and had each horse in possession; Childers then not of age. Horse worth L3 when in possession of Plaintiff and now worth 4s. Further find 20s. damage for plaintiff if court adjudgeth plaintiff aright to said horse, if not we find for defendant. Joseph Childers and right to the horse; we find the damage for detaining the horse; we find that Margaret Childers consented to her sons sale of the horse to Edward Good, Jr. We find said Good was to take him rough as he. Verdict on plaintiffs motion admitted to record and arguing referred to next court. April 1721 . Argument heard. Decision of court; law with the plaintiff; defendant to deliver colt to plaintiff or pay him 40s. together with 20s. damage; with costs, also Exo. On motion plaintiffs attorney for one attorney's fee to be included in bill of costs; opinion of court: that it ought not to be taxed in this Cause (Ibid. pp. 20, 67, 83, 91)
4 ? Sept. 1721 . Larnar Bradshaw and Hannah , his wife, deed to Joseph Pleasants (Ibid. p. 128)
Oct. 1721 . Joseph Pleasants appointed surveyor of Four Mile Creek and ordered that his own tithables, Mr. Blaws ' Pew Price and his tithables, Edward Good, Jr. , Joseph Woodson , and Henry Childers and Mr. Batty 's tithables do assist in cleaning the same (Ibid. p. 132)
2 July 1722 Joseph Pleasants deed to Jeremiah Hatcher (Ibid 191) Oct. 1722 . Upon the petition of Joseph Pleasants the court are of opinion to excuse him from making a causeway over the branch near his mill this year, Provided he leave the way in such manner as to render it safe and easy for the passage of Horses, carts and coaches (Ibid. 213)
5 Nov. 1722 Joseph Pleasants and Martha , his wife deed to John Owen (Ibid. 219) May 1724 . The grand jury "complain against the Wast of Josept Pleasants Mill" (Ibid. 340)
Dec. 1724 Joseph Jones vs Joseph Pleasants . Action of Case, and Joseph Pleasants vs John Davis , Action of case (Ibid. 373) 7 Feb. 1725 . The Will of Joseph Pleasants , decd. was presented proved and ordered recorded (Henrico Record 1725-37 , p. 3).

Relevant Deeds for area and families:
Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers:
Pleasants, Henrico Co., VA 1025:
John Pleasants of Curles in Henrico Co deeds to John Povall, Jr. for 150 pounds, 100 acres at a place called Malborn Hills in Henrico being the same tract purchased by the Pleasants from Jon. Watkins the son of Henry on 11 Oct 1737-recorded in Henrico. Also 100 acres being the tract of
land purchased by the Pleasants from Joseph Woodson of Curles, bounded by the property of Wm. Porter, Benjamin Porter, "Brackett and John Povall, Jr.", 05 Dec 1748, Vol 1748-50, page 55

John Pleasants Mrcht. deeds to Thomas Hamlet of the Parish of St. James Southland, Goochland Co., for 8 pounds: 60 acres in Henrico beginning at Falling Creek on Thos. Hamlet's line etc. Witness Robert Pleasants, Wm. Waddill and John Ellett. Recorded 1st Monday in Dec 1748, 19 Nov 1748 Vol 1748-50, page 57

John Pleasants Mrcht. deeds to John Elliott for 40:10s: 300 acres in Dale Parish, Henrico bounded as follows: on the south side of Falling Creek, and by Thomas Hamlet's 19 Nov 1748, page 68

HENRICO COUNTY – WILL: JOHN PLEASANTS, 1690
Submitted by Peggy Hooper (hooperhous@earthlink.net) 12 Oct 2003; Henrico Co., GENWEB Archives

Pleasants, Joseph
Valentine Papers Vol. 2, p. 1092

Joseph Pleasants, Will of: Joseph Pleasants, 9 Sept. 1725; (Recorded) 7 Feb. 1725/6.

Son Joseph Pleasants, land and plantation whereon Richd. Baze now lives known by
name of Pickanockey, beginning at mouth of Horse Swamp thence up said swamp to a
large branch of the same, parting that plantation and the one which Richard
Baze's wife now lives at, thence up said branch until it meets Obediah Smith's
line thence along said line to head, including in said bounds the 100 acres
formerly Thomas Robinsons, the whole tract containing by estimate 300 acres. Son
John Pleasants, land and plantation whereon William Ferris formerly lived above
Horse Swamp; also land below Horse Swamp from the great Branch bounding my son
Joseph up the said Swamp and Obediah Smith's line to head of my land, including
plantation whereon Richard Baze's wife lives; containing (both tracts) 150 acres
by estimation. Son Richard Pleasants, land joining upper side Buffalo Branch, by
estimation 300 acres. Son Thomas Pleasants, plantation purchased by me of John
Watson on or near a branch of Tuckahoe and on head of a branch called Longand
Hongrey, by estimation 200 acres. Son Robert Pleasants, 200 acres on Four Mile
Creek, beginning at Wm. Frogmorton's corner thence such a breath on said
William's line up the said creek as will contain 200 acres including plantation
whereon Benj. Childers lives. Should my son Joseph or his heirs at any time
disturb my son Robert in his possession of said land, the bequest of land at
Pickanockey made to said Joseph to be void, and said land "remaine to my son
Robert and his heirs forever. Son Joseph, a negro man Jack, goods and chattells,
cattle, mare and horse. Daughter Jeane, negro girl, goods and chattells, cattle,
mare. Daughter Martha, negro girl, goods and chattells, cattle, horse. Son John,
negro girl, goods and chattells, cattle, mare. Son Richard, negro boy, goods and
chattells, cattle, mare. Son Thomas, negro boy, goods and chattells, cattle,
mare. Son Robert, negro boy, goods and chattells, cattle, mare. Wife Martha
Pleasants, during her life, use and produce of real and personal estate, manor
plantation without the impeachment of waste. If wife should marry again estate
to be valued, appraised, 2/3 thereof equally divided among my sons children,
other 1/3 to wife and her heirs forever. Should wife not marry use and produce
of estate during her natural life in consideration of her bringing up my
children in their minority and paying my just debts which I desire may be paid
without charge of lawsuits, creditors proving their debts before two justices of
the peace. My children to remain with their mother during her widowhood until
there may be seen lawful cause to choose a guardian, otherwise to remain with
their mother until they arrive to lawful years. Wife Martha Pleasants, whole and
sole executrix. Wife to have advice of friend Colonel Randolph "whom I beg the
favor of to advise her."
Witnesses - Thomas Pleasants, John Pleasants, Edward Bennett, John__X__Cooke,
Jr., Eliza__X__Morris.
The will proved by solemn affirmation of John Pleasants and Edward Bennett,
Quakers, witnesses thereto and ordered recorded. (Henrico Records. Original
Papers, Bundle No. 4 also,
Records 1725-37, p. 3 et seq).

Peggy Hooper summary note of those name: wife, Martha, sons: Joseph, John, Richard, Thomas, and Robert, and daughters Jeane and Martha; Child not named: Elizabeth, daughter (mentioned in will of Joseph's mother).

Wills, Vol 1706-1709, p. 166. 2 Jan 1708 Will of Jane Larcome Pleasants mentions three of Joseph's children in the following order: Elizabeth, Joseph, Jane, and for that reason I assume they were the first three children born in that order.

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elizabeth pleasants

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Elizabeth Pleasants> 1
Sex: F
Birth: ABT 1706 in Henrico Co., Virginia
Death: AFT 19 DEC 1767 in Goochland Co., Virginia
Note:
Did Elizabeth Pleasant live to adulthood and marry John Merryman. Only secondary sources are available - see the end of the third paragraph of these notes, but no sources are given.

Elizabeth is not mentioned in her father's will dated 9 September 1725; however the 2 Jan 1708 Will of Jane Larcome Pleasants mentions "my Son Joseph's Daughter Elizabeth" [Henrico Wills, Vol 1706-1709, p. 166]. It has been conjetured that she may have married "out of meeting" prior to the date of her father's will, in which case he might have disinherited her. Other have suggested that Elizabeth Pleasants died before reaching adulthood.

Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607-1624/5, 4th Ed., Vol. 1, p. 127, shows Elizabeth as a dau. of Joseph and Martha. Footnote 70 says "Cocke, Cockes & Cousins, II, p. 16 sugests she may have married 39, Joseph Lewis (see Woodson). Wiliam Kenneth Rutherford and Anna Clay Zimmerman Rutherford, Genealogical History of Our Ancestors (rev. ed.; n.p., 1977), I, p. 505, and W(2), VIII, p. 134, states she married John Merryman but provide no documentation. In addition, Genealogical history of the Rutherford Family Vol. 1, by William Kenneth Rutherford and Anna Clay Zimmerman Rutherford, 2nd Ed. 1986, has John married to Elizabeth Pleasants, but without sources.

Father: Joseph Pleasants b: ABT 1674 in Bremo, Henrico Co., Virginia
Mother: Martha Cocke b: ABT 1676 in Bremo, Henrico Co., Virginia

Marriage 1 John Merryman b: ABT 1700 in Henrico or Goochland Co., Virginia
Married: ABT 1727 in Henrico Co., Virginia 2
Children
Thomas Merryman b: ABT 1730 in Cumberland Co., Virginia
Elizabeth Merryman b: 1731 in Henrico Co., Virginia
Agnes Merryman b: 1732 in Henrico Co., Virginia
Mary Merryman b: ABT 1735 in Powhatan (then Goochland) Co., Virginia
Judith Merryman b: 1736
John Merryman , Jr. b: 1738 in Henrico Co., Virginia
Jesse Merryman b: 1740 in Henrico Co., Virginia

Sources:
Title: Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607 - 1624/5, 4th Ed.
Author: Dorman, John Frederick
Publication: Genealogical Publishers, Baltimore, 2005
Repository:
Media: Book
Page: Vol. 1, p. 127
Title: Stokes Notes
Author: Martin, Mrs. John N.
Publication: Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol. IV, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1982
Note: reprinted from the William & Mary Quarterly.
Repository:
Media: Book
Page: 626
Text: John Merryman of Goochland married Elizabeth Pleasants

cornelius outlande

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CORNELIUS2 OUTLAND (UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1630 in Holland, and died 1664 in Nansemond County, Virginia. He married ELIZABETH WALLIS 1648 in Oudekirk, Holland the Netherlands. She was born 1621 in Holland, and died 1672 in Isle of Wight County, VA.

Notes for CORNELIUS OUTLAND:
Outland (Oudelant) - What ship brought them to America and where they landed remains unknown. We only know from land grants that they settled in Isle of Wight County, VA. At the office in Richmond, VA Cornelius Oudelant was living in Isle of Wight County, VA, a patent to John Jolliffe mentions land adjourning Cornelius Oudelant May 30, 1653. Cornelius and Elizabeth Oudelant patented 1650 acres of land in Nansemond County, VA before 1666. After his death Elizabeth forfeited the patent. Then she and two of her friends bought back the land as follows: To Elizabeth Oudelant 650 acres of land-escheat being part of a patent of 1650 acres formerly granted to Cornelius Oudelant, deed October 26, 1666. To Nathaniel Bacon 700 acres of land-escheat being part of patent of 1650 acres formerly granted to Cornelius Oudelant. To Richard Penny 300 acres of land-escheat being part of a patent of 1650 acres formerly grant to Cornelius Oudelant. Elizabeth took up another patent in Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties. To Elizabeth Oudelant 1500 acres of land lying part in Isle of Wight County and part in Nansemond County, beginning on a point belonging to a branch of Beverly Creek and crossing said branch October 26, 1666. To Mrs. Elizabeth Oudelant 300 acres of land beginning and standing in Chuckatuck Creek by the side of a branch and Lawsons land, October 26, 1666.

Isle of Wight County Records

In 1675, Giles Bland, agent of John Bland, sold "Basse's Choice" to Major Thomas Taberer, and Sarah Bland, wife of John, relinquished her dower. In a patent to Taberer in 1681, it was described as beginning at ye mouth of Polentine (Pollington) (1) swamp, which divides ye said Taberer's land from ye land of Mr. James Day, thence up the said swamp north 32 degrees west, 80 poles to a locust saplin in John Munger's line, then by Munger's south west 92 poles to a white oak near ye head of a small gutt, thence down ye said gutt south 25 degrees westerly 60 poles to Hutchinson's (2) creek, and thence by various courses down ye said creek and ye Crosse creek to ye Maine Pagan creek, then northeast by ye Maine creek side 120 poles to ye mouth of said Taberer's own creek, then up that creek and Jone's hole creek to a locust post in ye marsh, and then north 53 degrees west 40 poles to ye first station. Major Taberer left the estate to his grandson, Joseph Copeland, probably a relative of John Copeland visited by Thomas Story. Warrascoyack River as changed to New Town Haven Creek, thence to Pagan Creek. Pagan being originally the name of a point of land. Smithfield was laid out in 1752 by Col. Arthur Smith, and Robert Burwell, Arthur Smith, William Hodsden, James Baker, James Dunlop, James Arthur and Jospeh Bridges were the first trustees.

Information from: Records: William and Mary College Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 4 page 215

Notes for ELIZABETH WALLIS:
According to the law of the times, at her husband's death, the land reverted to the proprietor by escheat. Of the 1650 acres Elizabeth Oudelant was granted 500 acres, 700 acres were granted to Nathan Bacon, 300 to Richard Penny.

From: Cavaliers and Pioneers: "The Isle of Wight, VA Patent Book No. 6"

Elizabeth Oudelant took up another patent in Nansemond and Isle of Wight counties.

Patent book 6 Page 24 Nansemond County
To Mrs. Elizabeth Oudelant 1500 acres land lying part in Isle of Wight county and part in Nansemond county-beginning on a point belonging to a branch of Beverly Creek and crossing said branch, October 26, 1666.

Patent book 6 page 25 Nansemond county
To Mrs. Elizabeth Oudelant 300 acres land beginning and standing in Chuckatuck Creek by the side of a branch and Lawson's land. October 26, 1666

Compiled January 1966 by Lucy Elliott Hollowell

More About CORNELIUS OUTLAND and ELIZABETH WALLIS:
Marriage: 1648, Oudekirk, Holland the Netherlands

Children of CORNELIUS OUTLAND and ELIZABETH WALLIS are:
2. i. WILLIAM3 OUTLAND, b. 1655, Chuckatuck Parish Nansemond Co, VA; d. 24 May 1687, VA.
ii. MARIA OUTLAND, b. 10 May 1650, Chuckatuck Parish Nansemond Co, VA.
Notes for MARIA OUTLAND:
The Oudekirk (the old church) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands records the birth of Maria Oudelant to Cornelius and Elizabeth Oudelant. Research has not unlocked the mystery of what happened to Maria.

More About MARIA OUTLAND:
Baptism: 1650, OudeKirk in Amsterdam, Holland, the Netherlands
Godparents: Abraham Deleay & Maritie Denieg

iii. CORNELIUS OUTLAND, b. 1652, Chuckatuck Parish Nansemond Co, VA; d. 12 Dec 1676, Isle of Wight County, Virginia; m. HANNAH COPELAND, 05 Mar 1675, Chuckatuck Parish, Nansemond County, VA; b. Abt. 1654, Isle of Wight County, VA; d. 11 Jan 1676, Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
More About CORNELIUS OUTLAND and HANNAH COPELAND:
Marriage: 05 Mar 1675, Chuckatuck Parish, Nansemond County, VA

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/u/n/Dale-W-Hundley-jr/GENE1-0001.html

More on the Hollands

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Virginia Hollands

by Wiley Julian Holland153
April 28, 2007

This section includes two parts. The first deals with five Hollands who arrived in Virginia in the 1619-1622 time frame. The source material for the first section, unless otherwise noted, is the Jamestown records of the London Company. The records were part of the Thomas Jefferson library collection and are stored at the Library of Congress. The second part deals with Hollands who arrived in Virginia 1635-1666. Unless otherwise noted the source material for the second section is from the Book Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666, author Nell Marion Nugent, published 1934.
Part 1

On September 18, 1620, the ship Supply left Bristol, England and arrived in Virginia eight weeks later. Two passengers were Gabriel and Richard Holland, probably brothers. They signed an agreement with the London Company, as other male enlistees, requiring them to work for 3 years helping to build the Berkley plantation. For the first year they would be provided “food, lodging, cattle, clothes, weapons, tools and other equipment.” After the first year they would receive” 50% of the profits from their endeavors.” At the end of their 3-year obligation, they would be “granted 50 acres of land.” Seven passengers on the initial manifest stayed in England and did not make the voyage, leaving a ship’s compliment of 49 passengers including the Captain and his wife.

A later report by the London Company lists the status of the passengers aboard the Supply. It states that Gabriel and Richard Holland were among 15 of the passengers who had “died.” It further states that the Captain, William Tracy, and his wife Mary were among 8 who had been “slayne dead’ after their arrival in Virginia. The record did not say Richard and Gabriel were killed, only that they were dead. Many passengers never survived the trans-Atlantic journeys at that time. The ship Jonathan, for example, arrived in Virginia May 27, 1620, and the records show 28 of the 57 passengers and crew dying on the trip. So there is a possibility Gabriel and Richard Holland never set foot on Virginia soil or if they did, died shortly thereafter.

In 1622, the ship John and Francis arrived in Jamestown and among the passengers was another Gabriel Holland and his wife, Rebecca. On Good Friday March 22, 1622, Indians attacked Jamestown and it’s outlying settlements killing 347 men, women and children, roughly one third of the population in Virginia at that time. Following the massacre, the London Company conducted a survey to list the settlers who were killed, “so their lawful heirs may take speedy order for the inheritance of their lands here.” A Thomas Holland at the Berkley Plantation and a Thomas Holland at the Edward Bennett plantation were listed as killed. No other records on these two Hollands have ever been located to my knowledge.

According to John Bennett Boddie in his book, Historical Southern Families, Gabriel was living in Jamestown at the time of the massacre in 1622. Many of the residents of Jamestown were saved because an Indian boy who had been converted to Christianity warned them. The fact that Gabriel was living in Jamestown is born out by the fact that 2 years later on 14 August 1624, Mary Pinke Holland, Gabriel’s second wife patented 12 acres of land on the island of James City which had been part of her former husband’s 100 acres.

Gabriel was a yeoman farmer and served as a sergeant in the militia. He served in the Virginia House of Burgesses in the 1623/4 session. According to Boddie, “They appear in the records of the General Court up to about 1627, but disappeared after that.” I could find no records of Gabriel having children.

Part 2

The date of the patent of land being approved is not the date the headrights (transported passengers) arrived in Virginia from England. According to Nugent, all paperwork had to be in order showing proof of payment of passage for each person and a survey of the land had to be performed before a patent could be applied for and granted. The Holland transported in this listing was part of a larger group but I am not listing the names of all the others. I will name the Holland and the number of others with him. I, Wiley Julian Holland, have this book and will provide lookups for any other surnames.

Name Date County, patent and transporation
Hannah Boyse,
daughter of Luke Boyse 11 Nov 1635 300 acres in Henrico County, transportation of 4 servants, including Edward Holland.
Robert Hollom 2 June 1636 1000 acres in Henrico County, transportation of 20 people including Edward Holland
Mary Box, daughter of John Box 12 July 1637 300 acres in Henrico County, 200 acres for transportation of her mother and 3 servants, one being Edward Holland
Frances Rice 29 Aug 1643 200 acres on the forest of Warwick River, transportation of four persons including Francis Holland
Anthony Stephens 26 Mar 1651 500 acres in Northumberland County, for transporting ten persons including Francis Holland
William Wroughton 400 acres on north side of Lancaster County, for transporting 8 persons including George Holland
William Stone 4 June 1635 1800 acres between Hungers Cr. and Mattawomans, transport of himself, his brother and 34 servants including Henry Holland
Samuel Huby and
John Carter 25 Jan 1655 500 acres in Surry County, transportation of ten persons including Mary Holland
Captain Augustine Warner 7 Feb 1658 3000 acres on the borders of Northumberland and Lancaster Counties, transportation of 60 persons including Samuel Holland
Arthur Price 6 May 1651 1700 acres on south side of York River and on N side of Skimeno Cr., transportation of 34 persons including Thomas Holland
Arthur Allen 24 Aug 1665 1000 acres in Surry County, transporting 20 persons including Watt Holland
Cheney Boyse last of May 1636 1550 acres in Charles City County, transportation of 29 persons including William Holland
John Batts and John Davis 2 Apr 1639 750 acres in Charles River County, transporting themselves and 13 persons including William Holland
Lt. Colonel Jno. Blake and Mr. Edward Ison 20 Feb 1664 2500 acres in Nansemond County, transporting 50 persons including John Holland. This is my [Wiley Julian Holland] Holland line so I will expand a little.

This is a verbatim quote from Historical Southern Families, Volume 1, page 269, author John Bennett Boddie.

John Holland of Nansemond is the first ancestor of this present Holland family. He was a headright of Lt. Col. Blake and Edward Isom who patented 2500 acres in Nansemond, Feb. 20, 1664, for the transportation of 60 persons, among whom was John Holland. On April 20, 1682, John Holland patented 760 acres in the Upper Parish of Nansemond at the miles end of Walter Bagley, and on April 16, 1683, he patented 200 acres in the same parish at a place called Kingsdale. Another patent was granted him on April 20, 1694, for 500 acres on the east side of the cape. The date of death of John Holland is not known, but from CIRCUMSTANTIAL evidence, it appears that he had four sons, Henry, James, Joseph and John Holland.”

The following are Hollands mentioned in Nugents book but no other information was given.

Name Date County, patent and transporation
John Madison 4 Jan 1653 600 acres in Gloucester County beg. at Col. Taylors Creek running down the river E. to Mr. Adam Holland’s Creek.
Daniel Holland and William Cornish 9 Dec 1662 bought the patent of 800 acres of Richard Gible for transporting 16 persons to Northumberland County. Daniel’s will was written March 31, 1672, and probated April 17, 1672. “To daughter, Elizabeth, 20 acres in Newman’s creek. Wife Joyce, executrix and residue of estate.”

This is from the Jamestown Record of the London Company: “As early as 1621, the London Company realized the need to furnish women of marrying age to Virginia to “lifte ye morale” of the men.” In November 1621 the ship Tyger arrived in James City from England. The ship manifest stated the following: “Fifty more maids and yong woemen for marriage, with testimonies to their characters, passage to be paid after arrival at not less than 150 pounds of the best leaf tobacco, and proportionately more if any died on the way over.” Ann Holland, age 19, arrived on a similar ship August 10, 1635, with 20 other women. Martha Holland, age 24, arrived on the ship Paul in 1635 with 14 other women.

Documentaion?

March 8, 2007
Mrs. Diana Holland Faust, Webmaster Jimmie Holland/Jerutha White Website
Re: Origins of James ("Jimmie") Holland of North Carolina

Dear Diana,

I am not a descendant of Jimmie Holland and his wife Jerutha but I have researched my Holland family and others for many years. You have done a wonderful job on the site and I congratulate you and the others who assisted you.

I have been aware of the controversy surrounding the parents of Jimmie for some time, but because this wasn't my line, I hesitated to intervene. I now feel I should share the findings of my research on this issue with you. The information on your website shows Jimmie being born in Scotland and migrating to America with his wife, Jerutha, in the early or mid 1700s. There is an individual who has stated categorically that your Jimmie was actually James, the son of Joseph Holland Jr. and Esther Edmonds, having been born in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.

I am only addressing the one issue. Was Jimmie Holland, or was he not, the son of Joseph Holland Jr. and Esther Edmonds? On July 15, 2002, Randy Peacock posted the following message on the Holland family genealogy forum in response to a post by Christina Walter. "What documentation do you have that Jimmie's father was Joseph Holland? Would like to know your sources as I am related to this line."

On July 20, 2002, John Gabriel Holland [a.k.a. Gabe Holland] posted the following message on the Holland family genealogy forum responding to Christina Walter. "Suggest you go to Ancestry.com. Look for "Jimmie Holland" Someone has done a good job but placing James/John Holland who married Jerutha as an "original" immigrant from England which is absolutely INCORRECT."

Five minutes later on July 20, 2002 John Gabriel Holland posted the following message on the Holland family genealogy forum in response to the inquiry by Randy Peacock. "Randy, you ask for documented proof. Lets start with Kirk Davis Holland's book 'To Those Who Care', Chapman's Wills and Administration, Isle of Wight Co. ,Va. Boddie, etc, etc,etc. In addition to which Joseph'of Spivey'was my 1st cousin, six times removed. My Holland line remained in Nansemond, Isle of Wight ( many still remain there.)"

Let's examine Mr. John Gabriel Holland's citation, Kirk Davis Holland's book, To Those Who Care. The following quote is the only reference in that book concerning Joseph Holland Jr. and his son, James. "Joseph Holland Jr., son of Joseph Holland Sr. was born in 1715. He died in 1799 he had sons, Captain Joseph Holland, Job, James, Jacob, Solomon and John D., Holland. He signed as a witness, a deed to his father, Joseph Holland Sr. in 1744 He signed this as Joseph Jr.".

He was also one of the signers of a petition in 1784 about the division of the County. He signed the petition as Joseph Sr. because he was the oldest Joseph living at that time. When he was a boy, he was known as Joseph Jr. and at the time he signed the petition, he had a son Joseph who was later called Captain Joseph Holland." What does the above tell us. The only reference to James was that he was a son of Joseph Holland Jr. Nothing more.

Let's now examine his citation, Chapman's Wills and Administration, Isle of Wight Co., Va. Page. 258. This is the only reference to Joseph. "Henry Johnson Sr., son Aaron, son William, son Henry, land adjoining Mason Johnson and Joseph Holland, granddaughter, Mary Johnson, grandson Britain Johnson. Executors, William Duck and sons, Aaron and Henry. Died February 26, 1782, Registered January 1, 1784. Witness John Darden, Barnaby Holland and Benjamin Holland." What does this citation tell us? It proves that Joseph Holland Jr. was alive in 1784 and owned property adjoining Henry Johnson's land. There is no reference to Joseph's son James.

Let's now examine his citation on Boddie. John Bennett Boddie wrote the series , Southern Historical Families. Volume 10 has 14 pages, titled Holland of Nansemond. The above section dealing with Joseph Jr. having property adjoining Henry Johnson' land was included in this section. The other reference to Joseph, husband of Esther was, "This Joseph Holland is said to have been known as Joseph "of Spivey" or Joseph Spivey Holland. He is said to have died without a will in 1799. His known sons were Lewis Conner Holland and Lawson S. Holland, who moved to Georgia. Captain Joseph Holland 'of Kingsdale' in Nansemond seems to have been his son." What does this citation tell us. There was a Joseph Holland who probably died 1799 in Isle of Wight intestate. There is no mention of a James Holland in this citation. I have the wills and inventories of Isle Of Wight County and no will of Joseph is on file.

Mr. John Gabriel Holland's citations of etc, etc, etc and his statement of being a distant cousin of Joseph has no bearing on whether James Holland of Isle of Wight was Jimmie Holland of Wayne County, North Carolina, so I will not comment further on those cites.

Binns Genealogy CD series reconstructed the 1790 and 1800 Virginia tax lists. The 1790 Isle of Wight tax lists show the following Hollands: Aaron, Benjamin, Everitt, James, Job, Mary, Robert, Titus, and William. The 1799/1800 tax lists show the following Hollands: Alice, Aaron, Benjamin Jr., Benjamin Sr., Everitt, Hardy, James, Job, John, John of Joseph, Miles, Mills, Patience and William.

James (Jimmie) Holland who married Jerutha White was living in Dobbs County, North Carolina in 1769 and was shown on the County poll tax list. He was also listed on the 1790 Wayne County, North Carolina census.
Based on all the plethora of information, I can only assume that James, the son of Joseph Holland and Esther Edmonds could not be the same person as your Jimmie Holland.

Sincerely,
Wiley Julian Holland
Alexandria, Virginia

Additionally, in reference to Jeanette Holland Austin:

On page 176 you state that Boddie said Joseph Spivey had Jacob and James. I have the entire series written by John Bennett Boddie and the only reference he gives on the children of Joseph Spivey is page 4 chapter, Hollands of Nansemond, Historical Southern Families,

"This Joseph Holland is said to have been known as Joseph Holland "of Spivey" He is said to have died without a will in Isle of Wight County in 1799. His known sons were Lewis Connor Holland and Lawson S. Holland, who moved to Georgia. Captain Joseph Holland "of Kingsale" in Nansemond seems to have been his son.

Jeanette Holland Austin has written several books, including Holland 1000-1988, and has a website available to subscribers. Jeanette claims that Joseph Spivey Holland left a will listing James Holland (the James Holland who was married to Jerutha White and had children Enos, Eli, etc.) as one of his heirs. Upon questioning her about including him in that Joseph Spivey Holland family, she responds that Kirk Holland, in his book To Those Who Care, gave the reference that a will did once exist. "Nansemond County records burned," she concludes, conviently. Kirk Davis Holland, actually wrote, on page 43 of his book, "This Joseph Holland is said to have been known as Joseph Spivey Holland. He is said to have died without a will in Isle of Wight County in 1799. And Kirk Davis Holland is quoting John Bennett Boddie almost verbatim.

http://www.hollandfamily.us/ResourceCenter/gabriel.htm

Gabriel Holland

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Descent from Gabriel Holland of Jamestown
Generation No. 1
1. GABRIELL HOLLAND is generally thought to be a son of John Holland and Mary Molyneaux, who were married March 5, 1583, in St. Clement Danes Church, London. John’s father or grandfather is said to have been Thomas Holland, an illegitimate son of Henry Holland, the third Duke of Exeter. With a Richard Holland, likely an elder brother, Gabriell emigrated to Jamestown, Virginia, aboard the ship Supply, in 1621. Richard did not survive long in the New World, but Gabriel was married at least twice and left descendants.

Jamestown genealogy is notoriously difficult. Between bouts of malaria and Indian attacks, the colonists tended not to keep their family bibles up to date. Families were wiped out overnight, and wives had to be replaced with grim frequency. The climate was, and still is, hostile to the preservation of paper records -- the best preserved documents are actually in London, where the colonists seems to have been regarded as so much cattle. The desire of our more immediate ancestors to know their genealogies has prompted a lot of guesswork and speculation that has acquired a patina of authenticity by sheer repetition. I've tried to go back to an original source for each assertion made repeatedly, and for the most part these are elusive.

So, what can we say with confidence?

Most Virginia genealogists assert that the emigrant Gabriell Holland is a son of John Holland and Mary Molyneaux. This may indeed be the case, but in terms of documentation the connection is not proven. The frequent assertion that Gabriel was born in Northumberland is unlikely if his parents are indeed John Holland and Mary Molyneaux, as the couple lived in London throughout their childbearing years. There is slight evidence that this is the John Holland who was christened January 29, 1556, at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster. Peter Holland, presumably the first child of this marriage, was christened April 25, 1585, at the Church of St. Martin in The Fields. A Gabriell Holland, presumably also of this marriage, was christened February 15, 1596, at the same church. A Richard Holland was christened August 11, 1588.

The names Richard and Gabriel Holland occur together twice in records of the Virginia Company as emigrants to the Jamestown colony. It must be noted, though, that the paternity of the 10 Holland children in the records of St. Martin's is noted simply as "Hollande," which is not a conclusive identification with John Holland and Mary Molyneaux.

