John Tribble

John married Martha Medley in 1794. Martha was born about 1772 in , Gibson, Indiana, USA; died in , Gibson, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Tribble was born on 2 Aug 1794 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1869.
2. George Tribble was born on 13 Oct 1795 in , , North Carolina, USA; died in , , Indiana, USA.
3. Elijah Tribble was born on 8 Sep 1798 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA.
4. Mary Tribble was born on 17 Aug 1800.
5. Samuel Tribble was born on 14 Nov 1802 in , , North Carolina, USA; died in 1873.
6. Lucy Tribble was born on 14 Aug 1805.

John married Rebecca Echols. Rebecca (daughter of Abraham Echols and Sarah W Hubbard) was born in 1741 in , Lunenburg, Virginia, USA; died in 1849 in , , Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rebekah Echols m. James Hodges & John Tribble.
(Bk 5, p.82) 20 May 1764 John Tribble & wf Rebecca to Joseph Echols, Jr. for £4 - 190½ A., part of 381 A. granted to Abraham Eckhols, dec´d, 20 Aug 1760 & left by legacy, the whole to be divided as they should agree, to his two daughters, Sarah, the wf of John Rowden, and Rebecca, the above said John Tribble´s wife, which is peacibly agreed on that Rebecca & John have the South end.

Notes:

About George B Tribble, Sr
1714 deed from Daniel Brown to William Covington, recorded Essex Co., VA on 13 May 1714. George Tribble is witness to this deed. 1722 Spotsylvania Co., VA records, George Tribble purchased land from Larkin Chew. George being described as George Trible of King and Queen County. He was also a witness to four other deeds of Larkin Chew in the same year. George Tribble always signed his name rather than using a mark on the above deeds. 1725 The land in Spotsylvania County is sold and George is described as "George Trible of King and Queen County."

1733 George starts appearing in records of Caroline Co., VA. It is not clear whether George moved to Caroline Co. or was living in King and Queen on land that bacame a part of Caroline when the latter was formed in 1727.

14 feb 1735, Will of Abraham Browne was presented in Caroline Co., VA by Mary Browne and Daniel Browne., executrix and executor, thereto. The will was proved by the oaths of George Tribble and Dinah T ribble, witnesses to the will. At the Caroline Co., Court of 14 Mar 1735, Mary Browne, mother of John Browne, petitioned administration of John Browne's estate. 14 feb 1735, Caroline Co., VA. George and Dinah Tribble prove the will of Abraham Brown, as witnesses. Executrix of the will was Mary Brown, wife of Abraham, and probably sister of George Tribble. 1738 Mary Browne is an heir in the will of her father.

The last Caroline Order Book entry that definitely pertains to George Tribble is on 4 Jul 1752. This entry is a suit of attachment by Peter Copeland against the estate of George Tribble. The attachmen t was delivered into the hands of John Dyer, Jr., John Sutton, and George Tribble, Jr. John Dyer, Jr. (probably a son-in-law of George Tribble, Sr.) and George Tribble, Jr. (probably a son of George T ribble, Sr.) appeared in court and declared that they had such items as bottles, axes, plates, tubs, bedsteads, etc. which were ordered to be sold to satisfy the judgement. Because George Tribble, Sr. was not referred to as deceased, he must have moved out of the county. Subsequent Order Book entries (the next one is in Feb 1756) do not use the suffix Jr. or Sr. when referringto George Tribble. It is probable that George Tribble, Sr. had moved to Brunswick or Halifax County with his sons Shadrach, John, and Peter in the early 1750s.

George Tribble is described as a pensioner in Nov 1765 and Oct 1766 in t he Vestry Book of Antrim parish, Halifax County, Virginia. In 1771, a list of land surveys which had been conducted by Rob. Wooding includes one survey on 7 Dec 1769 for George Tribble for 400 acres on Bull Creek. The date and place of death of George Tribble, Sr. has not been determined although it was probably circa 1770 in Halifax County, Virginia.

1722 Oct 2 - Spotsylvania Co, Va - Deed Bk A: Recorded: 2 Oct 1722
Larkin Chew of Spots. Co, Gent to William Richardson of the same Co, planter.. __ pounds sterling, for 400 acres in St. George Parish, Spots Co, joyning Francis Smith and William Bartlett, part of patent granted to said Chew on 4 June 1722. Wit: Charles Curtis, George Trible, Lawrence (X)
Franklin.

1722 Nov 5 - Spotsylvania Co, Va - Deed Bk A:35 Recorded:2 Apr 1723.
Capt. Larkin Chew to George Treble of King and Queen Co, Va.. 5 shillings sterling for 228 acres adjoining land of Lawrence Franklyn and Robert King, part of said Chews patent granted 4 June 1722. Wit: Thomas Chew, Lawrence (x) Franklyn, John Chew [Note: Capt here, the others, Capt. was omitted]

1722 Nov 5 - Spotsylvania Co, Va - Deed Bk A:20 Recorded:
Larkin Chew of the Parish of St. George in County of Spots. to Samuel Moore.. 250 acres at the head of Pams branch by a CattTayle marsh. Wit: William Warren, George Treble, William Lynsen.

1722 Nov 6 - Spotsylvania Co, Va - Deed Bk A:21 Recorded: 5 Feb 1722/3 Larkin Chew of St. George Parish, Gent, to Samuel Moore of said parish and county.. 2,500 lbs of good and lawful tobacco for 250 acres of land in said parish and county.. beginning at a red oak corner to Lawrence Franklyn and Harry Beverly, part of land granted said Chew 4 June 1722. Wit: William Warren, George Trible, William Lynsen

1725 Apr 5 - Spotsylvania Co, Va - Deed Bk A:21 Recorded: 5 Apr 1726 George Trible of King and Queen Co, Va to William Johnson of Spots Co.. 12 lbs sterling for 228 acres of land in Spots Co - the said land bought by the said Trible from Larkin Chew granted on 4 June 1722, joining the lands of
Robert King, Edward Pigg, Barnet Payne and Lawrence Franklyn. Wit: Thomas Chew, John Foster, Richard Bayley.

1733 Nov 8 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1732-1740, page 108 (Part One by Dorman) A Grand Jury being impanelled and presented their presentments: George Tribble for not keeping his road in Repair.

1734 Feb 1 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1732-1740, page 115; (Part 1 by Dorman) George Trible on Jury.

1734 Feb 14 - Caroline Co, VA Court Order Bk 1732-1740 - p.123
Jonas Meador appointed Surveyor of Roads in place of George Trible..

1735 Jan 10- Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1732-1740, page 273; (Part 1 by Dorman) It is ordered that Robert Fairish, Thomas Madison, George Tripple [Tribble] and Thomas Coleman appraise the estate of John May.

1735 Feb 14- Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1732-1740, page 275; (Part 1 by Dorman) The last will and testament of Abraham Brown was presented in Court by Mary Brown, executrix and Daniel Brown executor therein named and proved by George Trible and Dinah Trible witnesses there unto. On motion of
the executor certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate. It is ordered that James Terrill, William Terrill, James Collins and William Brown appraise the estate of Abraham Brown.

1738 Mar 10 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1732-1740, page 464; (Part 3 by Dorman) George Trible and Dinah his wife acknowledge their deeds of lease and release of land indented to Benjamin Wooden.

1739 Mar 9 - Caroline Co, VA Court Order Bk 1732-1740 - .524
Jonas Meador paid for clearing a road from the Mattapony River across Polecat Swamp to the Chesterfield Church (Jonas probably lived in the above vicinity, south of the Mattapony River).

1739 Dec 14 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1732-1740, page 569; (Part 3 by Dorman) George Hamm acknowledged his deed and livery and seizin of land indented to George Trible. Susannah wife of George hamm relinquished her right to the land.

1740 Feb 8 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1732-1740, page 577; (Part 3 by Dorman) Deeds of lease and release from Daniel Brown to Thomas Magee were proved by William Hudson, James Dyer and Shadrack Trible

1741 May 8 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1740-1746, page 42; (Part 1 by Dorman) George Trible acknowledged his deed of feoffment of land indented with livery of seizen endorsed to George Underdown.

1742 Mar 12- Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1740-1746, page 93; (Part 1 by Dorman) Ordered that Daniel Coleman be surveyor of the new road from Suttons ford to the new church that William Harris, Wm Durratt, Daniel Tompkins, Bartholomew Durratt, Richard Mauldin, Francis Durratt, Francis Durratt Junr, John Partloe, Nicholas Oliver, Moses Karnall, George Trible, Thomas Yarbough, Charles Yarbough, John Wright, John Dyer, John Dyer Junr., Wm. Dyer, Peter Holland, William Holland, John Holloway, John Sutton, and Richard Leigh with their people assist the surveyor in clearing the road and
keeping the same in repair.

1742 Apr 9 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1740-1746, page 101; (Part 1 by Dorman) Suit on attachment. Thomas Floyd Junr., against the estate of Wm. Saunders: Jury: George Trible, Henry Burk...

1743 Jun 10 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1742/3-1744, page 190; (part 2 by Dorman) George Tirble [sic,Trible] is appt. constable in the precincts that William Dyer is at present Constable

1743 Jun 10 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1742/3-1744, page193; (part 2 by Dorman) Valn. [Valentine] Vest against Leonard Young. Trespass on the case; Jury, John Sutton, Robert Jones, Robert Steward, William Brown, Josias Wood, Richard Tankersley, John Beasley, John Vice, Thomas Bullard, Abraham
Eastis, George Trible/Tribble, and William Lawson find for the defendant.
William Lawson, foreman.

1743 Nov 11 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1742/3-1744, page233; (part 2 by Dorman) At a Court held. Present: Robert Fairish, George Hoomes, Archibald McPherson, Thomas Johnson, John Martin, Gent Justices: William Coats deeds of lease and release to Joseph Walston were proved by George Trible, Moses Cornal and John Wright, Wit: Elizabeth wife of Wm. Coats, relinquished dower.

1743/4 Mar 10 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1742/3-1744, page266; (part 2 by Dorman) Suit on attachment. John Dyer Junr agt. the estate of James Step/Stepp. It is considered by Court that Plaintiff recover 3/10 current money. George Trible, constable made return he attached one feather
bed....

1744 Apr 13 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1742/3-1744, page267; (part 2 by Dorman) John [sic, George?] Trible and Anne his wife acknowledged their deeds of lease and release indented to John Rorie.

1744 May 11 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1742/3-1744, page275; (part 2 by Dorman) It is ordered that George Trible and Ann his wife be summoned to answer the petition o f Edward Herndon and James Terrell.

1744 Aug 11 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1742/3-1744, page306 (part 2 by Dorman) On the motion of Edward Herndon and James Terrill that they became security for __________ for her __________ of the last will and testament of ___________, that the said Ann is since intermarried with George Trible who Hearndon and Terrill are apprehensive is likely to embezzel the estate, and praying relief, it is ordered that George Trible and Ann his wife give Herndon and Terrill counter Security or deliver to them the estate.

1744 Nov 10 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1742/3-1744, page325; (part 2 by Dorman) Petition: Edward Herndon and James Terrell, against George Trible and Ann his wife, Dismissed.

1747 May 8 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1746-1754, page __; (part 1 by Dorman) John Dyer Junr is appointed overseer of the new road from Richard Murry's plantation to the upper Church in St. Margaret's Parish in the room of George Trible.

1751 Jul 11 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1746-1754, page 262; (part 3 by Dorman) Action of Debt: William Johnston and others, executors of Samuel Coleman against George Trible. The deft. confessed judgment by a note for 25.15.4 current money to be discharged on the defendants paying 8.0.8 with
interest from 30 July 1750.

1751 Sep 12 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1746-1754, page 275; (part 3 by Dorman) -George Tribles deed indented to John Dyer Junr, was proved by Isaac Dyer, Benjamin Branham and John Martin.
-Robert Brooke Gent, took the oaths appointed subscribed the Test and entered into bond was sworn Surveyor of Caroline County.

1751 Dec 12 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1746-1754, page 289; (part 3 by Dorman) Petition: Benjamin Wood against George Trible Junr. Judgment is granted the plaintiff for 2.7 current money.

1752 Jul 9 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1746-1754, page 321; (part 3 by Dorman) Suit on Attachment: Peter Copeland, Gent against the estate of George Tribble. The plaintiff proving his accounts, judgement is granted him for 5.2.1. The sheriff made return and executed the attachment in the
hands of John Dyer Junr, John Sutton, and George Trible Junr.

John Dyer Jr. declared he has:
a spice mortar
a stone mug bottle mouth mug,
5 glass bottles,
2 drawing knives,
a coopers ax adz,
a cutting knife,
a bung corer round shave,
a carpenters adz
one earthen plate,
a ladle flesh fork.

George Trible Junr, declared he has:
joiners tools,
coopers tools,
a parcel of tubs,
2 bed steads,
2 tables,
3 old rap hooks,
one hide
1 basket,
some lasts,
8 old chairs,
2 trays
a pail,
3 old boxes,
one bear stand,
one pair old cards,
2 saws,
which they are ordered to deliver to sheriff to sell.

1753 Sep 14 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1746-1754, page 427; (part 3 by Dorman) Petition: John and Roger Quarles against George Trible [Junr?].
Judgment is granted the plaintiff for 4.15.3

George married Dinah Esther Meador on 18 Oct 1718 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA. Dinah (daughter of John Meador and Mary Frances Awbrey) was born in 1696 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died in 1741 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dinah Esther Meador (John Meadows , Sr., Thomas "Orphan", Thomas Meades, Father) was born in 1694 in Essex Co., VA. She died in 1741/1743 in VA.Dinah married George TRIBBLE, son of Peter TRIBBLE and <> Elizabeth NSN, in 1740 in VA. George was born in 1692 in Caroline Co., VA. He died about 1792 in Caroline Co., VA.

They had the following children:

1. George TRIBBLE Jr., born Abt. 1719 in King & Queen, VA; died 1792 in Caroline, VA.
2. Mary Tribble, born Abt. 1721.
3.Shadrach Tribble, born Abt. 1722 in Caroline, VA.
4.Dinah Tribble, born Abt. 1734.
5.Child Tribble, born Abt. 1736 Could this be Joseph?
Andrew TRIBBLE was born on 22 Mar 1741 and died on 30 Dec 1822.
Joseph TRIBBLE was born about 1725 in VA.

Dinah Meador, daughter of John Meador Sr and Mary Awbrey

Dinah was probably the first child of her father's second marriage, born about 1696-7 in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia and died between 1741/3 in Caroline County, Virginia. In her father's will of 1721, she was given only one shilling. Apparently this was because of her husband. Her mother, Mary (?) Awbrey was a daughter of Henry Awbrey, a wealthy merchant. Dinah was the sister of Jonas and Jason Meadors. Jason had land dealings with JEFFREY CROWLEY (sometimes shown as CRAWLEY).

Dinah married about 1720 to George Tribble of Essex, son of Peter Trible (Essex Will Bk 6:142 dated 6 Apr 1738; probated 16 Jul 1739). Peter Trible of Southfarnham Parish in Essex County owned land near the Road that led from Piscataway Ferry to the Ferry over Hoskins Creek. The John Burnett (I) family lived on Piscataway Creek and the John Gatewood family lived on Hoskins Creek with a ferry going between the two. John Burnett II married Amee Gatewood. The Meadors were friends and neighbors of the two families. George and Dinah was found living in Spotsylvania County, Virginia by 2 October 1722 when he witnessed a deed for Larkin Chew. One month later, George purchased 228 acres from Larkin Chew in Spotsylvania County, although George had bought property in King and Queen County, he was still in Spots. County where he witnessed several more deeds for Larkin Chew. Finally by 1725, he and Dinah were living in King and Queen County when he sold the Nov 1722 land he purchased from Chew and then followed other family members to Caroline County by November of the following year. At this time, "George Tribble was fined in court for not keeping his road in repair." Since Dinah's brother Jonas Meador was appointed to take over in George's place, Jonas and brother Jason were probably living in the same neighborhood. George and Dinah Trible appear together as witnesses to the will of Abraham Brown On 14 Sep 1735 (Caroline Court Order Bk 1732-1740, p.275).

Dinah died there between 1741 and 1744 as on the latter date, George Trible was married to Ann (last name illegible). Fearful that George would embezzle the estate of Ann's late husband, two of the administrators demanded extra security from George and Anne Trible (Caroline Court Order Bk 1740-1746, p.306 dated 11 Aug 1744).

There were several children of this marriage, including:

1) George Tribble II
2) Joseph Tribble
3) Dinah Tribble
4) Rev. Andrew Trible (Tribble) was born 1741 in Caroline Co, Va; married Sally Ann Burris. An "Old Ironsides" Baptist minister, he was a Chaplain in the Virginia Line during the Revolution. He died in 1822 in Clark County, Kentucky. His descendants are well documented by the Kentucky Historical Society (Register of the Kentucky Historical Soc, Vol 24:187).

1733 Nov 8 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1732-1740, page 108 (Part One by Dorman)~ A Grand Jury being impanelled and presented their presentments: George Tribble for not keeping his road in Repair. Note I wish the same could be done today.

1734 Feb 14 - Caroline Co, VA Court Order Bk 1732-1740 - p.123 Jonas Meador appointed Surveyor of Roads in place of George Trible..

1735 Feb 14- Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1732-1740, page 275; (Part 1 by Dorman) ~ The last will and testament of Abraham Brown was presented in Court by Mary Brown, executrix and Daniel Brown executor therein named and proved by George Trible and Dinah Trible witnesses there unto. On motion of the executor certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate. It is ordered that James Terrill, William Terrill, James Collins and William Brown appraise the estate of Abraham Brown.

Notes:

ECHOLS Abraham LUNENBURG COUNTY Deed Book 1, Page 489
NAMES: Wife - Sarah Echols
Bequest to wife - chattels and plantation where he lives for her natural life.
Son - Eldest son Isaac Echols to get plantation at death of wife Sarah Echols,
Son - Youngest son Joshua Echols given land next to plantation given to wife.
Son - Joseph Echols land on Stinking Piver.
Daughter - Sarah Echols (one-half of) land on Staunton River against the Long Island.
Daughter - Rebekah Echols (one-half of) land on Staunton River against the Long Island.
Daughter - Elizabeth Echols my entry for land on Stinking River.
Brother - Joseph Echols land and mill on Childreys Creek.
Brother-in-law - Benjamin Hubbard, my wife's WILD brother my land on Bentleys Fork of Childrays Creek.
Brother-in-law - Mentions Edward Hubbard my wife's brother.

Executors: Wife Sarah Echols, Joseph Echols and Richard Echols.
Witnesses: Joseph Collins /s/ Abraham (X) Echols
George (X) Marshbank

Will dated 2 April 1749 Recorded 3 Oct. 1749



"Echols Notes, Vol.1", by Rebecca Echols Terry, 1977. p.63
Lunenberg County - Will Book 1, p.489
WILL OF ABRAHAM ECHOLS - Dated 2 Apr 1749; Prob: 3 Oct 1749
"Being very sick & weak in Body

To Sarah Echols, my wife, all my Household Stuff, ready money --
together with other movables during the Term of her Life. My Plantation &
Houses & Tract of Land on which they stand, I lend to Sarah my sd wife
also during her Life and Give & Bequeath the same to Isaac Echols my
eldest son to him & his heirs forever.
The Land adj. the aforesaid Tract being held by me by Bond I give to
Joshua Echols my youngest son & to his heirs--
My Land on Stinking River I give to Joseph Echols, my son.
My Land on Stanton River against the Long Island --
to my two daus Sarah Echols & Rebekah Echols.
My Land on Childrey's Creek to Joseph Echols, my brother.
Land on same creek at Bentley's Fork to Benjamin Hubbard, my wife's
brother.
Land above that -- to Edward Hubbard, my wife's brother.
Execs: Joseph Echols, Richard Echols & Sarah Echols, my wife.
Wit: Joseph Collins, George Marchbanks.
Signed: Abraham (X) Echols.

VIRGINIA DEEDS, AMELIA CO
(Bk 1, p.247) 20 Nov 1741 - Abraham Eckhols to George Ham for £20 - 400
A. between branches of bent Run & branches of Flat Creek known by name of
Curk Wodding.
(No witnesses) Signed: Abraham Eckhols.
Sarah, wife of Abraham, relinquished her dower.

(Bk 1, p.316) 17 June 1743 - Nicholas Guillentine to his son John
Guillentine, for love & affection, 397 A. on upper side of Flat Creek
called the Great Bent, being part of a Grant, 28 Dec 1736, and adj.
Abraham Eckhols? line. Land to go to John after the death of Nicholas.

(Bk 2, p.45) 15 Jan 1744 - Abraham Echolls of Parish of Raleigh in Amelia
Co. to David Crenshaw of St. Martin?s Parish, Hanover Co. for 5 shillings
- 400 A. on S.. side of Appomatox River, for one year, he paying unto
Abraham Echolls, or his heirs, one grain of Indian Corn, only if the same
should be demanded.
Wit: John (X) White, Catherine (X) Eckhols, Richd Eckhols.

(Bk 2, p.101) 16 Jan 1744 - Abraham Echolls to David Crenshaw for £95 -
400 A. on S. side of Appomatox River, already leased to him for one year.
Wit: (Same as above)
Sarah, wife of sd Abraham Echolls, relinquished her dower..

(Bk 2, p.193) 27 Oct 1746 - Richard Eckhols, Planter, to Samuel Bentley,
Planter, for £40 - 296 A. on Prints (?) Creek adj. Wm Gates, Wm Fuqua,
Joseph Eckhols, and Abraham Eckhols as by Patent granted to Wm Austin and
purchased by Richard Eckhols.
Wit: James Bentley, Robt (X) Hudgins. John (x) Drinkwater.

(Bk 2, p.399) 21 Nov 1746 - Anne & George Marchbanks of Amelia Co. to
Andrew Lester of James City Co. for £125, land beginning at Abram
Eckhols' corner on Appomatox River.
Wit: Richd Eckhols, Samuel Bentley, James Bentley.

LUNENBURG CO.
(Deed Bk 1, p.206 ) 6 July 1747 Lawrence Barker to Abraham Eckholes of
Lunenburg Co. for £35 - 174 A. on S. side of Staunton River. granted to
Barker by Patent.

VIRGINIA LAND RECORDS
GENERAL INDEX TO MAPS AND PLATS - HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Abraham - p.109 - 9 Feb 1747 361 A. on Staunton River.

HALIFAX CO
(Bk 5, p.82) 20 May 1764 John Tribble & wf Rebecca to Joseph Echols, Jr.
for £4 - 190½ A., part of 381 A. granted to Abraham Eckhols, dec?d, 20
Aug 1760 & left by legacy, the whole to be divided as they should agree,
to his two daughters, Sarah, the wf of John Rowden, and Rebecca, the
above said John Tribble?s wife, which is peacibly agreed on that Rebecca
& John have the South end.

Abraham married Sarah W Hubbard about 1730 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Benjamin Hubbard and Sarah) was born in 1700 in Old Point Comfort, Hampton, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died in 1749 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

PETER TRIBBLE ca. 1650, probably son of William Tribble Jr, settled first near Jamestown, a cooper. In 1697 he was a resident of King and Queen Co then to South Farnham Parish Essex Co Va, died 1738, md 1 Elizabeth. He md 2nd Dinah Meador dtr. of John Meador. On 6 Dec 1697 Peter Tribble of King and Queen Co made a trade of 264a to Thomas Pettus and wife Rachel, of King and Queen Co for 93a in South Farnham Parish Essex Co on Hopkins Creek. On 15 Oct 1700 Peter Tribble, cooper, and wife Elizabeth of Essex Co Va exchanged the above described 93a for 150a with John James, planter. On 17 Oct 1721 John Meador will; Essex Co Va, prob 21 Nov 1721, to dtr Dinah Tribille. On 6 Apr 1738 Peter Tribble, of Essex Co Va, will prob 23 July 1738. No wife mentioned, ch: George, John, Wm, Neaney Tribble and Mary Brown. Ex John and William.

Tribble, wit. Thomas Moore and Jeremiah Anderson, ref King and Queen Co deed bk9 p312, bk10 p57, 58, bk15 p254, Will bk3 p284, bk6 p142.

Peter married Susannah Elizabeth Birch in 1698 in , Essex, Virginia, USA. Susannah was born on 24 Sep 1651 in , Staffordshire, England; died in 1718 in , Amherst, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1704, , Essex, Virginia, USA
• Probate: 21 Nov 1721, , Essex, Virginia, USA; Will probated.

Notes:

The Move from Essex County, Virginia
Beginning about 1734 , Virginia and North Carolina

After the death of John Meador in 1721, his remaining children (with the exception of Thomas) began to move away from the home plantation. In the Essex County Census of 1810, only two men bearing the Meador name are left: Richard and Spencer. In the 1820 Census, there are none. Jonas and Jason are found in neighboring Caroline County by 1734, and Dinah and husband George Tribble are ther by 1735. In Caroline County, they settled in the sourth central part near the community of Penola. Unfortunately, all the records except a few court books have been lost.

The principle movement of family members then seem to have been to Amelia County, Virginia, where Joel (Joshua) Meador received a land grant in 1736 between Stock and Sandy Creeks. He was soon joined by Jason, who obtained a grant there in 1745 and later by Ambrose (son of Thomas Meador) in 1757. Jonas Jordan came in 1755, followed by his mother, Rachel Meador and her husband William Jordan. With the growing family of Joel, there was quite a colony of Meadors in western Amelia County by the 1770's.

Jason soon sold his Amelia County grant and moved on to Bedford County, Virginia, where he purchased land on the Little Otter River in 1751. In both 1759-61, he sold this land and joined the migration to the Carolinas along the Great Wagon Road, which came from Pennsylvania through the Shenandoah Valley and on to new land in Anson County, North Carolina.

Many of the children of Joel (Joshua) of Amelia County, including Joel, Jr, Jeremiah, Archibald, Martha and Nancy moved over the county line into Prince Edward County. Joel's son James went on to Bedford County, Virginia and then on to the Carolinas. And although Benjamin (son of Joel) died in Amelia County, his children were a major factor later in Bedford County in the late 1800's.

(Some of the above information abstracted from the "Meadors Family in Colonial America" by Victor P. Meador and Bernal Meador, LDS Fische #6088414)


General Notes:

It was the custom to name male children using biblical names starting with "J", at least in the Meador family. This practice continued for several generations and although it has been confusing, it does serve to identify this family.

SRC: Southern Familes Genealogies #1, 1600-1800 - Historical Southern Families Vol IV, Meador-Meadows of Essex County, Virginia.

"John Meador married Elizabeth White, daughter of Richard White. On Dec 10, 1695 he divided his land among his children. He described himself as "John Meadors, widow, in the county of Essex, for the love I have for my children by my wife to be divided equally between them, as near as I can divide it. To my son Richard Meador and my son John Meador, land by John Evans; land on the east side of great branch to my son Hope Meador; to my daughter Rachael Meador 105 acres bought of Edward Thacker also land given me by my father-in-law, Richard White, land also to daughters Elizabeth and Esther Meador. . ."

John was born about 1658 married Elizabeth White. Elizabeth died on August 17, 1694. John married second unknown Awbrey. On December 10, 1695, in anticipation of a second marriage, John made a deed of gift to his seven children He is listed in court records in Essex County, Virginia as John Meador Senior. John and his family lived in Farnham Parish of Essex County, Virginia on the south side of the Rappahannock River. His will was probated November 23, 1721 in Essex County.

Estate 3, 1717-22 C. 7283, pp. 284-5.


Notes Re: John Meador 1658-1721, Essex County, Virginia

The following information was abstracted from "Meadors Family in Colonial America" by Victor P. Meador and Bernal Meador (LDS Fishce #6088414)

It would appear that John Meador was born about 1658 because he apparently was of legal age by August 1679 (Rappahannock County Deed Book 5, p. 261). He was probably 4 or 5 years old at the death of his father and is presumed to have spent his childhood with his mother Sarah and his step-father, Henry Awbrey on Awbrey's Plantation on Hoskins Creek (South Farmham Parish). His mother gave him a yoke of oxen and a gun, as well as a black heifer (Rappahannock County Deed Book 1, p. 255). These were registered for "John Meadors, son of Thomas Medors of Hoskins Creek."

John could not occupy the land grants of his father, Thomas Meador, while a child, but apparently did so upon attaining adult status which coincided with his marriage to Elizabeth White, the daughter of Richard and Addra White between 1677 and 1678. She and John Meador were deeded the plantation of her father, Richard White, "out of kindness and affection" for the care and maintenance of himself and his wife for the remainder of their lives." (Rappahannock County Deed Book 6, p. 26, February 4, 1677-1678.)

"John Meador was a politically powerful favorite of Royal Governor Berkeley and benefitted from a number of grants from the Royal government along the Rappahannock River in the 1660s. He was not a Puritan but a Royalist..."

Elizabeth White Meador, John's wife, died before the close of 1694. Anticipating a second marriage and wanting to ensure his children's rights of inheritance, John made a deed of gift on December 10, 1695, dividing the bulk of his holdings among his children. Through this deed, we learn that he had by this time sons Richard, Thomas, and John Jr; daughters Hope, Rachel, Elizabeth and Esther. The firstborn son of John and Elizabeth was Richard, named for his Grandfather White.

Nearing 63 years of age, John Meador became aware of his approaching death and made his will October 17, 1721 (Essex County Will Book 3, p. 284). It was presented in court for probate 21 November 1721. The will recognized the surviving children of his first marriage with token bequests of a shilling apiece to Thomas, Rachel and Elizabeth. The other children by Elizabeth White, namely Richard, John Jr., and Esther, as well as Hope, had preceded him in death.

John Meador's will can be found in the book, "The Meador Family"
Essex County, Virginia Wills, Inv Adm to Estates #3

"In the name of God, Amen, I John Meador of Essex County being sick and weak in body, but of sound mind and perfect memory, blessed by God, therefore do make and form following:
First and principal, I commend my soul unto the hands that giveth, hoping by the meritorious death and passion of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ to receive full pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and offences and a joyful resurrection in the last day, and my body decently to be buried at the direction of my executors hereafter name. And as for my worldly good:
Item I give to my son Thomas Meador, one shilling
Item I give to my daughter Rachel Jordan, one shilling
Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth Armstrong, one shilling
Item I give to my daughter Dinah Tribble, one shilling
Item My desire is that my five sons shall keep their own guns without appraising
Item I give my son Jonas Meador, a small piece of land joining upon Thomas Evinses land and running up to the church that goes from my house, then up a long road a small course till it comes to the forks of the branch from where it begins and from the forks to ye first beginning. And the rest of my land I give to my other four sons, to be equally divided with all my houses and orchards thereon belonging and I do appoint my two sons Job and Jason my lawful executors.
Item I give to my son Joshua Meador on chest to be apprasied and the rest of my estate to be equally divided among my children and leave my two young sons to be at age 17. I do leave my son Jonas Meador to look after them 3 years. Any my will not to be in force till my death.
Witness my hand and seal October 17, 1721
John Meador Seal
Test: Samuel Waggoner
Francis F. Poarris
Ann A. Bradbury

Presented for probate Nov. 21, 1721 by Jonas Meador during the minority of the Executor in the said mentioned, with oaths by Samuel Waggoner, Francis Pierce, and Ann Bradbury.
Probated 21 November 1721


John MEADOR Sr was born in 1658 in Charles Parish, York County, Crown Colony Of, Virginia. He signed a will on Oct 17 1721 in Rappahanock , Essex County, Virginia. He died on Nov 21 1721 in Rappahanock , Essex County, Virginia. He has Ancestral File number 9BSR-W9. Essex County was formed in 1692 from Rappahonock County, which became extinct.

John was " in the Parish of Farnham of Rappahannock County, Virginia, in the late 1600's and early 1700's, John Meadors (1659-1721) was a good citizen and family man. It is here he spent his days raising a new family, tending his tobacco crop, serving on juries, and doing other tasks as required by the Administrator of the Colony."

"Children named in Will by the first marriage: Thomas, Rachel, Jordan, Elizabeth Armstrong,
Diniah (Esther). Children named in Will by the second marriage: Jonas, Job, Joshua, Jason, Mary."

He was probably about 4 or 5 when his father died. He probably spent his childhood with his mother Sarah and his step-father, Henry Awbrey.

Sold 320 acrea in 1679 in Lancaster County. His records continue in Essex County, VA. The name of his second wife is not known. His will was written October 17, 1721 and entered for probate November 23, 1721.

The naming of all of the sons of the last marriage with the initial "J" , a custom which survived for several generations and now serves to identify this branch of the Meadows family. While the rest of the family remained in Essex County, these four sons emigrated to Cumberland and Lunenburg Counties, with Job, Jason and possibly Joshua proceeding on to Anson County, NC and to Fairfield County, SC."

John was born about 1638 in Essex County, Virginia. From his father, John inherited the 320 acre grant at Hoskins Creek. John also received the 450 acre grant on Hoskins Creek, adjoining the 320 acre grant. As he was only 4 or 5 years old when his father died, he couldn't occupy his inherited lands at that time.

Before his mother's remarriage, she provided for the maintenance and education of John, promising him four years of school. In another document, she gave John a yoke of oxen and "one gun, seven foot by the barrel."

John spent his childhood with his siblings, mother and step father, Henry Awbrey, on Awbrey's plantation on the upper reaches of Hoskins Creek.

As a child, John probably attended the South Farnham Church, an Anglican church located between Hoskins and Piscattaway Creeks. In his will, John mentions the "Church Road", so apparently a road from the Meador homestead on Hoskins Creek led southeastward to the church. However, in the 1650's, the Quaker religion was being introduced in Virginia. The "Quiet Contemplation" of the Quakers and their reliance upon personal enlightenment found common ground with the self-reliant planters on the frontier. Despite the disapproval of the Anglican church, Quakerism spread rapidly throughout the settlements. Whether or not John himself became a Quaker is not known. However, two of his children, Jonas and Jason, did become Quakers.

John Meador was a planter; he grew tobacco and Indian corn on these lands over 300 years ago. In 1661, when John was only 5 years old, an Indian raid on the neighboring plantation of Richard and Addra White killed Elizabeth's (John future wife) brother, Thomas. The settlers had then petitioned the Jamestown Government for arms, forts and soldiers. They sent a "Petition of 15 Grievances", outlined under Thomas Meador, Jr.. Governor Berkeley ordered the colonists to band together, ten men to a house, and ordered a 500 man army raised to defend the frontiers. To support this army, a tax of 500 pounds of tobacco per poll was levied. This was very dear tax, as in that year (1676) there had been a severe drought and crop failure. An army of 250 men was raised, but proved ineffective against the hit and run tactics of the Indians.

Dissatisfaction with these measure led the colonists to raise a volunteer army of their own, and a wealthy, cocky newcomer from England, Nathaniel Bacon, was chosen as their leader. Bacon's request to the Governor for a commission to lead this army was refused, so he determined to set out on his own. With his little army, he raided some "tame" Pamunkeys, then assaulted some friendly Occaneechees, killing 30 of them. Governor Berkeley declared him a rebel, whereupon Bacon seized Jamestown and forced Berkeley to grant him a commission. Becon then issued a "Declaration of the People", which has since been hailed as democracy proclaimed a hundred years before the American Revolution. Protesting the colonial government even more than the Indian situation, Bacon decried the unjust taxation, the favoritism shown by the authorities, the monopoly of trade, and the poor defense of the colonies.

Governor Berkeley fled to lands east of the Potomac River, but his fortunes soon changed and he returned to Jamestown. Bacon then laid seige to the town, recapturing it, and burned it. When Bacon died in 1676, support for his rebellion faded away. In reprisal, Governor Berkeley seized much of the property of the rebels, and rewarded the loyalists with hugh grants of land.