A search of "Records of the Virginia Company Volume III, 1607-1622 Miscellaneous Documents", does yield some information about Gabriell the emigrant. The names Gabriel Holland and Richard Holland appear on the list of "Men now sent for Plantacion in Virginia" dated Sept. 3, 1620 (Page 396) and again on a certificate documenting arrivals at Berkeley Hundred dated January 29, 1620/21 (Page 426). Published transcriptions of these documents, which were collected and preserved by Thomas Jefferson, can be viewed online at Ancestry.com and through the Library of Congress Web site (Series 8, Virginia Records 1606-1736.) It is stated in some histories that the ship was the "Supply," which sailed from England, October 5, 1620, but this information is not part of the official documents. In annotations made later to the Sept. 3, 1620, list, both Gabriel and Richard are noted as "dead," which is very likely the case for Richard, who is never heard from again. Gabriell -- if it is the same Gabriell -- is listed among the muster of settlers living at "Colledge Land" (10,000 acres on the northerly side of James river, from the falls down to Henrico) on February 16, 1623. (The original 1623/4 census and the 1624/5 Muster are in the Public Record Office, London, England. They can be viewed online at "Virtual Jamestown, Public Records, Musters 1623/24) Wives, children and servants were not recorded in the first muster, taken to enumerate survivors of the devastating attack on the colony by Powhatan Indians in March 22, 1622. Although I have not yet found other evidence of a Thomas Holland having arrived there, the name Thomas Holland is found twice in a list of the dead published in London in 1622. The first Thomas Holland is among the dead at Capt. Berkeley's plantation (Page 35). The second Thomas Holland, among the dead at Mr. William Bennett's plantation, is identified as "Capt. Whitaker's man" (Page 54) (See Edward Waterhouse, "A Declaration of the State of the Colony and Affaires in Virginia. With a Relation of the Barbarous Massacre in the Time of Peace and League, Treacherously Executed by the Natiue Infidels vpon the English, the 22 of March last. Together With the Names of those that were then Massacred: that their Lawfull Heyres, by this Notice Giuen, may take Order for the Inheriting of their Lands and Estates in Virginia…. " London, England: G. Eld. for Robert Mylbourne, 1622. An online version is available at Early Encounters in North America, a site of the University of Chicago.) A secondary source (Virginia General Assembly. Colonial Records of Virginia, Richmond, Va: Clearfield Company, 1874, version available online at Ancestry.com) repeats Waterhouse's information. Clearly Richard goes missing in 1622. The name Thomas Holland in Waterhouse's list could be an error for Richard. It may be that a Thomas had arrived in Jamestown by 1622.

On January 24, 1624, "Gabriell Holland and Rebecca" are listed among a census of settlers living on James City Island, with the additional information that "Gabriell Holland came in the John & Francis; Rebecca his wife in the same Shipp." No date of arrival is recorded; the ship had made seven voyages to Virginia by 1623. It is possible that Gabriel returned to England to collect his wife -- or to marry her -- and returned to Jamestown with Rebecca aboard the John & Francis. The couple's possessions are recorded as a house, 100 dried fish, 7 barrels of corn, 2 bushels of dried peas and beans, 6 swine, a coat of mail, and 6 'piece,' -- small firearms for hunting and defense. In that year also Gabriell was a signer of "The Tragical Relation of the General Assembly," in which members of the Virginia Assembly respond to Sir Thomas Smith's attempts to discredit and bring about the dissolution of the Virginia Company of London.

Most genealogies name two wives for Gabriel: Rebecca George and Mary Pink. I have not yet seen documentation for either marriage. A Rebecca Georg was christened October 24, 1591 at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, who may be this woman. If Mary Pink succeeded the Rebecca who arrived on the John & Francis, she did so quickly: Mary Holland, wife of Gabriel Holland, patented land "formerly belonging to one Pinke" on James City island in 1624. Rebecca George, however, is generally thought to be the mother of Gabriell Holland's younger children. If we accept the accuracy of the records, one logical explanation would be that Gabriell married one Rebecca before 1624, Mary Pink by 1624, and thirdly, another Rebecca. It's awkward, but plausible.

According to the Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, “Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons,” Gabriel Holland was a yeoman, and one of the first settlers at Berkeley Hundred in 1620. He was made a burgess in 1623; in the same year he was a signer of "The Tragical Relation of the General Assembly." The encyclopedia continues: “Long resident in Nansemond county, Virginia, the family of Holland has in that time occupied honorable position in that locality. That the family is an old one is proven by the fact that Gabriel and Richard Holland arrived at Berkeley, Virginia, February 8, 1621, on the ship, "Supply," with fifty others, leaving England, October 5, 1620. Gabriel Holland was one of thirty-one signers to the answer of the general assembly in Virginia to the Declaration of the State of the Colony in 1624, and also was one of the signers for the incorporation of Henrico County and the incorporation of college plantations.”

A tentative list of the children of GABRIELL HOLLAND and MARY PINK, all born and baptized at Jamestown, are:

2. i. JOHN HOLLAND, born 1628, died 1710, Suffolk, Va.

ii. JOB HOLLAND, born 1629.

iii. DANIEL HOLLAND, born 1634.

iv. WILLIAM HOLLAND, born 1635.

A tentative list of the children of GABRIELL HOLLAND and REBECCA GEORGE, all born and baptized at Jamestown, are:

v. RICHARD HOLLAND, born 1637.

vi. GEORGE HOLLAND, born about 1638.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~knower/gabrielstem.htm

More on the Campbells

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The Campbell Tartan;
The ordinary Campbell tartan is green, black, and blue, arranged in the same pattern as the black watch, and Argyll, and Sutherland regiments.

The Campbell name;
It was the grandfather to Sir Cailein MOR who is first said to have had the name. It was a nickname of Cam Beul given to him by family members as he had an engaging trait of talking out one side of his mouth. Cam Beul in the Gaelic language means curved mouth. This Duncan was loved so much by his family that they took the nickname as their family name, and have held to it even beyond Argyll.

The spelling of the name was originally Cambel, then when Robert the Bruce's son King David became King of Scott's he brought with him Norman Knights, which started the different spelling of Campbell.

Family Motto;
Ne obliviscaris - "Forget not"

Campbells Family History

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The Campbell crest of the Chief bears a Boars head. The Boars head was originally a symbol of the Mother Goddess. This may have come from when the Campbell's inherited Lorne through heiresses who descended from the Old Norse sea kings of the House of the Spirit Freya. All though the Boars head is carved on the ancient rock of Dunadd, which is the inauguration place of the early kings of Argyll. The Chief of the Clan Campbell is also the Duke of Argyll, and the Marquis of Lorne, and this was from his royal descent in the female line from the ancient Kings of Argyll.

Many claim that the Campbell's are the oldest clan from the Highlands, but this would be very hard to prove, or disprove, as there is not much evidence available. But it can be said that the Campbell Clan is a very ancient house, and that it descends from the clan Dhuibhne, whose earliest ancestor was Diarmad.

The Campbell clan was known as the race of Diarmid, and for centuries were the most powerful influence in Argyll, and West Scotland. In the 13th century Archibald Campbell obtained the Lordship of Lochow through his marriage to the daughter of the King's treasure, and for a long time after this the Campbell's of Lochow formed one of the chief branches of the clan.

Sir Colin Campbell of the Campbell's of Argyll was knighted in 1280, and from the chief of the Argyll family had received the designation, MacCailean Mor. Which was retained by the Dukes of Argyll till present day. Sir Duncan his descendant was created a peer by King James II in 1445, and Duncan's grandson Colin was created Earl of Argyll in 1447. Archibald, Lord High Chancellor, whom was his son, was killed at Flodden in 1513.

Archibald, 5th Earl commanded the army of Queen Mary at the battle of Langside, and his brother Colin supported the young King. Archibald, 7th Earl, had commanded the army, which was defeated by the Earl's of Huntly, and Errol in 1594. His son was the leader of the Covenanters, and he was created Marquis in1641, however in spite of his loyalty he was beheaded in 1661, along with his son Archibald for his part in the Monmouth rebellion. Archibald 10th Earl, returned along with William of Orange, and by him was elevated to Dukedom. John 2nd Duke of Argyll was created Duke of Greenwich in the peerage of the United Kingdom.

Dairmid O'Duine is generally regarded as the founder of the clan Duibhne, or Campbell's, and in 1368 a crown charter acknowledged Duncan MacDuibhne as progenitor of the Campbell Lords of Lochow. Duncan appeared to have lived under the reign of Alexander II, and according to tradition, Eva O'Duibhne, heiress of the line, married the first Campbell, and carried with her the chiefship of her tribe.

The real founder of the Campbell's of Argyll was Cailean MOR, from whom the chiefs get his patronymic of MacCailean MOR. This Colin was slain at Ath-Dearg (red Ford), in Lorn, 1294.

This story was obtained through research on the internet. I do not know whom the author is, however if anyone does, or there are any objections to me using the story please contact
me and let me know. Thank you

http://ladyshadowfeather.tripod.com/revgigisfamilygeneology/id13.html

Grissell Grace Hay Campbell

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http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/o/r/Phil-Norfleet/BOOK-0001/0006-0001.html

James Campbell

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http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:James_Campbell_(125)

Daniel Robertson

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THOMAS MAXWELL ROBERTSON

The Biographical Record of Henry County, Illinois, published in 1901

Prominent among the citizens of Henry County who have witnessed the marvelous development of this section of the state in the past sixty-five years, and who have, by honest toil and industry, succeeded in acquiring a competence, and are now able to spend the sunset of life in quiet and retirement, is the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch. For many years he was one of the leading agriculturists of the county, but is now removed November 1, 1988, and where he owns a desirable home.

Mr. Robertson was born a few miles north of Galesburg, in Henderson Township, Knox County, Illinois, May 2, 1835, and is a worthy representative of one of the most prominent pioneer families of this section of the state, his parents being Daniel and Mary (Maxwell) Robertson. The father’s birth occurred in Perth, Scotland, but he was only six months old when brought by his parents to America. From New York the family removed to Morgan County, Illinois in 1817. They constructed a flatboat in Pennsylvania, on which they loaded their household goods, horses and cattle, and they floated down the Ohio River to Lewiston, near St. Louis. Going to the land office at Dixon, Daniel Robertson entered a tract of government land at Henderson Grove, which was said to be the nicest grove in the state at that time. He secured the deed to a quarter-section of land on Section 11, Henderson Township, Knox County, and his brother Alexander, who died in 1848, also obtained at that time one hundred and sixty acres and later entered a quarter-section more. The father of our subject lived at what is now Hendersonville, which was a thriving village before the railroad was laid out, but as the company saw fit to lay their line through Galesburg and skip Hendersonville, the latter was virtually killed. He and his brother were the first white men to settle in Knox County.

During the Black Hawk War, the latter entered the army, leaving Daniel to care for the home and family. He was well acquainted with the Shabbons, the friendly Indians of those troublesome times. Mr. Robertson was reared in the Scotch Presbyterian faith, but never united with any church. While a resident of Schuyler County, Illinois, he was appointed justice of the peace by Governor Edwards and held the office for some years. He died at his home in Knox County, April 6, 1890, at the ripe old age of eighty-six years, honored and respected by all who knew him. The mother of our subject, who was a most excellent woman, had died in 1840, at the early age of twenty-seven years. She was a daughter of Thomas and Clarkia (Williamson) Maxwell. Her mother's people came from Indiana to Illinois at a very early day and first located in Sangamon County. By his first marriage Mr. Robertson had five children, namely: Elizabeth, the first female white child born in Knox County, married Isaac Reed, and is now living in this county at the age of sixty-nine years; Alexander R. died from the effects of an accident October 11, 1891, at the age of fifty-eight years; Thomas M., our subject, is next in order of birth; Malissa, deceased, was the wife of James Smelser; Mary is the widow of Robert Adcock and a resident of Warren County, Illinois. For his second wife the father of these children married Miss Jane Riddle, who died in Galesburg, in 1895, at the age of seventy-five years. By that union were born six children, five of whom are now living: John T., a resident of Galesburg; James G., who died November, 1900, at Marysville, California; Amanda, now Mrs. Briggs, of Oklahoma; and Harlen, of Indian Territory, and Harbin C., twins, living near Galesburg, Illinois.

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/il/county/knox/ann_maxwell_robertson.htm

Schermerhorn Family info

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http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/schermerhorn/chronicles/1b.html

Henry Green

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HENRY1 GREEN I was born in Holland under the Dominion of the States General of the United Provinces, and died Bef. 11 April 1709 in KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND. He married (1) ALICE Bef. 1691. She died Bef. August 1702 in KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND. He married (2) LUCY BISHOPP Abt. 1702 in KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND.

Notes for HENRY GREEN I:
"To Maryland from Overseas"
p. 81 - Henry GREEN of Talbot County in 1674 stated that he was "borne in Holland under the Dominion of the States General of the United Provinces".
MD Archives, Volume 2, p. 403

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Talbot Co., MD Land Records
Volume I
pg 300, 3 September 1673 Michael Powellson Vandervoort to Herbert Croft -- 350 acres "Vandervoort" in Talbot County about a mile from the head of Coursey Creek. Witnesses: William Chadbourne, Henry GREENE. Mary Michell, co-signer with Michael Powellson Vandervoort.
Volume III
pg 113, 12 February 1677 - William Crump and Frances, his wife, to Henry GREENE -- 200 acres "Costain's Hope" on Corsica Creek -- adjoining land laid out for Robert Hatton. Witnesses: Robert Smith, Thomas Bruff

pg 127, 12 February 1677 William Crump, Planter, to Henry GREENE -- Bond. Witnesses: Robert Smith, Thomas Bruff

Volume IV
pg 084, 10 November 1681 Robert Moulder to John Butcher, deed. Witnesses: Henry GREENE, Robert Appletree.

Volume V
pg 215, 20 January 1691 John Johnson, only heir of the deceased Albert Johnson and his mother-in-law Alice GREENE, wife of Henry GREENE, to William Pell -- 100 acres called "Hope" - on Hambleton's Creek, Chestnut River -- granted to Albert Johnson, patent issued 2 May 1683. Witnesses: John Hawkins, William Cowell, Richard Hazeldine.

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Queen Anne's County, MD Land Records
Book ETA
pg 013, 22 March 1707 Richard Parns to Joseph Parns. Deed. 140 acres called "Wrexam's Plains" - adjoining Henry Green's part of same tract.
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Children of HENRY GREEN and ALICE are:
i. PETER2 GREEN1, b. Abt. 16742.
2. ii. REBECCA GREEN, b. KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND; d. Aft. 1748.
3. iii. MARY GREEN, b. KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND; d. Aft. 1732.
iv. HENRY GREEN II, b. Abt. 16823; m. ANN.

Notes for HENRY GREEN II:
Queen Anne's County, MD Land Records
Book IKA
pg 064
pg 257
Book IKC
pg 238, 6 May 1729 Henry GREEN, Jr., Planter, to George Elliott, Planter -- consideration 1250 (?) pounds of tobacco -- 100 acres called "Elliott's Addition" -- adjoining "Rawlins Chance". Ann, wife of Henry Green, relinquished her dower right. Acknowledged before James Earle and Solomon Clayton.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mchub/greene.htm

William Wrench

2010-05-24T18:45:00.000-07:00

REBECCA2 GREEN (HENRY1) was born in KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND, and died Aft. 1748. She married WILLIAM WRENCH I Abt. 1695, son of WILLIAM WRENCH. He was born 1678 in TALBOT? COUNTY, MARYLAND4, and died Bef. 31 March 1748 in QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND5.

Notes for WILLIAM WRENCH I:
In the name of God Amen. I William Wrench of Queen Anne's County, in the province
of Maryland Plantor, being sick and weak of body, but of perfect and sound mind and
memory, thanks be to allmighty God. Therefore do make and ordain this my last will and
Testament in manner and for following. vizs --
Imprs. first and principally I give my soul unto God which gave it me, and my
Body to be decently buryed, hopeing through the merits and mediation of my Blessed
Redeemer, Jesus Christ do a full Resurection, and as for my worldly Goods which it hath
been pleased God to lend me. I leave in the manner and form following --
Item. I give unto my beloved wife Rebecca Wrench all my plantation where on I
now live called Hawkins Farm - dureing her natural Life and likewise, I give unto my said
wife Rebecca fifteen hundred pounds of Tobacco for every year she shall live, to be paid
out of my Estate, yearly --
Item. I give unto my son William Wrench after my wifes Decease, all my
Dwelling plantation and Land called Hawkins Farm, al also part of a tract of Land called
Wrenches Lott. containing one hundred acres to be laid out of the said tract, the most
convenient to my said son, upon the North part of said Tract of Land to him & his heirs
forever --
Item. I give unto my son Henry Wrench all the remaining part of my Tract of
Land called Wrenches Lott to him and his heirs forever, and I give unto my son Henry
one negroe woman called Judith --
Item. I give unto my son James Wrench part of a tract of Land called Wrenches
Farm two hundred acres to be contained - therein, where Richard Emerson formerly lived
to him and his heirs or assigns forever. And I likewise give unto my said son one Gunn
which he has possession, and one negroe man called Pompey --
Item. I give unto my son Peter Wrench two hundred acres of Land, being part of a
tract of Land called Wrenches Farm, no__ adjoining to John Vanderford's Plantation, to
him and his heirs or assignes forever And I likewise give unto my said son Peter Wrench
two feather beds and furniture belonging to them, one Negroe boy called Samm, and one
boye called Ball, and mye Chest which is of Redd colour and one Gunn.
Item. I give unto my Daughter Margaret Chairs twenty shillings current money
and no more.
Item. I give unto my son-in-law John Vanderford, and my Daughter Mary
Vanderford, two hundred acres of Land being part of Wrenches Farm, where on they now
Live to them and their heirs forever. And I likewise give unto my said Daughter Mary
Vanderford twenty shillings currency --
Item. I give unto my Daughter Rebecca Pratt, one mare called Flie, one Cow and
Calf, three Ewes and Lambs.
Item. I give unto my Son William Wrench one negroe woman called Bess, and
one negroe Girl called Nancy, my Pistolls Houlster, Sword, and my Hunting Gunn.
Item. My will is that after my just Debts, Legacies and funerall Charges are paid,
that the remaining part of my personall Estate be equally Divided between my Sons
William Wrench and Peter Wrench, they bearing an equal part of their mother's
maintanance --
And Lastly, I nominate and appoint my beloved Wife Rebecca Wrench, and my
Son William Wrench my hole and sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament,
revoking and disannulling and making void all former Will or Wills, Testaments, or any
other writeing whatsoever in Law or Equity, and makeing good this my Last Will and
Testament, and no other. In Witness where of I have hereunto sett my hand and affixed
my seal of this twenty fourth day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven
hundred and forty six (or seven).

Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared to be his last Will in presence of us.
Thomas Hynson Kelly }
John x Gordon } William Wrench
Tho. Wilkinson } {seal}

Queen Annes County fs the 31 March 1748. Thomas Hynson Kelly, John Gordon, and
Thomas Wilkinson, the subscribing witnesses to the aforegoing Will, being duly and
Solemnly Sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God, do depose and say, that they
saw the Testator William Wrench sign the same Will and heard him publish and declare it
as his Last Will and Testament. That at the time of his so doing he was to the best of
their apprehension of sound and disposing mind and memory, and that they did subscribe
their respective names as Witnesses to the said Will in the presence of the said Testator
and at his request, which oath was taken by the said witnesses in the presence of Willam
Wrench Heir at Law to the Testator, which same Willaim Wrench did not object to the
Probate of the said Will. Before me, Wm Tilghman, Dep'y Comsy of Queen Anne's
County --

SOURCE: Queen Anne's County, Maryland Wills
Liber JE #1, pages 341-344

Children of REBECCA GREEN and WILLIAM WRENCH are:
i. PETER3 WRENCH.
ii. MARY WRENCH, m. JOHN VANDERFORD.
6. iii. HENRY WRENCH, d. Bef. 30 September 1767, QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND.
7. iv. MARGARET WRENCH, b. Abt. 1695; d. Aft. 1766.
v. WILLIAM WRENCH II, b. 17126.
8. vi. JAMES WRENCH, b. Abt. 1718; d. Bet. 30 January 1750/51 - 16 May 1751, QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND.
vii. REBECCA WRENCH, m. MR PIATT/PRATT?, Bef. January 1746/47.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mchub/greene.htm

EMPSON ROOTS

2010-05-23T19:22:00.000-07:00

http://reocities.com/heartland/prairie/3022/leonroyal.htm

SIR RICHARD EMPSON

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Born ABT 1450 or a little before, son of Peter Empson of Towcester and Elizabeth Joseph, he rose to be one of Henry VII's chief ministers. He was described by John Stow as the son of a 'sieve- maker' of Towcester, but Peter Empson was a man of considerable local importance who could afford to have bis son trained as a lawyer. All Henry VII's chief advisers among the laity were of gentle birth, and it seems probable that Empson was too.

Richard Empson soon had a busy legal practice, especially in the Midlands, and was appointed a Justice of the Peace. In 1478 he was made Attorney-General in the Duchy of Lancaster, an office which he lost on the accession of Richard III, but recovered after Bosworth. Empson was therefore typical of many royal servants who staffed Henry VII's administration in that he had gained experience under the Yorkists. He was Member of Parliament on several occasions in Henry VII's reign and in 1491 was chosen Speaker of the Commons, a position showing he had royal favour.

Empson came to prominence in the later years of Henry's reign. In 1505 he was finally made Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, but his most important work was as royal debt-collector and associate of Edmund Dudley. The two men worked closely on a rather mysterious body known as the 'Council learned in the law', a sort of committee of the royal council which met from at least 1495 and which saw that the King's monies were collected. From ABT 1502, it seems clear that Henry's government of England became stricter and that the burdens imposed on the rich especially grew. Bonds for good behaviour were placed on many of the upper classes, and they suffered severe financial penalties if they stepped out of line. In consequence, when the King died, there was something of a reaction.

The young Henry VIII, anxious to make himself popular at the beginning of his reign had Empson and Dudley arrested the day after his accession. All the pent-up hostility to the old King's way of doing things was directed against these two unfortunate ministers. The main case against them seems to have been that they enforced the law and legal agreements too strictly. So, trumped up accusations of treason were used against them and on 17 Aug 1510 Empson was executed.

It is worth noting that Empson himself was placed under a bond in 1504 to prevent him persecuting an unfortunate royal chaplain who had written satirical verses against him. This would seem to indicate that any harshness in Henry VII's reign, if such there was, carne eventually from the King and not his ministers, and that it was inflicted in the interests of justice and good order.

Sources:

M. R. Horowitz, Bulletin lnstitute Historical Research, 1982.

C.R.N.Routh, Who's Who in Tudor England, 1990

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RichardEmpson.htm

BARBARA LUCY TRACY LINEAGE

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http://books.google.com/books?id=tGA9AAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA86&ots=OPo2tvG8c7&dq=%22BARBARA%20LUCY%22%20TRACY&pg=PA86#v=onepage&q=%22BARBARA%20LUCY%22%20TRACY&f=false

SHARKERLEY/RADCLIFFE FAMILY TREE

2010-05-23T19:02:00.000-07:00

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=john_d_newport&id=I21025&style=TABLE

THIS BABY GOES BACK!

STRATFORDS/CARTERS & TRACYS

2010-05-23T17:02:00.001-07:00

Yes, it is intriguing that both Giles Carter instant came from the same general area of Gloucestershire and arrived in Henrico. However, there appears to be a wide disparity between the two as noted above ... and yet ... look at the flow of the names in the second column! A summary of the Joseph Carter Hypothesis (first column proven, second column guesses down to Theodor). These are all in Gloucestershire, just several miles from each other to the immediate west of Stow-on-the-Wold:

Gen 1: Giles of Badgeworth d. 1585 ............. mentions brother Thomas of Badgeworth, n.f.i.
Gen 2: John of Nether Swell d. 1625.............. Thomas 2. or Robert 1. ........ these really Raise the Ante
Gen 3: Giles of Cold Aston d. 1666 ............... Theodor of Cirencester ........... they are the complete mix
Gen 4: ........ no children ................................. Giles of Henrico d. 1701 ........... of names found in Henrico
Gen 5: .......................................................... Giles, Thomas & Theodrick

The ancient Roman town of Cirencester is some twenty miles southwest. Thing is, Joe has dug up another Three Party Deal to show that Lucy Tracy, another daughter of Sir Paul, was married to Bray Ayleworth in Cirencester! Curious ..... tantalizing ..... but we still need a Carter to Stratford marriage in Cirencester!

Abstract of GenForum posting of Joseph Carter on 8 Feb 2004:

"Gyles Carter 1585 of Badgeworth and seeing in the Will that his wife was Margarett and they had a son Named John Carter that was married to Mary Lawrence and it states John Carter and His Heirs Male lawfully begotten of the body of a Mary Lawrence ..... He gives to his Brother Thomas Carter his sister Agnes Holyday and a couple of other Sisters and to his son in law Thomas Machin of Cheltenham .....

[There is an Upper Swell, Lower Swell and Netherswell within a few miles of each other - with Cold Aston another few miles southwest of them - and then Badgeworth a few miles west of that. Do you remember those Dowrys?]

"Now we are at John Carter of Neather Swell's Will written in 1625 who wishes to be buried in the Church of Stowe ..... He gives to his son Giles Carter and this is the Giles Carter that was Married to Elizabeth Tracy as stated in His Inquisition Later..... The Above John Carter gave unto John Carter the eldest son of My John Carter ..... and John Sr. gave to his son William and to William's eldest son Edward ..... and to William's youngest son John listed as God-Son to John Sr...... Also gave unto John Broadway Eldest Son of My Daughter ..... gave unto John Moore eldest son to his daughter and to William Moore and to other Moore children ..... and John Sr. gives to Humphrey Coles gentleman his son inlaw and makes him his executor

[Clearly, there is no Thomas or Theodrick down at this level.]

"Now we come to John Carter Jr. of Charleton Abbotts who was the son of John Carter of Neather Swell and who is listed as John Carter the Older Of Charleton Abbotts ......

yadda, yadda, yadda .... dozens of descendants ..... he confused himself! John the Elder of Charlton Abbots was a son of John of Netherswell per his last entry above. There were subsequent nephews named Giles but they were not the ones to marry Tracy!

"Vic you are correct in saying that the Giles Carter married to Elizabeth Tracy was associated with the Tracy's before his marriage to Elizabeth. His Father John Carter's wife Mary Lawrence was the daughter of Robert Lawrence and Eleanora (Elinor) Stratford , Eleanor Stratfords Father Was John Stratford that was married to Margarett Tracy daughter of William Tracy , John Stratford's sister Alice was the Wife of Edmund Broadway , John Stratford's sister Margaret was the wife of Edward Baugh.

This set of marriages to the Tracy begins to explain the travels of John of Badgeworth from Pryton at Churchdown, to Netherswell, to Badgeworth itself. We still need to see any marriage of a Carter of Cirencester to a Tracy! And to a Stratford!

"I am still beleiving that it is also possible that Giles was from the Theodor Carter in Cirencester and that he may have been a descendant through Thomas Carter brother to Gyles and possibly through a son named Robert or Thomas ......... these Carter's also married into the Stratford family.

[Does the Robert, Thomas, Gyles combination sound familiar?]

Descendancy chart would be as follows: [absolutely contradicted by his GenForum posting of 8 Feb 2004:

Joe Carter on GenForum 20 June 2005 - Giles of Henrico son of John III - per above chart, this just can not be!

1. Gyles Carter of Badgeworth and wife Margarett. Gyles had a brother named Thomas who had a son named Anthony proven by the Wills. Thomas also had possibly a son named Thomas and Robert that I am still working on.I have Gyles will
2. John Carter of Neatherswell will written in 1625 and probated 1627 Wife Mary Lawrence she was the daughter of Robert Lawrence and Elinor Stratford (later Elianore Sankey). I have wills of all three we know John and Mary were married before 1584
3. John Carter of Charlton Abbotts the older wife Ann married by 1611 based on indenture his older brother was Giles Carter married to Elizabeth Tracy married by 1606 based on indenture no children by them his younger brother was William Carter married to Bridgett. William had two known sons John married to the daughter of Bray Aylesworth and Edward who was married to a Goddard.I have wills of John ,Giles,William,John and Edward.
4. John Carter of Charlton Abbotts the younger had sons named John and Gyles [** see LaVere Peters - since Theo as father of Giles instant is now rather proven, this would appear to be an uncle of Giles of Henrico] from the will of the older John
5. Giles Carter of Henrico.
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Miscellaneous Notes from Google Searches:

In 1530, Sir William Tracy left a heretical Will, whereby he relied for his salvation on faith rather on the prayers of the Monks.

The marriage of the Tracy daughter to John Stratford of Farmcote built a long lasting relationship with business and friendship, and, together with Richard Tracy, John Stratford assisted in the Dissolution of Hailes Abbey. Richard's father being brought up at Bushley, by the Stratford's.

Richard Tracy acquired Stanway, at the Dissolution and his son Paul was created Baronet in the Reign of James the First, ( 1603 - 1625 ) and eventually passed to a younger son of Toddington. It is presently in the possession of the Earl of Wemys and March, who has a Tracy Pedigree.

William Tracy of Hailes, who was involved greatly with the Stratford's of Bushley, was one of the first to help in the Colonisation of America, through his connection with the Virginian Company and in the year 1620 Sir Paul was in partnership with John Stratford of London, growing tobacco in the Winchcombe area of Gloucestershire.

The Tracy Family history is a book on its own, and I will not attempt to pursue it further, except to state that when the Stratford family became financially estranged at Farmcote, it was Robert Tracy who bought the estate. Today's representative of this great Family is the Baron Sudeley.

Paul TRACY Birth: in Stanway,Gloucestershire,England Death: 1626 in Gloucestershire,England

Sir Paul Tracy, who succeeded to the manor of Stanway. He was created a baronet June 29, 1811,
[ ....... 1611 of course ..........] by King James I., "being the thirteenth created from the institution of the order." He married first, Anne, daughter and heiress of Ralph Sharkeley, of Ayno-on-the-Hill, County of Northampton. They had twenty-one children.

Father: Richard TRACY b: ABT 1493 in Tewkesbury,Gloucestershire,England Mother: Barbara LUCY
Marriage 1 Anne SHARKERLEY Children Elizabeth TRACY b: in Stanway,Gloucester,England [m.Giles]

The ancient manor of Stanway in the Cotswolds was presented to Tewkesbury Abbey in the year 715 by two Mercian leaders Odo and Dodo. It was the first and only remote property owned by the Abbey until the 12th century when land was acquired in Dorset. Stanway supported four monks.

In 1533 Richard Tracy, the younger son of Sir William Tracy of Toddington obtained the lease of the manor from Abbot Segar. Richard is known to have led the commission that dissolved Hailes Abbey and it was around this time that he was able to purchase the freehold to Stanway. It was his son Paul who rebuilt the house incorporating some of the early Tudor house in it. This work started in about 1580. Paul Tracy was created Baronet in 1611 and died in 1620. His son, Sir Richard Tracy, continued building and it was he who had the magnificent gatehouse erected in 1630. He died however in 1637.

Richard TRACY Birth: ABT 1493 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire,England
Death: 1569 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire,England Note: He had a B.A. from Oxford and was a reformer, author, sheriff, justice, royal commissioner and member of parliament 1529-36.
Father: William VIII TRACY ................ per above .............. Mother: Margaret THROCKMORTON
Marriage 1 Barbara LUCY Paul TRACY b: in Stanway, Gloucestershire, England

William of Toddington, married Throckmorton, (there were more than a fair share of William Tracy's) is the common ancestor of Paul and William Tracy who were both so active in the tobacco industry of both Gloucestershire and Virginia.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/carter/messages/18733.html

JAMES CREWS

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"He was hanged for his part in Bacon's Rebellion. Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. IV, pp 122 and 123 says he was tried on 4 Jan 1676/77and sentenced to death.

HENRICO COUNTY, VIRGINIA - WILLS
JAMES CREWS, 1676

James Crews' will was dated 23 July 1676 and was entered into probate on 2 Aug 1680.
Will of James CREWS of Turkey Island, planter.
To Mary CARTER, daughter of Giles CARTER, 1000 lbs tobacco, a bed and bedding.
To Susan CARTER, 10,000 lbs tobacco and a bed and bedding.
To my man Tom, his freedom, he serving 3 years after my death and him to have one cow, one sow and as much land as he shall tend for him and his mother during his life.
To Hannah CARTER, wife of Giles, my negro maid Kate.
To Daniel PRICE, my best suit and coat.
To Giles CARTER, what he owes me, and he to hold plantation I let him have for life. If Hannah CARTER dies, the negro wench returns to Theodorick CARTER, her son.
Loving cousin Mr. Matthew CREWS to be sole executor, Loving friend, Giles CARTER to live on my plantation, command my servants, make crops and give an account yearly to my executor.
Wit: Thomas Forkland, Derby Enroughty

In December 1680, a niece Sarah WHITTINGTON, daughter of James' brother Edward CREWS and Matthew CREWS, son of James' brother Francis CREWs, stating that James CREWS left no widow or "lawful" child, filed for and apparently received the residue of his estate. Both lived in England.