At this time, John was less than ten years old, and records do not reveal the details of how his stepfather, Henry Awbrey, fared during these times. But it is a matter of record that Col. Thomas Goodrich and his son Benjamin were supporters of Bacon, for which they were fined 50,000 pounds of tobacco each and ordered to recant before the court with a rope about their necks. This Col. Goodrich did, but with a token cord instead of a rope, to demonstrate his contempt for the Governor's orders. The county court, of which Henry Awbrey was a member, permitted this display.

Upon attaining adult status, John occupied the land in the two grants. The 450 acre parcel became his home plantation. This coincided with his marriage to Elizabeth White, sometime between July 1677 and February 1678. John and Elizabeth had seven children: Richard, Thomas, Rachel, Elizabeth, John Jr., Hope and Esther.

John and Elizabeth were deeded her father's plantation "out of kindness and affection" for the care and maintenance of himself and his wife for the remainder of their lives. This plantation consisted of 33 acres on the north side of Hoskins Creek, opposite John's land.

In 1679, John sold the entire 320 acre grant to Ebenezer Stanfield. This land would never again return to the Meador family.

Meanwhile, the Rappahannock Indians had fled from their villages behind the settlers on the east bank of the river to sanctuary several miles upstream. In their absence, the lands were taken up by white settlers, and the Indians could not return. Decimated and broken, though having remained peaceful during the whole Bacon affair, their cause was championed by Henry Awbrey, the senior member of the County Court. Enlisting the help of about a dozen settlers, they were relocated, probably on Henry Awbrey's large grant lands, where there is a place which is still called Indian Neck. There is also a Rappahannock Indian church nearby, and there are reports that traces of an Indian settlement have been found on the Meador plantation.

Participating in the resettlement in January, 1684, were Henry Awbrey, who served as overseer and go-between as well as furnishing his boat; Robert Tomlin, Jr., who suppolied a sloop and a smaller boat; and several men, including John Meador. John was reimbursed by the court for 9 days service and the use of his horse.

Imagine being 3 or 4 years old, and knowing that hostile Indians raided a neighboring plantation and brutally murdered a young man living there. During your childhood years, the Indians were forced deep into the forest. Later, you marry the sister of that murdered man. And then, when you are about 26 years old, you help your step-father relocate and settle the Indians onto your step-father's own grant lands.

In 1689, John purchased 105 acres, which adjoined the 450 acre plantation on the south. He received an additional 190 acres, adjoining the 450 acre one, for the transportation of four people to the colony. On April 21, 1690, John received another 50 acres, which adjoined his own land, for the transportation of one more person.

By the early 1690's, John had 1,095 acres centering on the 450 acre grant, straddling Hoskins Creek upstream from Cheatwood Millpond.

Elizabeth died on August 17, 1694. On December 10, 1695, in anticipation of a second marriage, John made a deed of gift to h is seven children, dividing the bulk of his holdings (including the 450 acre grant) among his children. These lands were "NEVER TO BE SOLD OR DISPOSED OF, BUT TO REMAIN FROM HEIR TO HEIR AS LONG AS THERE CAN
BE ONE OF YE MEADORS FOUND ALIVE." However, within a few years, the lands passed into other hands.

John then remarried, but the name of his second wife is not known. Two daughters and four more sons were born to this second marriage: Jonas, Dinah, Mary, Joshua, Job and Jason. John had thirteen children in all. The names of all of these sons began with the letter "J". This custom was continued for several generations in the Meador family. It is not known why the all the sons of the first marriage were not named with names beginning with the letter "J" - only John, Jr.

Nearing 63 years, and aware of approaching death, he made his will on October 17, 1721. He died shortly thereafter in Essex County. His will was probated November 21, 1721.

His will mentioned "all my houses and orchards". John's 450 acre grant was divided among the children of his first wife; and portions of other lands were also divided to children of his second wife. A descendant, William Meador, retained some of this land.

In terms of wealth, the children of John Meador by his second wife received little from their father. The children by his first wife, Elizabeth, had already received the bulk of John's estate through his Deed of Gift before his remarriage. The oldest son, Richard, and Richard's descendants, appear to have ultimately obtained much of John's total estate. Richard Meador and his descendants tended to dominate others of the family, particularly those of the second marriage. The scattering of these latter children and their failure to take any significant advantage of the small amount of land left to them by John Meador may well
have been directly attributable to that dominance by Richard and his children. This could have been accentuated by their Quaker learnings.

In terms of prestige and political influence in the community, John Meador does not appear to have been outstanding; but rather to have been just an average citizen. While he presumably should have benefited from his relationship to the Awbreys (his step-father's wealthy and influential family), there is little indication that he was treated favorably by this family.

The last resting place of John Meador and his family is unknown. A visit to the old plantation now reveals no trace of the houses or cemetaries that once may have been there. The lands are now occupied by a large wheat field and by thick woods.

** John Meador's Deed of Gift:
Know all men by these presents that I, John Meador Senior, widower, in ye county of Essex in ye Parish of South Phernam, for ye love I bear to my children that I had by my wife Elizabeth Meador deceased, I doe hereby give them such persell of land that I shall set downe severall by themselves. All ye land that I have on ye West side of a branch that goeth by ye name of a great branch I do give to my son Richard Meador and my son John Meador it shall be divided as I shall see fit between them as near as I can divide it to they and their heirs lawfully begotten of their owne bodies for ever. A parcell of land beginning at a
Cole Spring by my orchard fence and running West and by North till it meets with ye great branch, so along ye great branch till it comes to ye maine swamp of ye creeke, them downe ye swamp till it comes to ye Cole Spring branch, then up ye branch where it begun, being a long neck of land, I do give to my son Thomas Meador and his heirs lawfully begotten of his owne body for ever. A parcell of land beginning at my oppermost line by John Evans land by ye head of a branch at a marked white oake and running downe ye branch till it meets with ye maine swamp ye branch beeing crooked all ye lands that I have within my bounds of ye east side of that branch being a great deal of old fields belonging to it I doe give to my son Hope Meador and his heirs lawfully begotten of his body for ever. I doe give to my daughter Rachell Meador one hundred and five acres of land that I bought of Mr. Edwin Thacker to she and her heirs for ever. A parcell of land lyeing into the neck the north side of the
Creek which my father in law Richard White gave to me by deed of Gift I doe by the virtue of that Deed of Gift I does give to my daughter Elizabeth Meader ye second neck and my daughter Esther Meader the neck that has ye Housing and orchards to them and their heirs lawfully begotten of their owne bodies for ever. The land given unto my sons and daughters never to be sold nor disposed of but to rem aine from heir to heir as long as there can be one of ye Meaders found alive, if it ye Lords will to call any of my Sons or Daughters before me and any of them shall dye before me, ye land of ye deed to returne to me again to my disposing. I doe reserve and except myself Timber upon any parts of ye land for my own use as long as I live as Witness my hand and seale this tenth day of December, 1694.

John Meador (seale)
sealed and dtd. in the presents of us
Mary (X) Gorbell
Joseph (F) Calloway

At a court held for Essex County Febry. ye llth anno Dom. 1694 the within named John Meader appeared and acknowledged the within specified contents to be his Real Act and Deed, ye same was ordered to be recorded.

Teste. Francis Meriwether, Cl. Ct.

** Will of John Meador:
In the Name of God, Amen. I, John Meador of Essex County, being sick and weak in body, but of sound mind and perfect memory, blessed by God, therefore do make and ordain this to be my Last Will and Testament in the manner and form
following:

First and principally, I commend my soul into the hands that giveth, hoping the meritorious death and passion of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, to receive full pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and offences, and a joyful resurrection in the last day; and my body to be decently buried at the direction of my executors hereafter named. And as for my worldly goods:
Item. I give to my son Thomas Meador, one shilling.
Item. I give to my daughter Rachell Jordan, one shilling.
Item. I give to my daughter Elizabeth Armstrong, one shilling.
Item. I give to my daughter Dinah Tribille, one shilling.
Item. My desire is that my five sons shall keep their own guns without appraising.
Item. I give to my daughter Mary Meador, one gold ring.
Item. I give to my son Jonas Meador a small piece of land joining upon Thomas Evinses land and running up to the church road that goes from my house, then up a (long?) road a small course until it comes to a vale that goes to ye branch, so down the branch till it comes to the forks of the branch where it begins, and from the forks to ye first beginning. And the rest of my land I give to my other four sons, to be equally divided, with all my houses and orchards thereon belonging, and I do appoint my two sons Job Meador and Jason Meador my lawful Executors.
Item. I give to my son Joshua Meador one chest not to be appraised, and the rest of my estate to be equally divided amongst my children and leave to my youngest sons to be of age at seventeen and I do leave my son Jonas Meador to look after them three years. And that my will not to be in force till my decease.

Witness my hand and seal this 17th day of October, yr. 1721.

John Meador Senior (seal)

Teste:
Samuel Waggoner
Francis F Poarris
Ann A Bradbury

Presented for probate Nov. 21, 1721 by Jonas Meador during the minority of the executor in the said will mentioned, with
oaths by Samuel Waggoner, Francis Pierce and Ann Bradbury.

** Inventory of John Meador, Sr.:

2 cows & yearling l dozen new spoons
2 barren cows ? doz. old ditto
1 young stear & hefer 3 pas. forks & 6 of spire
6 head of sheep 2 towells
l horse & mare 2 pare of sheares
25 new pewter parcell of old iron
42 old pewter 1 chest & lumber
parcell shoemakers tools chest & caine
parcell of books chest & box
parcell of candle stubbs 2 mills baggs
parcell of tinn 1 feather bed & furn.
parcell of earthenware ditto
parcell of glass bottles ditto
parcell of old lumber ditto
2 laterns parcell of old spools
Lord 2 bolts 2 spinning wheels
parcell of segitt bootes collar & hames
parcell of small sillards parcell of olifford
drinking glass 2 parcell of lasts
looking glass parcell of coopers & carpenters tools
curing panse & steall 2 old pads
1 warming pan & sinior 4 new hames
pare of old wool cards 1 old chest & lumber
pare of porbett comperios parcell of nails
1 gunn & irowring rod 4 old barrells
parcell of boewls & trays 2 old mills baggs
parcell of old chairs & table & furniture
2 bushells of soft joynter
1 skillet 1 linen wheel
2 pare of fire tongs & fire shovells 16 lbs. woolt
1 spitt parcell of baskoft
2 potts 2 sadles & bridles
1 cutting knife parcell of planks
pare old baltol parcell of banded leather
1 brass cord eddy hook
parcell of old umblott 2 raw hides
2 shott baggs & powder horns old table
parcell of earthen ware 1 cart & wheales
copper pott 1 hive of beases
2 frine pans old grinder
1 spiro mortar parcell of old carque & basrolls
106 pott iron parcell of cotton
parcell of old pott iron 1 lines & harness
his own waring cloaths 5 bushels wheat
parcell of money scales & rule parcell of canhooks
2/6 cash 1 small auger
parcell of mall lumber 6 years of caterloons stuff
pare of large scales parcell of lumber

He was married to Elizabeth WHITE (daughter of Richard WHITE and Addra MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN) in 1677 in Rappahanock , Essex County, Virginia. Elizabeth WHITE was born in 1657 in Rappahanock , Essex County, Virginia. She died on Aug 17 1694 in Rappahanock , Essex County, Virginia. She has Ancestral File number 9BV8-BH. John MEADOR Sr and Elizabeth WHITE had the following children:

+13 i. Jason MEADOR.
+14 ii. Richard MEADOR.
+15 iii. John MEADOR Jr..
16 iv. Esther MEADOR died before 1721.
17 v. Hope MEADOR was born in 1684 in Old Rappahannock, Essex County, Virginia. He died before 1721 in Rappahanock , Essex County, Virginia. Yes this is a male. It is not an error!
+18 vi. Thomas MEADOR.
+19 vii. Elizabeth MEADOR.
+20 viii. Rachel MEADOR.

He was married to Unknown AWBRY after 1695. Unknown AWBRY has Ancestral File number 9BV8-BH. John MEADOR Sr and Unknown AWBRY had the following children:

+21 i. Dinah MEADOR.
22 ii. Mary MEADOR was born in 1685 in , , Virginia.
+23 iii. Jonas MEADOR.
24 iv. Job MEADOR was born in 1693 in , , Virginia.
+13 v. Jason MEADOR.
25 vi. Joshua MEADOR was born in 1691 in , , Virginia.

John Meador's Deed of Gift:
Know all men by these presents that I, John Meador Senior, widower, in ye county of Essex in ye Parish of South Phernam, for ye love I bear to my children that I had by my wife Elizabeth Meador deceased, I doe hereby give them such persell of land rthat I shall set downe severall by themselves. All y land that I have on ye West side of a branch that goeth by ye name of a great branch I do give to my son Richard Meador and my son John Meador it shall be divided as I shall see fit between them as near as I can divide it to they and their heirs lawfully begotten of their owne bodies for ever. A parcell of land beginning at a Cole Spring by my orchard fence and running West and by North till it meets with ye great branch, so along ye great branch till it comes to ye maine swamp of ye creeke, then downe ye swamp till it comes to ye Cole Spring granch, then up ye branch where it begun, being a long neck of land, I do give to my son Thomas Meador and his heirs lawfully begotten of his owne body for ever. A parcell of land beginning at my oppermost line by John Evans land by ye head of a branch at a marked white oake and running downe ye branch till it meets with ye maine swamp ye branch beeing crooked all ye lands that I have within my bounds of ye east side of that branch being a great deal of old fields belonging to it I doe give to my son Hope Meador and his heirs lawfully begotten of his body for ever. I doe give to my daughter Rachell Meador one hundred and five acres of land that I bought of Mr. Edwin Thacker to she and her heirs for ever. A parcell of land lyeing into the neck the north side of the Creek which my father in law Richard White gave to me by deed of Gift I doe by the virtue of that Deed of Gift I does give to my daughter Elizabeth Meader ye second neck and my daughter Esther Meader the neck that has ye Housing and orchards to them and their heirs lawfully begotten of their owne bodies for ever. The land given unto my sons and daughters never to be sold nor disposed of but to remaine from heir to heir as long as there can be one of ye Meaders found alive, if it ye Lords will to call any of my Sons or Daughters before me and any of them shall dye before me, ye land of ye deed to returne to me again to my disposing. I doe reserve and except myself Timber upon any parts of ye land for my own use as long as I live as Witness my hand and seale this tenth day of December, 1694.
John Meador (seale)sealed and dtd. in the presents of us
Mary (X) GorbellJoseph (F) Calloway
At a court held for Essex County Febry. ye 11th anno Dom. 1694 the within named John Meader appeared and acknowledge the within specified contents to be his Real Act and Deed, ye same was ordered to be recorded.

http://www.livelyroots.com/demedewe/d12.htm#c15040
51. John Meador [15042] was born in 1658 in Lancaster County, Virginia and died on 14 May 1721 in Essex County, Virginia at age 63.
General Notes: It was the custom to name male children using biblical names starting with "J", at least in the Meador family. This practice continued for several generations and although it has been confusing, it does serve to identify this family.
SRC: Southern Familes Genealogies #1, 1600-1800 - Historical Southern Families Vol IV, Meador-Meadows of Essex County, Virginia.

"John Meador married Elizabeth White, daughter of Richard White. On Dec 10, 1695 he divided his land among his children. He described himself as "John Meadors, widow, in the county of Essex, for the love I have for my children by my wife to be divided equally between them, as near as I can divide it. To my son Richard Meador and my son John Meador, land by John Evans; land on the east side of great branch to my son Hope Meador; to my daughter Rachael Meador 105 acres bought of Edward Thacker also land given me by my father-in-law, Richard White, land also to daughters Elizabeth and Esther Meador. . ."
John was born about 1658 married Elizabeth White. Elizabeth died on August 17, 1694. John married second unknown Awbrey. On December 10, 1695, in anticipation of a second marriage, John made a deed of gift to his seven children He is listed in court records in Essex County, Virginia as John Meador Senior. John and his family lived in Farnham Parish of Essex County, Virginia on the south side of the Rappahannock River. His will was probated November 23, 1721 in Essex County. Will: "I give to my son Thomas Meador one shilling; I give my daughter, Rachale Jodan, one shilling; to my daughter Elize Armstrong, one shilling; to my daughter Dinah Tribbile, one shilling; my desire is that my five sons shall keep their own guns without appraisal. I give to my daughter Mary Meador one gold ring. I give to my son Jones Meador a small piece of land joining upon Thomas Evan's and running up to church road that goes by my house then up a long road a small course until it comes to the fork of the branch where it began and from the fork to the first beginning and the rest of my land I give to the other four sons to be equally divided with all my houses and orchards thereon belonging and I do appoint my two sons Jobe and Jason Meador my executor. I give my son Joshua Meador one chest not to be appraised and the rest of my estate to be equally divided among my children and I do leave my two youngest sons to be of age at seventeen and I do leave my son Jonas Meador to look after them for three years and that my will not be in force 'til my decease as witness by my hand and seal this 17th day of October, 1721. Estate 3, 1717-22 C. 7283, pp. 284-5.
John married Elizabeth White [15043] [MRIN: 4979], daughter of Richard White [15058] and Addra Unknown [20693], about 1677. Elizabeth was born in 1660 in Essex County, Virginia and died on 17 Aug 1694 at age 34.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 61 M i. Thomas Meador [15040] was born in 1677 in Essex County, Virginia and died after Sep 1758 in Essex County, Virginia.
+ 62 M ii. Richard Meador [15059] was born about 1678 and died about May 1716 about age 38.
+ 63 F iii. Rachel Meador [15060] was born about 1683 in Essex County, Virginia and died in Amelia County, Virginia.
+ 64 M iv. John Meador Jr. [15061] was born in 1684 in Essex County, Virginia and died on 14 May 1720 at age 36.
+ 65 F v. Elizabeth Meador [15062] was born in 1685 in Essex County, Virginia.
66 M vi. Hope Meador [15063] was born in 1690 in Old Rappahannock, Virginia.
67 F vii. Hester Meador [17841] was born in 1691 in Essex County, Virginia and died in 1721 in Essex County, Virginia at age 30.
Hester married William Bourne [34079] [MRIN: 6004]. William was born in 1691 in Essex County, Virginia.
John next married Mary "Ann" Awbrey [15044] [MRIN: 4980] after 1694. Mary was born in 1678 and died in Oct 1721 in Essex, Caroline County, Virginia at age 43.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 68 F i. Dinah Esther Meador [15066] was born in 1696 in Old Rappahannock, Essex, Virginia and died about 1743 in Tenneessee about age 47.
+ 69 M ii. Jonas Meador Sr. [29615] was born about 1698 in Essex, Caroline County, Virginia and died on 5 Sep 1768 in Cumberland County, Virginia about age 70.
70 F iii. Mary J. Meador [15069] was born about 1700 in Essex, Caroline County, Virginia.
+ 71 M iv. Joel Meador [15065] was born in 1702 in Essex County, Virginia and died on 17 May 1777 in Raleigh Parish, Amelia County, Virginia at age 75.
72 M v. Job Meador [15070] was born about 1704 in Essex, Caroline County, Virginia and died in 1774 in North Carolina about age 70.
+ 73 M vi. Jason Meador [15071] was born about 1707 in Essex, Caroline County, Virginia and died on 3 Mar 1774 in Anson County, North Carolina about age 67.

John married Mary Frances Awbrey in 1695 in , Essex, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Henry Awbrey and Sarah Hoskins) was born in 1678 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Oct 1721 in , Essex, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Echols Notes

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In 1850 Milner Echols wrote-The Short History of Our Family, beginning with his earliest known ancestor, John Echols Sr. who married Mary Cave about 1688. His grandson brought it to Texas and the Dallas Genealogical Society published it. Milner was not a genealogist and other historians have surpassed his work. Some historians believe Echols was not English but Welsh and perhaps even Welsh Quaker. We do not know who John's father was.

Three other Echols were in Virginia before John: Joyce Echoll in 1652 , Richard Eccles in 1653 , and Sylvester Echols in 1664 . The most likely of the three to be the father of John is Richard Eccles. Some have speculated that John Echols was identical to the John Eccles who appeared near Herrin Creek in Charles City County 1677-94 . This John Echols married possibly a daughter of Thomas Harris. On 13 September 1677 administration of the estate of Thomas Harris was granted John Echols and John Hardaway. Thomas Harris, likely the son of the elder Thomas Harris and who had come of age, petitioned the court to summon Echols on 2 March 1690/1. Charles City County awarded Echols 200 pounds of tobacco for two wolves heads in 1691.

There is no evidence that John Echols of Charles City County was our John Echols. Indeed the former John Echols was killing wolves in Charles City County while the latter John Echols was living in New Kent. We do not know who Mary Cave's father was but we presume he was one of a few men named Cave in early Virginia. The most likely candidate is John Cave [1678] who twice applied for a land patent with John Echols. Mary was said to be born about 1650 and died after 1712. On 20 April 1685, John Echols and William Morris received 350 acres-behind land formerly of Mr Giles Moody in New Kent County.

This was for the transportation of seven persons. Echols and Morris allowed their right to the land lapse and James Taylor obtained its patent in 1688 . On 23 April 1688, John alone was granted 321 acres next to land he already owned. John evidently prospered because fifteen years later he, Samuel Craddock, John Cave, and William Glover were granted 1,620 acres on the-branches of Tuckahoe Swamp and the freshes of Mattaponi River in King and Queen and Essex Counties. John never lived in Caro County because they created it sixteen years after he died. Yet in 1685 the boundaries of New Kent County adjoined the present-day Caro County and part of John's land may have been in what is now Caro County. On 23 October 1703 John Echols and John Cave secured a patent for 600 acres in St Stephens Parish in King and Queen County. John Echols paid quit rents on 220 acres in 1704. John and Mary were the parents of five sons: John, Abraham, William, Joseph, and Richard Echols.

Their three daughters were Eleanor, Ann, and Elizabeth Echols. The Echols sons were dependable Amelia County citizens and served on juries when called. Of twelve good men on the jury of Robert Vaughan vs. Richard Ward on 9 December 1737, three were Richard, William, and Abraham Echols. One historian reported that seven individuals, including four sons of John Echols Sr, were granted 6,000 acres of land in Spotsylvania County Virginia on 11 December 1728. Yet no such patent was ever issued. The Echols sons were Abraham, William, Joseph, and Richard Echols. Another participant was William Echols son-in-law, Richard Anderson Jr. We believe these four Echols sons lived in Amelia County Virginia until around 1750. They then resettled in what is now Halifax County and Pittsylvania County. The Gillintine, Marchbanks, Collins, Hendrick, and Hubbard families, who intermarried with the Echols, moved from Amelia County to Halifax around the same time.

After the Echols family moved from Amelia County, another Echols family arrived. Edward Echols, patented 400 acres in July 1738, 548 acres in April 1748, and 364 acres in September 1755. In 1755 as Edward Echols-of Albemarle Parish, Sussex County Virginia, he deeded land to his brother, Robert Echols of Nottoway Parish, and his son Thomas Echols. This was perhaps the Edward Echols who secured a patent for 140 acres in Surry (later Sussex) County in 1727 to which he added 104 acres in 1743. Both Edward and Thomas Eccles were later in Albemarle Parish and the Albemarle Parish Register records the births of some of their children. Edward Echols died in Sussex County [27 Oct 1757 / 21 Apr 1758] leaving Amelia County land to several sons.

Other notes:
John Echols, according to the best history, migrated to the US during Oliver Cromwell's time, because of some differences between Cromwell and himself! He is reputed to have had large possessions in England, and to have sold same, turning the proceeds thereof into gold and brought with him. He settled in Virginia, becoming a large planter and slave owner.

Land patents for John Echols
On 20 April 1685 John Echols and William Morris received 350 acres ?behind land formerly of Mr Giles Moody in New Kent County. This was for the transportation of seven persons. Echols and Morris allowed their right to the land lapse and James Taylor obtained its patent in 1688. On 23 April 1688, John alone was granted 321 acres next to land he already owned. Fifteen years later in 1703, he, Samuel Craddock, John Cave, and William Glover were granted 1,620 acres on the branches of Tuckahoe Swamp and the freshes of Mattaponi River in King and Queen and Essex Counties. The tract began on the east side of Potobago Path. A patent for Francis Meriwether places Potobago Path on the branches of Hoskins Creek. Thus the tract was 2-3 miles south of present-day Beazley, Virginia. On 23 October 1703, John Echols and John Cave secured a patent for 600 acres in St. Stephen?s Parish in King and Queen County.


HISTORY OF ECHOLS FAMILY by MILNER ECHOLS 1850

A short history of our family from the first that landed in America till the present time, as far as I can ascertain----.

John Echols an Englishman came to America about the end of the 16th or the beginning of the 17th Century and settled in Caroline County, Virginia, and married a tall redheaded woman named Mary Cave and by her had five sons and three daughters. I shall begin with his sons first and carry out their family as far as my knowledge extends.

John was his first son who left Virginia a young man and settled in the lower part of N. Carolina and raised his family, of whom I know nothing.

Abraham was old John’s 2nd son, married Sarah Tamer and by her had two sons and several daughters. His sons were Joseph and Joshua. Joseph married a Miss King, and by her had 2 sons and 5 or 6 daughters. His sons Abraham and Jeremiah who left Virginia in time of the Revolutionary War and went to Pennsylvania. Of their offspring I know nothing. Joshua married Hannah Brown, had a number of children of whom I know but little. He had one son Darius, a conspicuous man in Habersham County, GA. The rest of his family lives chiefly in the upper part of Georgia. Old Abraham had one daughter who married James Hodges a very worthy man, his family moved to Tennessee. He had one son named Jessee and he had a son named James who was a commanding officer in Tennessee and got drowned in Cumberland River near Cairo. Jessee had one daughter named Tabitha, that is all I know of the family. Old Abraham had another daughter named Sarah who married John Rowden and by her had 4 sons and one daughter. His sons were Abraham, Laban, Josee, and John. Abraham married a woman named Chick, moved to Tennessee. I know nothing of his family. Laban married Milly Adams raised a large family. I know nothing of them only two of his sons to wit, Hubert and Lot, who live in Guinett County, Ga. Josee married Susannah Adams, moved to Tennessee, of his family I know nothing. John married Milly Brewer, a widow, the daughter of old Jeremiah Reeves, sister to Rev. Malachi Reeves and Rev. Jeremiah Reeves. He also moved to Tennessee and was drowned in the Tennessee River. Of his family I know nothing. Old John Rowden’s daughter was Tabitha. She married Glover Crain, had several children by her and then died. He had one son named Joseph Crane who married a Miss Hood. They had several children, one son named John Glover Crane who was a wholesale merchant in Charleston, S.C.Joshua Crane had a daughter married a Mr.Whitman, a Baptist preacher and a teacher in the Penfield Academy, Green County, Georgia.
P.S. James Hodges daughter married John Lacy. Wm Glass and Hally Shaw Lacy had one son named Elijah and he and wife parted. Glass had 5 sons and 3 daughters. His sons were Hubbard, Mason, Frederick who married Betsy Strother and he was killed by the Indians in Alabama. The other three, David, Elish and Eahlij Mason married a Miss Wyatt and lives in Fayett County, Georgia the rest of his sons I know nothing. His daughters were named Tabitha, Patsy, and Sally. Tabitha married Richard Wood and by him had three sons and one daughter. Her sons were Winston, William and Willis. Her son William represented three different counties in the state of Georgia and was Colo. Of the same counties. He then moved to Randolph County, Alabama and represented that county and is Colo. And judge of the court.
Willis, her third son married a Miss Cochran and died young. Richard Wood’s daughter was named Elizabeth and married Samuel D. Echols. Hally Shaw raised a large family in Jackson County, Georgia. I know nothing of his family only E. B. Shaw, his grandson, who lives in Guynett County, and is a very eminent Baptist preacher.

P. S. If I mistake not, old Abraham Echols had a daughter who married a man by the name of Hubbard in Virginia. I know nothing further of them.

The third son of old English John Echols was named William. I don’t know who he married. He had several sons and daughters. His sons were John and William. John was one of the largest men ever raised in Virginia. He was a Quaker preacher. That’s all I know of him or his family as I never saw him but once. William was also a very large man, married a widow Spradlin. By her had three sons and four daughters. His sons were Joel, Elcanah, and William. Joel and Elcanah moved to Tennessee. Settled on Cumberland River near Caro. I was once at Elcanah’s house after his death. He had a large family. I know the names of none of them only his youngest son named Richard. They are a very wealthy family. Joel I think they told me had no child. William, the third son, married a girl by the name of Elizabeth Farmer - a schoolmate of mine in Virginia. He moved to Alabama, settled in Madison County near Huntsville and was a very great wholesale merchant in that town. I know but very little of his family. He had a daughter married Richard Holden also a wholesale merchant in Huntsville and also had two sons who moved to Mississippi. One of them was killed by a man and the other wrote to me about it. I think the one that wrote was by the name of Larkin. The one that was killed I think was by the name of Joseph. That’s all that I know of that family.

Old William Echols daughters married William Wynne, Vardre McBee and Daniel Williams and Richard Anderson. Of Wynne’s family I know nothing as they moved to Tennessee in an early date. Old Vardre McBee moved from Virginia to South Carolina before the Revolutionary War and was a Capt. In that army and was said to have done as much damage to the British and Torries in that part of the country as any Capt. In that country. He had two sons, to wit, Silas and Vardre. Silas was a very large man, went to Mississippi and died there. I know nothing of his family. Vardre still lives in South Carolina, Greenville District. He has six children, only one married, that a daughter, married a Mr. Carson. He has one daughter Malinda single, one son Luther, the rest I don’t know their names. He is said to be the richest man in that part of the state. His property is estimated at one million dollars. Old Vardre has several daughters. I don’t know their names. One married a man by name of Ross. How many children she had I know not. I only know one of her sons who is by name of Rice F. Ross. One married a man by name of Asher. They have one son in Dade County, Georgia, by name of William Asher, a very smart man. That is all I know of that family.

Daniel Williams, who married the third daughter of old William Echols, went to Tennessee, raised his family there. Of his daughters I know nothing. His sons were Sampson and Oliver. Sampson was said to be an uncommon smart man, represented his county many years. There is a very fine town in Tennessee named in hone of his name - Williamsburg. Sampson Williams was a very large man, rather cross-eyed. Richard Anderson married old William Echols fourth daughter, had five children by her and she died. I know the names of two of their sons, which were Medy and John. Medy became very rich, owned the first merchant mill I ever saw, on Banister River in Virginia, where was a considerable town built named Medsville in honor of Medy Anderson’s name. They both had families of which I know but little.

Joseph Echols was the fourth son of old English John Echols. He never married, consequently had no family. He was an afflicted man, had what was called the asthma which prevented him from lying down. He never lay down for forty years-had an instrument made that fitted his forehead and sat and slept. His common vocation was hunting and trapping on the River at which business he made considerable property as he lived in the frontier country where game was plenty.

Richard Echols was the fifth son of English John Echols who married Caty Evans - he was my grandfather - and by her had fourteen children. Three died in infancy. The rest lived to raise families. Their first son was Moses who married Betsy Wynne. They raised a considerable family. Their first son was John who married Fanny Formby and moved from Virginia to Tennessee. I know but little of the family. He was a one-eyed man, he was very smart and had great property. Their second son was Obediah. He married Betsy Terry. He died at about 65 years of age. I know but little of his family, only one son who lives in the western district of Tennessee by name of Champness Terry Echols, a Baptist preacher. Moses third son was by name of Moses who married a Miss Terry - cousin to his brother Obediah’s wife. I know nothing of his family. Their fourth son was by name of Evans who married Anna Terry, sister to his brother Moses wife. They live in Virginia. I know no more of their family. Old Moses daughters were by name of Rebecca, Priscilla, Tabitha, Betsy, Lucy and Frances. Rebecca married Edward Akin. I have no knowledge of their family. Priscilla married David Bates in Halifax County, a very large man who offered for the legislature in the county that he was born and raised in when he was about twenty-five years old. He got every vote that was given in the county and the county was very large. He continued to go to the legislature as long as he stayed in Virginia. He then moved to Georgia, Wilkes County. He became a representative of Wilkes County in Senate and was once appointed President Senate pro tem - you can see his name in the digest of the laws of Georgia. He became so fat that it was supposed by the doctors that his fat melted in him, killed him before he was sixty years old. He weighed nearly four hundred pounds. He raised his family in Wilks County, Georgia but after his death they moved to Tennessee. I have but little account of them since. He had one son named Randolph and one named Anderson. Of the rest I have no account only one daughter named Susanah who marriedJames Johnson of Oglethorpe County.
Old Moses third daughter Tabitha married Nathan Formby. He moved from Virginia to Georgia and died in Walton County. He raised four sons and several daughters. His sons were named Moses, Obediah and Nathan. The other I don’t know the name of, he married a Miss Harvie in Newton County and died there. Moses and Obediah live in Newton County. They both have families but I don’t know the name of either of their wives. Nathan lives in Alabama. I know not of his family. One of old Nathan’s daughters married John Whitaker and one married Henry Nichols. One Israel Moore and one married a Mr. Park. I know nothing of the family.

Old Moses fourth daughter Betsy married Marlin Farmer. I know no more of the family. His fifth daughter Lucy married Jonas Meadows and that’s all I know about them. His sixth daughter Frances married a man by the name of Shelton. I have no account of them further.

Old Richard Echols second son was named John. He married Lucy Koore, raised a large family by her. They had three sons and six daughters. Their oldest son was James. He married Nancy Winbush of South Carolina. He moved to Alabama in an early date, so I know but little of his family. I have heard that one son named George, a doctor, and another named Saml - that is all I know of them.

Old John’s second son was named John. He married a Miss Moore. He also moved to Alabama. I know nothing further of them. Old John’s third son was named Saml. He married Jane Holloway of Elton, Putnam County, Georgia. He moved to Alabama so I know nothing further of them; old John’s daughter was Prudence who married Christopher Irwin. They raised a large family of sons and one daughter who died young. I know nothing more of them only Christopher and David. Christopher lives in Walton County, raised several sons and one daughter. I don’t know the names of the sons tho I am told they are smart young men. His daughter was Sophrony. She married Raman Ray. They live in Cobb County. David Irwin lives in Marietta and is a very imminent lawyer and a very wealthy man. He has a family that I know very little about. Old John’s second daughter was by name of Temperance. She married Jno. Rodgers. They raised several sons. I know of only two of them, Dr. James Rodgers, who married Wm. G. Springer’s daughter and lives in Carrol County. He has represented that county in the legislature of Georgia. David Rodgers lives in Stewart County and has also represented that county in the State Legislature. Old John’s third daughter named Caty never married, died young. His fourth daughter Patsy married Capt. William Ellis. They live in Pike County near Griffin. They have raised several sons and daughters. I know only two of his sons, Richard and Thomas. One of them is a doctor, both very large men. They had one daughter married a man named Wilson who lives near Griffin. Old John’s fifth daughter named Liddy married Skelton Standifer, moved to Alabama. I know no more of them. His sixth daughter Lucy married Nathan Williams and raised their family in Jasper County. I know nothing further of them only one son, a doctor who lives in Meriwether County, Georgia.