Hannah is believed by many researchers to have been an illegitimate daughter. Her mother was possibly an Indian since there are notes in the court records pertaining to James CREWS "keeping an Indianwoman". As such, she and her children could not inherit CREWS' land outright."

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d0082/g0000030.html

JAMES CREWES 1623

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On April 18, 1644, Opechancanough [Powhatan Emperor and uncle of Pocahontas] staged the second major attack on the English [the first major attack occurred in 1622]. Because of the poor survival rate of Virginia records of the 1640s, we know little about the initial assault on the English or its aftermath. By reconstruction, it seems that the Weyanocks, Nansemonds, Pamunkeys, and Chickahominies were involved; the participation of the Rappahannocks and other chiefdoms on the Northern Neck was questionable... By March 1646 the Powhatans had all but lost the war ... The English therefore decided to seek an "honorable," peace with the Indians, if possible, and resume expanding their settlements and raising tobacco... Hereafter, the fringe of the Powhatan ethnic identity was Anglicized Indians, for after 1646 all the surviving Powhatan groups were inundated by English settlers and left on separate islands of tribal territory... The treaty of October 1646 stated from the outset that Necotowance [successor to Opechancanough] held his dominions as a vassal of the king of England... All English prisoners and "negroes and guns" were to be returned by the Indians, while Indian prisoners were not only to be kept by the English and made into servants but were also to be returned to their masters if they ran back to their people. Any Indian children aged twelve and under were welcome to live among the English. (Helen C. Rountree, "Pocahontas's People: The Powhatan Indians of Virginia through Four Centuries," (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990) pp. 84-87)

Powhatan youths who stayed long enough among the English could be expected to form attachments and sexual liaisons with the people they met. The English only recorded cases in which a female employee, Indian or otherwise and not a slave, was impregnated, thus wronging her employer. But from these few cases, we know that both men and women from the Powhatan towns did form liaisons. However, the English partners steadfastly refused to marry their Indian lovers. In fact, only three Powhatan-English marriages appear in all the seventeenth century, one of them being that of Pocahontas and John Rolfe [in 1614; and the other two being a Nansemond woman named Elizabeth and John Bass in 1638, and an Indian servant named Sue and a neighboring Englishman in 1688--Henrico County Orders 1678-1693, p. 277]. In 1691 such marriages became illegal. (Helen C. Rountree, "Powhatan Foreign Relations: 1500-1722," (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993) pp. 201-202)

January 25, 1647/8. The court doth order that Formue, a girl bought from the Indians and kept by Capt William Taylor, shall serve the said Capt William Taylor till she comes to the age of 18 years. [This record demonstrates the English practice of keeping Native American servants prior to the approximate year of Hannah's birth--1652.] (York County, Virginia, Deeds, Orders, and Wills)

October 10, 1649. ACT XVII. It is enacted that in case any Indian do dispose of his child to any person, or persons, whatsoever either for education or instruction in Christian religion or for learning of the English tongue or for what cause soever, such person, or persons, to whom such child shall be disposed shall not assign or transfer such Indian child to any other whatsover upon any pretence of right to have or any time of service due from him. And it is further enacted that such Indian child shall be free and at his own disposing at the age of twenty-five years, and this act to be in force from the date hereafter. (Warren M. Billings, "Some Acts Not in Hening's Statutes: The Acts of Assembly, April 1652, November 1652, and July 1653," "The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography," (Richmond: Virginia Historical Society), vol. lxxxiii, p. 64.) [From the earliest days in Colonial Virginia, English settlers saught Native American children to raise and educate--probably often for benevolent reasons; but as Virginia's economy evolved from a system based upon the labor of multi-ethnic indentured servants to a system based upon the labor of non-white slaves, this system became destructive of Native Americans, both individually and collectively.]

October 10, 1649. ACT XVIII. Whereas divers informations are taken notice of by this Assembly of several persons who by their indirect practices have corrupted some of the Indians to steal and convey away some other Indians' children, and others who pretending to have bought or purchased Indians of their parents, or some of their great men having violently or fraudulently forced them away from them, to the great scandal of Christianity and of the English nation, by such their perfidious dealings rendering religion contemptible and the name of Englishmen odious to them, and may be of very dangerous and important consequence to the colony if not timely prevented, it is therefore enacted that no person, or persons, whatsoever shall dare or presume, after the date of this act, to buy any Indian, or Indians vizt., from or of the English, and in case of complaint made that any person hath transgressed this act, the truth thereof being proved, such person shall return such Indian, or Indians, within ten days to the place from whence he was taken. And it is further enacted that whosoever shall inform against any person for breach of this act, and the information being found against the party accused, the offender shall pay unto the informer 500 pounds of tobacco to be recovered within any court of justice within the colony. (Warren M. Billings, "Some Acts Not in Hening's Statutes," p. 64-65.)

December 1, 1652. James Crews testifies that Francis Gyles lived about one year in Virginia before he died in August or September 1651 at Jordans [Charles City County] in the Colony. [This record demonstrates that James Crews was in Charles City County, Virginia, before the approximate year of Hannah's birth--1652.] (Chancery Records-Town Deposition, Virginia Colonial Records Project, Survey Report Number 10005, Virginia State Library)

August 10, 1654. Samuel and Sarah [Hallom] Woodward sell to William Edwards, cooper, all their interest in a third part of 1000 acres purchased of Mr Richard Cox and given unto the said Sarah by will of her deceased father, Mr Robert Hallom, vidzt. that part lying next to the land downwards, which was purchased by the said Edwards of our brother, John Gundry. Signed by Samuel Woodward and Sarah Woodward. Witnessed by Daniel Llewellyn and Margaret Llewellyn. Acknowledged by Daniel Llewellyn for Samuel and Sarah Woodward on May 1, 1665. William Edwards conveys the above to Mr John Beauchamp and Mr James Crews on June 3, 1661. Signed William Edwards. [If Margaret Llewellyn married James Crews, she must have done so after the date of this deed.] [Notice this additional reference to John Beauchamp: "Some Englishmen ... were honorable in their treatment of their charges: in 1660 John Beauchamp got permission from the Assembly to take "his Indian boy" to England, after already getting the approval of the boy's parents." (Rountree, "Pocahontas' People," p. 138)] (Charles City County, Virginia, Order Book)

March 6, 1654/5. ACT II. For better securing the peace of English and Indians, be it enacted, that no Indian or Indians coming within our lands or bounds shall be killed unless they, the said Indians, shall be taken in any act or acts of mischief. And be it further enacted that no person or persons shall entertain or receive any Indians without leave first obtained from the county court where such occasion shall be offered, or at leastwise from two commissioners whereof one shall be of the quorum. And that all Indian children by leave of their parents shall be taken as servants for such a term as shall be agreed on by the said parent and master as aforesaid, provided that due respect and care be had that they, the said Indian servants, be educated and brought up in the Christian religion, and the covenants for such service or services to be confirmed before two justices of the peace as aforesaid. (William Walter Hening, "The Statutes at Large, being a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia from the First Session of the Legislature in the Year 1619," (Charlottesville: Published for the Jamestown Foundation of the Commonwealth of Virginia by the University Press of Virginia, 1969) vol. i, p. 410)

December 17, 1655. The whole difference between Capt David Peibils and James Crews is referred to the award and final determination of Col Edward Hill, Esq, Capt Henry Perry, Esq, Mr Thomas Drewe, and Mr Anthony Wyatt, or an umpire by them or the major part of them elected, and to be done the 20th day of January next. (Charles City County, Virginia, Order Book) [James Crews was a merchant who traded between Native Americans, Virginia colonists, and the markets of London. He frequently resorted to litigation to settle disputes with colonists.]

March 10, 1655/6. ACT I. Whereas we have been often put into great dangers by the invasions of our neighboring and bordering Indians, which humanely have been only caused by these two particulars, our extreme pressures on them and their wanting something to hazard and loose beside their lives, therefore this Grand Assembly on mature advice doth make these three ensuing acts, which by the blessing of God may prevent our dangers for the future and be a sensible benefit to the whole country for the present. First, for every eight wolves' heads brought in by the Indians, the King or Great Man (as they call him) shall have a cow delivered him at the charge of the public, this will be a step to civilizing them and to making them Christians, besides it will certainly make the commanding Indians watch over their own men that they do us no injuries, knowing that by their default they may be in danger of losing their estates, therefore be it enacted as aforesaid only with this exception, that Accomack shall pay for no more than what are killed in their own county. Second, if the Indians shall bring in any children as gages of their good and quiet intentions to us and amity with us, then the parents of such children shall choose the persons to whom the care of such children shall be entrusted and the country by us their representatives do engage that we will not use them as slaves, but do their best to bring them up in Christianity, civility, and the knowledge of necessary trades. And on the report of the commissioners of each respective county that those under whose tuition they are do really intend the bettering of the children in these particulars then a salary shall be allowed to such men as shall deserve and require it. What lands the Indians shall be possessed of by order of this or other ensuing Assemblies, such land shall not be alienable by them the Indians to any man de futuro, for this will put us to a continual necessity of allotting them new lands and possessions and they will be always in fear of what they hold not being able to distinguish between our desires to buy or enforcement to have, in case their grants and sales be desired. Therefore, be it enacted that for the future no such alienations or bargains and sales be valid without the assent of the Assembly. This act not to prejudice any Christian who hath land already granted by patent. (Hening, "The Statutes at Large," vol. i, pp. 393-396)

April 21, 1656. In view of differences, Capt David Peibils is ordered to pay James Crews 2640 lbs of tobacco and that said Crews give account to the said Capt Peibils of three hogsheads of tobacco consigned and entrusted into London to be sold for him. (Charles City County, Virginia, Order Book)

June 3, 1656. At a court at Westover, William Short confesseth judgment to James Crews, merchant, for 704 pounds of good merchantable tobacco and cask, and thirty-one good large beaver skins in season to be paid him or his assigns the 10th day of November next also execution and costs. (Charles City County, Virginia, Order Book) [An entry in the margin states: Satisfaction acknowledged by Mr Crews in court October 3, 1659.]

June 25, 1656. Capt David Peibils is ordered to pay James Crews 356 lbs of tobacco for 8 bushels of salt now due. Order that all differences be settled between Mr James Crews and Capt David Peibils by December 10. Capt Henry Perry security for Peibils. (Charles City County, Virginia, Order Book)

June 25, 1656. Capt David Peibils is hereby tolerated and permitted to retain and keep an Indian according to the rules and prescriptions of the law in that case provided. (Charles City County, Virginia, Order Book)

July 12, 1656. Bond of 20,000 lbs of tobacco to abide my settlement of differences between Peibils and Crews, by Capt Henry Perry and Mr Anthony Wyatt. Signed by David Peibils and James Crews. Witnessed by John White and Patrick Jackson. (Charles City County, Virginia, Order Book)

October 27, 1656. At a court at Westover, Lieut John Banister is allowed to have an Indian in his service. Also, Capt Daniel Llewellyn, the same. Also, Maj Abraham Wood, two Indians. Also, Capt Robert Wynn, an Indian. (Charles City County, Virginia, Order Book)

December 1, 1656. Governor Sir William Berkeley ruled against James Crews in a petition brought by James Crews against Capt David Peibils, calling the petition "malicious and scandalous." Although the details of the petition by James Crews is not included in the record, from the governor's ruling it appears that James Crews had charged Peibils with taking something belonging to James Crews, tearing a book, disposing of something belonging to James Crews, and "stabs and blows." The governor ruled that the items in question had belonged to Peibils so Peibils could disposed of them as he wished and the "stabs and blows" had been provoked by James Crews. The governor also ruled that James Crews "ought to be made Example for such foul Base and unworthy Defamations against Capt Peibils--by paying Costs of Suit and a fine to Capt Peibils for two Thousand pounds of Tobacco ..." (Henrico County, Virginia, Records) [A footnote in "The Virginia Historical Magazine" suggests that Berkeley's judgment may have encouraged James Crews to oppose the governor during Bacon's Rebellion.]

October 3, 1658. At a court at Merchant's Hope, James Crews, attorney of Capt Daniel Llewellyn, is ordered to pay Mr Charles Sparrow 420 pounds of tobacco recovered by the former, ordered for non-appearance of Elias Webb, with costs and interest excluded. (Charles City County, Virginia, Order Book)

September 14, 1661. At a court held at Westover, licenses to keep Indians were revoked. Mr John Drayton and Mr James Crews each is permitted to keep an Indian. (Charles City County, Virginia, Order Book) [These entries suggest that the government decided to reissue licenses; so, it revoked existing licenses, then renewed the licenses of Drayton and Crews. The sequence begs the questions, "How long had Crews been keeping a Native American before 1661?" and "Was this the woman who gave birth to Hannah about 9 years earlier?"]

October 22, 1663. Thomas Mudgett sells George Archer 125 acres, part of land formerly belonging to Edward Dunston and now in possession of Thomas Webster, being in Henrico County adjacent to land of George Archer upon Appomattox River. Signed Thomas Mudgett. Witnessed by James Crews, Charles Osborne and Daniel Llewellyn. Testator, Howell Price. Recorded 24 Oct. 1663. (Charles City County, Virginia, Order Book)

February 6, 1663/4. Will of Daniel Llewellyn of Chelmsford, Essex, planter. Lands, tenements, hereditaments in Charles County in upper part of James River, in Virginia, to wife Ann for life, then to son, Daniel Llewellyn. Ditto as to goods, but to daughter, Martha Jones, his sister, two seasoned servants. Also to son Daniel Llewellyn best suit, cloak, coat and hat, second best hat with silver hatband, all linen, and my seal skin trunk. To friend Mary Elsing of Chelmsford, spinster, for care, one of best white rugs and my new piece of Dowlas, saving suffient for a winding sheet to bury me. To Mary Deerington of Chelmsford, widow, one of worst white rugs. To daughter Margaret Cruse 40 shilling for ring and to her husband ditto. To son-in-law Robert Hallom ditto. To Mr Christopher Salter, living in Wine Court without Bishopgate, and Ann his wife, 10 shilling each for gloves. Goods sent over this spring and summer to be sold for debts due. Rest to son Daniel. Executors: Thomas Vervell of Roxwell, Essex, gent, James Jauncey of Cateaton Street, London, merchant, Giles Sussex of Thames Street, London, hotpresser, and Mr William Walker of Colchester, Essex, shopkeeper. To be buried in parish church of Chelmsford near the reading desk, and friend Dr John Michelson to preach. Witnesses: Robert Lloyd, Tim Code, Sr, scrivenor. ("Virginia Magazine of History and Biography," vol. xiii, pp. 53, 54)

April 22, 1670. Capt James Crewes, being arrested to the court by the sheriff of Henrico County at the suit of Mr John Pleasants, attorney of Mr James Jauncey and Mr William Beauchamp, executors of Mr John Beauchamp, deceased, ... not appearing and Mr William Fisher being returned security, judgment granted the said Pleasants as attorney aforesaid against the said Fisher for what he shall make appear due unless he cause the appearance of the said Crewes at next court according to act. (H. R. McIlwaine, editor, "Minutes of the Council and General court of Colonial Virginia," (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1979), pp. 214, 215)

September 21, 1671. In the difference between Capt Crewes, plaintiff, and Mr John Pleasants, attorney of Mr James Jauncey, executor of Mr John Beauchamp, deceased, about a former audit and order of Henrico Court, it is ordered by consent of plaintiff and defendant, that Mr Randall, Maj Farrow, Col Thomas Ligon, with addition of Mr James Mynns in the room of Mr George Harris for a final end and determination thereof upon sufficient notice given them audit and state the accounts and all differences between them and their award to be a final end of the said difference. (McIlwaine, p. 265)

March 6, 1674/5. The difference between Joseph Eyre and Margaret, his wife, plaintiffs, and Capt William Bird, Mr James Crewes, Capt Herbert Farrell and Mr Thomas Grindon, defendants, is referred till the third day of the next June general court. (McIlwaine, p. 408)

June 5-25, 1676. Members of the Virginia House of Burgess. Speaker: Thomas Godwin; Clerk: James Minge. Charles City: Edward Hill; Henrico: Nathaniel Bacon, Jr. and James Crewes; James City: Richard Lawrence; Lancaster: John Carter and Thomas Haynes; Nancemond: Thomas Godwin; Lower Norfolk: Arthur Moseley and Richard Church; Northumberland: William Presley and Isaac Allerton; Stafford: Thomas Mathew and George Mason; Surry: Robert Canfield and Francis Mason; Westmoreland: John Washington. (Cynthia Miller Leonard, compiler, "The General Assembly of Virginia: July 30, 1619-January 11, 1978," (Richmond: The Virginia State Library, 1978), p. 41)

July 23, 1676. Will of James Crews of Turkey Island, planter.
To Mary Carter, daughter of Giles Carter, 10,000 lbs of tobacco, a bed & bedding.
To Susan Carter, 10,000 lbs of tobacco, a bed & bedding.
To my man Tom, his freedom, he serving 3 years after my death and him to have one cow, one sow, and as much land as he shall tend for him and his mother during his life.
To Hannah Carter, wife of Giles, my negro maid Kate.
To Daniel Price, my best suit and coat. [Daniel Price was a stepnephew of Margaret Llewellyn. So, if Margaret married James Crews, her relationship to Daniel Price would explain why James Crews named Daniel Price in his will.]
To Giles Carter what he owes me, and he to hold plantation I let him have for life.
If Hannah Carter dies, the negro wench returns to Theodorick Carter, her son.
Loving cousin, Mr Matthew Crews to be sole executor.
Loving friend, Giles Carter, to live on my plantation, command my servants, and make crops and give an account yearly to my executor.
Witnesses: Thomas Forkland, Derby Enroughty. (Henrico County, Virginia, Records) [James Crews was playing a prominent role in Bacon's Rebellion when he wrote his will. He must have known he could pay for his activities with his life. Although he did not state his relationship with the Carters, he provided for them in a manner traditionally reserved for children and grandchildren. This will is one piece of the whole picture, which points to an unconventional father-daughter relationship between James Crews and Hannah.]

January 20, 1676/7. At a Court Marshall held at the house of James Bray, Esq, present, the right honorable Sir William Berkeley, Knt, governor and captain general of Virginia; Col Nathaniel Bacon; Col Phillip Ludwell; Col Thomas Ballard; Col Charles Moryson; LtCol John West; LtCol Edward Ramsey; LtCol Hill; Maj Page. William Drummond, being accused of treason and rebellion against his majesty, which appearing by divers oaths and his own confession, sentence of death therefore past against the said Drummond to be hanged by the neck until he be dead. The same accusation against John Baptista, and sentence past accordingly upon the said Baptista. (Hening, "The Statutes at Large," vol i, p. )

January 24, 1676/7. At a Court Marshall held at Green Spring, present, Sir William Berkeley, Knt, governor and captain general of Virginia; Col Nathaniel Bacon; Col Phillip Ludwell; Col Thomas Ballard; Col Charles Moryson; LtCol John West; LtCol Edward Ramsey; LtCol Hill; Maj Page. James Crews being brought before the court for treason and rebellion against his most sacred majesty, and pleading nothing in his defense, and the court being very sensible that the said Crews was a most notorious actor, aidor, and assistor in the rebellion; therefore the court are unanimously of opinion and do adjudge him guilty of the accusation. Sentence of death therefore past upon him, to return to the prison from whence he came, and from thence (on Friday next [which was January 28, 1676/7]) to be carried to the gallows, there to be hanged by the neck until he be dead. The same accusation against William Cookson, and sentence of death accordingly past upon him. The same accusation against John Digby, and sentence of death accordingly past upon him. The same accusation against William Rookings, and sentence of death accordingly past upon him. The same accusation against William West, and sentence of death accordingly past upon him. The same accusation against John Turner, and sentence of death accordingly past upon him. Henry West being found guilty of treason and rebellion against his majesty; but for that he hath not been so notorious as the rest, the court have thought fit (out of the compassion they have), and do accordingly order, that he be banished out of the country for the space of seven years, either to England, Barbados, Jamaica, or any of the islands, and if he return within the said time limit, then to suffer the rigor of the law for his treason and rebellion. And the court doth adjudge his estate to be forfeited to his majesty, except five pound, which is allowed him to pay his passage. ( )

December 10, 1677. Thomas Forehand and Darby Enroughty depose that the will exhibited in court by Giles Carter is the same of Capt James Crews, deceased, that they were witness to. (Henrico County, Virginia, Wills and Administrations, part 1, p. 1) [Giles Carter's possession and exhibition of the will--traditional responsibilities of the next-of-kin and/or executor--indicates a unique relationship between James Crews and the Carters. This record strengthens the case that Hannah was James Crews' daughter.]

December 21, 1680. Petition to Court that Capt James Crews, late of this county, deceased, left no widow or lawful child. Whereas Mr William Sherwood, attorney of Rowland Place, Esq, attorney of Matthew Crews, Gent, nephew of said James, and son of Francis Crews, one of the brothers of said James, and LtCol Thomas Grendon, as attorney of Sarah Whittingham (alias Crews, and niece of said James Crews and sole daughter of Edward Crews, older brother of James Crews) did at Court at Varina, on December 1, 1680, make suit that a commission of administration might be jointly granted to them. The court appoints said Sherwood and Grendon administration of the estate, and they are to produce an inventory. (Henrico County, Virginia, Records) [The attorney's inclusion of the word "lawful" implies that James Crews left an "unlawful" child--one who was born outside of wedlock.]

February 2, 1680/1. We, Thomas Grendon, attorney of Sarah Whittingham, niece of James Crews, deceased, and William Sherwood, attorney of Matthew Crews, nephew of said Crews, administrators of the estate, appoint William Randolph of Henrico to be their attorney to handle the estate. (Henrico County, Virginia, Records, p. 169)

March 24, 1680/81. Inventory of Capt James Crews, deceased. Value: 19,500 lbs of tobacco [sic--surely his estate was worth more than that, since he left Hannah's two daughters 10,000 lbs of tobacco each]. By John Woodson, Ben Hatcher, Samuel Knibb. (Henrico County, Virginia, Records)

August 24, 1684. William Randolph, of Varina Parish, Henrico County, Gent, from Giles Carter and Hannah x, his wife, of Parish and county aforesaid, 20 pound sterling for 60 acres, which was by the last will and testament of Capt James Crews given unto said Giles and Hannah Carter, being part of ye dividend of land or plantation at Turkey Island of which said Crews died seized, which tract of land or plantation is since purchased by said William Randolph of ye heir and executor of said Crews, deceased, as by conveyance. Recorded April 1, 1685. (Valentine Papers, vol. iii, Randolph Family, p. 1392) [This deed states that James Crews gave the land to Giles and Hannah. This additional information, that James Crews gave the land to Hannah as well as to Giles, considered in the context of an era of limited female property rights, highlights Hannah as the daughter of James Crews.]

August 25, 1684. William Whittingham, of London, Gent, and Sarah, his wife, niece of James Crews, hereafter mentioned, and Matthew Crews, citizen and haberdasher of London, heirs and executors of James Crews, late of Henrico County in Virginia, aforesaid, Gent., for 3 acorns and 15 pound of lawful money of England, convey 500 acres known and commonly called by the name of Turkey Island or Turkey Island plantation in Henrico County, Virginia, and all other messages, lands, tenements, whatsoever of them of the said Whittingham and wife and Matthew Crews, in said county of Henrico, whereof said James Crews died possessed. Recorded in Henrico County, Virginia, April 1, 1685. (Henrico County, Virginia, Records)

June 1, 1692. Capt William Randolph did exhibit in court a conveyance for 500 acres of land lying at Turkey Island in this county of Henrico to himself, his heirs and assigns from William Whittingham, Sarah Whittingham, and Matthew Crews, dated ye 25th of August 1684 and entered in ye records of this county April 1, 1685, which said conveyance was witnessed (amongst others) per Capt John Wynn, and the said John Wynn being now present in court and viewing ye same did on his oath declare the said conveyance to be signed, sealed, and held as their act and deed by ye subscribed William Whittingham, Sarah Whittingham, and Matthew Crews, parties to ye same. (Henrico County, Virginia, Records)

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GILES CARTER

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Name: Giles CARTER
Given Name: Giles
Surname: Carter
Sex: M
Birth: 1634 in Stanway, Gloucester, England
Death: Abt 1699 in Henrico Co., VA
Note:
From OFT db=billhusler Bill Husler :
may have coat of arms labeled F135

Parents: Assumed to be Gyles CARTER, Esq. of Cold Aston and Lady Elizabeth TRACY (See note 1)
Born: about 1634, probably in Gloucestershire, England, To Virginia by 1653 (See note 2 )
Died: 1700/1, Henrico Co., VA

Giles was apparently literate; he signed his name to documents.

HANNAH
Parents: Three possibilities: James CREWES John ROWEN or William SEWELL (See note 3)
Born: I don't know when or where. She must have been younger than Giles, to have had a child after 1681.
Died: after 2 Apr 1702, when she probated Giles's will.

Hannah signed documents with the letter H or X

Marriage - Before 1670. They had at least three children by 1676.
[Did Giles have another wife before Hannah?]

Children (See note 4)

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7 Apr 1653 Giles CARTER was a headright for a land grant of Wm. FRY on the Chichamony(sic) River [in James City Co.]
[I don't know when he was transported or if he was bonded for his transportation.]

1 May 1662 The will of John ROWEN of Henrico Co gives Giles CARTER a cow and the use for one year of a house and land on Rowen's Turkey Island estate. 2 John ROWEN was the stepfather? of Daniel and John PRICE; Daniel PRICE later married Susannah, daughter of Giles CARTER. One of the witnesses of this will was Margaret CREWS, daughter of Daniel LLEWELLYN and considered by some to have been the wife of James CREWES; if so, she must have died before 1676.

Before 1676 Apparently Giles CARTER was employed by, or associated with, Captain James CREWES who owned a large plantation in Henrico. Crewes was a merchant and acted as agent for Daniel LLEWELLYN
(Virginia Colonial Records, Vol. II, pages 8, 10, 22, 29, 50, etc.). CREWES became involved in Bacon's Rebellion and was sentenced to death and hanged on January 24, 1677.
(Minutes of the Council and General Court of VA, pages 455, 528) pp 34-40

23 Jul 1676 James CREWES' will was executed, and Giles CARTER presented it to Court. It was proved Dec. 10, 1677, but not entered until Aug. 2, 1680. By his will CREWES gave Mary, daughter of Giles CARTER, 10,000 pounds of tobacco and certain household goods, to be paid in three years after his decease, the interest hereof to be towards her clothing. Susan CARTER 10,000 pounds of tobacco and household goods, to be payd as above. Hannah, wife of Giles CARTER, a negro maid Kate. Giles CARTER all that Carter owed him and also the life use with his wife Hannah of the plantation where Carter lived on Turkey Island. The will also mentions Theodorick and the "rest of the children of Giles and Hannah." He left his best suits and coats to Daniel PRICE [who later married Susannah, daughter of Giles CARTER].

He gave all the balance of his estate to his cousin Mathew CREWES, who was named as executor. He mentioned neither a wife nor children. (Henrico County Wills and Deeds 1677-1692, page 137). p 54

10 Dec 1677 Giles CARTER brings the will of Capt. James CREWS, dec'd, to Court p 143 (Index to Colonial Records [D&W] 1677-1692, Vol. 1, p 30)

30 Apr 1679 Under "an act for the defence of the country against the incursion of the Indian Enemy" a tithe was levied to fit out men, horses, and arms. Giles CARTER of Turkey Island was listed with 6 tithes.(Order Book & Wills 1678-1693, pp 38/39) p 143 [This poll tax included the taxpayer, his sons, and his servants.]

Apr 1680 Deposition of Giles CARTER, aged about 46. p 143 (Order Book & Wills 1678-1693, p 57)

1679-1696 Many items, such as jury service, court appearances, estates, debts, etc. pp 143-147 5

28 Feb 1684 William COCKE recorded a deed for land sold to GilesCARTER. On Turkey Island Mill Run beginning at upper beaver dam. p 41

24 Aug 1684 - "Wm. RANDOLPH of Varina Parish, Henrico Co. Gent. from Giles CARTER & Hannah(X), his wife, of Parish & C. afsd. 20 pounds strl., 60 a. which was by the last will & testament of Capt. James CREWES (dated, 23 AUG 1676) given unto sd. Giles & Hannah CARTER being part of ye dividend of land or plantation at Turkey Island of which sd. Crewes died seized, wch. Tract of land or plantation is since purchd. by sd. Wm. Randolph of ye heir & exor. of Sd. Crews, decd. as by conveyance dated 24 Augt 1684. Recd. 1 April 1685 Vol. 3, p 1380 6 (Henrico Co. Records 1677-1691, p 302) [The Avant book (p 145) gives the date as 25 Feb 1684/5, and says 50 acres.]

25 Aug 1684 William RANDOLPH acquired the entire 500-acreplantation from the heirs of James CREWES in exchange for "three acres and fifteen pounds of lawful money of England."(Henrico Co. Records 1677-1691, p 303) Vol. 3, p 1380 6

15 Mar 1685? Deed from Wm. COCKE to Giles CARTER for 59 acres, between Wm. COCKE and his brother Jno. p 145 5

15 Mar 1685? Deposition of Robt BULLINGTON as to a game of dice in which Giles CARTER won 500 lbs. of tobacco from Chas.STEWARD p 145 5

4 Feb 1686 Upon the petition of Giles CARTER, one of ye surveyors of the highways, that he is ancient, weak and sickly and therefore uncapable of performing his sd. office. It is ordered that he be released and discharged from ye same. p 149 5 (Henrico Co Colonial Records, Vol. 2, p 229) [He would have been 52 years of age if he was born in 1634.]

1 Jun 1686 Payments to Giles CARTER as his legacy from the estate of James CREWES, dec'd p 146 (Henrico Co. Colonial Records [D&W] 1677-1692, Vol 1, p 369)

1 Jun 1687 The will of Wm. Humphrey decd. proved by oath of Capt. Wm. RANDOLPH,a witness thereto; & order for probat thereof granted Margarett, wife of Maurice FLOYD, ye Exectrx. therein named. Robt. POVALL & Jno.WATSON enter themselves securities. Giles CARTER, John ANOT, Robert POVALL & Danl. PRICE appointed appraisers of sd.estate. p. 1299

1 Jun 1687 Certificate granted to Giles CARTER for 800 acresof land for the importation of 16 persons. p 41

2l Oct 1687 Giles CARTER (along with Robert WOODSON, Richard FERRES/FERRIS, Wm. FERRIS & Roger CUMMINS) patented 1780 acres, Henrico Co., Verina Par., N. side of James Riv., at the White Oak Swamp.

About 1690 In a three-way division of the land after Wm FERRIS & Roger CUMMINS relinquished their part, Giles CARTER received about 552 acres. p 145 (Per Dawson, Deed Book 1688-97, p 126) [100 years after the granting of this patent, John CARTER, agrandson of Giles, in his will, gave to his son John, a piece of land at the White Oak Swamp] p 42

20 Sep 1692 Giles CARTER and Robert(X) POVALL, securities for Susanna PRICE's administrationon the estate of Danll. PRICE, dec'd. (Henrico Co. Records 1688-1697, p 356) Vol. III, p 1300)

1 Aug 1694 Giles CARTER, Senr. acknowledgeth a conveyance of 550 acres of land unto John COCKE; Hannah acknowledgeth her Right of Dower.
Same day John COCKE acknowledge conveyance of fifty acres to Giles CARTER.
Same day Giles CARTER acknowledged Deeds of Gift to his sons Theodorick and Giles.
(Henrico Colonial Record, Vol. 2, p 201) p 147

Same day Giles and Theodorick CARTER witness a deed of Richard COCKE, Jr. of Charles City Co to Thomas WILLIAMSON of Henrico Co. [Thomas was married to Giles' daughter Susannah before 1696.] (STANARD's Index to Colonial Deeds, Wills, etc., Henrico Co, 1688-1697, p 504) p 147
14 Sep 1699 Giles executed his will. He died in 1700/1.

2 Feb 1701/2 Hannah CARTER was granted probate of the will of her husband, Giles CARTER.

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2 Mar 1701 Theodorick CARTER sold to John PLEASANTS 50 acres on N. side of James River in Henrico County, which was given to him by his deceased father, Giles CARTER, and was adjoining his father's land on Turkey Island Run and known as the Low ground. p 149 (Henrico Co., VA Records, p 257)

10 Dec 1701 A deed was recorded at the court held at Varina for 550 acres sold by John COCKE to Thomas WILLIAMSON. The land was described as a parcel sold to COCKE by Giles CARTER, Sr. p 43

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NOTES

NOTE 1. The parentage of Giles has not been established by known records;

No will has been found for his assumed father. It is considered possible that he might be the son of Giles CARTER, who came from Gloucestershire to Virginia in 1621 on the ship SUPPLY and returned to England on the same ship. The 1621 voyage was organized through the Virginia Company by William TRACY, a cousin of Lady Elizabeth. pp 98-107 4 I have research reports that allege to trace the Carter and Tracy families far back into the Middle Ages.

NOTE 2. I wonder if his arrival in Virginia about 1653 was related to the political scene in England; 1653 was the beginning of the Cromwell years. During the preceding "Great Rebellion of 1642-48, Giles CARTER (his supposed father) was sequestered and compounded for 968 pounds, 17 shillings. p 104

NOTE 3. Most researchers consider that James CREWES was Hannah's father, based on the generosity of his 1676 will. In 1680 Crewes' niece and nephew challenged the will (declaring that Crewes died leaving neither a widow nor children). The challengers prevailed. (Henrico Co. Records 1677-1697, pp 302, 303, 306)

(More about James CREWES and a possible wife in Genealogies of VA Families, Wm. & Mary Quarterly, Vol. III, pp 216-218)

(More in Giles Carter of Virginia, pp 104/5, describing connections between CARTERs and CREWEs in Gloucestershire)

Researcher Leslie D. Dawson suggests that William T. SEWELL might be the father of Hannah, for the following reasons:

He volunteered as security (along with Theodorick CARTER) on 1 June 1696 for an estate matter by Susanna, daughter of Giles I. p 494 (Henrico Co. Order Book 1694-1701, p 110)

He gave a horse to the child, Giles II, before 1699;
He was a witness to the 1699 will of Giles I;
He was chosen by Giles II as his guardian in 1704;
(Henrico Co. Wills and Deeds 1697-1704, pp 256 & 279)
(Henrico Co. Orphan's Court Book 1677-1739, p 91)

He chose Giles II as his sole heir and executor in 1725.
(Henrico Co. Wills and Deeds 1725-37, p 2)

NOTE 4. Their children named in James CREWES' 1676 will were Mary, Susan, and Theodorick CARTER.

Children named in Giles' 1699 will were: Theodorick Susannah, wife of Thos. WILLIAMSON Mary, wife of Thomas DAVIS Ann, wife of James DAVIS Giles, under 18 years old [Note: Susannah was previously married to Daniel PRICE.]

[Leslie D. Dawson says there was another son, William, who died in 1743 in King George County, VA (Will Book A-1, p 164; Order Book 2, p 369; Inventory #1, p 313)]
From:
Giles Carter came to Virginia with his uncle and aunt, William and Mary Tracy, his first cousins, Joyce and Thomas Tracy. They sailed on the ship Supply out of Bristol,England destined for Berkely Hundred on 9/25/1620. After the massacre of the settlers by Indians in 1620, Giles with his cousin Thomas Tracy returned to England. Giles' cousin,Joyce and her husband Captain William Powell were killed in the massacre. Giles remained in England, but his son Giles and his wife Hannah returned to Virginia. Giles Carter came to Virginia with Willam Tracy, his uncle,and Mary, Tracys wife, their daughter Joyce their son, Thomas Tracy, 1st cousins, Giles and Alexander Broadway. They sailed on the Supply out of Bristol, destined for Berkely Hundred on the 25, September 1620. After the massacre of 1622 Giles with his cousin Thomas Tracy, returned to England. Giles Carter's 1st cousin and the sister of Thomas Tracy. Joyce and her husband , Captain William Powell, were killed during the Indian massacre. Giles Carter remained in England, but his son Giles Carter, Jr. returned with his wife, Hannah, to Virginia.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=garyscottcollins&id=I115264905

MORAN FAMILY INFO

2010-05-22T22:37:00.001-07:00

http://celticowboy.com/MoransOffaly.htm

http://genforum.genealogy.com/moran/messages/2945.html

GABRIEL MORAN

2010-05-22T22:33:00.001-07:00

Gabriel Moran

(Research): It is believed that Gabriel came to America ca.1711/1714 directly from Ireland; however, it is possible he come from France - if his father was one of the "Wild Geese" who fled there, possible with his family, after the fall of Limerick in 1691; Gabriel first appeared in the records of Charles Co., Maryland, on 12/1/1714 when he signed a lease for 118 acres in lot 5 of Calverton Manor. The family was still leasing 35 acres of this property when Gabriel's wife died in 1767. Gabriel prospered as a tobacco planter and acquired over 858 acres of land, in addition to his homestead, by the time of his death in 1734; Although probably Catholic in Ireland, the family joined Trinity Episcopal Church near Benedict in Maryland, probably to avoid the kind of presecution they had undoubtedly endured in Ireland; Gabriel's Will left his plantation to his wife Elizabeth "Morran" during her natural life, then to his sons who operated their inheritance as "The Four Brothers" until 3/19/1747 when they divided it as follows:John 150 acres with a house on it, Peter, Andrew & William 236 acres each. In 1812, the British, en route from Benedict to Washington, marched directly through this property. They burned much of the city of Washington.

WILLIAM THOMAS MORAN

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William Thomas Moran

(Research):William sold his 150 acre portion of "The Four Brothers" on 6/9/1767 to his nephew, William Moran, son of John (Willis John). This deed was signed by both William Moran and his wife, "Ellinor Morran." This is a very important document because it reveals the name of William's wife and proves he is the William Moran who later lived in Halifax Co., NC, and named his wife, "Elenor Moran," in his Will. After selling his land in Maryland, William moved his family to Halifax Co., NC, appearing in the records there as a witness to a deed on 12/13/1768, along with his presumed brother-in-law, James Lock. He also appeared in court in February 1769 when the deed was proven. It is not known whether his family remained in Halifax Co., moved elsewhere, or possibly even returned to Maryland. If they were not living in Maryland when the Revolution began, William apparently returned there himself to enlist, perhaps because he felt that part of his family was in greater danger, or perhaps because he wanted to fight alongside other family members. (Halifax Co, NC. Will #558 pg.276) William Moran 20 Dec. 1796 Feb. Ct. 1797 wife Elenor Moran rest of my estate after debts are paid sons Bazel Moran, Samuel Moran, Elisha Moran and Joseph Moran 5 shillings each Daughters Elizabeth Moran, Elinor Moran and Susana Moran bed etc. each at my wife's death residue of estate after wife's death to be divided between William Moran, Gabrael Moran, John Moran, Mary Moran, Sarah Moran and the sd. Elizabeth, Elinor and Susana Wit.: Samuel Higs, William Harbert, Solomon Turner Extrs.: James Judge and Mathew Cary Whitaker NOTE: 3/21/2001:jperry from Google gave date of death on Wm Thomas Moran as 12/20/1796.

http://www.erath.net/perry/genealogy/pafn10.htm#876

ADMIRAL JOHN HAWKINS

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Born: 1532, Plymouth, England

Died: 12 Nov 1595, at Sea

Father: William HAWKINS

Mother: Joan TRELAWNY

Married 1: Catherine GONSON (d. 1591) (dau. of Benjamin Gonson and Ursula Hussey) ABT 1557

Children:

1. Richard HAWKINS (See his Biography)

Married 2: Margaret VAUGHAN (b. ABT 1540 - d. AFT 23 Apr 1619) (dau. of Charles Vaughan and Elizabeth Baskerville) AFT 1591

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Son of William Hawkins, one of the five richest men in Plymouth in 1543. He was worth £150 a year (to get a sense of scale bear in mind that the towns total income in that year was £63). During that year he was accused of being responsible for a fellow townsman’s near death by beating. He managed to avoid trial over this.

William commanded privateers (pirates licensed by Kings & Queens) to Brazil at least three times and then continued to develop the trade from home to his immense profit. He became infamous to the Spanish and Portuguese colonies where his violent piracy was feared. As elected Lord Mayor William seems to have benefited during the dissolution of the monasteries. This was the time when Henry VIII wanted to divorce Catalina of Aragon. The friars that upheld Church Law against the King lost their property and valuables (never mind lives) in the following conflagration. The Lord Mayor was the most powerful person in a town at that time; not a ceremonial position but for instance he would be in charge of the city militia and responsible for the defences of the city.

In 1544 William received the Kings Commission to ‘annoy the King’s enemies’. William trod a fine line between legality and piracy. He was sent to prison at one point but this did not prevent him on release from more piracy. When William died his estate went to his two sons William and John. William Jr. managed the business at home and John took control at sea.

Soon after 1560, John Hawkins had moved to London and, after marrying the daughter of the Treasury of the Navy, formed a syndicate of wealthy merchants and officials including Sir Lionel Duckett and Sir Thomas Lodge, who were already engaged in Gold Coast trade, Benjamin Gonson and Sir William Winter (d. 1589). This syndicate's period of activity may mark the time when a nexus of interest strengthened - between "naval men" and merchant-slavers. By 1564, John Hawkins' patrons included Robert Dudley, Earl Leicester and Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. He had backers including Sir Lionel Duckett, Sir Thomas Lodge and Sir William Winter, his own father-in-law Benjamin Gonson. Sir Lionel Duckett was a cloth manufacturer and metalworker who had three daughters each given large dowries. Duckett had a company with the Cecils and the earls of Pembroke to construct waterworks to drain mines. He was Aldermen and Lord Mayor of London.
He became a sea captain and in 1562 became the first Englishman to start capturing people in Sierra Leona and selling them as slaves to Spanish settlers in the Caribbean. The following year his cousin, Francis Drake, joined him in these activities. As it was illegal for the settlers to buy from foreigners, Hawkins and Drake soon came into conflict with the Spanish authorities.

Sir Lionel Duckett

Lord Mayor of London

When John Hawkins sailed on his first venture from Plymouth in Oct 1562 to the Canaries, his chief ally amongst the Spanish was Pedro de Ponte. Hawkins sailed thence for Cape Verde, while Ponte dealt with Hispaniola (Jamaica). Hawkins got about 400 slaves, some from Portuguese ships. In April 1563 Hawkins got to north of Hispaniolo, to Puerto de Plata; then to La Isabela, bartering slaves for goods, pearls, hides and sugars, some gold.

John Hawkins' second voyage had the backing of Elizabeth, the earls of Leicester and Pembroke, and Lord Admiral of England, Edward Fiennes Clinton, plus Gonson, Winters and some Londoners. Later Captain John Lovell was slaving in Hawkins's tracks.

In the period when Hawkins' business was sent to Hugh Tipton, the Duke of Feria, an adviser to Felipe of Spain, had an English wife and one of Hawkins' men, George Fitzwilliam, was a kinsman of hers; though such connections "did not ensure cargo delivery".

Hawkins arrived home to England in Sep 1563, with profit despite all. Soon, hearing of seizures of his cargoes, Hawkins wrote to the Queen, before the end of 1563. Then he readied to go to Spain in person. By 1562, a Frenchman Jean Ribault wished to lead an expedition to Florida. About then, Elizabeth I wanted Thomas Stukely to go to Florida with Ribault, but Stukely found Channel privateering more lucrative. Another Frenchman, a Huguenot, Rene de Laudonniere, sailed for Florida in 1564 with the approval of French government.

In 1566, John Lovell followed in Hawkins' wake, but found Spanish ports closed to him, and he is remembered only as he had Francis Drake with him. By 1567 or so we find Drake's father, "of good yeoman stock", leaving Devon "under a cloud" to become chaplain to ships of the Medway. Drake when quite young went back to Plymouth to take part in his cousin John Hawkins' trading voyages as the latter "opened trade" with coast of Guinea, Brazil and the Caribbean.

In 1566, Elizabeth had a financial stake in John Hawkins' second voyage of plunder, which was undertaken in defiance of views of the Spanish.

In 1571 Hawkins was involved in a plot with Felipe II to assassinate Elizabeth I. However, he changed sides and his information helped William Cecil to have the main conspirators arrested and executed.

Hawkins was rewarded by being appointed Treasurer of the Navy. In 1577 John Hawkins helped to introduce a new type of warship. This ships were longer in relation to their breadth (about three to one) and with the forcecastle and sterncastle greatly reduced. The mainmast was placed further forwardand the sails were flatter. This ships were more manoeuvrable than any warships that had been built before.

In Jul 1588 131 ships in the Spanish Armada left for England. The large Spanish galleons were filled with 17,000 well-armed soldiers and 180 Catholic priests.

On hearing the news Charles Howard of Effingham, Lord High Admiral, held a council-of-war. Lord Howard decided to divide the fleet into squadrons. Hawkins, Francis Drake and Martin Frobisher were chosen as the three other commanders of the fleet.

For his role in the victory Hawkins was knighted by Elizabeth I. Sir John Hawkins went on another exhibition to the Caribbean and died in Puerto Rico in 1595.

Sources:

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2004, Columbia University Press

Mary W. S. Hawkins: The Hawkins Family 1888 - Book converted for the Web © Paul Welbank, 1997

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/JohnHawkins.htm

LADY ANN WINGFIELD RADCLIFFE

2010-05-20T21:50:00.001-07:00

http://www.house-empire.com/personpage.lasso?token.cardid=4104

RADCLYFFES INFO

2010-05-19T21:24:00.001-07:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Radclyffe,_1st_Earl_of_Sussex

JUST KEEP CLICKING THROUGH IT. THERE IS A TON.

DUKES OF NORFOLK FAMILY TREE

2010-05-19T21:03:00.000-07:00

I tie into this monster a few times over.

Major William Gooch

2010-05-17T21:07:00.001-07:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Gooch,_1st_Baronet

Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet (21 October 1681 – 17 December 1751), born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, and died in London, served as Governor of Virginia from 1727 through 1749. Technically, Gooch only had the title Royal Lieutenant Governor, but the nominal governors, George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, and Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, were in England and did not exercise much authority. Gooch’s tenure as governor was characterized by his unusual political effectiveness. One of his greatest successes was the passage of the Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730. The Act called for the inspection and regulation of Virginia’s tobacco, the most important crop of the colony. Tobacco planters were required to transport their crop to public warehouses where it was inspected and stored. The Act raised the quality of Virginia’s tobacco and reduced fraud; this greatly increased the demand for Virginia tobacco in Europe.

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In 1739, Governor William Gooch of Virginia complained to the British government that “The great number of Convicts yearly Imported here, and the impossibility of ever reclaiming them from their vicious habits have occasioned a vast Charge to the Country.” Objections from the American colonies to the practice convict transportation like this one were perhaps to be expected, but convict transportation also had its critics back in Great Britain.

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http://www.shenandoahvalleyinn.com/rooms.php
This would be a cool place to stay.

Donal Mccarty

2010-05-17T20:43:00.000-07:00

name also written "Denis Maccartee".
Perhaps born in Cork Co, Ireland, or abt 1652 south of Dublin, Ireland; Gentleman; believed to be the 1st of the name in the colony of VA; in Norfolk Co, VA in 1675; resident of Rappahannock Co, VA at one time; acquired considerable landed estate, including in 1675 a grant of 250 acres on the east shore of Lynn Haven, Lower Norfolk, and 250 acres in Northumberland Co, VA on a branch of the Wicomico R., 25 Sep 1691, which divided said land from James Pope's; he and son Daniel were among the 1st prosecuting attorneys in VA; estate probated 4 Apr1694 in Richmond Co, VA.
McCartys were supposedly close to King Charles II, which would help explain Dennis' status as a gentleman and a large landowner(DMVD).
Text: p.290
Text: pp.84A-87

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d0064/g0000048.html

James Harrod Photo

2010-05-17T20:35:00.000-07:00

Harrodsburg

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The Oldest Town in Kentucky

By Max Charleston

(September, 1929)

So much has been written on the subject of this paper that any recapitulation of the facts or addition to them may be regarded as superfluous, but when its importance is considered one may be excused for entering this particular field of research.

That the subject is of special interest cannot be gainsaid. In the Eighteenth century important events were begun in this section of the State - propaganda that now deserve both patient research and adequate appraisal. Nowadays, too, many people are getting to recognize the fact that there is a commercial element involved, and that in the determination of the question what town in the State is entitled to historical priority, dollars and cents are an important and appealing factor.

However that may be, the claims of history and our duty to those who labored so heroically in the early days render any excuse for activity in this line unnecessary.

As I have indicated, quite a good deal has been written about Kentucky's oldest town, but I find that hidden away in the archives of the State and in those of other States there is material relating to the subject that has scarcely seen the light of day. One's duty, therefore, to disclose all available facts is rendered all the more imperative, and on that account I feel I am entitled to be exonerated from any charge of undue zeal or an overwhelming literary impulse.

To me also the matter presents several questions of legal import, the solution of which is not only of great interest, but of a convincing character, and I consider it a duty to call attention to them at this time.

The first town to be considered is Harrodsburg to which the following historians, among others, make reference:

Lewis Collins, "History of Kentucky." Speaking of the coming of the early settlers he says: "In the season of 1774 other parties of surveyors and hunters followed and during this year James Harrod erected a log cabin upon the spot where Harrodsburg now stands which rapidly grew into a station, doubtless the oldest in Kentucky..."

Perrins, "Kentucky" "In the meantime a notable event was occurring near the vicinity of these surveys. In May (1774) James Harrod, who had been in one of the surveying parties of the preceding year led a party of 31 men into what is now Mercer county and laid the foundation of the first settlement and village in Kentucky ... On the 16th of June the company united to lay off a town in which was assigned to each man a half acre lot and a ten acre outlot..."

Temple Bodley, "History of Kentucky" -- "1774 was a year of outstanding importance in the history of Kentucky for it was then that the first attempt was made to found a settlement there. Among the men who had been members of Bullitt's party surveying lands along the Ohio two years before was James Harrod. He then learned of the rich Bluegrass region of central Kentucky and determined to settle there. On his return to the Monongahela region he gathered a party of about 50 frontiersmen and in the spring of 1774 went down the Ohio and up the Kentucky to a point afterward called Harrod's Landing, and thence a short distance overland to the head of Dick's River. There they laid out lots and began building log cabins for a town, which they called Harrodstown. Their work, however, was interrupted by the Shawnees and other Indian tribes North of the Ohio... There was a rapid retreat across the Monongahela..."

Biographers, too, refer to the town. Timothy Flint in "The First White Man of the West, or the Life and Exploits of Colonel Danl Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky" -- Among the names of the conspicuous backwoodsmen who settled the West we cannot fail to recognize that of James Harrod. He was from the banks of the Monongahela and among the earliest immigrants to the "Bloody Ground" ... in 1774 fixing himself at one of the earliest settlements in the country, which in honor of him was called Harrodstown."

George Canning Hill, "Life of Boone" -- "In 1773 a party of surveyors went to Kentucky headed by Captain Thomas Bullitt. This party included Harrod, Taylor, Bullitt and McAfee. The next year Captain James Harrod at the head of a body of 40 men came down the Ohio in the month of May from the Monongahela and proceeded to lay out the town then known as Harrodstown, but now as Harrodsburg. They laid out the place in lots of half an acre each and allowed for each another outlying lot of five acres, a liberal style of setting a new town on foot and proving the land was to be had in plenty..."

Cecil B. Hartley, "Life of Daniel Boone" Between 1769 and 1773 various associations of men were formed in Virginia and North Carolina for visiting the newly discovered regions and locating lands and several daring adventurers at different times during this period penetrated to the head waters of Licking River and did some surveying, but it was not until the year 1774 that the whites obtained a permanent foothold in Kentucky. From this year, therefore, properly dates the commencement of the early settlements of the State... Among the hardy adventurers who descended the Ohio this year and penetrated to the interior of Kentucky by the river of that name was James Harrod who had led a party of Virginians from the shores of the Monongahela. He disembarked at a point still known as "Harrod's Landing" and crossing the country in the direction nearly West, paused in the midst of a beautiful and fertile region and built the first log cabin ever erected in Kentucky on or near the site of the present town of Harrodsburg. This was in the Spring or early part of the summer of 1774..."

W. H. Bogart, "Daniel Boone and The Hunters of Kentucky" -- "In 1774 other surveyors followed. In May, Captain James Harrod with a band of 41 men descended the Ohio River from the Monongahela and arrived at the present location off Harrodsburg, or, as it was then called, Harrodstown, or Old Town. When the town was laid out the town lots were of one half acre and the outlets five acres. There corn was first raised..." Ross F. Lockridge, "George Rogers Clark" -- "Lord Dunmore who was the last royal governor of Virginia, took prompt action to protect these adventurous colonists. The conflict which followed from May to November 1774 is known as Lord Dunmore's War. When the conflict broke out Lord Dunmore dispatched Daniel Boone and Michael Stoner to pilot back to the safety of Virginia some surveyors whom he had previously sent to Kentucky. These two hardy scouts made the round trip of eight hundred miles in 64 days. The hunters and settlers as well as the surveying parties quickly left this dangerous territory, so that before the end of 1774 there were few, if any whites left in Kentucky, or middle Tennessee. Harrodsburg, the first permanent settlement in Kentucky, was temporarily abandoned..."

Happily, we are not obliged to rely solely on historians and biographers for data as to the early settlement of this section of the State, for the pioneers themselves have left us records that are both graphic and dependable and throw a good deal of light on the events of the time. A few excerpts from these records will therefore be of interest:

Robert B. McAfee writes: "The year 1774 the above company (the one of which he was a member, the McAfee company) intended to return to Kentucky to improve and look after their lands, but previous to their getting ready to start hostilities broke out with the Northern Indians, Shawanoes Mingos and Delawares, on account of the murder of Logan and his family on the Ohio River which eventuated in a war and James and Robert McAfee and George McAfee joined the troops under Col. Shelby and marched to the aid of Gen. Andrew Lewis, who had a battle with the Indians at the mouth of the Kenaway called tthe Battle of the Points on account of its being at the point between the two rivers. But while then absent another company under Col. James Harrod consisting of about 41 men in all, Harrod having 30 men with him, was afterwards joined by another company of 11 men on the Ohio. They pursued nearly the same route that the McAfee had, only they ascended the Kentucky River in canoes to the mouth of Landing Run (then so called) in the month of May, nearly opposite the now village of Salvisa, at a place called Oregon, and from thence they passed over on Salt River and made other improvements on portions of the land made by the McAfees... This company also found Fountains Blue Spring, which was claimed by Isaac Hite, one of Harrod's company, who finally held it by a compromise with Samuel Adams. Col. Harrod's company also discovered the big town spring of Harrodsburg which they made their headquarters and on the 16th of June, 1774, laid off a town on the South side of the town branch below this spring and built some five or six cabins and called it Harrodstown..."

Nicholas Cresswell says: "Harwood's Landing, Sunday, June 4th, 1775. Arrived at Harwood's Landing in the evening. Saw a rattle snake about 4 feet long. A bark canoe at the Landing. We have been fourteen days in coming about 120 miles. My right foot much swelled owing to a hurt I go by bathing in the river. Rocky and Cedar hills along the banks of the river. My foot very painful. Monday, June 5th, 1775. This is called Harwood's Landing as it is the nearest to a new town that was laid out last summer by Captain Harwood, who gave it the name of Harwoodstown, about 15 miles from the Landing for which place Mr. Nourse, Mr. Johnson, Taylor and Rice set out this morning. I would have gone with the, but my foot is so bad I am scarcely able to walk. Applied a fomentation of herbs to assuage the swelling. Very little to eat and no possibility of getting any flour here. Must be without bread very soon. Tuesday, June 6th, 1775. Mr. Nourse and company returned in the evening. He gives good account of the richness of the land, but says it appears to be badly watered and light timbered. They lodged in the town. Mr. Nourse informs me there is about 30 houses in it, all built of logs and covered with clapboards, but not a nail in the whole town. Informs us that the Indians have killed four men about nine miles from the town. This has struck such a panic that I cannot get anyone to go down the Ohio with me on any account. Determined to return by the first opportunity. My foot much better. Much provoked at my disappointment. Wednesday, June 7th, 1775. My foot much better. All of us that had guns went hunting. Rambled over a great hill, saw a great deal of land, but no game. Mr. Johnson left us and went to Harwoodsburg... "

General John Poage: "Reminiscences." -- On last Friday it being a very pleasant day, we took a foot trip into Kentucky, crossing the river at Tanner's Ferry. About a mile above the Ferry we stopped in at General Poage's and here was an end to all further progress that day, so interesting was the conversation of the hale and hearty old gentleman, relating early reminiscences. And as he is almost universally known to our readers by reputation at least, and is ultimately acquainted with much of the early history of this region, we have concluded to sketch down some points elicited in our rambling conversation.

General John Poage was born December 11th, 1775, in Augusta county, Va., about four miles from Staunton, but was raised principally in Bath county. He was the son of Major George Poage.

The father, George Poage, was one of the party that accompanied James Harrod to Kentucky in the year 1774, at which time Col. Harrod built the first house that ever stood in the interior of Harrodsburg. Daniel Boone had previously built a cabin upon the borders of the State. Captain Harrod was a pioneer party..." In 1813 an interesting case, Bowman vs. Thomas, was heard in the Mercer Circuit Court, the depositions in it being all by pioneers familiar with the early history of Harrodsburg, as the following will show:

The

http://www.merceronline.com/history.htm

James Harrod

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Harrodsburg was founded in 1774 by James Harrod, the first city in Kentucky. It was initially known as Harrod's Town or Harrodstown. The settlement was abandoned as a result of attacks by Native Americans in Dunmore's War the same year, but was resettled in 1775. It was the scene of much fighting with Native Americans during the American Revolutionary War. Harrodsburg was the first seat of Kentucky County.[2]

Harrodsburg was officially established by the Virginia legislature in 1785 and incorporated in 1836.[2]

Company D of the 192nd Tank Battalion in the Battle of Bataan was from Harrodsburg.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrodsburg,_Kentucky

thomas holden

2010-05-13T22:46:00.000-07:00

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THOMAS HOLDEN Pedigree Male
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Event(s): Birth: Christening: 02 SEP 1786 Borris Rc, Carlow, Ireland Death: Burial:
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Parents: Father: PETER HOLDEN Family Mother: ANNE RYAN
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Messages: Form submitted by a member of the LDS Church. The form lists the submitter's name and address and may include source information. The address may be outdated. Details vary. To find the form, you must know the batch and sheet number.
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Source Information: Batch Number: 8700630 Sheet: 10 Source Call No.: 1396298 Type: Film

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/IRL-CARLOW/2008-02/1203898129

Holden Family Info

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THE HOLDEN NAME: Taken from the book by Edward Mac Lysaght
Following the Anglo-Norman invasion at the end of the 12th century, a Welsh family by the name of HOULYN established themselves in an area in the southern part of what is now County Kilkenny. In time they became Lords of Kilree and elsewhere in the Barony of Kells (County Kilkenny). There were many early variants of the name: HOLYING, HOULYN, AND HOWLING. These became standardized as HOWLIN. The name appeared in such records as "Ormond Deeds" and "Judiciary Rolls From 1306", when Richard and John Houlin were tenants of the manor of Gowran, and "Chaucery Rolls of 1536" In which one Edmund Hoyling, yeoman of Wexford County, was pardoned for murder. When the census of 1659 was compiled, Houling was recorded as a principal Irish name both in the Barony of Kells and in that of Knocktopher, a place often mentioned in reference to the family. By 1659 the family had spread into County Wexford where the name was entered as Howlin. They located around Knockhowlin. Later, some branches of the family became known as Holden. They lived near the Walsh Mountains along the border between Wexford and Wicklow. In the Barony of Gowran, the place called Howlingstown in the 1659 census, had become Holdenstown. Holdenrath, near Kilkenny, was probably named for the family, but Holdentown on County Wicklow near Beltinglass was given the alias Ballyhalton in a 16th century fiat. Holden was in use as another name for Howlin before 1685 when the will of Thomas HOLDEN of Bennett’s Bridge was proved. A few years later one discovers the will of Michael HOLDEN of Waterford. Some Holdens of note were Smollet HOLDEN (d. 1813), a military music master and instrument maker in Dublin, who was the editor of several music publications. His son, Frances H., doctor of music, was associated with George Petrie in the collection of Irish airs. It should be noted that HOLDEN is also an English surname, and that some families living in Ireland with the name HOLDEN may be of English origin and not from the HOWLIN origin. The English version was found among the 17th century Ulster Plantation, and was also that of a family which came from Lancashire about 1850. In their case the name HOLDEN was a contraction for HOLEDENE. HOLDEN is quite common in the north midlands of England.

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John H.Seifried

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John H.Seifried, b. 10/9/1853, d.5/7/1942, in Winner, South Dakota. He married Eva Mauch. She was born 4/15/1856 and d. 3/15/1915, in Winner, South Dakota. 1920 SD census shows him remarried again to a Margarete with step-son, Adam age 12.

John and Eva (Mauch) Seifried family:

1. Eva, b. 12/1877, Russia
2. Jacob b. 3/1879, , Nebraska
3. John b. 6/1881, Nebraska
4. Fred b. 1/1882, , Nebraska
5. Willie b. 10/1884, Nebraska
6. Gustave b. 10/1885, Nebraska
7. August b. 5/1888, Colorado
8. Lula b. 1/1891, Colorado
9. Arthur b. 4/1893, Colorado
10. Edwin b. 9/1896, Colorado

John came to Nebraska in 1878 with the Serr families. His mother had remarried a Jacob Serr. They lived at first in Filmore County, then moved to Sutton, Clay County,Nebraska, then moved to Sterling, Logan County, Colorado. John and Eva eventually relocated to Winner, Tripp County, South Dakota.
Any info on this family would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Teri, terisharkey@yahoo.com

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I believe that I have some information on Eva Mauch that matches yours. Eva Mauch b. 4/15/1856 married to John Seifried b. 10/9/1853.
the children that I have listed are:
Eva, b. 1877
Jacob b. 1879
John b. 1880
Fred b. 1882
Willie b. 1884
Gustave b. 1885
August b. 1888
Julia not Lula? 1891
Arthur b. 1893
Edwin b. 1896

Eva's parents were: Anton Mauch b. 8/31/1831 Worms, Beresan, Odessa, Russia and Karolina Jung b. 7/28/1882 in Lichtenfeld, Odessa, Russia. I do have more ancestors and sibling information if this matches what you have. Let me know.

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Warms So. Russia. married 1876. john and eva mauch/ seifried. died in south dakota.
1877 they came to amercia. settled in nebraska.
1909 moved to tripp co so. dakota

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Ernest Andersons parents came from VA in 1909 to Tripp CO South Dakota.

This is from my Grandma Marcie.

Ball Family Info

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http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/y/e/Ron-C-Myers/GENE31-0114.html

I do believe this is what I would like to call T.M.I!
This will have to be digested in a few decades.

William Ball & Hannah Atherold

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He was an Immigrant to VA in 1647 or 57. He owned Millenbreck Estate in Lancaster Co. VA on Rappahannock River. He was a member of Burgesses of Lancaster Co, a soldier under Sir Thomas Fairfax; a Major, then a Col. Commander of his county by Royal Authority. He was also a presiding magistrate.

His wife Hannah ATHERALL ( also seen as ATHEROLD was born in 1619 in London, Middlesex CO., England. She died 25 June 1695 Millenbeck, Lancaster, VA. She was the daughter of Thomas ATHEROLD and Mary HARVEY. Hannah and William were married 2 July 1638 in London, London, England.

There has been much debate about his English Ancestry.