Old Richard Echols third son was named James Echols, a very large man, had a very singular mark in his features. He had one black eye and one blue eye. He married Elizabeth Palmer, widow of John Palmer of Richmond County, Virginia. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Milner. By her he had five sons, three daughters. His oldest son was Milner, who married Susannah Sansom, had ten children. Their first son was Samuel Dorril Echols, who married Betsy Wood. By her he had four sons and four daughters. His first son was named Alfred. He married a girl names Thirston. They had one child and then they parted. His second son was named Wood Echols. He married a girl by name of Patrick, had three children, moved to Alabama and died shortly after he went there. I know nothing of his family. Third son named Winston M. Echols married a Miss Summer Cain, had one child and she died. He married again but I know not to whom. His fourth son is named John, a young man not yet married. His oldest daughter was named Maryan. She married Colo. Thos. J. Johnson, who lives in Herd County, near Franklin. They have children but I know not their names or how many. His second daughter was named Mahaley, married Mercer Babb, had one child and she died. Her daughter is a daughter named Antonett. Saml’s third daughter Betsy Ann married a Mr. Hollandworth, lives in Heard County,. They have one child. I know nothing of them. His fourth daughter Susannah not yet married.

Milner’s second son was named James, died an infant by a fall out at the door. His third son was named Richard, died an infant also. His complaint was the Flux. His fourth son was named Robert Milner Echols. He married Mary Melton and by her had twelve children. His first son was named Jonathan Milner Echols, died at the age of seventeen years. His death was caused by an over hard march in the army in very hot weather. His second son was named Dorrel Sampson Echols, died an infant. His third son was named Thomas Jefferson Echols, married Lucinda A. Pate and by her had three sons, the first Jonathan M. Echols, his second son died young, his third son was named Robert Milner Echols. Robert M. Echols, fourth son of Robert Walton Echols, a youth, his fifth son Samuel D. Echols, his sixth son named Richard, died young. His seventh son Joseph a little boy. Robert M. Echols first daughter Rhoda married Thos. J. Trammel, had nine children by him - to wit - Collumbus, Georgia, John Robert, Thos., and Ugnias. Her daughters are Tabitha, Martha and Susan, the youngest not yet named. His second daughter Martha married Doctor John G. Waddel, she had one child and died when it was nine days old, named Thomas Echols Waddel, who lives with his father in Alabama. His third daughter Elisa, his fourth daughter Mary Ann, his fifth daughter Frances, none married. Robert M. Echols was a man that filled many responsible offices. He represented Walton County upward of twenty years in succession, was six or seven years president of the senate. He was Major General. He was also Judge of the Court and one of the Trustees of the University at Athens and - of all he was member of the Baptist Church at Sardis, Clerk of the same. He was appointed by Congress a Colo. In the United States Service to command 13th Regiment in Mexico. He was also appointed by the President to pay off the soldiers in Mexican War - his office was at New Orleans. He died in Mexico at the National Bridge whilst in command of the 13th Regiment on the third day of Dec., 1847 in the 49th year of his age.

Thos. Echols, the fifth son of Milner Echols, married Polly Harper. By her had six children, two of whom died young. His first son was Robert H. Echols, married Elizabeth Morris. His second son, Joseph M. Echols, married Virginia Norton, had by her three children. Thomas’ first daughter, Susannah North Echols, married John Chappel, lives in Merriwether County, has several children. Her oldest is William, her second one named John, the rest small, I don’t know their names. His second daughter Mary not married.
Milner Echols’ sixth son named William Sampson Echols, married Kitty Holder, had by her four sons and two daughters. His oldest son John Thomas Echols married a Miss Kelly, has several small children. His second son Robert M. Echols not married. His third son Lumpkin not married. His fourth son, an infant named Thos. Rhodes Echols. His first daughter Martha who married Jos. Selvy who had one child by her and ran away and left her. Second daughter Frances not married.

Obediah Echols, seventh son of Milner Echols, married Hannah Holder - sister of his brother William’s wife - had five children by her. His first son James Echols, his second Tapley, his third John Bunyan, his first daughter Susannah, his second Nancy who married a Mr. Shaw. Obediah Echols, son of Milner, died in Milledgeville in the 31st year of age. Was a very business man, was appointed Surveyor Genl. before he was thirty years of age.

Milner Echols first daughter named Leah died before she was three years old. Her death was caused by a burn. His second daughter Patsy married Joshua Ammons. She had two children. First daughter Mary married James Mobley. They have three children. Their oldest a son named Samuel Iverson Mobley, second a daughter named Susan Martha Mobley. Joshua Ammon’s second is a son named John Milton Ammons, not married.

M. Echols third daughter named Nancy married A. B. Rose, by him had nine children. First son named Augustus died about his fourteenth year. Second Dolphus, third son Theophelus, fourth son Aurelius, fifth son William, sixth Marcus, seventh Agenius Mercer, none married. His first daughter Sarah died at about Seventeen years of age, second daughter Martha died at about eight years old.

Robert E. Echols was the second son of James Echols. He married Elizabeth Davis, they had three sons and one daughter. His first son was Wm. Milner Echols. He was a tanner by trade and married in Montauleo, Jasper County, Georgia. I know nothing more of this family, only that he lives in Monroe County. His second son was named Jessee Mercer Echols. He married a girl named Sandel Carrel. They had no children. They live in some of the Cherokee Counties. He is in some office on the railroad, the last I heard of him. His third son named James lives in ____ County, Alabama. I know nothing more about him. Robert E. Echols daughter named Lucy married and went to Tennessee. I know no more about her.

Absolom Echols was the third son of James Echols, married Nancy Sansom. They had no children. He was killed by Johnson Hammock in Alabama. Hammock was condemned to be hanged for it but killed in jail before the day of his execution.

Obediah Echols was the fourth son of James Echols. He married Elizabeth Strong. They had one child and his wife and child both died. He then married Elizabeth Flournoy, by her had two children, a son and a daughter. The daughter died an infant and his wife also died about the same time. His son was named Philip Henry Echols. He had a great deal of property left him by his grandfather Flournoy. He was educated at Schenetida college in New York. He studied law under Judge Berrien at the City of Washington and married the Judge’s daughter, Margaret Berrien. He returned to Georgia and practiced law and died on ther Cirquett in Marion County at his uncle Absolom Echols. Obediah then married Elizabeth Jones, a widow in Hancock County and by her had several sons and daughters. His first son by his last wife was by name of James Walter Echols, a very rich man and lives at Auburn, Alabama. His brother Samuel now lives with him, a doctor.

Their father, Obediah Echols, lives in Mississippi, Carrol County, has four daughters married and lives near their father. The names of the men that they married I don’t know, only one married a Mr. Foreman, he has two small sons lives with him, one named Judson, the brother I don’t know the name.

Echols daughter - first daughter was named Leah Echols. She married Robert North. They had four sons and four daughters. Two of their daughters died young. Their first son named Wm. North married Frances Arnold, had several children. I don’t know their names. They live in Coweata County, Georgia. Their second son Anthony North married Polly Hubbard, a second cousin to him. They have a large family of children chiefly grown and several married but I don’t know who to. He has one son named Robert and another named Hubbard and one daughter named Adaline. Their third son named Abraham, married Hiss Holms. They have a large family but I don’t know their children’s names. The fourth son named Marcus married Dosha Thurmond. She had two or three children and died. He then married a widow but I don’t know her name.

Robert North’s first daughter Patsy married a Mr. Hale, never had any children, her husband died. She is now a widow. Second daughter Lucy married James Willis, had several children, moved to Alabama and there she died shortly after she went there.
James Echols second daughter named Mary Echols, married Jeremiah Reeves. They had five sons and four daughters. One of the daughters died young and another fell into the spring and drowned. Their first son Absolom Echols Reeves, who lives at Rome married Elisa Tyas, by her had one daughter who died at about the time she was twenty years old while she was attending Association in Chattanooga County. John N. Reeves, their second son, never married, lives in Augusta. Jeremiah Reeves, their third son, married at about 40 years of age, lives in Walker County. Their fourth son, James M. Reeves, never married. Joseph Reeves, their fifth son, married a Miss Hodge and lives in Chattanooga in Tennessee and keeps a tavern in that town. Jeremiah Reeves first daughter, Leah, married Samuel Neblick, lives in Jackson County, Georgia. I know nothing of their families. Their second daughter Elisa married Ben Powell. I know nothing of their family, only they have one son named Evans Powell. James Echols third daughter named Elizabeth Echols married Thos. M. Fagg. He then ran away, left wife and child and never been heard of since............................................

Benjamin Echols was Richard Echols fourth son. He married Sabra Hendrick, his own cousin and by her had three sons and five daughters. Their first son was Richard, he married Betsy Smith his cousin. They had no children, were very wealthy. They differed, parted and never lived together any more. He died from a fever taken in Floyd’s army in 1815. John Echols, their second son, married a girl named Merrel, raised a large family in Mississippi. I know none of his children, but his oldest daughter Elmira. Benjamin Echols was old Benjamin Echols third son. He married Betsy Ellis, lives Chattanooga County, had a large family of children. His first son is Richard Echols, married but don’t know who. Second son Abner not married, third son Robert lately married to Miss Verner. Their first daughter Caty not married. Second daughter (I know not her name) married Amay Dickson, a very fine man. He had several other daughters but I don’t know their names.

Old Benjamin Echols first daughter Lucy married Samuel Paine, had several children; one son named Samuel lives near Rome. One of his daughters married a man named Williamson. She is now a widow. Benjamin Echols second daughter Betsy never married, died rich. Third daughter Sally married Luis Rolston, had three children, one son Robert, the others daughters. One married a man named Edwards. I know nothing of their family. Fourth daughter Caty married Jacob Lawridge, moved to Mississippi, had several children. I know the names of but two of them, one boy named Legon, one John -- . Fifth daughter named Citty married J. Dyche, moved to Mississippi. He shortly died. I know nothing further of the family ---

Obediah Echols was old Richard Echols fifth son. He married a very rich old Irishman’s daughter. His name was Wm. McDaniel, her name was Caty McDaniel. He had five sons and two daughters. His sons, William who died at about 19 years old, second son Benjamin Echols. He was a nearsighted man, not very bright, but had the most extensive recollection of any man. He inherited a large estate from his grandfather McDaniel’s estate but had not forecast enough to take care of it. He married Betsy Milner in Kentucky, his own cousin. They had several children, one son named Obediah, one daughter named Mariea. I know nothing more of his family as they moved to Tennessee but left Blind Ben - as we called him. Old Obediah Echols third son was James, married Sally Rutledge, raised several children. I know but little about them only one of his sons named Silas Echols said to be a very smart man. James was a great farmer, a great hand to make tobacco, and from that was called Horn Worm James. Old Obediah’s fourth son was named Obediah. He married a Miss Franklin in Virginia but moved to Georgia and died young, left two children, a son named Josephus and a daughter. I know not where they are.

Obediah’s fifth son was named Elijah. He married a girl by name of Willingham. I know nothing more of his family. He was said to be the greatest millright that ever was seen in the State. Old Obediah’s two daughters were named Betsy and Nancy, one married Thos. Rutledge, the other married Wm. Arnold. They both moved to Tennessee. I know nothing further of their families. Old Obediah’s wife died. He then married a widow Jones near Richmond in Virginia. Her maiden name was Jackson, she was a half sister to the great General Lawson. By her he had two sons and one daughter. His first son was Philip Jackson Echols, lives in Crawford County, Georgia, and one son lives in a little town in Monroe or Forsyth County, the name of the town I don’t recollect. That is all I know of his family. He has been Clerk of the Court in Crawford County. His second son was Samuel Echols. He married Sally Booker and moved to Alabama and died. I know but little of his family.

Old Obediah’s daughter was named Polly Echols who married a man by name of Raney, moved to Giles County, Tennessee and died a few years ago, so I was informed by a letter from his daughter. Old Obediah was a Baptist preacher of the highest order of his day. Joseph Echols was sixth son of old Richard. He was a Methodist preacher, married Polly Stamps and by her had five sons and four daughters. First son Ruben married Betsy Owen, of whom I know but little. He moved to Mississippi and died shortly. He had several sons, I don’t know their names. He had one daughter Sarah, married Samuel Marshall, a very fine man, lives in Coweata County. Another daughter Caty married a man by name of Bell, of them I know nothing.

Joseph’s second son was Levi, married a Miss Hubbard, became vastly rich and died soon. He lived in Washington, Wilks County, had but one child, that was a boy named Joseph Hubbard Echols. He is a man of great learning. He is a Methodist preacher and a lawyer and he was the president of the Female Academy in Madison, Morgan County, Georgia. Joseph Echols third son named Simeon married Caroline Van Allen, daughter of Peter L.Van Allen. He was a very great lawyer, and was killed by Wm. H. Crawford in duel on the bank of Savannah River in South Carolina at Braksdale Ferry. Caroline Van Allen was said to be worth $20,000 when Simeon Echols married her. They moved to Mississippi near Columbus to a little town called Athens where he shortly died. His wife lives at the same town and keeps a public house. I know nothing of their family.

Joseph Echols fourth son was Josephus, a very tall man, became a doctor. He went to Alabama to a town called Selma and by his Partner I am told he got very rich. I heard he married but I don’t know who to, consequently know nothing of his family.

Joseph Echols fifth son, William, was also a doctor, never married, had a wen on his neck which was cut out and he died immediately at about 24 or 25 years of age. Joseph Echols first daughter Tabitha married Thomas Cooper, had no child, died in Cowetta County. His second daughter Caty married a very worthy man in Jasper County named Archibald Standifer. She was upward of forty years old when she married, had no child. His third daughter Rebecca never married, lives in Newnan, Cowetta. His fourth daughter Olive married an Englishman named John Daughterty, lives in Coweata County, keeps a public house, he is said to be a very fine man, I know nothing of his children.

Old Richard had five daughters, the oldest named Mary Echols, married Thos. Wynne, had 2 sons and 4 daughters. His first son was Obediah, married Onry Bolton in Virginia, had by her several children, first son John Wynne lives Oglethorpe, married a girl Owen, of his children I know nothing only one son named Glen Wynne married a daughter of Samuel Lumpkin and lives in Coweata County. Thos. Wynne’s second son Thos. Wynne Jr. was left very rich by his father but alas - he was a drunkard and gambler and married onto a very low family, spent his property in a few years and went over seas to some foreign land, his family lives in the upper part of Georgia. He had one daughter married a man by name of J. Brand, and two of his daughters married two brothers named Fincher. I know but little more of the family.

Old Thos. Wynne’s first daughter married Wm. Arnold, had three children, one son and two daughters - she was by name Rhoda, weighed nearly 400 pounds. Her son was William, married a Miss Milner, had two sons by her and died. One of his sons is a wholesale merchant in Charleston, South Carolina, the other one I know but little about. One of her daughters married Samuel Lumpkin of Oglethorpe, the other married David Owen of Newnan, Coweata County, all very wealthy people. Thos. Wynne’s second daughter married Levi Marshall - a brother to the great preacher Abraham Marshall - they had several sons and daughters. First daughter married Robert N. Crawford of Columbia County. I know but little about the rest of their children. Thos. Wynne’s third daughter Kitty married John Bolton, they had three sons and two daughters. Their sons were Thos., Charles and John. Thos. Lives in Newnan, Charles lives Wilks, vastly rich. John died. He lived in Cobb County on the Chattahoochee River near Montgomery’s Ferry. Their daughter Betsy married Philip Cooper and died shortly, their daughter Polly married Thos. Sims, lived in Washington, Wilks County. He died and then she married a man by name of Sherburn, he died.

Old Thos. Wynne’s fourth daughter Lucy married William Booker, had by him three daughters and one son, their names were Polly who died, Sally who married Samuel B. Echols and now lives in Alabama. Third daughter Lucinda married William Galbreath, they have one daughter married Absalom Echols Roberts and another married a Mr. Hester and they also have a young son I know not his name. The son of Wm. Booker was the notorious John W. Booker who died in Monroe, Walton County, Georgia.

Old Richard Echols second daughter, Drucilla, married Wm. Owen, raised a large family. They all went to western countries but one daughter, her name was Rhoda. She married the Rev. Malachi Reeves. I know but little of the family since they went to the west. Old Richard’s 3rd daughter Sally who married John Milner and moved to Kentucky in a very early date raised a very large family. Their sons were Armstead Milner, a very rich man, John Milner and Mark Milner.

Old Richard Echols fourth daughter Anna married James Daniel, had five children, four sons and one daughter. Their sons were Moses, Hopkins, Echols Daniel and Jeremiah. Their daughter Caty never married. Echols Daniel married but never had children by his wife. He is a vastly rich man, lives in Floyd County. Hopkins married the widow Crane, the grandmother of John Glover Crane of Charleston. Jeremiah Daniel married but I don’t know who. He moved to west. I know nothing of his family.

Old Rich Echols fifth daughter Elizabeth married William Raney, had one daughter named Betsy Hunter Raney. She married a very great lawyer by name of Edward Jones who lives in Giles County, Tennessee. Of their family I know nothing more.