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Ancestral File Number: 9GSH-ZS

William Ball the immigrant was in Virginia by 1653. In 1663 he patented 300 acres in Narrow Neck (now called Ball Point) on the west side of Corrotoman River. He was a Col. of militia, a chief justice of the county court, and a Burgess. Settled at mouth of Corrotoman River, Lancaster Co. VA. Appears on land records 30 Sep 1667, as Major Wm. Ball. In March 1675 Col. William Ball of Lancaster Co. VA was employed by the Virginia Assembly to impress men, houses, etc. for defense of the colony against the Indians. Born ca 1615. Probably educated in London, Eng., and studied law there. Nothing is known of his early life. Based on a letter written by a Ball family member, Hayden believed he married 2 Jul 1638 in London.
He was spoken as a soldier in 'Cheshire Visitation', under Fairfax. There is evidence that he served in Royal Army in Civil Wars under Charles III. He was present at the battles of Naseby and Marston Moor. In defeat he lost the greater part of his estates, and fled to Virginia ca 1650 after the death of Charles III.
1650 - to Virginia.
16__ - he operated vessel 'Merchant' between England and Virginia.
1658 - 7 Dec, exec. of est . of John Edwards, by whom he was given power to sell, and gave share in ship 'Susan', and to make returns to Spencer Pigott of Duke's Place, London.
16__ - He probably was a tobacco merchant transporting it to England and selling it there.
1660 - Member of council to make treaty with the Indians and set boundary of white mans' settlement.
1661 - His name was still in Northumberland Co. (Eng.?) records as merchant.
1663 - 18 Jan grant, Narrow Neck Creek, Lancaster Co., Va.,
1667 - He was a Major. With Thomas Chetwood received grant of 1600 acres in Rappahannock Co., on North side of the Rappahannock River. A few months later received grant of 300 acres adjoining Daniel Fox (this was rich cotton land).
16__ -In Lancaster Co., Va., built ' Millenbeck', which was probably named after some place in Warwickshire or North Hamptonshire.
16__ - He made many trips to London as was common for planters versed in business. He went to London to sell his neighbors tobacco.
1672 - Col. was active in Lancaster Co., Va., administration. 19 Mar paid as Co. Lt. for Lancaster Co., 500 lbs. of tobacco.
1675-77 - Lancaster Co., Va., was given various commissions.
1675-76 - 28 Mar, he and Lt. Col. John Carter lead defense against Nathaniel Bacon.
16__ - Presiding member of various courts.
1677 - 14 Aug, with neighbor John Washington urged people to tax to put down Bacon.
1670-80 - Member of Burgesses of Lancaster Co.
1680 - He died Nov at 'Millenbeck'.

His will dated 15 Oct 1680, proved Nov 1680. ( His wife lived at 'Millenbeck' with son William, she died 1695, will was dated 25 Jun 1695. He was a Warden of Christ Church, Lancaster Co., Church of England. At the time of his death he owned 2000 acres in Lancaster and Rappa Counties. 'Millenbeck' comprised 540 acres.

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Colonel William Ball (1615) and Hannah Atherall (Atherold)
Born in England and educated in or about London. Evidence shows that he was married July 2, 1638, to Miss Hannah Atherall or Atherold, the daughter of Thomas Atherold. He probably left England soon after the death of King Charles I., about 1650. He had studied law in England, and later interpreted the principles of Common Law for fellow Virginia colonists. He was a soldier "under Fairfax," and served in the Royal Army and took part in the (English) Civil Wars, remaining true to the royal standards and serving faithfully under the banners of the ill-fated King Charles. He was probably present at the battles of Naseby and Marston Moor. When the Royal Army was defeated, Colonel Ball lost the greater part of his considerable estates. In company with other royalists he fled to Virginia, the most loyal of the king's possessions, and last to surrender to Cromwell's authority. Colonel William Ball probably had a brother in Virginia. He did not apply for a land grant until at least 8 years after arriving in 1650. It is thought that he was waiting out the bad times at home and planned to return with the Stuarts were returned to the throne. He seems, however, to have operated a vessel between England and Virginia during this time. He first appears in the Colonial records as a Merchant, probably a tobacco merchant. After 1660, William Ball took an active part in the religious, political and social life of Virginia. In 1660 he was a member of a court to make a treaty with the Indians and to establish a boundary for the occupation of land by the white men. He first received the title of Colonel in 1672, the year he was the County Lieutenant of Lancaster. If you held such a rank, you may have earned ii as a member of the General Court of Virginia."This august and aristocratic body was always composed of the class known at that time as 'gentlemen,' men of wealth, family and influence, and whose official station added much to their influence. They, with the Governor, formed the executive council, who dispensed the entire patronage of the colony in the way of official appointment, at the same time that each individual himself was himself commissioned 'Colonel' by royal authority...The Governor was Lieutenant-General, the Councilors, Lieutenants of Counties with the title of Colonel, and in counties where a Councillor resided, some other person was appointed with rank of Major." (Introduction to Vo. I. Calendar Papers, by Palmer) It is probable that Colonel was not a member of the General Court, since his name does not appear as a member of the General Court, but, was a Colonel of Foot or Horse and not County Lieutenant. He was doubtless Presiding Magistrate and Colonel Commander of the County. He served on various committees in Lancaster County from 1675-7. He was presiding member of various courts held in Lancaster County. On March 28, 1675-6 he and Lieutenant-Colonel John Carter were empowered by the General Assembly of Virginia to mobilize men and horses to defend the colony against Indians. Their leader was Nathaniel Bacon. On August 14, 16777, he was present at a meeting to discuss taxes being imposed by the General Assembly to put down Bacon's rebellion. From 1670 until his death in 1680 he was a member of the Burgesses of Lancaster County. He eventually became a planter, and on January 18, 1663, received a grant of land on Narrrow Neck Creek in Lancaster County. Four years (apparently after promotion to Major) he received a joint grant of 1600 acres in the County of Rappahannock on the north side of the river of the same name together with Thomas Chetwood. A few months later he acquired 300 acres of rich bottom land adjoining the estate of Daniel Fox, who later became the Colonel's son-in-law. He built a beautiful Georgian mansion on his Lancaster County estate, which he named Millenbeck, probably after some place in Warwickshire or Northamptonshire. The estate was held for four successive generations by William Balls and played a prominent part in Virginia history. Colonel Ball was a zealous supporter of the Virginia branch of the Church of England. He and John Washington were wardens of Christ Church, Lancaster County.

COLONEL WILLIAM BALL of VIRGINIA The Great-Grandfather of
Washington by Earl L. W. Heck, published and sold by Sydney
Wm. Dutton, 103, Newgate Street, London, E. C.1. MCMXXVIII,
(on file at National Genealogical Society Library, 4527 17th
Street North, Arlington, VA)
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM BALL:
Will of William Ball
In the name of God, Amen, I William Ball of ye County of Lancaster in Rapp. being, Praised be God, in good & perfect health both of body and mind doe make & Ordain this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and form following (vis) Imp'et I bequeath my Soul to God Almighty my maker and Creator in his Assurance of ye pardon and Remission of all my sins through ye death & merits of Jesus Christ my Savior & Redeemer and my body to ye Earth from when it Came to be Decently Interned and for my Worldly Estate my just Debts & final Rights first is Charged I give & Dispose as follows:

Item. I give and Devise my Land & Plantation whereon I Live, Express in two patterns containing 540 acres to my Son William Ball and his heirs forever never ye less it is my will & Pleasure that my loving wife Hannah Ball be & remain in full possession thereof together with all household goods & Servants both Christians & Negroes with ye............of Cattle of all kind excepting what is particularly bequeathed out of which never ye less not to be delivered till ye.....of her rights for & during her natural life provided she so long remain a widow and therefore it is my will and pleasure that what shall remain in her possession be inventoried & valued by herself & my two sons between them themselves to be [together?] and if she should marry again She may then enjoy on her aportionable parts according to Law.

Item, For ye Other part of my Estate Consisting Chiefly in Merchandising goods & Debts it is my Will and Pleasure ye same also be Inventoried & valued as before and that she my s'd wife Likewise enjoy 1/3 part thereafter and that ye remainder together with what shall be over and above her 3rd part of household goods, servants & cattle of all kinds & Not hereby particularly bequeathed be soon after ye termination of her right thereby limited divided into parts, there where of I give and bequeath to my Son William Ball and his heirs forever & ye other two parts to my son Joseph Ball & his heirs forever their part of merchandising goods & Depts to be forthwith Delivered.

Item, I give and Devise my land in ye freshes of Rappk. Cont'g by patent 1600 acres to my two sons William and Joseph and to each to their heirs forever to be equally Divided between them without any Advantage of Survivorship if either of them should decease before Demission.

Item, I give and Bequeath to my son William and his heirs my two negroes Called Tame & Katie and his wife & to my son Joseph and his heirs my negroes Tony & Dinah his wife, the Negro Girl & her Negro boy James to my wife to dispose of between my two sons of their Children & noe otherwise when her rights shall Determine Either by death or Marriage.

Item, I give unto my sons William and Joseph Whatsoever Either of them stands indepted to me upon Acco. in my book.

Item, I hereby nominate & Appointe my two sons William and Joseph Executors of this my Last Will and Testament to act together in all things in ye Ordering and disposing of ye Estate according to the true Intent and meaning thereof by a due performance of ye Several Exceptions pvisoes and Limitations therein contained hereby Renouncing all former Wills & declare this to be my last Will and testament by Witnessing the same wh, my hand

Seale this 5th day of Octr. 1680, and in the 2 and thirtieth year of our Sovereigne Lord King Charles ye Second.

Source:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~endovit/np325.html

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From the book, Index to Marriages of Old Rappahannock & Essex Co VA page 15. Library of Congress number F232 .E7 W5 1983x is the following information. "1673 Capt. WM BALL Lancaster County, married Margaret, dau of James Williamson Book D no. 5 page 289." (actual date is 26 Mar 1673) This is further proven by her will and also an article in the William and Mary Quarterly on the Williamson and Rossier families. Will was written 6 FEb 1697 and she died, 9 Feb 1708/1709.
1. William BALL Colonel was born in 1615 in London England. He immigrated in 1657 to Rappahannock River, VA. He died in Nov 1680 in Millenbeck, Lancaster Co, VA. He signed a will on 25 Jun 1695 in Millenbeck, Lancaster Co VA. He has Ancestor Chart number 50-02/60-04. He was buried in Millenbeck, Lancaster Co VA. Immigrated about 1650 after Charles I death. Hardy page 30 says, 'Col William Ball, came to the Colony in 1657; he was a descendant of William Ball, Lord of the manor of Barkham, who died in 1480' He was married to Hannah ATHEROLD (daughter of Thomas ATHEROLD and Mary HARVEY) on 2 Jul 1638 in London, England. Hannah ATHEROLD was born in 1616 in Burgh, Suffolk, England. She died on 25 Jun 1695 in Millenbeck, Lancaster Co, VA. She has Ancestor Chart number 50-03/60-05. She was buried in Millenbeck, Lancaster Co VA. William BALL Colonel and Hannah ATHEROLD had the following children:
+2 i. Richard BALL.
+3 ii. William BALL Captain.
+4 iii. Joseph BALL Colonel.
+5 iv. Hannah BALL.

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William Ball was born c1615 in London, England. In London, on July 2, 1638 he married Hannah Atherold the daughter of Thomas Atherold of London, England. William came to America sometime near 1650 and settled at the mouth of Coroteman River in Lancaster County, Virginia. Here, he built his manor house called "Millenbeck." In Virginia, he was a merchant and planter, he owned a plantation consisting of several hundred acres of land and many slaves. He was also a member of the House of Burgess from 1670 - 1680. He died sometime around 1695.

Col. William Ball (1615) is one of the 'founding fathers" of Jamestowne, VA (1607-1670) ["Genealogies of Va. Families, Vol 1" : "William & Mary Quarterly] I find this particular statement to be in conflict with his dates of birth. he certainly was not in Jamestown in 1607 and probably didn't arrive here until after 1650. He certainly was an early settler of Virginia on the Rappahandock River in St Mary's Parish.

Sources:

Colonel William Ball of Virginia: The Great-Grandfather of Washington by Earl L. W. Heck, published and sold by Sydney Wm. Dutton, 103, Newgate Street, London, E. C.1. MCMXXVIII, (on file at National Genealogical Society Library, 4527 17th Street North, Arlington, VA)

Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives, by Norma Tucker (located at Montgomery County Historical Society, Rockville, MD)

This line is of interest because of its famous son, George Washington. He had no children of his own, but there were cousins in the Ball line. His great-grandfather, Captain William Ball, was Eve Ball Taylor's grandfather.

"The surname Ball, according to the best authorities dated from Norman times and is a shortened form of Baldwin, which family were for many generations Counts of Flanders. In fact, William the Conqueror married Matilda, the daughter of Baldwin VIII, and many of his immediate family came to England. After the Conquest the name appears to have been shortened and was spelt various ways as Balle, Bale, Baell. Bradley points out that Baell corresponds to the Anglo-Saxon Bael, meaning funeral pile; while Ball is only a partial equivalent of the Saxon Bald,meaning bold." (Heck)

There seems to be agreement that the name means one who is bold enough in battle to win, not bald, as in no hair. (Heck)

-1.1 John Harvey and ?

Of London See Thomas Atherold (1590)

-1.1.1 Thomas Atherold and Mary Vessey

Of Burgh, Suffolk.

-1.1 Thomas Atherold (1590) and Hannah Harvey

A barrister-at-law, who was living at Gray's Inn during 1610-1611. He apppears to have been the son of Thomas Atherold, of Burgh, Suffolk and Mary Vessey. Hannah Harvey's father was John Harvey (Heck) See Colonel William Ball, below.

-1.1 Reverend Richard Ball

Educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he took the degree of Batchellor of Arts in 1590 and Master in 1594. He was the second Professor of Rhetoric at Oxford. In 1603 he became vicar of St. Helen's Church. Dr. Ball left St. Helen's the year he received his coat of arms. (Heck)

1. Colonel William Ball (1615) and Hannah Atherall (Atherold)

Born in England and educated in or about London. Evidence shows that he was married July 2, 1638, to Miss Hannah Atherall or Atherold, the daughter of Thomas Atherold. He probably left England soon after the death of King Charles I., about 1650. He had studied law in England, and later interpreted the principles of Common Law for fellow Virginia colonists.

He was a soldier "under Fairfax," and served in the Royal Army and took part in the (English) Civil Wars, remaining true to the royal standards and serving faithfully under the banners of the ill-fated King Charles. He was probably present at the battles of Naseby and Marston Moor. When the Royal Army was defeated, Colonel Ball lost the greater part of his considerable estates. In company with other royalists he fled to Virginia, the most loyal of the king's possessions, and last to surrender to Cromwell's authority.

Colonel William Ball probably had a brother in Virginia. He did not apply for a land grant until at least 8 years after arriving in 1650. It is thought that he was waiting out the bad times at home and planned to return with the Stuarts were returned to the throne. He seems, however, to have operated a vessel between England and Virginia during this time. He first appears in the Colonial records as a Merchant, probably a tobacco merchant.

After 1660, William Ball took an active part in the religious, political and social life of Virginia. In 1660 he was a member of a court to make a treaty with the Indians and to establish a boundary for the occupation of land by the white men. He first received the title of Colonel in 1672, the year he was the County Lieutenant of Lancaster. If you held such a rank, you may have earned is as a member of the General Court of Virginia.

"This august and aristocratic body was always composed of the class known at that time as 'gentlemen,' men of wealth, family and influence, and whose official station added much to their influence. They, with the Governor, formed the executive council, who dispensed the entire patronage of the colony in the way of official appointment, at the same time that each individual himself was himself commissioned 'Colonel' by royal authority...The Governor was Lieutenant-General, the Councilors, Lieutenants of Counties with the title of Colonel, and in counties where a Councillor resided, some other person was appointed with rank of Major." (Introduction to Vo. I. Calendar Papers, by Palmer)

It is probable that Colonel was not a member of the General Court, since his name does not appear as a member of the General Court, but, was a Colonel of Foot or Horse and not County Lieutenant. He was doubtless Presiding Magistrate and Colonel Commander of the County. He served on various committees in Lancaster County from 1675-7. He was presiding member of various courts held in Lancaster County.

On March 28, 1675-6 he and Lieutenant-Colonel John Carter were empowered by the General Assembly of Virginia to mobilize men and horses to defend the colony against Indians. Their leader was Nathaniel Bacon.

On August 14, 16777, he was present at a meeting to discuss taxes being imposed by the General Assembly to put down Bacon's rebellion.

From 1670 until his death in 1680 he was a member of the Burgesses of Lancaster County.

He eventually became a planter, and on January 18, 1663, received a grant of land on Narrrow Neck Creek in Lancaster County. Four years (apparently after promotion to Major) he received a joint grant of 1600 acres in the County of Rappahannock on the north side of the river of the same name together with Thomas Chetwood. A few months later he acquired 300 acres of rich bottom land adjoining the estate of Daniel Fox, who later became the Colonel's son-in-law.

He built a beautiful Georgian mansion on his Lancaster County estate, which he named Millenbeck, probably after some place in Warwickshire or Northamptonshire. The estate was held for four successive generations by William Balls and played a prominent part in Virginia history.

Colonel Ball was a zealous supporter of the Virginia branch of the Church of England. He and John Washington were wardens of Christ Church, Lancaster County. (Taken from Heck's book)

Children of Col. William Ball (1615):

1.1 Captain William Ball (1/2/1641-9/30/1694) and Ms. Williamson, Ms. Harris, Ms. Margaret Downman

Born in England, he inherited Millenbeck. Captain Ball took an active part in the public affairs of Virginia. In 1687 he was appointed to lay off the boundary between Lancaster and Northumberland Counties. He was a Justice in 1680 and at various times from 1682-1688 he was a Burgiss from Lancaster County. (Heck)

1.2 Joseph Ball and Mary Spencer

1.3 Hannah Ball and Daniel Fox
William Ball was born c1641 in London, England. He came to America with parents at the age of 9 years. In 1675, William married Margaret Dowman at "Marattico," their homestead in Lancaster County, Virginia.

He was Justice of Peace in 1680, a member of the House of Burgess in 1685, and appointed to lay off boundary between Lancaster and North Cumberland Counties 1687.

William died sometime around 1694.

While Capt. William Ball did marry a Margaret Downman, he also married a Margaret Williamson. Many people believe she was the mother of the children. The will of Margaret Ball that mentions all these children, also mentions Mary Rosier, sister of Margaret Williamson. She could have called the children sons when they were really step-sons; but, she was the last of William's marriages

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RADCLIFFE TOWER AND SUCH

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RICHARD RATCLIFF 1614

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was born 27 September 1614 in Whalley, Lancashire, England134,135, and died 7 November 1675 in Chapel Hill, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England136. He married ALICE RAWSTHORNE about 1640 in Rossendale, Lancashire, England136, daughter of NICHOLAS RAWSTHORNE and MARY [----?----]. She was born Bet. 1618 and 1622 in Rossendale, Lancashire, England136, and died 5 September 1670 in "Chapel Hill", Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England136.

Notes for RICHARD RATCLIFFE, OF CHAPEL HILL:
[The writer's eighth great-grandfather.]
Richard was born in the eleventh year of the reign of King JAMES I. Richard died at his home, "Chapel Hill", a nine-acre freehold tract of land between Rawtenstall and Crawshawbooth. He and Alice and all of their children, except for Richard who emigrated to the American Colonies before his marriage in Maryland in 1691, were buried in the Chapel Hill Friends Burying Ground on his land.[a]
Richard's wife Alice seems to have been one of the early converts to Quakerism which was introduced into Rossendale, Lancashire, about 1653 by William Dewsbury and Thomas Stubbs. As early converts to Quakerism, Richard, his son James, his daughter Isabelle, and his future son-in-law, Abraham Hayworth, amongst others, were fined and imprisoned on one occasion at the castle of Lancaster for refusing to swear allegiance to the King by oaths and for refusing to pay tithes to the Anglican parish priest and the Established Church of England.
In 1665, Richard, his wife Alice, their son James, and their daughter Isabelle and husband Abraham Hayworth, were fined for being Quakers and for having private conventicles (Quaker meetings) in their homes. On 6 April and 9 September 1668, Richard was fined and imprisoned for failing to pay tithes and church rates to the parish priest (probably in Whalley Parish). In 1669, Richard and Alice, their son James, and Abraham Hayworth, all of Newchurch in Rossendale Parish, were amongst those whose names appear in Conventicle Returns for having Quaker meetings in their homes.
The name Richard Ratcliff appears in the 1670 and 1671 Conventicle Returns of Rossendale "for hedging in a parcel of land to bury dead corps in and diverse have been interred there". This refers to the Chapel Hill Friends Burying Grounds which were given by Richard from his Chapel Hill estate. The burying grounds were originally a plot of ground 15 yards by 12 yards surrounded by a rock wall. (For a period of time, Quaker meetings were held within this walled enclosure.) Nonconformists were not permitted to bury their dead in the Anglican Church cemeteries, so they either set up their own burying grounds with the attendant persecution or buried their dead in the fields or along the roadsides. The first person to be buried in Chapel Hill Burial Grounds was Margaret Hayworth, the first wife of Abraham Hayworth, who died in 1663.[b]
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a. Recorded in the Marsden Monthly Meeting Register, Library of the Society of Friends, Friends House, Euston Road, London, England; as cited in Clarence Earl Ratcliff, RICHARD RATCLIFF OF LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, AND TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND AND HIS ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS, 1066-1988 (1963; reprint Toccoa, Ga.: privately published by Clarence Earl Ratcliff, 1988); entire book published on the Internet at URL http://don.ratcliff.net/tree/rr.html.
b. Ratcliff, RICHARD RATCLIFF, op. cit.

MARY RAWSTHORNE RATCLIFFE

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Notes for JAMES RATCLIFFE:
The names of James and Mary Ratclife and their children were included in a partial list of the families who arrived at Philadelphia between 1682 and 1687, as follows:
"The Rebecca of Liverpoole James Skinner commander Arrived at Philadelphia the 31st of the 8 mo. [i.e., October] 1685. The passengers names are as followeth:
"James Ratclife, Mary Ratclife Richard Ratclife, Edward Ratclife, Rebecca Ratclife, Rachell Ratclife, free persons from Monsebury in Lancashire.
"James Heyworth, Robert Hewet James Rothwell servants to the said Ratclife." [Michael Tepper, ed., EMIGRANTS TO PENNSYLVANIA, 1641-1819 (1975; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992) pp. 13-14.]
Although circumstantial only, it seems apparent that this evidence relates to this James Ratcliff. James's brother Richard had earlier, in 1682, arrived in America from England.

Children of JAMES RATCLIFFE and MARY RAWSTHORNE are:
i. RICHARD26 RATCLIFF, b. about 1674, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown.
ii. EDWARD RATCLIFF, b. about 1676, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown.
iii. REBECCA RATCLIFF, b. about 1678, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown.
iv. RACHELL RATCLIFF, b. about 1680, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown.

67. JOHN25 RATCLIFFE (RICHARD24, JOHN23, JOHN22, JOHN21 RATTCLYFFE, JOHN20, JOHN19 RATCLYFFE, THE BASTARD, JOHN18, JOHN17, JAMES16 RADCLYFFE, RICHARD DE15, JAMES DE14, WILLIAM DE13, RICHARD DE12, WILLIAM DE11, RICHARD DE10 RATCLYFFE, ESQ., OF RADCLIFFE TOWER, ROBERT DE9 RADCLYFFE, ADAM DE8, WILLIAM DE7 RADECLIVE, SHERIFF OF LANCASHIRE, HENRY DE6, NICHOLAS FITZGILBERT DE5, GILBERT DE4 TAILBOIS, 3RD BARON OF KENDAL, ÆLFTRED DE3 TAILLEBOIS, 2D BARON OF KENDAL, IVO DE2, REINFRED1) was born 22 October 1657 in Chapel Hill, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England, and died 23 February 1734/35 in Haslingden, Lancashire, England. He married ELIZABETH [----?----]. She was born about 1662 in England, and died 9 July 1701 in Haslingden, Lancashire, England.

Children of JOHN RATCLIFFE and ELIZABETH [----?----] are:
i. JAMES26 RATCLIFF, b. 3 March 1686/87; d. Unknown.
ii. JOHN RATCLIFF, b. 27 May 1689; d. Unknown.
iii. GRACE RATCLIFF, b. 20 December 1691; d. Unknown.
iv. EDMUND RATCLIFF, b. 1 May 1694; d. Unknown.
v. RICHARD RATCLIFF, b. 6 February 1698/99; d. Unknown.

68. RICHARD25 RATCLIFFE, ESQUIRE (RICHARD24, JOHN23, JOHN22, JOHN21 RATTCLYFFE, JOHN20, JOHN19 RATCLYFFE, THE BASTARD, JOHN18, JOHN17, JAMES16 RADCLYFFE, RICHARD DE15, JAMES DE14, WILLIAM DE13, RICHARD DE12, WILLIAM DE11, RICHARD DE10 RATCLYFFE, ESQ., OF RADCLIFFE TOWER, ROBERT DE9 RADCLYFFE, ADAM DE8, WILLIAM DE7 RADECLIVE, SHERIFF OF LANCASHIRE, HENRY DE6, NICHOLAS FITZGILBERT DE5, GILBERT DE4 TAILBOIS, 3RD BARON OF KENDAL, ÆLFTRED DE3 TAILLEBOIS, 2D BARON OF KENDAL, IVO DE2, REINFRED1) was born 29 October 1661 in "Chapel Hill", in the chapelry of Newchurch in Rossendale Forest (St Nicholas and St John's), Rawtenstall Borough, Whalley Parish, Lancashire, England138, and died 1 June 1721 in St Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland138. He married MARY CATERNE 13 May 1691 in Easton, Talbot County, Maryland138. She was born about 1662138, and died Aft. 1732 in Talbot County, Maryland138.

Notes for RICHARD RATCLIFFE, ESQUIRE:
[The writer's seventh great grandfather.]
Richard was born on 29 October 1661 in the second year of the reign of King CHARLES II, probably at the Ratcliffe family estate of "Chapel Hill", Lancashire. Chapel Hill was a nine-acre freehold tract of land located within Whalley Parish in the chapelry of Newchurch (St Nicholas with St John's) in Rossendale Forest, Borough (since 1891) of Rawtenstall, a subdivision of Blackburn Hundred, County Lancashire, England. Rawtenstal, which lies in the ancient Forest of Rossendale seventeen miles north of Manchester, is first known to have been mentioned in a survey of the Hundred of Blackburn in 1323. (Richard's birth date is given elsewhere as 10 October 1661.) At the time of his death on 1 June 1721, Richard was living in St Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland.
On 16 September 1682 (New Style) at Liverpool, Lancashire, Richard at age 21 boarded the ship "Submission", which was "bound for the Delaware River or elsewhere in Pennsylvania." However, because of a storm at sea, the ship's master, Captain James Settle, was not sure of the ship's whereabouts and unloaded the passengers and luggage on 10 November 1682 (N.S.) at Choptank, on the Choptank River in Caroline County, Maryland, apparently mistaking this river for the Delaware River. Richard paid four pounds and five shillings for his passage. The "Submission's" Ship's Log has been included in a published book, extracts from which follow:

"THE SAILING OF THE SHIP 'SUBMISSION' IN THE YEAR 1682, WITH A TRUE COPY OF THE VESSEL'S LOG.
"The log of the ship 'Submission,' of which the following is a copy, commences the 4th day of the week, 6th day of the 7th month (Sept 25th - Oct. 24th) and ends on the 7th day of the week the 21st day of the 8th month 1682. The vessel at this day being near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, which appears by the entry made on the 19th day of Oct., at which time the odor from the pines was noticed, 'supposing ourselves not to be within 80 leagues.' Phineas Pemberton in his record states that they arrived in the Choptank, Maryland, on the 2nd day of 9th month 1682, thus making the voyage in 58 days from port to port . . .
"Many of the passengers remained in Maryland for a considerable time (some of them married there), and then walked to Appoquinimink, the lowest section of New Castle County, about 40 miles from the place of landing, and 20 miles south of the established town of New Castle."[a]

At the beginning of the voyage that brought our Richard from England to America in 1682, Master James Settle made the following entry in his ship's log:[a]

"An acct. of our passage towards Pensylvania ----
"the passengers Subscribers, went Abord the vessel Submission from The Port of Liverpoole 5th 7/mon 1682. The master's name James Settle, the mate Samuel Rigg - Brian ffleetwood the Carpenter, Anthony Busshell the cooper, Ellijah Cobham, Thomas Bullock, Peter Travis, John Royle, Thomas Hatcley, servants. Henery Blivin, Michael Colon, apprentices. Heads ii.
"The Passengers names & ages & number - near as cold be well taken.
"free Passengers Passengers
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"Of Lancashire

"James Harrison 54 years Anna Harrison 58 years 2 - 0
"Agnes Harrison 80 -
"Richard Radclif 21 - 2 - 0" [I.e., 21 yrs, 2 mos., 0 days]

An entire list of passengers followed, and included additional passengers from Lancashire, and from Cheshire and Wales. The ship encountered the usual dangers facing a sailing ship on a two-month voyage across the Atlantic in the late 1600s. One entry stated:

"The wind much westerly about 12 in the night there arose A great storm that day were forced to take of the main top & to lay the ship by for about 10 hours the sea was exceedingly high ye waves ran as high as the main yards but we received little damage"[a]

The voyagers were not so fortunate on another day:

"The sea very Rough the wind high about 4 in the [----?] dyed Abraham the son of Randulph Blackshaw about 6 in the morning A great head sea broke over the ship & staved the boat & took the most part of it away, broke up the main hatches that were both nailed & corked & took them away that they were not seen where they went, broke the boat's mast & hyst that were lashed in the midship, broke the forre shet & took several things of the decks & several things that were in the boat it cast betwixt decks. At 9 in the morning the was put overboard, about 4 in the afternoon A great sea fell on our Rudder & broke it about 1 yard or something more from the head, was again pieced as well as it cold that night - not being discovered until 10 at night & was made pretty firm the next day."[a]

On 30 January 1683, after his arrival in America, Richard transferred his membership from the Rossendale Society of Friends in Lancashire, England, to the Third Haven Monthly Meeting of Friends in Talbot County, Maryland. In 1685, Richard's brother, James, arrived in Pennsylvania with his wife Mary and four of their children, Richard, Edward, Rebecca, and Rachel.
Richard married Mary Caterne (possibly the daughter of Edward Cattering, an early settler in Maryland) on 13 May 1691 in Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, in the Third Haven Monthly Meeting. (Elsewhere, this source gives the date of marriage as 24 May 1691.) Eight children of theirs were recorded at St Michael's Church (Church of England), at St Michaels, Talbot County. Richard entered the legal profession and became an attorney-at-law.
In 1706, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, was formed from part of Talbot County, and in 1710 Richard bought "Jerusalem," a four hundred acre tract of land in Queen Anne's County. On 1 November 1715, Richard sold 200 acres of "Jerusalem," and on 5 November 1715 he purchased the 170-acre property called "Jacob and John's Pasture" near St Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland.
By his Will, dated 8 January 1720, Richard bequeathed 100 acres of "Jerusalem" to his son Samuel, leaving the remaining 100 acres to his widow, Mary, and upon her death equally to their children. Richard's Will read:[b]

"IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. I, Richard Ratcliff, of Talbot Co., Md., being at this time in perfect health and sound mind and perfect memory and knowing the uncertainty of this life do therefore make and ordain this my last will and testament upon this eighth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred and twenty, revoking all other will or wills heretofore made by me and this my last will to stand authentic above them all.
"I give and bequeath my soul to the Almighty God that gave it, hoping that by and through Jesus Christ our Lord his only son to obtain remission for my sins and to find acceptance with Him, and my body buried in Decency at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named.
"And for those worldly goods that it has pleased the Almighty God to bestow on me, I give and bequeath as follows:
"Item, I give and bequeath unto my son, James Ratcliff, one half of one hundred and seventy acres of land called by the name of Jacob and John's Pasture, next to the main road on the plantation where I now live, to him and the male heirs of his body forever.
"Item, I give and bequeath unto my son John Ratcliff, the other half of that tract of land called Jacob and John's Pasture, and next unto hog neck, to him and his male heirs forever, with one forty foot tobacco house.
"Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Samuel Ratcliff, part of a tract of land called by the name of Jerusalem, lying in that part of the land that I sold to Col. Richard Tilghman, 100 acres of land to him and his heirs forever.
"Item, I give to my well beloved wife, Mary Ratcliff, the plantation and the moveables, during her life, and after her decease the moveables to be equally divided amongst my three sons and two daughters, That is to say, John, William, Samuel, Alice and Mary Ratcliff.
"I also appoint my wife, Mary Ratcliff, James and John Ratcliff, to be wholly and solely executors of this my estate.
s/"Richard Ratcliff (SEAL)

"Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us.
"And: Allen
"Edward E. F. Fish.
"Dominick Cowen

"Item, I give and bequeath unto my son, John Ratcliff, one steel whip saw."
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a. Michael Tepper, ed., "The Sailing of the Ship 'Submission' in the Year 1682, With a True Copy of the Vessel's Log" in NEW WORLD IMMIGRANTS: A CONSOLIDATION OF SHIP PASSENGER LISTS & ASSOCIATED DATA FROM PERIODICAL LITERATURE, vol. 1 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988) pp. 235-238.
b. WILLS, Vol. 16, page 484, Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md.; as cited in Clarence Earl Ratcliff, B.S., M.A., RICHARD RATCLIFF OF LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND AND TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND AND HIS ANCESTORS AND DESCENDENTS, 1066-1988, (1963; eighth edition privately published by Clarence Earl Ratcliff, 1988), and published on the Internet at URL http://don.ratcliff.net/tree/rr.html.

SARAH FELLOWS RATCLIFFE

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John was born on 15 September 1694, in the sixth year of the reign of King WILLIAM III and Queen MARY, on the family plantation, "Jacob and John's Pasture," in St Michael's Parish, Anderbies Creek, Talbot County, Maryland. John died at the age of 77 in December 1771 near Kinston, Dobbs County, North Carolina.
An entry in the Third Haven Monthly Meeting Minutes, Talbot County, Maryland, states that "At a monthly meeting at the house of John Stevens on Dividing Creek, the 25th and 26th of the 9th month 1719, John Ratcliff and Wm Ratcliff's marriages were accomplished in good order." On 7 July 1720, Sarah received from the estate of her deceased father, Robert Fellows, a 120 acre tract of land in Talbot County, Maryland, named "Goughton." John and Sarah bought and sold various tracts of land in Talbot County between 1734 and 1737.
James Ratcliff informed the Meeting on 25 and 26 December 1734 that his brother John Ratcliff, and John's brother-in-law John Fellows, intended to remove to Carolina. Beginning on 13 October 1738, John acquired about 500 acres of land in Craven County, North Carolina, at the junction of the Neuse River and Lower Falling Creek, five or six miles west of Kinston, North Carolina, and named the plantation "Ratcliff's Choice." On 10 July 1750, King GEORGE II and His Excellency, Governor Gabriel Johnston of North Carolina, granted a petition by John for 250 acres of land in Johnston County, North Carolina. John's last acquisition of land appears to have been 90 acres in Dobbs County (but near Kinston) granted him on 27 April 1767.
John died intestate, and his son Joseph was appointed Administrator of the estate on 24 April 1775. In addition to his real estate, which could not be sold until 1777 because of the Revolutionary War, John left £500 in money. Upon his death, he was probably buried at the Falling Creek Friends Burying Grounds (now known as Caswell Cemetery?). It would appear that John had been a charter member of the Lower Falling Creek Monthly Meeting, Society of Friends, at Kinston, Dobbs County, North Carolina, which was organized in 1748, for their minutes dated 28 March 1748 state that "the Society met regularly at the home of John Ratcliff." The Lower Falling Creek Burying Grounds, located near the confluence of the Neuse River and Lower Falling Creek, now bear no trace of John's grave.

PHEOBE SPURLING- VINSEN

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GRAVESITES.
Birth: 1805
Death: 1873

Phoebe (Spurlin) Vinson (1805 in Georgia-1873-Texas).
She Married Wiley Vinson on 9/12/1826 in Jones Co., Georgia.
They came to Texas from Alabama in 1851. Just prior to the Civil War, Wiley & Phebe purchased the Bevered Pool Servey
southeast of Thornton. They settled in Limestone County in 1859 on Barbara's parents propery.
The family farmed & operated a gristmill and tanning yard. When Wiley Vinson bought additional land in 1870, he set aside
one-half acre for the Vinson Cemetery. He was the first to be buried there in 1871.

Burial:
Vinson Cemetery
Thornton
Limestone County
Texas, USA

Thomas Powell

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Thomas POWELL

Clint Franks has date of death as being Apr. 10, 1705.
Van Gundy Family Tree has death Mar 20, 1701 in Sittingbourne Parrish, Essex County, VA. They also have the following:

One story says it was this Thomas, along with brothers Robert and John and 26 others, who was imported to America Nov. 18, 1663 by Capt Wm Mosley. Other theories place him in America much earlier, by at least 1654. He may have traveled back and forth between England and America.

Capt Mosley received 1157 acres of land located on the south side of the Rappahanock River in Sittingbourn Parish and also a patent for another 427.5 acres on Apr. 18, 1670. He sold the latter parcel to Richard Poole, who the following July, through his attorney, George Jones, conveyed it to Thomas Powell for 2500 lbs of tobacCounty

1665 Old Rappahannock Co, VA. "John Mills sold to Thomas, both men being from Rappahanncok Co, 50 acres of land beginning at the marked hickory near the mill floodgates bounding on the land of Thomas Rooson, now possessed by Philip Saunders, to a creek called Tignor's Creek, unto a small river going into said creek being part of a grand patent to John Mills, for 400 pounds of tobacco and two cows."

Aug 11, 1655 Lancaster Co, VA. Francis Place conveyed a tract of land formerly in Isle of Wight County, Virginia containing 300 acres patented by him September 7, 1654, lying on the North side of the "freshes" of the Rappahanncok River about ten miles above Nazemum Town and certain cattle by deed of gift to 'My daughter Mary Place when she arrives at 18 years,' if she dies without heirs, then 'to daughter Margaret Place, my youngest daughter.'" Mary had married Thomas Powell by 1666 when they deeded this same land to James Coghill. (See next entry.)

Sept. 30,1667 Old Rappahannock Co: "Thomas Powell and Mary, his wife, sell to James Coghill for the valluable consideration of nyne barrells of good Indian corne as also for Divers other Consideracons 300 acres on the North side of Rappahannock River patented September 7, 1654. Mary Powell, daughter to Francis Place, doth appoint her loving friend, Mr. Daniel Gaines her true and lawful attorney to acknowledge sd deed." William Wilton witnessed this power of attorney and a few days later bought the land from Coghill. This deed establishes the maiden name and father of Thomas Powell's wife Mary.

1690 owned land adjoining Thomas Button on Occupation Creek in essex County.

1694 Essex Co, VA "Thomas and Mary Powell convey to their son, Honorias Powell, 100 acres of land beginning at an ash standing 'in the line of Colonel Catlett (forest land)' on a branch adjoining Abraham Stepp."

1704 Isle of Wight Co, VA. Thomas supposedly still owned 100 acres according to "English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records," even though he had been dead the past 3 years. A Seymon Powell owned the same amount of land.

Thomas' will, dated Mar. 10, 1700, proved Apr 10, 1701 in Essex County, Virginia, says he is "of Sittenburn Parish and very sick and weak." He leaves land to be divided equally between his sons, Place and Thomas and his wife, her part at her death to go to son William, cattle to son, William and "these persons that hath the education of my son William till he shall come ot the age of 21 years." He also left bequests to daughters Frances Powell, Elizabeth Salmon, Anne Coffee, and sons, Honours (Honorias) and Place and son-in-law-John Salmon, to be Executors.

Abt 1703. Mary petitioned that the maintenance of her son, William, be allowed out of her husband's estate, but the court refused this as an "irregular process."

1705 Essex Co Order Book: William Powell had died and the executors of his father's estate unsuccessfully petitioned the court that his estate be appraised.

1706. John Warden as the greatest creditor, obtained administration of the estate of William Powell.

They had the following children:

i Place POWELL was born about 1667. He died before 1715.
ii Honorias Sr POWELL was born about 1669. He died in 1752.
iii Frances POWELL was born in 1670/1675 in Essex Co, VA.
iv Thomas Jr POWELL was born in 1675/1680. He died about 1739.
v Anne POWELL was born in 1680/1684. She died in 1726.
vi Elizabeth POWELL m. John Salmon
vii William POWELL was born in 1681/1685 in Isle of Wight/Essex Co, VA. He died in 1705 in Essex Co, VA. William died unmarried.
viii Nathaniel Powell

Residences & events: 1704 Essex Co, VA. He was listed on the Quit Rent Rolls along with brothers, Thomas, Honor and Place, each with 72 acres of land. William was not 21 in 1701 when his father died per father's will. Following his death the executors of his father's estate unsuccessfully petitioned the court that William's estate be appraised. In 1706, John Warden, as greatest creditor, obtained administration of his estate. Since his mother had not yet died and passed any land to him, his estate must have consisted of only cattle.

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Mary Place

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Mary PLACE

She was already a landowner with cattle when she and Thomas married.

Aug 11, 1655 Francis Place conveyed a tract of land formerly in Isle of Wight Co, VA, containing 300 acres patented by him 9/7/1654, lying on the North side of the "freshes" of the Rappahannock River about ten miles above Nazumum Town, and certain cattle by deed of gift to "My daughter Mary Place when she arrives at 18 years," if she dies without heirs, then "to daughter Margaret Place, my youngest daughter."

Her birth date has been recorded twice in LDS files, in 1638 and 1648.

From the Richmond Co, VA, Order Book: Mary Powell, widow of Thomas, died about middle of December, 1710.

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MORE ON ELISHA EDGE

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History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties,
Missouri, published by Goodspeed, 1889; Pgs. 733, 734
Cedar County Section

Elisha Edge, a prominent old resident of Stockton, is a native of
Warren County, Tenn., where he was born in 1817. His father,
Henry Edge, was born in Maryland, in 1781, and when a young man
went to Kentucky, where he met and married Miss Hannah Stockstill,
who was born in North Carolina, in 1793, and afterward moved to
Tennessee, and in 1837 to Dade County, Mo. He was a soldier in the
War of 1812, and was a hard working tiller of the soil all his life.
He died in Dade County, Mo., in 1867, preceded by his wife in 1863.
They were the parents of thirteen children, Elisha being the sixth
of the family. He remained with his parents until twenty-one years
of age, and on the 30th of January, 1839, was married to Miss Harriet
Denby, who was born in Warren County, Mo., in 1820. Sophronia, wife
of Charles Mitchell; Abigail, the deceased wife of Samuel
Killingsworth; Eliza, wife of Giles Holman; Mary, wife of B. L.
Cornwell; Henry; Susan, wife of Henry Hudson; Benjamin L., and Thomas,
are the children born to their union. Mr. Edge came with his father
to Missouri, and, in 1841, located in Cedar County, settling in 1866
where he now lives. On first coming to this State, he was obliged to
go thirty miles to mill. He is one of the oldest residents of the
county, and is the owner of 240 acres of fertile land. He supports
the principles of the Democratic party, and during the Rebellion served
six months in the Stockton Grays, and afterward in Company D, Col.
McDonald's Arkansas Regiment of Cavalry, participation in the battles
of Wilson's Creek, Prairie Grove, Helena, and numerous skirmishes.

ELISHA EDGE

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PHOTOS OF ELISHA AND HARRIETS GRAVESITES.

ELIZABETH WEBB KEMP

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Elizabeth Webb was born in 1656/57 at Talbot County, Maryland. She was the daughter of Edmond Webb and Elizabeth ?. On 6 July 1678, Elizabeth Webb married at Talbot, Maryland,, Robert Kemp, age 29, son of Henry Kemp and Elizabeth ?. Elizabeth Webb died after 1691/92 at Talbot County, Maryland.

From the KEMP Family Bible (under births):
Robert Kemp, the first of the family of the Kemps of whom we have any record, was from Yorkshire in England. He married Elizabeth, daughter of a certain Edmond Webb, who dying about the year 1685 left his said daughter Elizabeth a tract of land in Bayside called Bolton, in Talbot County, Maryland, the same on which the main branch of the family now resides. The aforesaid Robert died in 1702, and left the following children to wit: John, Edmond, William, Rachel, Sarah, Elizabeth and Jane.

HENRY COURSEY

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On the 17th day of Dec. 1670 a commission was issued by Governor Charles Calvert, to these gentlemen as Justices of the Peace for Talbot county viz.: Richard Woohnan, William Coursey, Philemon Lloyd, Thomas South, Seth Foster, Thomas Hynson, Philip Stevenson, James Ringoid, William Hambleton, Jonathan Sybery, Richard Gorsuch, Ed- ward Roe and John Wells. The four persons first named were to be Justices of the Quorum, without one of whom no court could be held.16 This honorable and responsible office he held until his death, the last court at which he made his appearance having been that of Feb. 17th, 1684-5.

In the year 1670 commissions were issued for a general election through- out the Province. Proclamation having been made by the sheriff , the election was accordingly held on the 17th of January, 1670-1, when four Burgesses or Delegates were chosen to represent the freemen of this county in the General Assembly, the Justices of the Court acting as Judges of election. These gentlemen were returned: Richard Wool man, Philemon Lloyd, Joseph Wicks and William Hambleton. Mr. Lloyd continued to be returned at each succeeding election until his death. In 1681 he was honored by being made the Speaker of the Lower House.

But the most notable if not the most useful service rendered by Col. Philemon Lloyd to the province of Maryland was the negotiation of a treaty of peace with the Iroquois or Five Nations, inhabiting what is now the State of New York. These tribes had made frequent irruptions into Maryland and Virginia, weakening or destroying the tribes of Indians intervening, and inflicting great suffering upon the whites seated in out-lying and exposed situations. In 1678 Col. William Coursey, in this county, which at this date embraced the territory of Queen Anne's had been sent by the Lord Proprietary to Albany for the purpose of negotiating a treaty of amity with the Five Nations, and he also acted for the neighboring province of Virginia. The treaty then formed had been disregarded, and bands of Iroquois continued to infest the northern and western settlements, committing murders and barbarities upon the friendly Indians, "Christians," and carrying off or destroying much property. It was deterniined by the Maryland authorities again to send a.n embassy to these northern tribes to seek redress for the injuries already inflicted, and secure a more binding or effectual treaty of peace. Accordingly the Governor and Council of Maryland appointed Col. Henry Coursey and Col. Philemon Lloyd, Commissioners for the Proprietary to treat with the confederate Iroquois, at Albany, in New York, in behalf of the people of both Maryland and Virginia. It would appear that these gentlemen made three fruitless journeys to the appointed place of meeting and it was not until Aug. 1682, that they were successful in securing the attendance of the chiefs of the tribes. Negotiations were held at the Court House, commencing on the 3d of the month and continuing to the 13th. They were opened with the presenta- tion of certain "propositions" by Cols. Coursey and Lloyd to the chiefs of the Senecas, who returned their answer denying that the wrongs had giving, but with reluctance, the name "Jacob Young," as that of the man who instigated them to make war on the Piscataways. Presents were given and received frequently during the conference, which was concluded, apparently to the satisfaction of each of the contracting parties.17

After twelve or fifteen years had passed since the restoration of royal authority in England, and the Proprietary rule in Maryland, there was a revival here similar to that which had taken place there, of a jealousy, hatred and fear of the Roman Catholics. Lord Baltimore was suspected of entertaining a purpose of effecting in his Palatinate what the Mng and his brother were suspected of planning for the reahn at large, the suppression of Protestantism and the institution of Romanism. These malicious and ill-founded suspicions were instigated by a reprobate Anglican clergyman named Coode, and it is probable they would have secured lodgment in the minds of none but for alarming reports received from the mother country. Of the panic which was set up in England by the alleged "Popish Plot" and its attendant circumstances, there were those in this distant land, who professed to feel the tremors, and to apprehend the horrors. There may even have been those who were willing to see visited upon their fellow colonists some of those penalties for differing from them in religious opinion which were suffered by suspected Romanists at home. But Col. Philemon Lloyd, though the ,son of a Puritan father, and a member of the church of England, entertained no such sentiments in regard to the Lord Proprietary and his co-religionists, for we find him in May, 1682, uniting with many others of the same religious persuasion, or, as they call themselves, Protestants, in a declaration as to their perfect freedom in the enjoyment and practice of their religion, as to the impartiality of the Lord Proprietary in the distribution of offices, without any respect or regard to the religion of those appointed, and as to the falsehood of those scandalous and malicious aspersions which inveterate malignant turbulent spirits have cast upon his Lordship and his government. This act of Col. Lloyd indicates that religious and political prejudices-at this time they were one-had not obtunded his fine sense of honor, or his obligations of justice and gratitude to the Lord Proprietary.18

But if we were not informed by this "remonstrance declaration,

as it is called, of the religious belief and practice of Col. Lloyd, his will written in the very same month and year, May 1682, with its codicil written just before his death, May 1685, would furnish even fuller attestation. After directing that his children should be educated according to their condition in life he said:

I will that my children be brought up in ye Protestant religion and carried to such and such church or churches where it is preached and to no other, during their minority and until such years of discretion as may render them best capable to judge what is most consonant to ye good will of Almighty God, unto which, pray God of his mercy to direct them.

As if exceedingly solicitous for the religious welfare of his children he adds in a codicil written three years after his will:

Whereas by my said last will I left it in charge of my overseers [execu- tors] those innamed, to cause my children to be brought up in ye Protestant religion, in which religion I would still have them continue, yet least my meaning and intent therein should be mistaken and disorders will [arise] not forseen between my wife and overseers af'd. that I make it my only request to her by obligations of a loving husband to see my will therein performed and yat ye said overseers put her in mind thereoff and so God's will be done.19

It is very evident from the will and especially from the codicil, that the education of his children in the Protestant faith was a matter of solicitude. It is also evident that he was not 'without apprehension, notwithstanding his affection for his wife, that her devotion to her own church, and the influences of her spiritual directors, would prompt her to a disregard of his injunctions in this particular; and so, while he charged her to be remembering her obligations to obey, he also enjoined upon his executors to remind her of her duty should she seem oblivious to its requirements. There is reason to believe his wishes were faithfully observed, for no Lloyd of Wye, has ever been an adherent of the church of Rome.20

The political opinions of Col. Philemon Lloyd are inferable from his religious convictions, for with him as with others of his day, the two were correlative, if not coincident. His mind being dominated by the latter, from them the former took their direction. He lived long enough to feel the first breathings of that storm which shaking the very foundations of the English constitution, drove the Steuarts from the throne, and wafted in William of Orange; but he did not live to see the "glorious revolution" as it was called, of 1688, which would have gladdened his heart. He was a friend of the Proprietary, and though Baltimore was a Romanist he defended his rights and prerogatives; but there is substantial reason for believing he was a Whig in politics as he was a Protestant in religion; on the contrary, his widow, in after years, was suspected of being a Jacobite, for in 1689 a band of "Associators in arms for the defense of the Protestant religion," headed by one Sweatnam, a neighbor, visited her planatation on Wye and removed the arms that were in her possession21 under a pretext that they were to be used for defense against the Indians.

Col. Philemon Lloyd's life was a very brief one, but he lived long enough to serve his country usefully, and to become the father of a large number of children, who intermarrying with prominent and influential families of Maryland and the adjoining provinces, have now representatives in almost every part of this country, who trace with becoming pride their descent from the earnest churchman, the upright judge, the wise legislator and the skillful Indian diplomatist, Col. Philemon Lloyd (I), of Wye. He was buried at Wye House, where a tomb was erected to his memory bearing this inscription.

Here Lies
Interred the body of
COL. PHILEMON LLOYD,
the son of E. Lloyd and Alice his
wife, who died the 22nd of June 1685,
in the 39th year of his age leav-
ing three sons and seven
daughters all by his be-
loved wife Henrietta
Maria. "No more than this the father says,
But leaves his life to speak his praise."22

14. This appellation was evidently used by the early Marylanders as a title of honor and dignity, and was almost the equivalent of "Lady" in England, for it was bestowed only upon those enjoying social distinction. As the Lord Proprietary by the terms of his charter was forbidden to establish orders of nobility such as those existing at home, certain familiar titles were adopted which soon acquired a conventional significance and importance and were therefore sought after and claimed as indicative of rank. Some of these were 'Honorable,' still retained, and in many cases most signally inappropriate, if meant to express personal character as well as official station-' 'Worshipful,' which has entirely disappeared, under the restricted meaning of its root; military titles from "Major General" to "Lieutenant," which still survive with much diminished lustre since the war of the Rebellion. The titles applied to women were "Madam" as indicating the highest provincial grade, and "Mistress," one step lower in the social scale. Those of no distinction from wealth or official station were spoken of with theirsimplename. The term 'Dame,' now used colloquially only,and with levity -almost with reproach-has nowhere been discovered in the county records or in private letters or memoranda. If ever used by our people it quickly disappeared.

15. Maryland Archives, Vol. ii, page 90.

16. The form of the Commission may be found in the clerks office of this county, in Liber B. B., No. 2. Pagination irregular.

17. For a more particular account of this treaty, which has received little attention from Maryland historians, see "Documents relating to the Colonial History of New York,' Vol. 111. pages 321-328.

18. Scharf's Hist. Md., Vol. 1, page 289.

19. It may well enough to note that one of the witnesses to the will was the Rev. James Clayland, one of the first ministers of the church of England that came to this county.

20. It would be surprising if a mother of such amiable traits and deep piety as Madam Lloyd's, should not have impressed some of her children with her religious opinions, in spite of the stated preachings of Parson Clayland, or Parson Lillingston; so there is a tradition, which at least has the support of plausibility, that the second Philemon Lloyd had inclinations towards the Roman Catholic Church.

21. Scharf's Hist. Md. VOI. 1, page 323.

22. Genealogical notes of the Cbamberlaines family, Page 34.

http://www.tcfl.org/mdroom/worthies/lloyd/indian.html

ZACHARIA RATLIFFE CEMETARY

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ZACHARIAH RATLIFF FAMILY CEMETERY
Recorded and contributed by Mary Collins Landin 07-17-05

LOCATION: In woods southeast of the old Miller home, off the J. Williams Road west of Clinton MS.
DATE RECORDED: July 1984
FIRST GRAVESTONE: 1849
RECORDED BY: Jackie and Joe Ratliffe, address unknown
REMARKS: This cemetery in 1984 was reported abandoned and not in use. It was located for the Ratliffes by Henry Lee of Clinton MS, whose ancestors are buried there. Other members of this family in later generations are buried at Fannin and Brandon. There is an unmarked grave of another daughter of George and Sarah R. Shepard, whose husband was either a Gary or a Bunyard. There is no trace of this cemetery in 2005. Submitted by Mary Collins Landin, 2005.

Ratcliff, Zachariah b. 13 Oct 1796 d. 24 Dec 1849

Shepard, George W., b. 14 Jul 1814 m. 20 Jan 1845 d. 10 May 1895

Shepard, Sarah Elisabeth Ratcliff, dau of Zachariah, wf of George W. b. 24 Jun 1830 d. 3 Aug 1895

Shields, Mrs. M. M. b. 8 Jan 1852 d. 14 May 1885 (handmade stone). Her husband is buried at Fannin, and her son Richard V. Shields is buried at Brandon MS in Rankin County.

WILLIAM THOMAS

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WILLIAM THOMAS

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William Thomas was born on 31 Jan 1741 in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. The second son of Stephen and Mary Clothier Thomas, he married to Hannah Pratt, the daughter of William Pratt, Senior. Her sister Rachel married Stephen Thomas, Jr., the brother of William Thomas. William Pratt mentioned daughter "Hannah Pratt" in his Last Will and Testament, which was written Aug 1760. The estate settlement, Dated 6 May 1762 in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, lists daughter "Hannah Thomas". William Thomas and Hannah Pratt were married sometime between 1760 and 1762.

Joining the migration to North Carolina, William and family settled east of the Pee Dee River in Anson County (Richmond County in 1779). As written on the original shucks of two land grants, William Thomas entered land on the west side of Cartledge Creek on 26 Apr 1768. Mistakenly written in the name of "William Thomas, Jr.", both grants were surveyed on 28 Jul 1768, and issued on16 Dec 1769. Since William did have a son of the same name as himself, the mistake would have to be settled before the land was eventually sold. On 14 Jul 1786, the 200-acre grant was sold to William's son, Stephen Thomas. In 1799, the 300-acre grant was sold to son, Nathan. Both deeds listed the sellers as William Thomas, Junior and William Thomas, Senior.

William's father died in Anson County in 1774. William Thomas purchased an "old cart" from the Sale of the Estate of Stephen Thomas, Deceased.

Referring to himself as "Planter", we know that William cultivated and lived out his life on the lands he first settled along Cartledge Creek. He built and operated a profitable gristmill situated on the creek. Before her death ca. 1785, Hannah gave birth to the following: William, Jr., Mary, Stephen, Elizabeth, John, Nathan, Sarah, and George.

William married second to Rachel Roe between Dec 1788 and Dec 1789. Also from Maryland, she was born ca.1756, the daughter of John and Sussanah Roe. In 1780, John willed to his daughter Rachel Roe 200 acres on Hamer's Creek in Montgomery county, N. C. William and Rachel Thomas remained on Cartledge Creek and had five children. They were: Jane, Esther, Robert, Samuel, and Patsy.

During the 1788 N.C. General Assembly(chapter 35), William Thomas, Esq. and others were appointed trustees for the purpose of erecting an academy in Richmond county. This action bore fruit as on 5 Oct 1788, Benjamin Covington sold "the Trustees of Richmond Academy" one acre for the construction of a school at the Presbyterian Meeting House.

From the bequeath of his "Orrery," and of tales gleaned from distant relatives, Thomas family researchers have always known that William Thomas was somehow accomplished in astronomy. However, through the publications of Abraham Hodge, the legacy of William Thomas, Ast., was best described in his own words.

Abraham Hodge (1755-1805) set up shop in Halifax and Fayetteville. General Washington's press agent during the American Revolution, he was elected State Printer by the General Assembly in 1785. Abraham Hodge printed The North Carolina Minerva, State Gazette of North Carolina, the North Carolina Almanack, and The North Carolina Journal. He was also printer for the newly founded University of North Carolina, and was one of their first contributors. He was by politics, a federalist activist.
As early as 1790, Abraham Hodge printed his NORTH CAROLINA ALMANACK that was written by William Thomas, Astronomer. Probably printed in large volume, this publication was heavily advertised, and sold at a price of one shilling.

In the 1 Oct 1793 issue of The North Carolina Journal, William Thomas, Ast. advertised the sale of Orreries to

"the trustees of seminaries of learning who may wish for machinery of the kind for the use of their students, and others, that they may be supplied on application to him. The machine could be seen at his house or at Fayetteville during the ensuing Assembly ".
This advertisement targeted meetings of the N.C. General Assembly, and the Board of Trustees of The University of North Carolina. Both met in Fayetteville during this time period.
Founded in 1793, The University of North Carolina opened to students in 1795. Dated 10 Jan 1795, in the minutes of a meeting of the Board of Trustees of The University of North Carolina; "two letters from Mr. Wm. Thomas were recd. and read and ordered to lay on the table". Though it cannot be proven, I believe this was our William Thomas, Sr., and he was either requesting to teach or simply making another sales pitch

. Dated 24 Dec 1794, William Thomas petitioned the North Carolina State General Assembly concernning his work in the science of Astronomy. As the first Astronomer in the state, William Thomas pursued protective rights for his Almanac and scientific equipment. William Thomas's signature is at the bottom of the petition.

Dated 2 Jan 1795, a petition of concerned inhabitants of Richmond County was recorded in the North Carolina House of Commons. This petition proposes the use of a "Draft" and other changes in adressing fairness issues related to the raising of a standing militia. There are several notes of interest related to this petition. First, beginning with the first or initiating signature of Elijah Thomas, there are several more belonging to members of William Thomas's family. Second, the petition is written in language similar in writing and style of William Thomas's petition related to his Almanac. William Thomas signed both in the same handwriting. William Thomas is recorded as in Fayetteville, presenting to both the General Assembly and Board of Trustees of The University of North Carolina. I guess what I am trying to say, is that I believe William Thomas, or someone else, wrote both William Thomas's personal petition as well as the one for Richmond County. It is my belief that he was the author of both.

In the 7 Jul 1798 issue of THE NORTH-CAROLINA MINERVA and Fayetteville Advertiser William Thomas, Ast. proposed opening a School of Natural Philosophy, Science, and Astronomy. The school would be located at his house in Richmond County, where he would board up to ten students . Also, in the 1798 issue of The North Carolina Almanack, William Thomas, Ast. wrote a description of the Orrery he had recently completed.

. In all, The North Carolina Almanack, as written by William Thomas, Ast., was printed in yearly issues from at least 1790, until his death in 1800. As recorded in THE NORTH-CAROLINA MINERVA and Fayetteville Advertiser, an obituary dated Tuesday August 19, 1800 simply read: "Died lately in Richmond County in this State, much lamented, William Thomas, Esq. Astronomer".

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Dated 3 Mar 1789, and Per Richmond County Deeds B-355 for 200 acres, B-356 for 300 acres, and B-358 for 500 acres; William purchased land on Juniper Creek and Drowning Creek. This land would be sold in the middle 1790's to his son, John Thomas, and Samuel Brown. On 8 Dec 1799, "Ram Billy" sold 100 acres on Cartledge Creek to his son Nathan. This land was part of the original miswritten grant dated 6 Dec 1769, and part of an unrecorded deed that had been purchased on 21 Jan 1772. Two days later, on 10 Dec 1799, William, Sr. deeded (E-171) 140 acres on Cartledge Creek to his son William, Junior. Below the gristmill, this land was the combination of two tracts. Namely (K 209, Anson) dated 17 Jun 1774 and Grant # 1085 dated 7 Jun 1799.

Probated in Oct 1800, William Thomas wrote his Last Will and Testament. He left the Orrery, wearing apparel, Bible and books to sons William, Nathan, John, and George. His wife, five youngest children, and daughter Mary Everett would share the costs and all profits from his gristmill for the duration of eight years. The 200-acre Montgomery County estate left by Rachel's father, John Roe, was willed to son Stephen, and daughters Elizabeth Ratliff and Sarah Moorman. Wife Rachel and the five youngest children would share his "dwelling plantation" and remaining land.

William Thomas, Sr. was buried in the family cemetery at the homeplace, which was located 2 1/2 miles, south-east of Blewett's Falls. After his death, Rachel remarried on 18 Aug 1802 to Elijah Thomas. A cousin of "Ram Billy," he was the son of Daniel Thomas. As written in the administration papers, Elijah died in Feb 1816. Rachel was officially appointed guardian of the children in the Mar 1819 Richmond County Court of Pleas.

The children and descendents of Hannah Pratt Thomas and William Thomas, Sr. were:

WILLIAM THOMAS, JR.

William, Jr. was born ca. 1762 in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. Mistakenly written in his name, William, Jr.'s father received a grant for land in North Carolina on 10 Dec 1769. William, Jr. would have been seven years old when the grant was issued.
Volunteering for service in the American Revolution, William, Jr. joined the North Carolina Militia in 1780. From documents related to a pension request, we know that William, Jr. provided his own horse, and fought under Col. Crawford, Col. David Love, and Col. Thomas Wade. He was "wounded in a battle at Betty's bridge, and was taken at . . . own house by the Tories and chopped in the head with a sword". He received the pension. William Thomas, Jr. held the nick name of "Silver Heel." It is traditionally contributed to the belief he was shot in the foot in the battle at Betty's bridge.