From Cavaliers & Pioneers
vol 2 p 287 JOHN ECKHOLLS & WILLIAM MORRIS, 350 acs., New Kent Co., St. Stephen's Par., 20 Apr. 1685, P. 436. Behind land formerly of Mr. Giles Moody; by Barrow's old howse, &c. Trans. of 7 pers.*
vol 2 p 320 JOHN ECKHOLLS, 321 acs., New Kent Co., on N. side of Mattapony Riv.,
23 Apr. 1688, p. 635. Beg. by Capt. William Smyth's Landing path; along Moody's lyne; to the White Oake Sw; to John Joy by an Indian path; by John Dunkley, &c. Trans. of 7 pers: Samuell Randoll, Jo hn London, John Courteney, Thomas Gardener, William Smithson, Deborah Marshall, Daniell Newman.
vol 2 p 328 JAMES TAYLER, 350 acs., New Kent Co., in St. Stephen's Par; 20 Oct. 1688, P. 683. Behind land formerly of Mr. Giles Moody; by Barrow's old house, &c. Granted to John Eckolls & Wm. Morris, 20 Apr. 16 85, deserted, & now granted by order, &c.. Trans. of 7 pers: John Jones, Wm. Kitto, Jeffrey James, Cadwalader Hackle, Anne Eden, EIiza. Foster, Jno. Charles.
vol 3 p 75 SAMUELL CRADOCK, J0HN CAVE, JOHN ECKHOLLS & WILLIAM GLOVER, 1620 acs., in K. & Q. & Essex Counties; on brs. of Tuckahoe Sw., in the freshes of Mattapony River, 23 Oct. 1703, p. 552. Beg. by E. side o f Potobago Path; to E. side of Tuckahoe Bever Dam; by the old path. Trans. of 33 pers: Hugh Williams, Eliz. Mask, Eliz. Dean, Wm. Whitton, Samuel Carter, John Page, Isaac Sanders, Wm. Haynes, Ric hd. Summers, Nicolas Neal, Tho, Oakley, Ralph Keeling, John Royley, Robt. Blake, Tho. Marlers, Nich. Martin, James Waly, Wm. Kite, Mary Kite, Mary Jones, Margt. Upton, Jon. Babe, Tho. Lyars, Jos eph Gregory, Tho. Essex, Joseph Arch , Wm. Maddocks, Fra. Bentley, Richd. Streeter, Robt. Marwood, Hugh Davis, Richd. Hill, Richd. Burton.
JOHN CAVE & JOHN ECKOLLS, 600 acs., K. & Q. Co., in St. Stephen's Par; in the freshes of Mattapony River; beg. at Richards" & Cave's land; to E. side of Potobago Path; 23 Oct. 1703, p. 554. Trans o f 12 pers: Daniell Due (or Doe), Peter Maryon, Hugh Hillion, Margarett Wingall, John Morgain, Rowld. Watteny, Mary Glover, Edward Clegg, Peter Baker, Wm. Leigh, John Right, Tho. Dicks.
vol 3 p 212 WILLIAM HALL, of Glocester Co; 1080 acs. (N. L.), K. & Q. Co. & Essex Co; 11 July 1719, p. 426. Beg. at Stephen Lankford (Langford), on W. side of Tuckahoe Sw; adj. William Cradock, John Cave, Joh n Eckols & William Glover; land sd. Hall sold to John Smith, Thomas Aplin & John Smith; Col. Goldman's line; Col. Goodrich & Mr. Aubrey; on N. side of the Sadle Branch; 11 July 1719, p. 426. Imp . of 22 pers: Jervis Blundall, Trehemiah Tolarton, John Brown, Abel Duckwith, Susanna Reaves, Alice Finier, David Wilson, Robert Smith, John Thomas, Dorby Bohawn, Dennis Mackarty, Darby Dun, James Smi th, Jane Thompson, Samuel Smith, Robert Williams, Thomas Turner.
vol 3 p 217 ROBERT BEVERLEY & THOMAS JONES, Gentlemen, 15,000 acs. (N.L.), in Essex Co. & K. & Q. Co., 20 Feb. 1719, p. 455. Beg. by Rappa. River, cor. of patent to James Harrison, John Bowzee & the 4 Orphans o f George Motts, dated 29 Nov. 1674; crossing Warner's River; on John Cave's land; on line of the Governor's land; to br. of the Wilderness Run; down the Rapidanna River; excepting certain tracts alrea dy granted within the bounds, which are declared to be no part of sd. 15,000 acs. hereby intended to be granted, &c. 75 Lbs., money.

John married Mary Cave in 1688 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of John Cave, III and Elizabeth Travers) was born in 1670 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died in 1712 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 1670, , , Virginia, USA

Notes:

Mary (Cave) Echols was not daughter of John Cave and Elizabeth Waugh
There must be tens of thousands and probably hundreds of thousands of people who descend from John Echols who married Mary Cave. And everywhere you look on the Internet, including many nicely designed websites, we have recorded that this Mary Cave was the daughter of John Cave and Elizabeth Travers, who herself was the daughter of Giles Travers and Ann Waugh. I accept the very very strong possibility that John Echols wife Mary was a Cave, based on their g-grandson Milner Echols's records as well as the many early Cave - Echols connections which he would not have known about. However, Milner also states Mary was the daughter of John Cave. This may be true, (or may possibly not be, a very early David Cave seems another possibility). Even if John Cave is Mary's father, however, it can't be the same John Cave who married Elizabeth Travers! Why? Many reasons, but a clear one is this. Mary (Cave) Echols birth date is not known, but she started having children in the late 1690's. So she was born probably ca 1670 maybe as late as 1680. Some records estimate 1674. Well, Elizabeth Travers's father, Giles Travers, was born ca 1662 proven by various records. So can someone explain to me how Giles could have had a grandaughter Mary Cave who was born when he was twelve years old? My personal opinion is that John Cave who married Elizabeth Travers, was the nephew or possibly even grand nephew of Mary Cave Echols. He could NOT have been her father. Please don't take this posting as confrontational. However it would be a great service if those many people who have posted on their webpages and elsewhere, the incorrect data that Mary Cave Echols' s parents were John Cave and Elizabeth Travers, would remove that incorrect data, and even contact other descendants they have (I realize unwittingly and with no malice) passed this mistake on to.

Author: Michael Walker, 15 Jan 2002



John Echols married Mary Cave
John Echols an Englishman came to America about the end of the 16th or the beginning of the 17th Century and settled in Caroline County, Virginia, and married a tall redheaded woman named Mary Cave and by her had five sons and three daughters. The Echols sons were dependable Amelia County citizens and served on juries when called. Of twelve good men on the jury of Robert Vaughan vs. Richard Ward on 9 December 1737, three were Richard, William, and Abraham Echols:John Echols [Ecckles] married Mary Cave daughter of John Cave and Ellizabeth Travers. Mary was born abt 1650, Orange County, Virginia d about 1713 in Virginia Their children were: 1 Mary Echols b: ABT 1682 in King and Queen, Virginia 2 John Echols b: ABT 1684 in King and Queen, Virginia **3 Abraham Echols b: 1686 in Comfort, Lee County, Virginia -- d 3 Oct 1749, in Lunenberg, Virginia married (BEF 1729 in Virginia) Sarah Hubbard b: ABT 1700 4 William Echols b: 1686/1690 in Virginia 5 Joseph Echols b: ABT 1688 in Virginia 6 Elizabeth Echols b: ABT 1690 in King and Queen, Virginia 7 Richard Echols b: 1694 in King And Queen Virginia 8 Anne Echols b: ABT 1698 in Virginia

**Abraham and Sarah {Hubbard} Echols had a number of children, including 3 sons who moved to Habersham County GA and several more who moved to Forsyth County, Georgia. I descend from one of the three sons in Habersham County, probably Darius Echols and his two daughters, granddaughters or nieces -- one who married Thomas Stephens, Jr. (Grandfather's side) and another who married Captain Littleton Stephens (CSA) ( Grandmother's side) -- it's a small county in Georgia and they all lived within 5 miles of each other, went to the same Church (Broad River Baptist). I have another more direct tie to the Hubbards, however in England the name was Sir Henry Hubbard (First Baronet). The line on my father's side goes from me as follows: LaRoche-Watkins-Walton-Claibourne-Barber-Archer-Elizabeth (Hubbard) Archer who died in 1727 in VA -then to- John Hubbard-Matthew Hubbard-Robert Hubbard-Sir Henry Hubbard

This line has been traced back to William Hobart (or Hubbar) -- Born c. 1388, at Bedford near Monks Eleigh, County Suffolk, England -- Who died in 1479 at Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, England. Looking forward to Sir Henry Hobart, Esq. Born ca 1553 at Plumstead, Norfolk. Henry died at Blicking, Norfolk, on 29 Dec 1625. It is not totally clear that he is Robert's father but there is a tie to Benjamin (grandson, who also immigrated to the Virginia Colony, Edmund HOBART (immigrant to Hingham, Mass) Rev Peter HOBART (also Hingham) and George (New England)). The Hobart who did not leave England married a person who descends from Mary the Tudor Princess of England through the Seymour family -- so the Hubbard's had legal connections even back then. Some earlier Hubbard history at http://www.garrettfamily.info/family-history/hubbard/Hubbard-Branch.pdf {htlm} -&- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbard_family

Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet SL (c. 1560 – 29 December 1625) was a English judge and politician. He was also the son of Thomas Hobart and Audrey Hare. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 10 August 1575. Called to the Bar in 1584, he became governor of Lincoln's Inn in 1591. Between 1588 and 1589, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for St Ives, for Yarmouth in 1597 and 1601, and for Norwich from 1604 to 1611. Hobart was Steward of Norwich in 1595, and Serjeant-at-Law from 1603 to 1606. Hobart was Attorney for the Court of Wards in 1605 and Attorney General for England and Wales between 1606 and 1613. From 1613 to 1625, he was further Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

Having been Lord Chancellor to Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, he was also Chancellor and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal to Charles, Prince of Wales. Knighted in 1603, he was made a Baronet, of Intwood in the County of Norfolk on 11 May 1611. Hobart purchased the estates of Intwood in 1596 and of Blickling in 1616, where he was buried on 4 January 1625.

On 21 April 1590, he married Dorothy Bell, daughter of Sir Robert Bell on 21 April 1590 in Blickling in Norfolk. They had twelve sons including John Hobart (from whom George and Benjamin descend) and four daughters.

On 22 Apr 1570 Henry married Dorothy Bell, daughter of Sir Robert Bell (ca 1539-22 Jul 1577) & Dorothy Beaupre (ca 1538-February 1602/3), at Blicking, Norfolk. Born on 19 Oct 1552 at Beaupre, Norfolk. Dorothy died at Covent Garden, Middlesex, England, on 30 April 1641.


The Echols family name

The distinguished surname Echols is one of the most notable Anglo-Saxon surnames, and its historical trail has emerged from the mists of time to become an influential surname of the middle ages and of the present day.


In an in-depth research of such ancient manuscripts as the Domesday Book compiled in 1086 A.D., by Duke William of Normandy, the Ragman Rolls (1291-1296) collected by King Edward Ist of England, the Curia Regis Rolls, The Pipe Rolls, the Hearth Rolls, parish registers, baptismals, tax records and other ancient documents, researchers found the first record of the name Echols in Lancashire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman conquest and the arrival of duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.


Confusing to most, we found many different spellings in the archives researched. Although your name, Echols, occurred in many manuscripts, from time to time the surname was often, spelt Eccles, Ecles, Eckles, Eyckles, Accles, Ackles, and these changes in spelling frequently occurred, even between father and son. There is one record, a father and eight sons. In the graveyard where they are buried, all nine have different spellings of their surnames. Many reasons were revealed for these spelling variations, but mainly church officials and scribes spelt the name as it was told to them.


The family name Echols is one of the most notable of the ancient Anglo-Saxon race. This founding race of England, a fair-skinned people led by General/Commanders Hengist and Horsa, settled in Kent from about the year 400 A.D. The Angles, on the other hand, occupied the eastern coast.


The Anglo-Saxon five century domination of English society was an uncertain time, and the nation divided into five separate kingdoms, a high king being elected as supreme ruler.


By 1066, King Harold came to the throne of England which was enjoying reasonable peace and prosperity. However, the Norman invasion from France and their victory at the Battle of Hastings, found many of the vanquished Saxon land owners to be forfeited their land by Duke William and his invading nobles. They became oppressed under Norman rule, and some moved northward to the midlands, Lancashire and Yorkshire, even into Scotland.


The family name Echols emerged as a notable English name in the county of Lancashire where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated at Eccles with manor and estates in that shire. But like many other families they moved north into Scotland and were granted lands in a Barony in Dumfriesshire which they named Eccles. They later branched to Eccles in Berkwickshire. John Eccles of Berkwickshire rendered homage to King Edward I of England on his brief conquest of Scotland in I296. Sir Mathew Eccles of Dumfriesshire was a Judge. The Eccles Clan in Dumfriesshire became a distinguished clan and flourished until the 17th century. Notable amongst the family at this time was Sir Mathew Eccles of Dumfriesshire.


For the next two or three centuries, the surname Echols flourished and played a significant role in the political development of England. During the I 6th, I 7th and 18th centuries, England was ravaged by religious and political conflict. Puritanism, Catholicism, Royalist and parliamentary forces shed much blood. Many families were freely "encouraged" to migrate to Ireland, or the "colonies. " Some were rewarded with grants of lands, others were banished.


In Ireland, settlers became known as the Adventurers for land in Ireland. These Protestant. settlers undertook to maintain the Protestant faith. In Ireland they settled in the counties of Wicklow and Tyrone and acquired the estates of Eccles Ville and the head of the family was Kildonan in Wicklow.


Meanwhile, the New World beckoned and migration continued, some voluntarily from Ireland, but mostly directly from England or Scotland, their home territories. Some clans and families even moved to the European continent.


Kinsmen of the family name Echols were amongst the many who sailed aboard the armada of small sailing ships known as the “White Sails” which plied the stormy Atlantic. These overcrowded ships were pestilence ridden; sometimes 30% to 40% of the passenger list never reaching their destination, their numbers reduced by many diseases and the elements, and many were buried at sea.


Principal amongst the settlers who could be considered a kinsman of the surname Echols, or a variable spelling of that family name was Anne Eccles, who settled in Virginia in 1698. James, John, Mary, Robert, Samuel, Thomas, and William Eccles all arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1840 and 1865.


The trek from the port of entry was also arduous and many joined the wagon trains to the prairies or to the west coast. During the American War of Independence, many loyalists made their way north to Canada about 1 790, and became known as the United Empire Loyalists.


20th century notables of this surname, Echols, include many distinguished persons: Sir John Eccles; Lord Eccles; Viscount David McAdam Eccles, K. C V. O., British Politician and Company Director, Member of the House of Lords; General Ronald Eccles; Sir John Carew Eccles, M.B. B.S. D.Phil, Australian Neurophysiologist, Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine.


John Echols an Englishman came to America about the end of the 16th century or the beginning of the17th century from England and settled in Caroline County, Virginia. There he married a red-headed woman named Mary Cave. Mary's Father was also from England and he and John Echols paid the transportation for others to come to the colonies to in exchange for land here. John Cave was also and importer of fine wines.


When John Echols came to the colonies records show that at least three other Echols were already in America, but this John was known as the "Ole Englishman."


More About John Echols:

Immigration: End of the 16th or the beginning of the 17th century

Nationality: English

Religion: John was a Quaker

Residence: Settled in Caroline Co., VA
Notes for Mary Cave:"a tall, redheaded woman." (Milner Echoles in his 1850 history)

More About John Echols and Mary Cave:

Marriage: 1688, Essex County, Virginia (Source: Echols, Milner, History of the Echols Family, (Written by Milner Echols in 1850 at approximately age 78)



Children of John Echols and Mary Cave are:
62 i. William Echols, born 1699 in :probably in King and Queen Co., VA; died Apr 1771 in Halifax Co., VA; married Sarah Turner Abt. 1710. ii. John Echols, born 1682 in First born son of John Echols the Englishman; died 20 Dec 1750 in Beaufort Co., NC. iii. Abraham Echols, born Unknown; died 1749 in Lunenburg Co., VA; iv. Richard Echols, born 1694 in King and Queen Co.,VA; died Aft. 15 Jan 1778 in Pittsylvania Co., VA; married Catherine Evans. v. Eleanor Echols, born 1676; died 1773; married Nicholas Gillinine; born Unknown; died Unknown. vi. Ann Echols, born Abt. 1700 in King and Queen Co.,VA; died 28 Oct 1740 in Raleigh Parish, Amelia Co., VA; married George Marchbanks Abt. 1721 in Amelia Co., VA; born Unknown; died Unknown. vii. Joseph Echols More About Joseph Echols:Medical Information: He had asthma which prevented him from lying down. He didn't lay down for forty years. He had an instrument that fit his forehead and sat up and slept.


Mary (Cave) Echols was NOT daughter of John Cave and Elizabeth Waugh
Mary Cave

RESIDENCE: King and Queen Co. VA
BIRTH: ABT 1670, Wales
DEATH: ABT 1712



Family 1 : John ECHOLS

MARRIAGE: ABT 1688, Caroline or Essex Co., Virginia

John ECHOLS
+Abraham ECHOLS
William ECHOLS Sr.
Joseph ECHOLS
Richard ECHOLS
Daughter ECHOLS
Ann ECHOLS
Eleanor ECHOLS

NotesMary (Cave) Echols was NOT the daughter of John Cave and Elizabeth Waugh! Her parents are unknown.

Author: Michael Walker Date: 15 Jan 2002
There must be tens of thousands and probably hundreds of thousands of people who descend from John Echols who married Mary Cave. And everywhere you look on the Internet, including many nicely designed websites, we have recorded that this Mary Cave was the daughter of John Cave and Elizabeth Travers, who herself was the daughter of Giles Travers and Ann Waugh. I accept the very very strong possibility that John Echols wife Mary was a Cave, based on their g-grandson Milner Echols's records as well as the many early Cave - Echols connections which he would not have known about. However, Milner also states Mary was the daughter of John Cave. This may be true, (or may possibly not be, a very early David Cave seems another possibility). Even if John Cave is Mary's father, however, it can't be the same John Cave who married Elizabeth Travers! Why? Many reasons, but a clear one is this. Mary (Cave) Echols birth date is not known, but she started having children in the late 1690's. So she was born probably ca 1670 maybe as late as 1680. Some records estimate 1674. Well, Elizabeth Travers's father, Giles Travers, was born ca 1662 proven by various records. So can someone explain to me how Giles could have had a grandaughter Mary Cave who was born when he was twelve years old? My personal opinion is that John Cave who married Elizabeth Travers, was the nephew or possibly even grand nephew of Mary Cave Echols. He could NOT have been her father. Please don't take this posting as confrontational. However it would be a great service if those many people who have posted on their webpages and elsewhere, the incorrect data that Mary Cave Echols' s parents were John Cave and Elizabeth Travers, would remove that incorrect data, and even contact other descendants they have (I realize unwittingly and with no malice) passed this mistake on to.