About 1782, William, Jr. married first Sally Everett. They lived on Cartledge creek. The daughter of Lawrence Everett and Phyllis Eubanks, she had four children before dying ca. 1785. Their children were:

1. Hannah Thomas b. ca. 1782, married first to Samuel Curtis, Jr., d. ca. 1812 in Stewart Co., TN. Between 1808 and1809, Samuel purchased 1581 acres situated on the Cumberland River, Guice creek, and Elk creek. Hannah married second to Thomas Tomlinson.
2. Rebecca Thomasb. 1784 d. infant.
3. Mary Thomas b. ca. 1785 d. 1834, married Lawrence E. Everett. He was the son of her Aunt Mary and Lawrence Everett, Sr. Their children were:
4. William Thomas b. ca 1790 died in infancy with his mother.
5. Sarah Thomas

"Silver Heel" married second to Mrs. Sarah Tarbutton Ewing. She was the widow of Samuel Ewing. William, Jr. represented Richmond County in the House of Representatives for years 1810, 1814, 1816, 1819, and 1820. He was also a member of the State Senate in 1821 and 1822. His will was written in 1829 and he died in 1834. The children of William and Sarah were:

1. John Thomas b. ca.1792 d. , married on Elizabeth Covington. They lived on Mountain Creek. Their children were: (A) William Thomas, married Wilson Covington; (B) Sarah married John McKay; (C) John C. Thomas married first Jane Bennet and second Tobitha Copeland; (D) James Thomas married Elizabeth Bolton; (E) Calvin Thomas married Hasty; (F) Wiley F. Thomas married Ann Bennet; (G) Robert Thomas married Clementine Higgins; (H) Mary Jane Thomas married Angus McInnis; (I) Martha Thomas married first Daniel McCleod and second Thomas Garrett.
2. James Thomas b. ca. 1794 d. 1874, married Charlotte Roper. She was the daughter of Thomas Roper and Hannah Hunter. James and Charlotte lived in north-west Richmond county. Their children were: (A)Lewis Robert Thomas b. 18 Apr 1821 d. 19 Jan 1893, married first to Elizabeth Jane Terry(1817-1856), second in 1863 to Louisa Bolton, and last in 1883 to Sophronia Hearne; (B)Rachel Thomas b. 1822, married John Monroe; (C)George Thomas b. 1824, married Julia A. Covington; (D)John W. Thomas b.1825, married Lucinda Covington; (E)William Jackson Thomas b. 27 Nov 1827 d. 30 Dec 1890 bur. Eastside Cem, Rockingham, married Mary Jane Covington; (F)Benjamin M. Thomas b. 24 Apr1829 d. 25 Mar 1906 near Troy, N.C. married on 10 Nov 1867 to Elizabeth Williams Warner; (G)Stephen W.. Thomas b. 1830; and Henry T. Thomas b. 1833 d. 1861 CSA Co. D, 23rd Reg. NC.
3. George Thomas b. 1797, married to Mary Adams of Adamsville, S.C. He served three terms in the North Carolina State Legislature. The election counts within the Richmond County Court records provide a look at his popularity. George published the following notice in the Carolina Observer:

To WILLIAM ADAMS THOMAS
Rockingham, Richmond County, NC.,
April 5, 1839.
DEAR SON: Having lately understood that you had been engaged in business at Hillsborough, and having passed through Fayetteville about the First of March, and being anxious for you to return or go to the Wake Forest Institute and complete your education. If you prefer the latter, and will inform me, I will send on the necessary funds to that place, but if your business is such that you cannot conveniently accept of the above proposition at present, I hope you will not writing to me, so that I may be able to open a correspondence with you, as it will afford me and your mother the greatest pleasure at any time to hear from you.

Yours, affectionately,
GEORGE THOMAS
N.B. --Any information concerning Wm. A. Thomas, or Wm. Adams, as he is sometimes called, will be thankfully received.
In 1840, George Thomas resigned from his duties as legislator of Richmond County. Buying land in Lowndes County, Alabama, George Thomas wrote the following letter of resignation which is found in the Governor E. B. Dudley Papers:
Richmond County No Ca October 28th 1840

Dear Sir
Please accept this my Resignation as a Member of the General Assembly in the House of Commons for the County of Richmond
Yours Respectfully
GEORGE THOMAS
PS. My reason for tendering my resignation as a member of the ensuing Legislature is that I have bought land in the state of Alabama and expect to move to it some time in the month of December, and cannot therefore attend the duties of the Legislature.
I would sugest to you the propety of issuing a writ of Election amediately so as to have the election to fill the vacancy on the Second Thursday of November (the day the Presidential election is held) by an arangement of that kind it will ensure a full turn acct of the voters of this Whig County and thereby ensure the Election of a whig Member if this should not reach you in time to send a writ of election in time by the mail, I hope you will send it to the Sheriff by EXPRESS the above however is only suestions for your Consideration yours obidiant Servent
GEO THOMAS
4. Rachel Thomas b. ca. 1800, married Charles Hailey and removed to Indiana ca. 1840.

MARY THOMAS

Mary was born ca. 1763 in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. Moving to North Carolina with her parents, she married first to neighbor Lawrence Everett ca. 1783 in Richmond County. After Lawrence died, she married to Thomas Plummer Williams.

STEPHEN THOMAS
Ca. 1765, Stephen was born in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. He married Mary Covington ca. 1783 in Richmond County, N.C. Stephen served in the N. C. Militia during the American Revolution. On 14 Jul 1786, he purchased the mistakenly written 200 acres of land on Cartledge Creek from his father and brother. From Revolutionary War pension files, we know that Stephen received a disability pension in 1787, and removed to Montgomery county, Tennessee ca. 1796. This squares with the fact that on 10 Mar 1796, Stephen Thomas and wife Mary sold to Benjamin Covington the land purchased from his father and brother (C 645, Richmond).
In 1798, the first tax list for the newly formed Montgomery Co., TN. lists Stephen Thomas with no land. Near friends from North Carolina, on 28 Jul 1801, he purchased land south of the Cumberland river along the west fork of Budd(formerly Lick) creek. On 25 Jul 1803, he was appointed guardian of Elizabeth, Charlotte, and Hannah; the daughters of William and Hannah Cobb, Dec'd. Stephen was shortly appointed Justice of the Peace. On 14 May 1814, Mathew Morgan deeded one acre of land to Stephen Thomas and Selmon Edwards, "Trustees for the Baptist Church." This land was on the middle fork of the east fork of Yellow Creek.

On 12 Aug 1817, Stephen made an inquiry at the federal office that was located in Palmyra, a bustling shipping hub along the Cumberland River. Pension records from this office indicate that Stephen died on 10 May 1825. In his will, probated Jul 1825 in neighboring Dickson County, was mentioned children John C. Thomas, William Thomas, and unnamed daughters. His wife Mary was the executor.

1. John Covington Thomas He purchased 100 acres adjoining his father's land on 24 Sep 1805, and sold it on 21 Feb 1806. In the 1820 Mississippi Census, John is listed as living in Covington County. In 1850, he is listed as living in Jasper County MS.
2. William Thomas

ELIZABETH THOMAS

Possibly born in Maryland ca. 1767, Elizabeth married Zachariah Ratliff ca. 1793. He was the son of William and Susannah Thomas Curtis Ratliff. Susanah was the daughter of Thomas Thomas, of Anson county. Zachariah lived in Anson county before marrying Elizabeth. Dated 16 Oct 1793, Zachariah Ratliff purchased 110 acres in Richmond County(C 439). He may not have lived on the land, as on 22 Jan 1796(C 596), it was sold by "Zachariah of Anson County". This information thankfully came from the writings of Mr. Howard Hazelwood.
1. William Ratliff b. 9 Dec 1794 d. 24 Jun 1834 in Madison Co., Ms.; married on 6 Oct 1814 in Stewart Co., TN. to Susannah Tatum.
2. Rebecca Elizabeth Ratliff b. 7 Jun 1796 and d. 1 Sep 1870 in Leake or Hinds Co, MS., bur. Tinnin Cem. In Clinton Ms.; married 20 Mar 1822 to Tinnin Fletcher.
3. Zach Ratliff b.ca.1797 d. 24 Dec 1849 bur. Tinnin Cem. In Clinton, MS.; married ca.1828 to Susan Tinnin.
4. John Ratliff b. 16 Aug 1799 d. 5 May 1849 bur. Pisgah Cem. In Rankin Co., MS.; married ca. 1823 to Catherine 6 Nov Denson.
5. Hannah Ratliff b. 21 Apr 1800 d. 1883 bur. Hagan Cem. In Limestone Co., TX, married ca. 1821 to James Herrod.
6. James Ratliff b. ca. 1805 Stewart Co., TN. d. ca. 1850 in Hinds Co., MS.; married 22 Dec 1826 in Washington Co., MS. To Elizabeth Clanton.

JOHN THOMAS

John Thomas was possibly born in Maryland, ca. 1769. He married ca. 1790 to ????. On 22 Nov 1794, he purchased land on Little Juniper creek from his father. John married 1794 to Mary Saunders. John moved to Montgomery County TN.

NATHAN THOMAS

Nathan was born in Anson (now Richmond) county in 1772. He married ca. 1793 probably in Richmond county. On 8 Dec 1799, he purchased 100 acres on Cartledge creek from his father. After his father's death, Nathan sold the land to Elijah Thomas. Elijah had just married Rachel Thomas, who was Nathan's stepmother.

SARAH THOMAS

Sarah was born on 8 May 1773. In 1793, She married to John Moorman who was a Quaker born on 9 Dec 1769. They lived in Richmond county on land situated below the mouth of Hitchcock's creek. On 24 Oct 1816, John sold(L 7, Richmond) several parcels of this land, which he had purchased via land grant on 10 Nov 1791. Dated 22 Mar 1817, John and wife Sarah sold 8 1/2 acres, which was her interest of her father's estate. Attending Piney Grove MM, their children's names and birth dates were recorded as:
1. Hannah Moorman b. 11 Feb 1794.
2. Chuza Moorman b. 24 Sep 1795 d. 15 Dec 1798.
3. Mary Moorman b. 5 Sep 1797.
4. Anna Moorman b. 4 Aug 1799.
5. Ruth Moorman b. 30 Oct 1801.
6. Liza Moorman b. 8 Aug 1803.
7. Benjamin Moorman b. 12 Feb 1808.
8. Selia Moorman b. 26 Mar 1810
9. John Moorman Jr. b. 12 Nov 1813.

GEORGE THOMAS

On 15 Nov 1774, George was the last child born to William and Hannah Thomas. He married on 29 Aug 1795 to Jenny Flake. After she died, George married Elizabeth Couther, ca. 1797. George and Elizabeth removed to Montgomery County TN before buying land in the Jackson Purchase of KY. They later moved to Pickens County, Alabama where he died on 14 May 1850.
The children of William "Ram Billy" Thomas and Rachel are:

ESTHER THOMAS

Esther was born ca. 1792 in Richmond county. She married ca 1808 to Henry Thomas.

JANE THOMAS

Jane was born ca. 1790 in Richmond County. She married ca. 1812 to Thomas B. Covington. Jane died in 1822.

ROBERT THOMAS
Robert was born ca. 1794 in Richmond county. He probably died in Mississippi.

SAMUEL THOMAS

Samuel was born ca. 1796, and died in Richmond County by 1808. William, Sr. bequeathed his "Living plantation" and remaining land to his five youngest children. In settling the estate of William Thomas, Sr., dated 19 Apr 1813, adjustments in the division of land was made, relative to "Samuel and Patsy Thomas," Dec'd.

MARTHA [PATSY] THOMAS

Born ca. 1798, Martha died before 1808. She never married.

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To the Honorable the General Assembly of North Carolina
The petition of William Thomasof Richmond County humbly sheweth --That wheras your petitioner humbly conceivith that your Honors zeal for promotion of literature and every species of useful knowledg; especially when reduced to practice so as to becom a public utility will induce you to give proper rewards and encouragements to those who shall excell therin --Your petitioner therefore humbly conceivith himself in some degree entitled to your Honors attention as being the first in this state who has brought the science of Astronomy to practice so as to become usefull to the public in respect of the Almanac which he has calculated not only in the common way by the Tables, but has also contrived a Machine which will calculate all the essentials of an Almanac in less than 10 minutes of time.

--Your petitioner therefore humbly prays that your Honors as a reward and encouragement for Sd. enterprise and undertaking may ennact and ordain that no person or persons in this state shall print an Almanac for the term of 14 years without first obtaining a license from under my hand (provide I shall continue to furnish copies) under such penalty as your Honors shall think expedient --Also that no Almanacs printed in any other state shall be vended in this state without licence as aforesaid and under like of the police of this state, and of the United Stateswill admit of such a prohibition --And your petitioner as is duty bound will pray &c.

Wm Thomas
Richmond County

24 Demr 1794

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Petition of Wm. Thomas
The House of Commons --2nd Jany 1795
read & ordered to be sent to the Senate
By order ___________
The Senate 2nd Jany 1795, read and ordered to list on the table.

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1800) The Last will & testamnet of William Thomas (80
In the name of God Amen
I William Thomas of Richmond County in the State of North Carolina being of sound mind & memory (but considering the mortality of mankind) Do make & ordain this my last will & testament in manner & form following (Viz) In primis I give & bequeath to my sons William Thomas Nathan Thomas John Thomas & George Thomas, all my wearing apparel with all my books my Bible & testament excepted & my Orrary to be equally divided among them. Item I give & bequeath to my wife & my five youngest children Easter, Jane & Martha Samuel & Robert as also to my daughter Mary Everette all the profits of my Griss Mill for eight years after my death share & share alike each & every one being at equal expense in repairs & charges of all kinds whatever & at the expiration of Sd time I give & bequeath my sd mill with all the profits arrisen therefrom to my wife during her natural life life and likewise to my five youngest children above mentioned. Item I give & bequeath to my son Stephen Thomas and my two daughters Elizabeth Ratliff & Sarah Moorman two hundred acres of land in Motgomery County on Hamers Creek left by will by John Roe to my wife Rachek to be equally devided amongst them. Iten I give and bequeath my dwelling plantation with all the remainders of my real personal estate to be equally divided between my wife & my five youngest children Easter Jane Martha Samuel & Robert share & share alike my wife to have her part laid off __ to land including my dwelling house at the discretion of a majority of my executors my five youngest children to have their equal parts laid off when the oldest child comes of age but not to receive their equal part till they severally come of age. and also I will that my wife should occupy & enjoy all & every part of my five childrens last mentioned portion to enable her to shool & clothe & raise Sd children and when they arrive to age to deliver up to my Sd children the equal parts as above mentioned-- and Lastly I constitute & appoint Wm Thoms Junr MAthew Covington Rachel Thomas Executors of this my last will & testament Evoking all others heretofore made, signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of the subscribing witnesses & at the testators request.
Joseph Roe
Mathew Covington
Benjamin Covington

Wm Thomas

No Carolina, Richmond County October Session 1800.
Then the written last wil and testament of Wm Thomas was proved in open court by the oaths of Mathew Covington Benjamin Covington and John Roe. Ordered to be recorded

Test Eli Terry Clk

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PHOTO AND GRAVESITE PHOTO

Birth: 1804
Tennessee, USA
Death: 1875
Texas, USA

Son of James Herod born 1765 North Carolina and Elizabeth McCarty. Both died in Mississippi.
He Married Hanna Ratliff/Ratcliff the daughter of Zachariah Ratliff/Ratcliff.
James "Doc" Herod moved his family from Mississippi to Texas along with his 2 brothers Daniel McCarty Herod and Joseph Josiah Herod (married to Elizabeth Allen)along with other families to Grapeland Texas with James settling in Limestone County, Texas.

HANNAH RATCLIFFE HEROD

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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14275761

THIS IS THE PHOTO OF HER GRAVESITE.

VICOUNT EDWARD VINCENT CONWAY

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Edward,heir to John II was knighted by Robert, Earl of Essex at the Sacking
of Cades in Spain in 1596, where he commanded a Regiment of Foot. He then served
in the Netherlands as Governor of the Brill. Upon 30 Jan 1623 he was made one ofthe
principal Secretaries of State; also upon the 22 Mar 1625 advanced to dignity of a
Baron of the Realm by title of Lord Conway of Ragley; and, on 8 Dec 1625 became
Catain of the Isle of Wight.

Edward became Lord President of His Majesty'sPrivy Council; Viscount Conway of
Conway Castle in Com. Caernarvon. Went to Germany as Embassador Extraordinary,
He departed this life at his house in St. Martin's Lane, within the Liberties of
Westminster on 3 Jan 1630, and was buried at Ragley.

He married twice: 1. Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Tracy of Todington and widow of
Edmund Bray of Barrington. They had 4 sons and 4 daughters. Dorothy died before
1614

2. Catherine, daughter of Giles Hueriblock of Gant, in Flanders. She wasa widow of a
merchant of London. No children from this marriage.

Was one of the King's Council for Virginia in 1620, and was associated with William
Claiborne in Maryland, 1646.

• Knighted: by Robert, Earl of Essex and March, 1596. At the sacking of Cadiz in Spain in 1596 where he commanded a Regiment of Foot during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He was advanced to the title of Lord Conway of Ragley and held various positions including Secretary of State, Lord President of His Majesty's Privy Council, and Embassador Extraordinary to Germany.

http://www.fritziinc.com/tree/pafn395.htm#9085

RICHARD ELTONHEAD

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Lancashireman who took his wife and seven of their sixteen children to America

edit BiographyWikipedia may have more biographical information on this person. See Wikipedia's article (if any).

RICHARD ELTONHEAD was born about 1582 in Lancashire, England. He died "after 1670" in Lancashire, England. He married Ann Sutton, daughter of Edward Sutton and Ann Stanley according to [[Plantagenet Ancestry, 2005, by Douglas Richardson]]. Mr. Richardson does not know who the parents of Edward Sutton are and states, "Many get this Edward Sutton mixed up with the Edward Sutton that married Theodosia Harington."

RICHARD ELTONHEAD is the son of WILLIAM ELTONHEAD and ANNE BOWERS of Lancashire, England. Records can be found: [[The Parish of Prescot, 1573-1631, ed. by F. V. Driffield (Lancashire Parish Register Series, Vol. 76 (R. Seed and Sons: Preston, 1938)]], LDS Microfilm 0844816, Christenings 1580-1631/2. Marriages 1575-1631/2. Burials 1573-1632.

Richard Eltonhead was heir to his father, William, as the eldest son died in infancy. His brother Henry Eltonhead died 1670 unmarried in England but had strong ties to Ireland. Lothrip Withington, Virginia Gleanings in England, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. pp. 392-393" " Henry Eltonhead, whose will was dated in 1665, was a brother of Richard Eltonhead of Eltonhead. This is evident as he names his brother Thomas Meares." Administration with will to Richard Eltonhead in County of Lancashire in England Esq of goods of Henry Eltonhead late of London Esq. deceased on 23 August 1670. Perogative Court of Ireland, Will Book 1668-72, folio 166." He names Clement Hogg who is undoubetedly kin to the Wormeley's that came from England to Virginia.

"The Eltonhead family comprised father Richard Eltonhead, mother Ann Sutton, and sixteen children. The family seems to have been Catholic and Royalist, although most of the children were baptized in the Church of England." A number of children came to America. Nine others may be presumed to have died before the migration.

http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Richard_Eltonhead_(1582-aft1670)

EDWIN CONWAY

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Edwin Conway was born circa 1610 in Worcestershire, England and died circa 1674 in Lancaster County, in Virginia, at the age of 63 years of unspecified causes. Edwin Conway, Sr. was born ca 1610 in Worcestershire, England; he married Martha Eltonhead, a daughter of Richard Eltonhead (1582-aft1670) and Ann Sutton (c1582-c1686) of Lancashire, England; and he died in Lancaster County, Virginia before 26 September 1678.

Edwin first appeared in Northampton County, Virginia June 1642 and was the third clerk of the county. In his first land grant in October 1644 in Northampton county, Virginia his name is spelled Edwyn Connaway.

In 1652, Edwin Conway, Sr. brought Martha Eltonhead from England to Virginia as well as a John Sutton. Edwin made a total of four trips from Virginia to England bringing others to the colony. He received vast amounts of land in Virginia, including some in Northampton, Middlesex, Lancaster, and Richmond counties. On one of the trips, which was dated 6 December 1652, Edwin was given grant for 1000 acres in Lancaster county SE side of Cortoman River in which he and Martha are named as headrights.

http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Edwin_Conway_(c1610-c1674)

JOHN GOODE WILL

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John Goode, born Bet. 1620 - 1630 in Parish of Whitstone, Cornwall, England; died Abt. 1709 in Whitby Plantation,Henrico County, Virginia. He married Ann Bennett Bet. 1668 - 1670 in Whitby Plantation,Virginia or Barbados Islands. Ann Bennett, born Abt. 1632 in Holland; died Bet. 1707 - 1708 in Whitby Plantation,Henrico County, Virginia.

Notes for John Goode:

The Will of John Goode, A. D. 1708

In the name of God, Amen! the twenty-ninth day of November, in the

year of our Lord God, seventeen-hundred-and-eight, I, John Goode of the

County and Parish of Henrico, in Virginia, Gent., being sick and weak of

body, but of sound and perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God for it,

do make, ordain, constitute and appoint this to be my last will and

testament, in manner following:-

Imprimis, I resign my soul into the hands of God who gave it, trusting

through the merits of Jesus Christ my blessed Lord and Savior to obtain

free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins; and my body to the earth, to

be decently interred, at the discretion of my Executor, hereafter named.

Item, That my debts and funeral charges be first paid.

Item, I give, bequeath and devise to my son Robert Goode, one hundred

acres of my land, lying next, and adjoining to the river, and north by the

lands of William Byrd, Esq., to him the said Robert and his heirs forever.

Item, I give, bequeath and devise to my son John Goode, one hundred

acres of my land lying next James River, and adjoining the land of my son,

Samuel Goode, to him the said John and his heirs forever.

Item, I give, bequeath, and devise to my sons Thomas Goode, and Joseph

Goode, my tract of land lying in the woods on the north side of Stoney

Creek, and at the heads of the aforementioned lands, estimated to be four

hundred acres, more or less, to be equally divided between them when they

shall come to lawful age; and my will is, that if either the said Thomas or

Joseph shall decease in their nonage; the survivor of them shall have, hold,

occupy, possess and enjoy the aforesaid tract of land, containing four

hundred acres, to him and his heirs forever, But if my two sons shall arrive

to lawful age, then my will is that Thomas enjoy two hundred acres of the

aforementioned land, to him and his heirs forever, and that Joseph enjoy

the other two hundred acres, to him the said Joseph and his heirs forever.

Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Katherine Roberts, two

thousand pounds of tobacco.

Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Blackman, two

thousand pounds of tobacco.

Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Susanna Goode, two thousand

pounds of tobacco when she comes to age or is married.

Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Anna Goode, two thousand

pounds of tobacco to be paid when she comes to age or are married.

Item, I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Goode, two thousand pounds

of tobacco when he comes to lawful age.

Item, I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Goode, two thousand pounds

of tobacco to be paid when he comes of lawful age.

Item, I give and bequeath to my son Robert , two negroes, by name, Jupiter

and Moll, and to his heirs forever.

Item, I give and bequeath to my son John, two negroes, by name, George

and Sabrina, and to his heirs forever.

Item, I give and bequeath to my son Thomas, two negroes, by name,

Abraham and Ned, and to his heirs forever.

Item, I give and bequeath to my son Joseph, one negro woman, by name

Rose, with her increase, and to his heirs forever.

Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Katherine Roberts, besides the

two thousand pounds of tobacco already given, one thousand pounds of

tobacco more, to be paid four years after my decease.

Item, I give and bequeath to my son Samuel, ten shillings, and a way for

a cart and horse on the outside of the low-grounds by long swamp, during

the term of his natural life.

Item, I give to my daughter Francis, one shilling.

Item, I give to my daughter Mary, one shilling.

Item, I give to my daughter Martha, one shilling.

Item, I give to my daughter Ursula, one shilling.

All the rest of my goods and chattels I give and bequeath to my two sons

Robert and John, and do make my said two sons Robert and John whole and

sole executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former

wills by me made and done.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal, this the day and

year first written. Item, my will is, that if Thomas and Joseph should die

before they come to lawful age, their estate to be equally divided between

their own brothers.

Signed, sealed delivered and acknow-

edged as his last will and testament

in presence of us, } John Goode, [ seal ]

THOMAS BYRD, GILES WEBB, ALL.

CLERKE, MARY FOREST.

http://mitchell-family-page.com/mitchell/goode.htm

According to the ENCYCLOPEDIA of VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY, "John Goode married

first in Barbados,a lady named Macharness, who came to Virginia with him, but soon

died leaving a son Samuel.John Goode married second Anna Bennett, who bore him

12 children".

According to the TWENTIETH CENTURY BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY of NOTABLE

AMERICANS,

John Goode's descendant, Thomas Goode Jones, served a term as Governor of

Alabama 1890-'94. John moved to Barbados 1643-1650 then on to Virginia in 1660

settling at a site 4 miles from what is now richmond Va. (1887) and named his place

Whithly (Whitby).

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FROM VIRGINIA COUSINS, A study of the Ancestry and Posterity of John Goode of Whitby, a VA Colonist of the Seventeenth Century, with notes upon related families, a key to Southern Genealogy and a History of the English Surname Gode, Goad, Goode or Good from 1148 to 1887. Came to America in 1655 from Barbados. John Goode wrote his will in Henrico County on 9 November 1708, naming his fourteen children, The will was proven 1 April 1709.

JOHN GOODE, THE IMMIGRANT: "By far the larger number of the Goodes in America are descendants of JOHN GOODE, son of Richard Goode, of Cornwall, who was born in England, probably either at Whitstone or Whitley, in the north of Cornwall, 1620-1630, and removed to Barbados, one of the Caribbee Islands, 1643-1650, and to Virginia prior to 1660. He settled at a place on the colonial frontier, four miles from the present site of Richmond, which he named Whitby (Whitley) in memory of his English home, and where he died in 1709, the proprietor of a considerable plantation. He married in the Barbados, 1650-1660, a lady named Mackarness, who accompanied him to Virginia, where she soon died leaving one (two) son(s), Samuel (and Robert); subsequently he married Anne Bennet, who died prior to 1708. He had thirteen children:--

SAMUEL GOODE, born in Barbados before 1660. ROBERT, born in Virginia, JOHN, KATHERINE, married Mr. Roberts before 1708. ELIZABETH, married Mr. Blackman before 1708. SUSANNA, ANNE, THOMAS, born after 1687. JOSEPH, FRANCES, MARY, MARTHA, URSULA."

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Col. John Bolling, great-grandson of Pocahontas, was a

contemporary and neighbor of John Goode of Whitby,

and the burial place of Powhatan, was very close to

"Winepeck," the plantation of Samuel Goode.

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G. Brown Goode, Virginia Cousins (1887), p.33 (52)

RICHARD GOODE, No. 27, son of Richard Goode of Cornwall, No. 21, was an immigrant from England like his brother John. Family tradition states that there were two brothers, who settled first upon the "eastern shore," and afterwards came to the James river.

G. Brown Goode, Virginia Cousins (1887), p.28 (44)

John Goode did not proceed at once from England to Virginia, but went first to the island of Barbados in the West Indies, where there was in the time of Cromwell an extensive colony of loyalists. It is not known how long he remained there, but it is probable that it was for a considerable period of time, since it was there that he became acquainted with and married Miss Mackarness. [or Mackerness]

G. Brown Goode, Virginia Cousins (1887), p.31 (46)

The history of the family for the first half century centers around Whitby on the James River, where John Goode seems to have become established soon after his arrival in America. Having landed at Jamestown he soon made his way to the frontier, where he bought about 500 acres of land from Captain Matthew Gough. Brock, in his historical notes upon Richmond, states that "Whitby" was settled as early as 1620.

G. Brown Goode, Virginia Cousins (1887), p.30 (45)

John Goode, after his arrival in Virginia, soon settled down into the occupation of a tobacco planter, and after the death of his Barbadian wife married Anne Bennet, a recent arrival from Holland, who bore him twelve children, some of whom, including his two sons, Thomas and Joseph, were minors in 1708 when his will was drawn up, and were consequently born after 1687.

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from Goode's Virginia Cousins,

JOHN GOODE'S LETTER TO SIR WILLIAM BERKELEY,

Hon'd Sr.-In obedient submission to your honours command directed to me by Capt. William Bird I have written the full substance of a discourse Nath: Bacon, deceased, propos'd to me on or about the 2d day of September last, both in order and words as followeth:

Bacon-There is a report Sir William Berkeley hath sent to the King for 2,000 Red Coates, and I doe believe it may be true, tell me your opinion, may not 500 Virginians beat them, wee having the same advantages against them the Indians have against us.

Goode--I rather conceive 500 Red Coats may either Subject or ruine Virginia.

B.-You talk strangely, are not we acquainted with the country, can lay ambussadoes, and take trees and putt them by, the use of their discipline, and are doubtless as good or better shott than they.

G.-But they can accomplish what I have sayd without hazard or coming into such disadvantages, by taking Opportunities of landing where there shall be noe opposition, firing out-houses and Fences, destroying our Stocks and preventing all trade and supplyes to the country.

B.-There may be such prevention that they shall not be able to make any great progresse in Mischeifes, and the country or Clime not agreeing with their constitutions, great mortality will happen amongst them in their Seasoning which will weare and weary them out.

G.-You see Sir that in a manner all the principall men in the Country dislike your manner of proceedings, they, you may be sure will joine with the red Coates.

B.-But there shall none of them bee (allowed).

G.-Sir, you speake as though you design'd a totall defection from Majestic, and our Native Country.

B.-Why (smiling) have not many Princes lost their dominions soe.

G.-They have been such people as have been able to subsist without their Prince. The poverty of Virginia is such, that the major part of the Inhabitants can scarce supply their wants from hand to mouth, and many there are besides can hardly shift, without Supply one year, and you may bee sure that this people which soe fondly follow you, when they come to feele the miserable wants of food and rayment, will bee in greater heate to leave you, then they were to come after you, besides here are many people in Virginia that receive considerable benefitts, comforts and advantages by Parents, Friends and Correspondents in England, and many which expect patrimonyes and Inheritances which they will by no means decline.

B.-For supply I know nothing: the country will be able to provide it selfe withall in a little time, save ammunition and Iron, and I believe the King of France or States of Holland would either of them entertaine a Trade with us.

G.-Sir, our King is a great Prince, and his Amity is infinitely more valuable to them, then any advantage they can reape by Virginia, they will not therefore provoke his displeasure by supporting his Rebells here; besides I conceive that your followers do not think themselves engaged against the King's authority, but against the Indians.

B.-But I think otherwise, and am confident of it, that it is the mind of this Country, and of Mary Land and Carolina also, to cast off their Governor and the Governors of Carolina have taken no notice of the People, nor the People of them, a long time; and the people are resolv'd to own their Governor further: And if wee cannot prevaile by Armes to make our conditions for Peace, or obtaine the Priviledge to elect our own Governour, we may retire to Roanoke.

And here bee fell into a discourse of seating a Plantation in a great Island in the River, as a fitt place to retire to for Refuge.

G.-Sir, the prosecuting what you have discoursed will unavoidably produce utter ruine and distruction to the people and Countrey, & I dread the thoughts of putting my hand to the promoting a designe of such miserable consequence, therefore hope you will not expect from me.

B.-I am glad I know your mind, but this proceeds from mere Cowardlynesse.

G.-And I desire you should know my mind, for I desire to harbour noe such thoughts, which I should fear to impart to any man.

B.-Then what should a Gentleman engaged as I am, doe, you doe as good as tell me. I must flay or hang for it.

G.-I conceive a seasonable Submission to the Authority you have your Commission from, acknowledging such Errors and Excesse, as are yett past, there may bee hope of remission.

I perceived his cogitations were much on this discourse, bee nominated Carolina, for the watch word.

Three days after I asked his leave to goe home, hee sullenly answered, you may goe, and since that time, I thank God, I never saw or heard from him.

Here I most humbly begg your Honours pardon for my breaches and neglects of duty, and that Your Honour will favourably consider in this particular, I neither knew any man amongst us, that had any means by which I might give intelligence to your honour hereof, and the necessity thereof, I say by your honors, prudence, foresight and Industry may bee prevented. So praying God to bless and prosper all your Councells and Actions I conclude.

Your Honours dutifull servant,

January ye 30th., 1676. JOHN GOODE. ________________

More About John Goode: Emigration: 1643, Moved to Barbados from England

Occupation: Tobacco Planter Probate: April 01, 1709, Henrico County, Virginia

Residence: Whitby Plantation,Henrico County, Virginia Will: November 29, 1708, Signed will in Henrico County, Virginia

Notes for Ann Bennett:

Anne Bennet imigrated from Holand and married John Goode.

She alienated her husband from his two sons by Martha Mackrness

and those two sons became successful in their own right.

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More About Ann Bennett: Note: Father may have been Richard Bennett.

Children of John Goode and Ann Bennett are:

309 i. Elizabeth M. Goode, born Abt. 1680 in Henrico County, Virginia; died 1724 in Bertie County, North Carolina; married John Blackman 1699 in Virginia.

ii. Ursula Goode

iii. Joseph Goode

iv. Catherine Goode

v. Susanna Goode

vi. Anne Goode

vii. Thomas Goode

viii. Frances Goode

ix. Mary Goode

x. Martha Goode

xi. John Jr. Goode

ANN BENNETT GOODE

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Continued from John Goodes notes

ELEVENTH GENERATION. 27: 43-4
RICHARD GOODE, No. 27, son of Richard Goode of Cornwall, No.
21, was an immigrant from England like his brother John. Family tradition
states that there were two brothers, who settled first upon the "Eastern
shore," and afterwards came to the James River. Whether or not John and
Richard Goode were for a time residents of Accomac, we shall, probably
never know; nor is it known that Richard Goode accompanied his brother
to Barbados. It is possible that he may rather have come to Virginia by
way of New England. One Richard Goode was juryman at a court in
Massachusetts in 1646, who may have been the same , since there are no
subsequent traces of him in the more northern colony. In 1670, Richard
Goode received a grant of 250 acres of land in Virginia, "between the
Chickahominy River and the Great Swamp." This would appear from
the land register, to have been in the old Rappahannock county, abolished
in 1690, and now included in part in Essex, Richmond, Caroline and
Spottsylvania counties. The records of this region, were in great part
destroyed during the civil war, but a portion of them is still preserved
at Tappahannock, and has enabled us to connect Richard Goode, the
immigrant, with , at least, some of his descendents. He died about 1719,
at which time, July 19, his will is recorded recorded. He would appear,
therefore to have been younger than his brother John.
45, Richard Goode, b. bef. 1680 Edward , d. about 1744

TWELFTH GENERATION

THE WHITBY GOODES.

32.
Samuel Goode, the Barbadian, son of John and (?) Mackarness Goode,
No. 26, p. 27, was born in the island of Barbados, 1655-8, came to Virginia
with his parents, and died after 1734; married Martha Jones, Children:-
47, SAMUEL GOODE, b. about 1700, d. 1797. 48, WILLIAM.
49, PHILLIP. 50, MACKARNESS. 51, EDWARD. 52, JOHN.
53, FRANCIS. 54, MARTHA. 55, MARGARET.
33.
ROBERT GOODE of Whitby, son of John and Anne Bennett Goode,
his second wife, No. 26, p. 27, was born on the old plantation on the
James, and died 1711-50. He married, 1710, Elizabeth Curd who died at
Whitby, Nov. 30, 1766. Children:-
56, ROBERT GOODE, b. July 19, 1711, d. March 6, 1765.
34.
JOHN GOODE, of "Falls Plantation," Chesterfield Co.,
son of John Goode, No. 26, p. 27, was born at Whitby,
1670-80, and was killed by Indians, 1720-30 Children:-
57, JOHN GOODE, 58, THOMAS. 59, BENNETT. 60, A
daughter, who m. Mr. Megginson, who lived near Bent Creek,
Buckingham Co.: descendents in Tennessee
39.
THOMAS GOODE, son of John Goode, No. 26, p. 27, was born at
Whitby, 1687-1700. . . His sons were probably:-
61, THOMAS GOODE. 62, RICHARD. 63, EDWARD.
40.
JOSEPH GOODE, son of John Goode, No. 26, p. 27, was born at
Whitby, 1688-1700. Son:-
64, JOHN OR DANIEL GOODE.
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William & John Blackman and their trail to
Sampson & Johnson Counties, N.C.
by Donald E. Collins
Sometime before 29 Nov. 1708 John Blackman married Elizabeth Goode.
She appears only twice in Virginia records, first when "Elizabeth Blackman"
is willed 2,000 pounds of tobacco, and second on 2 Nov. 1713 when
"Elizabeth, wife of (John) Blackman relinquished her dower right". Elizabeth
was a daughter of John Goode and his second wife Ann Bennett. She (Ann)
is said to have come from Holland. John Goode emigrated to Virginia by way
of Barbados before 1660. His plantation lay a short distance north of the
Blackmans where Goode's Creek (then called Stony) enters the James
River.
(Near where highway I-95 now crosses the James on the south side of the
river). Goode's genealogy is traced in G. Brown Goode's Virginia Cousins.
John Goode was involved in Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 and attempted to
dissuade Nathaniel Bacon from continuing his revolt. The conversation
between John Goode and Bacon is frequently mentioned in histories of the
rebellion and is published in its entirety in Virginia Cousins. His grandson
Bennett Goode married Martha Jefferson, sister of Peter Jefferson.
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Re: Goode Family of VA History
Posted by: Bob Carney Date: October 17, 1998 at 14:33:28
In Reply to: Goode Family of VA History by Don Page of 515
My connection to the Goode surname is through Elizabeth Goode, daughter
of the immigrant John Goode and Anne Bennett. Elizabeth married John
Blackman; they were my sixth great grandparents. I've noted a couple of
authors more recent than George Brown Goode who doubt his accuracy in
"Virginia Cousins." The most compelling is an article written by William
Clayton Torrence published in 1916. I assume you've read it, but in the
event you haven't the following is a verbatim quote:
"The English pedigree ascribed to John Goode, of Henrico, in Virginia
Cousins was doubtless constructed by George Brown Goode without
sufficient data at hand to really prove the points he makes. It should not
be accepted without a most critical examination. A clue to the correct
English ancestry of John Goode is given, no doubt, by the will of
Marmaduke Goode, of Upton, in Berkshire, Clerk, dated 5 Sept 1678,
proved 20 Feby. 1678, which mentions brother Samuel Goode; niece
Mary, daughter of brother John Goode; brother John Goode, citizen of
London and Susanna, his now wife; nephew Marmaduke Goode, son of
said John Goode, and his (Marmaduke's, the nephew) sisters Elizabeth,
Susannah and Anne Goode; brother William Goode and his son Robert
Goode, and Robert's two sisters, Elianor and Mary; my sister Mary
Haines and her two maiden daughters; "my brother John Goode, in
Virginia ten pounds within twelve months after my decease according
to the appointment of my brother John Goode, citizen of London";
brother Thomas Goode in Ireland; sister Anne Wickens; servants Alice
Payne and Henry Larkum; joint executors brother Samuel Goode and
niece Mary Goode. For a full abstract of this will see Waters,
Genealogical Gleanings in England, I, p. 26."

I'm keenly interested in your views of the foregoing as well as your
thoughts as to the identity of John Goode's ancestors and siblings.
Moreover, I've drawn a complete blank expanding on anything G.
Brown Goode wrote pertaining to the two wives of John Goode
- Frances(?) Mackarness and Anne Bennett.

Nancy Goode Page
I was surprised at the response of Sterling D. Goode, that the
knowledge that G. Brown Goode made some very serious errors was
new to him. There are many articles and letters showing these serious
errors: ie; a very long paper now housed at the VA Archives entitled
"Some Goodes of VA, Descendants of Edward Goode the Immigrant,
of Four Mile Creek" by Richard Henry Eanes; "Some of The
Descendants of Edward Goode" by Edward H. West (NGS Quarterly,
V45, pg 211); Comments in Vol 5, Henrico Co., VA, Beginning of its
Families, by Edward Stratton. I read the various letters in the G. Brown
Goode file at the VA Archives where he received criticism for these
errors and he was attempting to correct them when he died. I saw no
need to comment on the valuable aid the G. Brown Goode book has been
to my research. I use it constantly and I would not be without it. We
would all be years behind if not for his work. However, some people (if
you look at all the postings and at the large volume of Email I receive) take
all of what GBG has said and have built their whole family history on it.

JOHN GOODE

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Virginia Cousins by G. Brown Goode

(Copied from the book)
The ancestry of John Good from the book is not included because of errors.
John Goode, the Immigrant
By far the larger number of Goodes in America are descendents of John
Goode, . . ., who born in England, probably either at Whitstone or Whitley,
in the north of Cornwall, 1620-1630, and removed to barbados, one of the
Caribee Islands, 1643-1650, and to Virginia prior to 1660. He settled at a
place on the colonial frontier, four miles from the present site of
Richmond,
. . . he died in 1709, the proprietor of a considerable plantation. He married
in Barbados, 1650-1660, a lady named Mackarness, who accompanied him
to Virginia, where she soon died leaving one son, Samuel;
subsequently he married Anne Bennett, who died prior to 1708. He had
thirteen children: -
32, SAMUEL GOODE, born in Barbados before 1660. 33, ROBERT, born
in Virginia. 34, JOHN.
35, KATHERINE, married Mr. Roberts before 1708. 36, ELIZABETH,
married Mr. Blackman before 1708. 37, SUSANNA. 38, ANNE. 39,
THOMAS, born after 1687. 40, JOSEPH. 41, FRANCES. 42, MARY
43, MARTHA. 44, URSULA.
The date of John Goode's arrival in Virginia is not definitely fixed, but
it was prior to 1661, at which time he was the owner of Whitby plantation.
John Goode, after his arrival in Virginia, soon settled down into the
occupation of a tobacco planter. and after the death of his Barbadian wife
married Anne Bennett, a recent arrival from Holland, who bore him twelve
children, some of whom, including his two sons, Thomas and Joseph, were
minors in 1708 when his will was drawn up, and were consequently born
after 1687.
The date of his birth is not known, but it was probably somewhere from
1610 to 1620. . . according to traditions already mentioned was advanced
in
years when he married Anne Bennett. This was probably about 1668 to
1670, at which period, according to my theory of the date of his birth, he
would have been from fifty to sixty years of age.
Samuel Goode was his son by the first marriage. He must have been several
years old when the second marriage took place, for we are told that he was
a mischievous youth who delighted to play practical jokes upon his old
father's young wife. Be this as it may, Mistress Anne Goode was estranged
from her too demonstrative stepson, and the property of her husband was
inherited chiefly by her own children.
The Will of John Goode, A. D. 1708
In the name of God, Amen! the twenty-ninth day of November, in the
year of our Lord God, seventeen-hundred-and-eight, I, John Goode of the
County and Parish of Henrico, in Virginia, Gent., being sick and weak of
body, but of sound and perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God for it,
do make, ordain, constitute and appoint this to be my last will and
testament, in manner following:-
Imprimis, I resign my soul into the hands of God who gave it, trusting
through the merits of Jesus Christ my blessed Lord and Savior to obtain
free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins; and my body to the earth, to
be decently interred, at the discretion of my Executor, hereafter named.
Item, That my debts and funeral charges be first paid.
Item, I give, bequeath and devise to my son Robert Goode, one hundred
acres of my land, lying next, and adjoining to the river, and north by the
lands of William Byrd, Esq., to him the said Robert and his heirs forever.
Item, I give, bequeath and devise to my son John Goode, one hundred
acres of my land lying next James River, and adjoining the land of my son,
Samuel Goode, to him the said John and his heirs forever.
Item, I give, bequeath, and devise to my sons Thomas Goode, and Joseph
Goode, my tract of land lying in the woods on the north side of Stoney
Creek, and at the heads of the aforementioned lands, estimated to be four
hundred acres, more or less, to be equally divided between them when they
shall come to lawful age; and my will is, that if either the said Thomas or
Joseph shall decease in their nonage; the survivor of them shall have, hold,
occupy, possess and enjoy the aforesaid tract of land, containing four
hundred acres, to him and his heirs forever, But if my two sons shall arrive
to lawful age, then my will is that Thomas enjoy two hundred acres of the
aforementioned land, to him and his heirs forever, and that Joseph enjoy
the other two hundred acres, to him the said Joseph and his heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Katherine Roberts, two
thousand pounds of tobacco.
Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Blackman, two
thousand pounds of tobacco.
Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Susanna Goode, two thousand
pounds of tobacco when she comes to age or is married.
Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Anna Goode, two thousand
pounds of tobacco to be paid when she comes to age or are married.
Item, I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Goode, two thousand pounds of
tobacco when he comes to lawful age.
Item, I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Goode, two thousand pounds
of tobacco to be paid when he comes of lawful age.
Item, I give and bequeath to my son Robert , two negroes, by name, Jupiter
and Moll, and to his heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath to my son John, two negroes, by name, George
and Sabrina, and to his heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath to my son Thomas, two negroes, by name,
Abraham and Ned, and to his heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath to my son Joseph, one negro woman, by name
Rose, with her increase, and to his heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Katherine Roberts, besides the
two thousand pounds of tobacco already given, one thousand pounds of
tobacco more, to be paid four years after my decease.
Item, I give and bequeath to my son Samuel, ten shillings, and a way for
a cart and horse on the outside of the low-grounds by long swamp, during
the term of his natural life.
Item, I give to my daughter Francis, one shilling.
Item, I give to my daughter Mary, one shilling.
Item, I give to my daughter Martha, one shilling.
Item, I give to my daughter Ursula, one shilling.
All the rest of my goods and chattels I give and bequeath to my two sons
Robert and John, and do make my said two sons Robert and John whole and
sole executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all
former
wills by me made and done.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal, this the day and
year first written. Item, my will is, that if Thomas and Joseph should die
before they come to lawful age, their estate to be equally divided between
their own brothers.

Signed, sealed delivered and acknow-
edged as his last will and testament
THOMAS BYRD, GILES WEBB, ALL.
CLERKE, MARY FOREST.

HENRICO COUNTY, April 1st . Ano. 1709.
The aforegoing will was this day proved in open Court by the oaths
of the subscribed witnesses.

Teste.: James Cocke, Cl. Cur.

There is more in Ann Bennett's notes

DOROTHY DEELEY BLACKMAN

2010-05-09T13:40:00.001-07:00

Posted By: Calista Parker Cox

Email: Calista@swbell.net
Subject: WM/JOHN/JOHN/BARZILLA/ZYLPHIA BLACKMAN.
Post Date: February 25, 2000 at 09:28:37
Message URL: http://www.genforum.com/blackman/messages/718.html
Forum: Blackman Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://www.genforum.com/blackman/

Generation I
William BLACKMAN (1641)and Dorothy DEELEY
(my gggggggg-grandparents)
Generation II
John BLACKMAN(1670) and Elizabeth GOODE
(my ggggggg-grandparents)
Generation III
John BLACKMAN (1706) and Sarah (unknown)
(my gggggg-grandparents)
Generation IV
Barzilla C BLACKMAN and Drusilla GAINEY
(my ggggg-grandparents
Generation V
Zylphia BLACKMAN (1780's) and Herod THORNTON
(my gggg-grandparents)
Generation VI
Blackman THORNTON (1816) and Jenefer Lee "Jincy" McCLENNY
(my ggg grandparents)
Generation VII
Rebecca THORNTON and James Jackson HARTLEY
(my gggrandparents)
Generation VIII
Joseph Hardy HARTLEY (1858) and Susan Alpha COCHRAN
(my g-grandparents)
Would love to have info on any of these families or to
correspond with their descendants.
Email me direct.
__________
Posted By: Phyllis Hugo Stager
Email: uffington@earthlink.net
Subject: Dorothy Deeley VA d. 1704
Post Date: January 25, 2000 at 08:53:09
Message URL: http://www.genforum.com/deeley/messages/1.html
Forum: Deeley Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://www.genforum.com/deeley/
Is there any information on a Dorothy Deeley who married a William
Blackman in VA? Dorothy died in 1704.

WILLIAM BLACKMAN sr

2010-05-09T13:39:00.000-07:00

Look in notes of his son John for more documentation

Genealogies of Virginia Families - From the William and Mary College
Quarterly Historical Magazine
Volume V page 367
The will of William Blackman, of Varina Parish, Henrico County, planter,
dated November 11, 1697, probated April 1, 1698, makes bequests: to
eldest son William Blackman, south of lower moiety of my plantation in
Varina Parish, Henrico County; son John Blackman, north, or upper half
of said lands or plantation, 3 guns, a young horse, and 3 sterling; to
daughter
Dorothy, wife of George Cogbill, of aforesaid county, and parish, Cooper, 1
shilling ; to daughter Elizabeth Ward, now wife of Richard Ward, of aforesaid
county and parish, 1 shilling; wife Dorothy Blackman, residue of estate not
before mentioned and she is named as executrix.
(Henrico Records, Vol. 1697-1704 p. 69-70)

Genealogies of VIRGINIA FAMILIES
From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine
Volume V Page 357-376 WARD FAMILY
(contains more history of William Blackman)
(William Blackman's 2nd wife was probably the widow of Captain Seth3
Ward)

Ward family
Seth1 Ward of Henrico County was the father of Richard2 Ward.
Richard2 Ward (Seth1) of Henrico County was a magistrate there
in 1666, the date of his birth is not known; but, he died in 1682.
Richard Ward2 married Elizabeth (surname unknown) and had issue:
2. I. Seth3 Ward.
3. II. Richard3 Ward.
4. III. Edward3 Ward
IV. Elizabeth3 Ward, of whom nothing further is known.

2. Seth3 Ward (Seth1, Richard2) of "Sheffield" Henrico County, born
1661; captain of militia: corner of Henrico January 1700; died 1706 or
1707.
Seth3 Ward (1661-1707) was the father of the four following children:
5. I. Seth4 Ward.
6. II. Richard4 Ward.
7. III. Benjamin4 Ward.
8. IV. Joseph4 Ward.

No record of the will of Captain Seth3 Ward has been found nor has a
search among original papers in the Henrico Court Clerk's Office produced
the "original" of his will. That Seth3 Ward made a will and that it was a legal
document and admitted to record there is evidence in the fact that in an
order
of court October 1713 it is entered that certain property was delivered to
the
guardians of two of Seth3 Ward's orphans "according to the will." (See
below
the order in full.)

The orders of court proving the names of Captain Seth Ward's children are
as follows; September 15, 1708, William Blackman ordered to give security
for
what estate he hath in his hands belonging to the orphans of Captain Seth
Ward,
late of this county [i. e. Henrico] deed.
(Henrico Records, Vol. [No. 4] 1677-1739, p. 50.)
August 1713. Upon petition of Benjamin Ward and Joseph Ward they are
admitted to choose their guardians and thereupon the said Benjamin
chooses
Robert Burton, Junr. to be his guardian, and the said Joseph chooses Seth
Ward
(oldest brother) to be his guardian, who appearing and severally accepting
the
charge, John Stewart and the said Robert Burton enter themselves
securitys for
the said Seth Ward and Henry Trent and the said Seth Ward enter
themselves
securitys for the said Robert Burton. At the same court (August 1713) it
was
ordered that William Blackman do deliver unto Robert Burton, Junr.,
guardian
to Benjamin Ward the estate of the said Benjamin, that he also deliver unto
Seth
Ward guardian to Joseph Ward the estate of the said Joseph, and that
Thomas
Branch, Christopher Branch and Richard Ward3, or any two of them do see
the
delivery of the said estates and make report thereof to the next court
(ibid. Order
Book 1710-1714, p. 251)
October Court 1713. Christopher Branch and Thomas Branch, two of the
persons ordered to see the estate of Benjamin Ward delivered unto Robert
Burton, Junr., his guardian, and the estate of Joseph Ward delivered unto
Seth
Ward, his guardian, make report that in obedience to the said order they
have
seen the said estates delivered according to the will
(Ibid., Order Book 1710-14, p. 254.)
February Court 1713/14. Richard Ward by his petition sets forth that he is
arrived to lawful age and therefore prays that the estate left him by his
Deceased
father may be delivered him; William Blackman, in whose possession the
said
estate is, agreeing thereto, it is ordered that he do deliver the said estate
to the
petitioner in the presence of Thomas Branch and Christopher Branch.
(Ibid., Order Book 1710-14, p. 269).
That Benjamin, Joseph and Richard Ward (mentioned in the above orders)
were sons of Captain Seth3 Ward is proved in that William Blackman was
ordered (September 1708) to give security for estate in his hands
belonging to
orphans of Captain Seth Ward, deceased; and by orders (August 1713 and
February 1713/14) William Blackman was directed to deliver estate in his
hands belonging to Benjamin and Joseph Ward to the guardians respectively
chosen by them; and the estate belonging to Richard Ward, to the said
Richard
direct.
That Captain Seth3 Ward had also a son Seth4, who was older than
Richard , Benjamin and Joseph, is proved by various records. (see forward
under 5. Seth4 Ward).
The question arises as to who was Captain Seth Ward's. wife.* Research,
thus far, has failed to reveal direct evidence as to her identity; but, there
are
facts, which brought into relation, tend to prove, circumstantially at least,
that
Captain Seth3 Ward married Ann, daughter of Henry and Ann (Lound)
Hatcher,
of Henrico County. *
It should be borne in mind that there is no extant copy of the will of Captain
Seth3 Ward; and no record (so far discovered) gives even his wife's
baptismal
name.
The facts (which taken together tend to substantiate the above stated
conclusion) are as follows:
1.Henry Lound of Henrico County, in his will dated July 2, 1708;
probated November 1, 1708, leaves one shilling to his granddaughter Ann
Ward. (Henrico Records.)
2.The year and month of Captain Seth3 ward's death is not known
nor do the records show the date of the probate of his will; but, from the
order
of Court September 15, 1708, for William Blackman to give security for
estate
in his hands belonging to orphans of Captain Seth3 Ward, late of this
county,
deceased (Vol. 1677-39, p. 50). One would infer that Captain Ward had not
been so very long dead, certainly that his orphan's property had but
recently
come into the "hands" of William Blackman. There is no remaining court
order
showing that Blackman was even the legally constituted guardian to Seth3
Wards orphans, nor any record or order showing how it happened that he
had
their estate in his possession.
3.But it is a matter of record (as above quoted) that in September
1708, William Blackman was ordered to give security for the estate in his
hands belonging to the orphans of Captain Seth3 Ward; and that the names
of
the orphans were Benjamin, Joseph and Richard; and that said Blackman
delivered their estates into the hands of later chosen guardians of .
Benjamin
and Joseph, and into Richard's hands on his coming to "lawful age."
4.The following facts also appear:
(a)December 1707 William Blackman having by his petn. To this court
set forth that Edward Ward by his misrepresentation obtained an order at
the last
court open a road which leads through the plantation whereon he now (your
petn.)
lives belonging to the orphs of Seth Ward, decd.
(Henrico Court, Order Book 1707-09, p. 11.)
(b)April 1708 Mr. Seth Ward, 3 days as evidence in difference between
William Blackman and Edward Ward (Ibid. 1707-09, p. 30);
(c)April 1708 John Clark evidence in behalf of Richard Ward in a
difference depending between William Blackman and Edward Ward
concerning
stopping of a road (Ibid., 1707-09, p. 32). (Ibid., 1707-09, p. 32). [Note:
Richard
Ward mentioned in this order is evidently Richard, son of Captain Seth3
Ward,
and the eldest of the then minor orphans whose property was in Blackmans
hands.]
(d)April 1708. The order for a road granted Edward Ward through the
plantation whereon he now lives belonging to orphans of Seth Ward, decd.,
is
reversed (Ibid. 1708-09, p. 33).
5.
(a) November 1712 Seth Ward petn. For cart road layd out from his
plantation
where he now lives to a small piece of land which he lately purchased of
Richard
Ward; appears said road must pass through certain lands in possession of
William
Blackman. Referred to next court (Ibid. Order Book 1710-14, p. 192).
(b) February 1712/13 Seth Ward vs. William Blackman and Anne, his wife,
petn.
For cart way to pass through land of said William and Anne to a piece of
land lately purchased by Seth Ward of Richard Ward; ordered that the cart
way
be granted ye sd Seth to pass through ye defdts land on ye river bank.
Thomas
Branch and Christopher Branch ordered to lay out sd way
(Ibid. Book 1710-14, p. 203).*
A summary of this: Captain Seth3 Ward died prior to December 1707, at
which date William Blackman was living on the plantation belonging to the
orphans of Seth Ward, decd. (O. B., 1707-09, p.11); William Blackman had in
his "possession" or "hands" [the court orders never once stated he was
guardian]
the estates of Benjamin, Joseph and Richard Ward, orphans of Seth3 Ward
and it
appears that in February 1712/13 when Seth4 (an older son of Captain
Seth Ward)
was petitioning for a cart road out to the river that the land through which
it was to
pass is designated as belonging to William Blackman and Ann his wife, (see
order
given in full above). It seems not at all improbable that in reality William
Blackman
married the widow of Captain Seth3 Ward, some time after the July 1708
Henry
Lound made his will naming granddaughter Ann Ward, and thus it was that
the
property of Captain Seth3 Ward's minor children came into his possession
or
hands. It is quite evident that the Ann Ward, so named in Lound's will had
been
born Ann Hatcher (see facts stated in footnote p. 192) \ Captain Seth3
Ward was
the only Ward at that time living in Henrico (so far as the records show)
who
could have the husband of the said Ann; for, Captain Seth's brothers at
that time
were married, viz.: Richard Ward to Elizabeth Blackman and Edward Ward to
a
daughter of Gilbert Elam.\\

3. Richard3 Ward (Richard2, Seth1) of Henrico County died 1724. His name
appears frequently on the Henrico records in minor suits. Richard3 Ward
was
married three times: first Martha Branch; second, Elizabeth Blackman;
third,
Mary, widow of Robert Jones.

Thomas Branch, Senior, of Henrico County, will dated October 29, 1688,
probated February 1, 1694, names daughter Martha Ward. Mrs. Elizabeth
Branch [widow of Thomas Branch] in her will dated August 2, 1697;
probated
August 20, 1697, names son-in-law Richard Ward (see Branch family in
QUARTERLY, XXV, p. 62).\\\
Marriage license issued 7ber (September) 1696 Richard Ward with Elizabeth
Blackman. Thomas Cocke, Senr. Surety (Henrico Records, Vol. 1688-1697),
p. 631). The will of William Blackman, of Varina Parish, Henrico County,
planter, dated November 11, 1697, probated April 1, 1698, makes
bequests:
to eldest son William Blackman, south of lower moiety of my plantation in
Varina Parish, Henrico County; son John Blackman, north, or upper half of
said lands or plantation, 3 guns, a young horse, and 3 sterling; to daughter
Dorothy, wife of George Cogbill, of aforesaid county, and parish, Cooper,
1 shilling ; to daughter Elizabeth Ward, now wife of Richard Ward, of
aforesaid
county and parish, 1 shilling; wife Dorothy Blackman, residue of estate not
before mentioned and she is named as executrix.
(Henrico Records, Vol. 1697-1704 p. 69-70)

The following items from Henrico County Order Books refer probably to this
Richard Ward
(Richard Ward4):
William Blackman having caused a summons to issue against Richard Ward,
Junr
to appear at this court to discharge him from his estate which the said
Blackman
hath delivered him, the said Ward appears, and the court having heard him,
the
said Blackman, and Christopher Branch, who was present at the delivery, it
appears to the Court that the said Ward hath received his estate, and
thereupon
the said Blackman is discharged from the same.
(Henrico Records, Order Book1710-14, p. 297.)

* Henrico Court, October 24, 1681, An Acctt of . . . Lycences granted
(in Anno 1681) & returned to Towne Jamestown, the seat of government.
Seth Ward 200 Mr. Tho: Cocke 200
Jos. Tanner 200 Mr. Jno. Gooch 200
Melchiz: Richardson 200 Lambert Tye 200
Tho: Cheatham 200 ___
__ _ 600
80 0 800
___
1400 [pounds tobacco]
(Henrico Records, Vol. 1677-92, p. 185.)
The above is evidence that Seth Ward was married in 1681. It is
unfortunate
that the name of his wife is not given. The record of licenses thus granted
was
kept on account of a fee payable thereon to the authorities.
* Henry Lound, of Varina Parish, Henrico County, by deed dated August 19,
1678 conveys certain personality to his grandchildren: Ann Hatcher, Henry
Hatcher, William Hatcher and Martha Hatcher.
(Henrico Records, Vol. 1678-93, p. 55) On Sept., 1, 1677, Ann relict of
Henry
Hatcher, deceased, was granted administration on her deceased husband's
estate.
(Ibid., Vol. 1677-92, p. 33) In August 1678 Ann, Henry, William and Martha
Hatcher are named as orphans of Henry Hatcher deceased with Henry
Lound,
as their guardian. Ibid., Vol. 1677-1739, p.4.) Henry Lound in his will dated
July 1708, probated November 1708 names among other parties grandson
Henry
Hatcher and granddaughters Ann Ward, Mary Tanner and Martha Blanks.
(Ibid.,
Vol. 1706-1709.) A comparison of the baptismal names is conclusive as to
who
these parties were. Ann (Ann (the daughter of Henry Lound and widow of
Henry Hatcher) married 2ndly ______ Moody, prior to August 19, 1678
(the
deed, as referred to above, of Henry Lound to his grandchildren on that
date
mentions Ann Moody, calling her "daughter;" and as Henry Hatcher's wife's
baptismal name was Ann; and Henry Hatcher's children were grandchildren
of
Henry Lound, the inference is plain.
Henry Hatcher was the son of William Hatcher (1614-1677) of Henrico
County, a conspicuous character in the early days of the colony, a member
of
the House of Burgesses, and immigrant ancestor of the Hatcher family in
Virginia (for a detailed account of Hatcher see Virginia Magazine, Vol. 5, p.
98).
* July 1720 the will of William Blackman, deceased, presented by Joseph
Ward,
his executor, and proved by oaths of Henry Anderson and Thomas Branch,
two
of the witnesses thereto, and admitted to record; Henry Soane and
Benjamin
Ward, securities for Joseph Ward the executor.
(Henrico Court, Order Book 1719-24, p. 34.)
\ Page 364, this volume.
\\ For substantiation of these statements see forward under 3. Richard3
Ward,
and 4. Edward3 Ward.
\\\ See Volume I of this work, p. 413.
_______________________________________
Nicholas Blackman 1624 VA
Posted by: David E. Corley
Date: August 29, 2000 at 21:00:09 of 971
Searching for info on Nicholas Blackman who was on the 1624
records as one of the early VA pioneers at Jamestown with Capt.
John Smith. Is this the father of William Blackman who m.
Dorothy Deeley? Any help will be appreciated.

David E. Corley
Newnan, Georgia
corley@mindspring.com

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COURSEY FAMILY

2010-05-08T22:43:00.000-07:00

Coursey Family

Henry Coursey (b1596) in Dublin Ireland. Henry was the son of Henri de Courcy/Courey. Decendent of the "de courci family of France". He had three sons: Henry (b1622); William (b1624); John (b1625) and one daughter: ANNE COURSEY (b1633).

Col. Henry Coursey of Chesterton-on-Wye, born 1622 in Dublin, Ireland; Came to America with Leonard Calvert in 1634 (Governor of Maryland, Lord Baltimore); to serve in Battle of Severn in the interest of, Lord Baltimore in 1655); and was rewarded with several thousands of acres of land in Maryland. Appointed "Chief Judge of Kent Co.: Married #1)Elizabeth Morgan (b1642); #2)Mary Harris; #3) Elizabeth Smith Carpenter of Talbot Co., MD. They had sons: John (b 1625) and William (b 1624, and one daughter, Anne (b 1633).

John Coursey (b1625) was Sheriff of the Isle of Kent, MD in 1657.

Major William Coursey (b1624) was "Deputy Surveyor in 1660" and Sheriff of Calveton Co. MD 1665-1670. William married #1)Elizabeth Hawkins and #2) Juliana Thomas (b1661). William's 400 acre estate called "Cedar Branch" ended up in the Thomas family through his marriage to Juliana Thomas.

William is the original owner of the "Back Wye River" which was known as the "Morgan River". The estate known as "Springley" and it's 400 acres called "Cedar Branch".

William Coursey gave Tristram Thomas III and his sister Anne Coursey the 800 acre estate in Maryland called "Cheston" in 1659. Tristram III would also inherit his father's estate "Barbados Hall" in 1679. Their son Edmond would inherit it in 1723.

William "Deputy Surveyor" would also lay out a grant of land in 1660 on the Wye River for Captain William Hensley, MD. His daughter Elizabeth Hemsley married Rev. James Clayland. Their daughter Judith Clayland (b1674) would become the second wife of Tristram Thomas IV (b.1665).

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