History of Echols family

A short history of our family from the first that landed in America till the present time, as far as I can ascertain----.

John Echols an Englishman came to America about the end of the 16th or the beginning of the 17th Century and settled in Caroline County, Virginia, and married a tall redheaded woman named Mary Cave and by her had five sons and three daughters. I shall begin with his sons first and carry out their family as far as my knowledge extends.

John was his first son who left Virginia a young man and settled in the lower part of N. Carolina and raised his family, of whom I know nothing.

Abraham was old John’s 2nd son, married Sarah Tamer and by her had two sons and several daughters. His sons were Joseph and Joshua. Joseph married a Miss King, and by her had 2 sons and 5 or 6 daughters. His sons Abraham and Jeremiah who left Virginia in time of the Revolutionary War and went to Pennsylvania. Of their offspring I know nothing. Joshua married Hannah Brown, had a number of children of whom I know but little. He had one son Darius, a conspicuous man in Habersham County, GA. The rest of his family lives chiefly in the upper part of Georgia. Old Abraham had one daughter who married James Hodges a very worthy man, his family moved to Tennessee. He had one son named Jessee and he had a son named James who was a commanding officer in Tennessee and got drowned in Cumberland River near Cairo. Jessee had one daughter named Tabitha, that is all I know of the family. Old Abraham had another daughter named Sarah who married John Rowden and by her had 4 sons and one daughter. His
sons were Abraham, Laban, Josee, and John. Abraham married a woman named Chick, moved to Tennessee. I know nothing of his family. Laban married Milly Adams raised a large family. I know nothing of them only two of his sons to wit, Hubert and Lot, who live in Guinett County, Ga. Josee married Susannah Adams, moved to Tennessee, of his family I know nothing. John married Milly Brewer, a widow, the daughter of old Jeremiah Reeves, sister to Rev. Malachi Reeves and Rev. Jeremiah Reeves. He also moved to Tennessee and was drowned in the Tennessee River. Of his family I know nothing. Old John Rowden’s daughter was Tabitha. She married Glover Crain, had several children by her and then died. He had one son named Joseph Crane who married a Miss Hood. They had several children, one son named John Glover Crane who was a wholesale merchant in Charleston, S.C.Joshua Crane had a daughter married a Mr.Whitman, a Baptist preacher and a teacher in the Penfield Academy, Green County, Georgia.
P.S. James Hodges daughter married John Lacy. Wm Glass and Hally Shaw Lacy had one son named Elijah and he and wife parted. Glass had 5 sons and 3 daughters. His sons were Hubbard, Mason, Frederick who married Betsy Strother and he was killed by the Indians in Alabama. The other three, David, Elish and Eahlij Mason married a Miss Wyatt and lives in Fayett County, Georgia the rest of his sons I know nothing. His daughters were named Tabitha, Patsy, and Sally. Tabitha married Richard Wood and by him had three sons and one daughter. Her sons were Winston, William and Willis. Her son William represented three different counties in the state of Georgia and was Colo. Of the same counties. He then moved to Randolph County, Alabama and represented that county and is Colo. And judge of the court.
Willis, her third son married a Miss Cochran and died young. Richard Wood’s daughter was named Elizabeth and married Samuel D. Echols. Hally Shaw raised a large family in Jackson County, Georgia. I know nothing of his family only E. B. Shaw, his grandson, who lives in Guynett County, and is a very eminent Baptist preacher.
P. S. If I mistake not, old Abraham Echols had a daughter who married a man by the name of Hubbard in Virginia. I know nothing further of them.
The third son of old English John Echols was named William. I don’t know who he married. He had several sons and daughters. His sons were John and William. John was one of the largest men ever raised in Virginia. He was a Quaker preacher. That’s all I know of him or his family as I never saw him but once. William was also a very large man, married a widow Spradlin. By her had three sons and four daughters. His sons were Joel, Elcanah, and William. Joel and Elcanah moved to Tennessee. Settled on Cumberland River near Caro. I was once at Elcanah’s house after his death. He had a large family. I know the names of none of them only his youngest son named Richard. They are a very wealthy family. Joel I think they told me had no child. William, the third son, married a girl by the name of Elizabeth Farmer - a schoolmate of mine in Virginia. He moved to Alabama, settled in Madison County near Huntsville and was a very great wholesale merchant in that town. I know but very little of his family. He had a daughter married Richard Holden also a wholesale merchant in Huntsville and also had two sons who moved to Mississippi. One of them was killed by a man and the other wrote to me about it. I think the one that wrote was by the name of Larkin. The one that was killed I think was by the name of Joseph. That’s all that I know of that family.
Old William Echols daughters married William Wynne, Vardre McBee and Daniel Williams and Richard Anderson. Of Wynne’s family I know nothing as they moved to Tennessee in an early date. Old Vardre McBee moved from Virginia to South Carolina before the Revolutionary War and was a Capt. In that army and was said to have done as much damage to the British and Torries in that part of the country as any Capt. In that country. He had two sons, to wit, Silas and Vardre. Silas was a very large man, went to Mississippi and died there. I know nothing of his family. Vardre still lives in South Carolina, Greenville District. He has six children, only one married, that a daughter, married a Mr. Carson. He has one daughter Malinda single, one son Luther, the rest I don’t know their names. He is said to be the richest man in that part of the state. His property is estimated at one million dollars. Old Vardre has several daughters. I don’t know their names. One married a man by name of Ross. How many children she had I know not. I only know one of her sons who is by name of Rice F. Ross. One married a man by name of Asher. They have one son in Dade County, Georgia, by name of William Asher, a very smart man. That is all I know of that family.
Daniel Williams, who married the third daughter of old William Echols, went to Tennessee, raised his family there. Of his daughters I know nothing. His sons were Sampson and Oliver. Sampson was said to be an uncommon smart man, represented his county many years. There is a very fine town in Tennessee named in hone of his name - Williamsburg.Sampson Williams was a very large man, rather cross-eyed. Richard Anderson married old William Echols fourth daughter, had five children by her and she died. I know the names of two of their sons, which were Medy and John. Medy became very rich, owned the first merchant mill I ever saw, on Banister River in Virginia, where was a considerable town built named Medsville in honor of Medy Anderson’s name. They both had families of which I know but little.
Joseph Echols was the fourth son of old English John Echols. He never married, consequently had no family. He was an afflicted man, had what was called the asthma which prevented him from lying down. He never lay down for forty years-had an instrument made that fitted his forehead and sat and slept. His common vocation was hunting and trapping on the River at which business he made considerable property as he lived in the frontier country where game was plenty.
Richard Echols was the fifth son of English John Echols who married Caty Evans - he was my grandfather - and by her had fourteen children. Three died in infancy. The rest lived to raise families. Their first son was Moses who married Betsy Wynne. They raised a considerable family. Their first son was John who married Fanny Formby and moved from Virginia to Tennessee. I know but little of the family. He was a one-eyed man, he was very smart and had great property. Their second son was Obediah. He married Betsy Terry. He died at about 65 years of age. I know but little of his family, only one son who lives in the western district of Tennessee by name of Champness Terry Echols, a Baptist preacher. Moses third son was by name of Moses who married a Miss Terry - cousin to his brother Obediah’s wife. I know nothing of his family. Their fourth son was by name of Evans who married Anna Terry, sister to his brother Moses wife. They live in Virginia. I know no more of their family. Old Moses daughters were by name of Rebecca, Priscilla, Tabitha, Betsy, Lucy and Frances. Rebecca married Edward Akin. I have no knowledge of their family. Priscilla married David Bates in Halifax County, a very large man who offered for the legislature in the county that he was born and raised in when he was about twenty-five years old. He got every vote that was given in the county and the county was very large. He continued to go to the legislature as long as he stayed in Virginia. He then moved to Georgia, Wilkes County. He became a representative of Wilkes County in Senate and was once appointed President Senate pro tem - you can see his name in the digest of the laws of Georgia. He became so fat that it was supposed by the doctors that his fat melted in him, killed him before he was sixty years old. He weighed nearly four hundred pounds. He raised his family in Wilks County, Georgia but after his death they moved to Tennessee. I have but little account of them since. He had one son named Randolph and one named Anderson. Of the rest I have no account only one daughter named Susanah who marriedJames Johnson of Oglethorpe County.
Old Moses third daughter Tabitha married Nathan Formby. He moved from Virginia to Georgia and died in Walton County. He raised four sons and several daughters. His sons were named Moses, Obediah and Nathan. The other I don’t know the name of, he married a Miss Harvie in Newton County and died there. Moses and Obediah live in Newton County. They both have families but I don’t know the name of either of their wives. Nathan lives in Alabama. I know not of his family. One of old Nathan’s daughters married John Whitaker and one married Henry Nichols. One Israel Moore and one married a Mr. Park. I know nothing of the family.
Old Moses fourth daughter Betsy married Marlin Farmer. I know no more of the family. His fifth daughter Lucy married Jonas Meadows and that’s all I know about them. His sixth daughter Frances married a man by the name of Shelton. I have no account of them further.
Old Richard Echols second son was named John. He married Lucy Koore, raised a large family by her. They had three sons and six daughters. Their oldest son was James. He married Nancy Winbush of South Carolina. He moved to Alabama in an early date, so I know but little of his family. I have heard that one son named George, a doctor, and another named Saml - that is all I know of them.
Old John’s second son was named John. He married a Miss Moore. He also moved to Alabama. I know nothing further of them. Old John’s third son was named Saml. He married Jane Holloway of Elton, Putnam County, Georgia. He moved to Alabama so I know nothing further of them; old John’s daughter was Prudence who married Christopher Irwin. They raised a large family of sons and one daughter who died young. I know nothing more of them only Christopher and David. Christopher lives in Walton County, raised several sons and one daughter. I don’t know the names of the sons tho I am told they are smart young men. His daughter was Sophrony. She married Raman Ray. They live in Cobb County. David Irwin lives in Marietta and is a very imminent lawyer and a very wealthy man. He has a family that I know very little about. Old John’s second daughter was by name of Temperance. She married Jno. Rodgers. They raised several sons. I know of only two of them, Dr. James Rodgers, who married Wm. G. Springer’s daughter and lives in Carrol County. He has represented that county in the legislature of Georgia. David Rodgers lives in Stewart County and has also represented that county in the State Legislature. Old John’s third daughter named Caty never married, died young. His fourth daughter Patsy married Capt. William Ellis. They live in Pike County near Griffin. They have raised several sons and daughters. I know only two of his sons, Richard and Thomas. One of them is a doctor, both very large men. They had one daughter married a man named Wilson who lives near Griffin. Old John’s fifth daughter named Liddy married Skelton Standifer, moved to Alabama. I know no more of them. His sixth daughter Lucy married Nathan Williams and raised their family in Jasper County. I know nothing further of them only one son, a doctor who lives in Meriwether County, Georgia.
Old Richard Echols third son was named James Echols, a very large man, had a very singular mark in his features. He had one black eye and one blue eye. He married Elizabeth Palmer, widow of John Palmer of Richmond County, Virginia. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Milner. By her he had five sons, three daughters. His oldest son was Milner, who married Susannah Sansom, had ten children. Their first son was Samuel Dorril Echols, who married Betsy Wood. By her he had four sons and four daughters. His first son was named Alfred. He married a girl names Thirston. They had one child and then they parted. His second son was named Wood Echols. He married a girl by name of Patrick, had three children, moved to Alabama and died shortly after he went there. I know nothing of his family. Third son named Winston M. Echols married a Miss Summer Cain, had one child and she died. He married again but I know not to whom. His fourth son is named John, a young man not yet married. His oldest daughter was named Maryan. She married Colo. Thos. J. Johnson, who lives in Herd County, near Franklin. They have children but I know not their names or how many. His second daughter was named Mahaley, married Mercer Babb, had one child and she died. Her daughter is a daughter named Antonett. Saml’s third daughter Betsy Ann married a Mr. Hollandworth, lives in Heard County,. They have one child. I know nothing of them. His fourth daughter Susannah not yet married.
Milner’s second son was named James, died an infant by a fall out at the door. His third son was named Richard, died an infant also. His complaint was the Flux. His fourth son was named Robert Milner Echols. He married Mary Melton and by her had twelve children. His first son was named Jonathan Milner Echols, died at the age of seventeen years. His death was caused by an over hard march in the army in very hot weather. His second son was named Dorrel Sampson Echols, died an infant. His third son was named Thomas Jefferson Echols, married Lucinda A. Pate and by her had three sons, the first Jonathan M. Echols, his second son died young, his third son was named Robert Milner Echols. Robert M. Echols, fourth son of Robert Walton Echols, a youth, his fifth son Samuel D. Echols, his sixth son named Richard, died young. His seventh son Joseph a little boy. Robert M. Echols first daughter Rhoda married Thos. J. Trammel, had nine children by him - to wit - Collumbus, Georgia, John Robert, Thos., and Ugnias. Her daughters are Tabitha, Martha and Susan, the youngest not yet named. His second daughter Martha married Doctor John G. Waddel, she had one child and died when it was nine days old, named Thomas Echols Waddel, who lives with his father in Alabama. His third daughter Elisa, his fourth daughter Mary Ann, his fifth daughter Frances, none married. Robert M. Echols was a man that filled many responsible offices. He represented Walton County upward of twenty years in succession, was six or seven years president of the senate. He was Major General. He was also Judge of the Court and one of the Trustees of the University at Athens and - of all he was member of the Baptist Church at Sardis, Clerk of the same. He was appointed by Congress a Colo. In the United States Service to command 13th Regiment in Mexico. He was also appointed by the President to pay off the soldiers in Mexican War - his office was at New Orleans. He died in Mexico at the National Bridge whilst in command of the 13th Regiment on the third day of Dec., 1847 in the 49th year of his age.
Thos. Echols, the fifth son of Milner Echols, married Polly Harper. By her had six children, two of whom died young. His first son was Robert H. Echols, married Elizabeth Morris. His second son, Joseph M. Echols, married Virginia Norton, had by her three children. Thomas’ first daughter, Susannah North Echols, married John Chappel, lives in Merriwether County, has several children. Her oldest is William, her second one named John, the rest small, I don’t know their names. His second daughter Mary not married.
Milner Echols’ sixth son named William Sampson Echols, married Kitty Holder, had by her four sons and two daughters. His oldest son John Thomas Echols married a Miss Kelly, has several small children. His second son Robert M. Echols not married. His third son Lumpkin not married. His fourth son, an infant named Thos. Rhodes Echols. His first daughter Martha who married Jos. Selvy who had one child by her and ran away and left her. Second daughter Frances not married.
Obediah Echols, seventh son of Milner Echols, married Hannah Holder - sister of his brother William’s wife - had five children by her. His first son James Echols, his second Tapley, his third John Bunyan, his first daughter Susannah, his second Nancy who married a Mr. Shaw. Obediah Echols, son of Milner, died in Milledgeville in the 31st year of age. Was a very business man, was appointed Surveyor Genl. before he was thirty years of age.
Milner Echols first daughter named Leah died before she was three years old. Her death was caused by a burn. His second daughter Patsy married Joshua Ammons. She had two children. First daughter Mary married James Mobley. They have three children. Their oldest a son named Samuel Iverson Mobley, second a daughter named Susan Martha Mobley. Joshua Ammon’s second is a son named John Milton Ammons, not married.
M. Echols third daughter named Nancy married A. B. Rose, by him had nine children. First son named Augustus died about his fourteenth year. Second Dolphus, third son Theophelus, fourth son Aurelius, fifth son William, sixth Marcus, seventh Agenius Mercer, none married. His first daughter Sarah died at about Seventeen years of age, second daughter Martha died at about eight years old.
Robert E. Echols was the second son of James Echols. He married Elizabeth Davis, they had three sons and one daughter. His first son was Wm. Milner Echols. He was a tanner by trade and married in Montauleo, Jasper County, Georgia. I know nothing more of this family, only that he lives in Monroe County. His second son was named Jessee Mercer Echols. He married a girl named Sandel Carrel. They had no children. They live in some of the Cherokee Counties. He is in some office on the railroad, the last I heard of him. His third son named James lives in ____ County, Alabama. I know nothing more about him. Robert E. Echols daughter named Lucy married and went to Tennessee. I know no more about her.
Absolom Echols was the third son of James Echols, married Nancy Sansom. They had no children. He was killed by Johnson Hammock in Alabama. Hammock was condemned to be hanged for it but killed in jail before the day of his execution.
Obediah Echols was the fourth son of James Echols. He married Elizabeth Strong. They had one child and his wife and child both died. He then married Elizabeth Flournoy, by her had two children, a son and a daughter. The daughter died an infant and his wife also died about the same time. His son was named Philip Henry Echols. He had a great deal of property left him by his grandfather Flournoy. He was educated at Schenetida college in New York. He studied law under Judge Berrien at the City of Washington and married the Judge’s daughter, Margaret Berrien. He returned to Georgia and practiced law and died on ther Cirquett in Marion County at his uncle Absolom Echols. Obediah then married Elizabeth Jones, a widow in Hancock County and by her had several sons and daughters. His first son by his last wife was by name of James Walter Echols, a very rich man and lives at Auburn, Alabama. His brother Samuel now lives with him, a doctor.
Their father, Obediah Echols, lives in Mississippi, Carrol County, has four daughters married and lives near their father. The names of the men that they married I don’t know, only one married a Mr. Foreman, he has two small sons lives with him, one named Judson, the brother I don’t know the name.
James Echols daughter - first daughter was named Leah Echols. She married Robert North. They had four sons and four daughters. Two of their daughters died young. Their first son named Wm. North married Frances Arnold, had several children. I don’t know their names. They live in Coweata County, Georgia. Their second son Anthony North married Polly Hubbard, a second cousin to him. They have a large family of children chiefly grown and several married but I don’t know who to. He has one son named Robert and another named Hubbard and one daughter named Adaline. Their third son named Abraham, married Hiss Holms. They have a large family but I don’t know their children’s names. The fourth son named Marcus married Dosha Thurmond. She had two or three children and died. He then married a widow but I don’t know her name.
Robert North’s first daughter Patsy married a Mr. Hale, never had any children, her husband died. She is now a widow. Second daughter Lucy married James Willis, had several children, moved to Alabama and there she died shortly after she went there.
James Echols second daughter named Mary Echols, married Jeremiah Reeves. They had five sons and four daughters. One of the daughters died young and another fell into the spring and drowned. Their first son Absolom Echols Reeves, who lives at Rome married Elisa Tyas, by her had one daughter who died at about the time she was twenty years old while she was attending Association in Chattanooga County. John N. Reeves, their second son, never married, lives in Augusta. Jeremiah Reeves, their third son, married at about 40 years of age, lives in Walker County. Their fourth son, James M. Reeves, never married. Joseph Reeves, their fifth son, married a Miss Hodge and lives in Chattanooga in Tennessee and keeps a tavern in that town. Jeremiah Reeves first daughter, Leah, married Samuel Neblick, lives in Jackson County, Georgia. I know nothing of their families. Their second daughter Elisa married Ben Powell. I know nothing of their family, only they have one son named Evans Powell. James Echols third daughter named Elizabeth Echols married Thos. M. Fagg. He then ran away, left wife and child and never been heard of since............................................

Benjamin Echols was Richard Echols fourth son. He married Sabra Hendrick, his own cousin and by her had three sons and five daughters. Their first son was Richard, he married Betsy Smith his cousin. They had no children, were very wealthy. They differed, parted and never lived together any more. He died from a fever taken in Floyd’s army in 1815. John Echols, their second son, married a girl named Merrel, raised a large family in Mississippi. I know none of his children, but his oldest daughter Elmira. Benjamin Echols was old Benjamin Echols third son. He married Betsy Ellis, lives Chattanooga County, had a large family of children. His first son is Richard Echols, married but don’t know who. Second son Abner not married, third son Robert lately married to Miss Verner. Their first daughter Caty not married. Second daughter (I know not her name) married Amay Dickson, a very fine man. He had several other daughters but I don’t know their names.

Old Benjamin Echols first daughter Lucy married Samuel Paine, had several children; one son named Samuel lives near Rome. One of his daughters married a man named Williamson. She is now a widow. Benjamin Echols second daughter Betsy never married, died rich. Third daughter Sally married Luis Rolston, had three children, one son Robert, the others daughters. One married a man named Edwards. I know nothing of their family. Fourth daughter Caty married Jacob Lawridge, moved to Mississippi, had several children. I know the names of but two of them, one boy named Legon, one John -- . Fifth daughter named Citty married J. Dyche, moved to Mississippi. He shortly died. I know nothing further of the family ---

Obediah Echols was old Richard Echols fifth son. He married a very rich old Irishman’s daughter. His name was Wm. McDaniel, her name was Caty McDaniel. He had five sons and two daughters. His sons, William who died at about 19 years old, second son Benjamin Echols. He was a nearsighted man, not very bright, but had the most extensive recollection of any man. He inherited a large estate from his grandfather McDaniel’s estate but had not forecast enough to take care of it. He married Betsy Milner in Kentucky, his own cousin. They had several children, one son named Obediah, one daughter named Mariea. I know nothing more of his family as they moved to Tennessee but left Blind Ben - as we called him. Old Obediah Echols third son was James, married Sally Rutledge, raised several children. I know but little about them only one of his sons named Silas Echols said to be a very smart man. James was a great farmer, a great hand to make tobacco, and from that was called Horn Worm James. Old Obediah’s fourth son was named Obediah. He married a Miss Franklin in Virginia but moved to Georgia and died young, left two children, a son named Josephus and a daughter. I know not where they are.

Obediah’s fifth son was named Elijah. He married a girl by name of Willingham. I know nothing more of his family. He was said to be the greatest millright that ever was seen in the State. Old Obediah’s two daughters were named Betsy and Nancy, one married Thos. Rutledge, the other married Wm. Arnold. They both moved to Tennessee. I know nothing further of their families. Old Obediah’s wife died. He then married a widow Jones near Richmond in Virginia. Her maiden name was Jackson, she was a half sister to the great General Lawson. By her he had two sons and one daughter. His first son was Philip Jackson Echols, lives in Crawford County, Georgia, and one son lives in a little town in Monroe or Forsyth County, the name of the town I don’t recollect. That is all I know of his family. He has been Clerk of the Court in Crawford County. His second son was Samuel Echols. He married Sally Booker and moved to Alabama and died. I know but little of his family.

Old Obediah’s daughter was named Polly Echols who married a man by name of Raney, moved to Giles County, Tennessee and died a few years ago, so I was informed by a letter from his daughter. Old Obediah was a Baptist preacher of the highest order of his day. Joseph Echols was sixth son of old Richard. He was a Methodist preacher, married Polly Stamps and by her had five sons and four daughters. First son Ruben married Betsy Owen, of whom I know but little. He moved to Mississippi and died shortly. He had several sons, I don’t know their names. He had one daughter Sarah, married Samuel Marshall, a very fine man, lives in Coweata County. Another daughter Caty married a man by name of Bell, of them I know nothing.

Joseph’s second son was Levi, married a Miss Hubbard, became vastly rich and died soon. He lived in Washington, Wilks County, had but one child, that was a boy named Joseph Hubbard Echols. He is a man of great learning. He is a Methodist preacher and a lawyer and he was the president of the Female Academy in Madison, Morgan County, Georgia. Joseph Echols third son named Simeon married Caroline Van Allen, daughter of Peter L.Van Allen. He was a very great lawyer, and was killed by Wm. H. Crawford in duel on the bank of Savannah River in South Carolina at Braksdale Ferry. Caroline Van Allen was said to be worth $20,000 when Simeon Echols married her. They moved to Mississippi near Columbus to a little town called Athens where he shortly died. His wife lives at the same town and keeps a public house. I know nothing of their family.

Joseph Echols fourth son was Josephus, a very tall man, became a doctor. He went to Alabama to a town called Selma and by his Partner I am told he got very rich. I heard he married but I don’t know who to, consequently know nothing of his family.

Joseph Echols fifth son, William, was also a doctor, never married, had a wen on his neck which was cut out and he died immediately at about 24 or 25 years of age. Joseph Echols first daughter Tabitha married Thomas Cooper, had no child, died in Cowetta County. His second daughter Caty married a very worthy man in Jasper County named Archibald Standifer. She was upward of forty years old when she married, had no child. His third daughter Rebecca never married, lives in Newnan, Cowetta. His fourth daughter Olive married an Englishman named John Daughterty, lives in Coweata County, keeps a public house, he is said to be a very fine man, I know nothing of his children.
Old Richard had five daughters, the oldest named Mary Echols, married Thos. Wynne, had 2 sons and 4 daughters. His first son was Obediah, married Onry Bolton in Virginia, had by her several children, first son John Wynne lives Oglethorpe, married a girl Owen, of his children I know nothing only one son named Glen Wynne married a daughter of Samuel Lumpkin and lives in Coweata County. Thos. Wynne’s second son Thos. Wynne Jr. was left very rich by his father but alas - he was a drunkard and gambler and married onto a very low family, spent his property in a few years and went over seas to some foreign land, his family lives in the upper part of Georgia. He had one daughter married a man by name of J. Brand, and two of his daughters married two brothers named Fincher. I know but little more of the family.

Old Thos. Wynne’s first daughter married Wm. Arnold, had three children, one son and two daughters - she was by name Rhoda, weighed nearly 400 pounds. Her son was William, married a Miss Milner, had two sons by her and died. One of his sons is a wholesale merchant in Charleston, South Carolina, the other one I know but little about. One of her daughters married Samuel Lumpkin of Oglethorpe, the other married David Owen of Newnan, Coweata County, all very wealthy people.
Thos. Wynne’s second daughter married Levi Marshall - a brother to the great preacher Abraham Marshall - they had several sons and daughters. First daughter married Robert N. Crawford of Columbia County. I know but little about the rest of their children. Thos. Wynne’s third daughter Kitty married John Bolton, they had three sons and two daughters. Their sons were Thos., Charles and John. Thos. Lives in Newnan, Charles lives Wilks, vastly rich. John died. He lived in Cobb County on the Chattahoochee River near Montgomery’s Ferry. Their daughter Betsy married Philip Cooper and died shortly, their daughter Polly married Thos. Sims, lived in Washington, Wilks County. He died and then she married a man by name of Sherburn, he died.

Old Thos. Wynne’s fourth daughter Lucy married William Booker, had by him three daughters and one son, their names were Polly who died, Sally who married Samuel B. Echols and now lives in Alabama. Third daughter Lucinda married William Galbreath, they have one daughter married Absalom Echols Roberts and another married a Mr. Hester and they also have a young son I know not his name. The son of Wm. Booker was the notorious John W. Booker who died in Monroe, Walton County, Georgia.

Old Richard Echols second daughter, Drucilla, married Wm. Owen, raised a large family. They all went to western countries but one daughter, her name was Rhoda. She married the Rev. Malachi Reeves. I know but little of the family since they went to the west. Old Richard’s 3rd daughter Sally who married John Milner and moved to Kentucky in a very early date raised a very large family. Their sons were Armstead Milner, a very rich man, John Milner and Mark Milner.

Old Richard Echols fourth daughter Anna married James Daniel, had five children, four sons and one daughter. Their sons were Moses, Hopkins, Echols Daniel and Jeremiah. Their daughter Caty never married. Echols Daniel married but never had children by his wife. He is a vastly rich man, lives in Floyd County. Hopkins married the widow Crane, the grandmother of John Glover Crane of Charleston. Jeremiah Daniel married but I don’t know who. He moved to west. I know nothing of his family.

Old Rich Echols fifth daughter Elizabeth married William Raney, had one daughter named Betsy Hunter Raney. She married a very great lawyer by name of Edward Jones who lives in Giles County, Tennessee. Of their family I know nothing more.
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A Short Account of my Great Grandfather Walter Evans Faymily

He was a Welchman. Came to America about the beginning of 17th century, married Betsy Holcomb and settled in Caroline County, Virginia. He had several sons and four daughters. Who his sons married I know not. One of his daughters named Caty married Richard Echols - my grandfather. One other named Kitty married Daniel Terry. From them sprang the Colquitt family. One other of his daughters married John Hendrick. From them came the family of Jones, Smith and Ligon. Another of his daughters married Richard Hubbard. From them sprang the Hubbard family of Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
Old English John Echols had three daughters which I could have inserted had I known enough about them to give any satisfactory account of them. I only know they married outlandish men, one an Englishman named Nicholas Gilington. Of their family I know nothing. The second daughter married an Irishman named Murphy. I know nothing of their family only they had two sons, Joseph and William, that was called the greatest Baptist preachers that ever was known in Virginia of their day. Old English John Echols third daughter married a Scotchman named Marshbank. I know nothing of their family only the family of Deens in DeKalb and Floyd County sprang from that family.

Benjamin married Sarah about 1710 in , , Virginia, USA. Sarah was born about 1695 in , King William, Virginia, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1640, , , Virginia, USA

William married Elizabeth Tribble. Elizabeth was born in , Yorkshire, England; died on 6 Apr 1738 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas (Orphan) was under legal age at the time of his father's death. Court papers dated 1655, the year of his father's death, show that he was placed
under the guardianship of William Underwood. By 1658, he must have attained the age of majority as he enters into a land deal. Three hundred and twenty acres of land were granted to Thomas (Orphan) by William Berkeley, Knight, Gov of Virginia, situated on the south side of Hoskins Creek toward the head thereof in the county of Rappahannock. The land grant was for transportation of seven persons. This likely means that he paid passage for seven people to come to America to help settle the colony, and this grant was in the nature of a headright. Source: Kinfolk, Opal London Cox and "Our Meador Families in Colonial America" by Victor P. Meador.

Land records

Know All men by these presents that I Thomas Meader of the countie of Rappa.(in Virgnia for a Vallubale[sic]) consideersaon [sic]to me in hand paid by Richard Tomlynson of the same County Planter (have given granted) bargained and sold and coafirmed and do by these presents for me my heirs and assignes give grant bargined and sell unto the said Richard Tomlynson. One hundred and fifty acres of land lying and being on (missing) Rappa River aforesaid and bing part of a devident of thee hundred acres lately given granted and (missing) said Thomas Meader by Ambrose Meader (my father) TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said one hundred and fifty acres of land with all the houses (orchards & c) thereunton belonging and appertaning (missing) priviledges thereunto belonging (missing) according to the tennour and (missing) by the rents and services (missing) unto ther said Richard Tomlynson his heirs and assignes forever against all persons claiming by from or under me the said Thomas Meader (missing) (Ambrose) Meader, my father or his heirs and have hereunto put my hand and seal date this (missing) ammo 1657

Thomas Meader

450 ac was granted to Thomas Browning on 30 Nov 1657, then assigned to John Cooke in 1659 and he in turn assigned it to Thomas Meador (Senior). Before the transaction was recorded on 9 Apr 1664, Thomas Sr had died and the property descended to his son, Thomas Meador, Orphan. This 450 ac grant became the property of John Meador who divided it among the children of his first wife (deed of gift-Essex Co Deeds & Wills 1692-1695 p 332) anticipating a second marrige. Portions were also divided among the children of his second wife through the terms of John's will.

The tract was still undivided in December 1658, when Thomas Meador Mead es (the orphan) contracted to sell 25 acres of his portion to James Hair e, "that was given to me by my father, Thomas Meades, deceased, and to my brother (name missing) in case that part of the land...shall fa ll to my lot at the dividing of the said land." In actuality, it is fou nd through later deeds that Mary obtained possession of the entire 700-ac re tract, but in what manner is unknown. Perhaps the portion allott ed to Thomas Meador was exchanged for rights to the grant on Hoskins Creek .

Nor does the will of Thomas Meads make mention of grant lands on Hoskins C reek, south of the Rappahannock River, possibly because these grants had n ot been finalized. Yet, a grant in 1664 applying to the 450 acres on Hosk ins Creek indicates that the grant had been left to Thomas Meador Meade r, orphan, by the will of his father, Thomas Meader, deceased. Thus, we ha ve evidence that the elder Thomas Meads Meader (Meads, Meades) bought fr om John Cooke this 450 acre tract, which descended after his death to h is son, Thomas Meader, orphan. While this series of transactions was reco rded in 1664 (long after Thomas Meads had made his will and died), it wou ld appear possible that the actions were started about the time Thomas Mea ds died, and were carried to completion later by Thomas Meador Meader, orp han. The fact that he did not yet possess the land on Hoskins Creek may e xplain why Thomas Meads (the elder) did not include mention of it in his w ill. Of course, one could conclude that there was yet another Thomas Meades who was the recipient of the grant. But this would require that the re be a second pair of Thomas Meader's father and son, with the further co incidence that the son would be known as Thomas Meader, orphan. A revi ew of the lineage of Ambrose Meador reveals that such a father/son combina tion did not exist among the descendants. This is a vital link in determi ning our lineage, for subsequent deeds for this 450 acre tract make cle ar that, after the land was inherited by John Meador from his father, Thom as Meador, orphan, the lineage is unmistakable.

In summary, it has been found that Thomas Meads left only two surviving he irs to his property, son Thomas Meador Meader and daughter Mary Meads Hobbs.

Thomas Meador, Jr. was born between 1635 and 1638 in Virginia. He was also called Thomas Meador the Younger, and after his father's death, was called Thomas "Orphan" Meador. When his father died in 1655, Thomas was close to legal age; probably 18 years old. From his father, he inherited 350 acres west of Juggs Creek. He was to share this with his brother John.

On August 6, 1655, Thomas Meads "Orphan" petioned the court that William Underwood be appointed his guardian. The estate of his father was in the hands of George Bryer, and was ordered to be delivered to Mr. Underwood. In January of 1656, the Lancaster Court found that the estate was still undivided and in George Bryer's hands. The court ordered 4 men (included Ambrose Meador and Francis Gower) to divide the estate.

In 1658, Thomas Meads "Orphan" contracted to sell 25 acres of his portion. However, it was found through later deeds that his sister, Mary, retained the entire 750 acre tract. Thomas also made a legal deed in 1658, so he must have been 21 years old in that year. The deed was signed by Thomas with an unique mark - a cross with barred ends, a signature found no where else in county records.

Between 1658 and 1659, Thomas married Sarah. No further information is available about her. Thomas and Sarah had three children: John, Susannah and Mary.

Thomas had probably been raised in the Puritan religion of his father. However, because of the severe morality laid down by the Puritan elders, the younger generation began searching for a faith that was less restrictive and demanding. As early as 1652, followers of the Anglican church were known to be meeting in the Lancaster area. The Anglican church had official sanction, with the authority to punish those who did not pay their levies or attend the local church. This necessitated the founding of churches on the frontier. Sometime before 1660, an Anglican Church was built on the east side of the Rappahannock River between Totuskey and Farnham Creeks. It later became known as the North Farnham Parish. On the west bank, an Anglican church was built about 3 miles west of Hobbs Hole (now Tappahannock) between Hoskins and Piscattaway Creeks. This was known as Piscataway Church, and later became known as South Farnham Church. This South Farnham Church was undoubtedly the one attended by the Meador family. Apparently a road from the Meador homestead on Hoskins Creek led southeastward to the church. Because of the building of Anglican churches in this area, it can be seen that the Puritan influence had declined.

In 1661, an Indian raid took place on the neighboring plantation of Richard White. Richard's daughter Elizabeth would later marry Thomas' son John. Elizabeth was apparently not yet born, but her brother, Thomas White, and two other men were brutally murdered. Thomas' parents, Richard and Addra White, escaped this gruesome raid. Further information on this raid is found under Thomas White.

Perhaps as many as 300 people were killed in these Indian raids. Demanding protection, the settlers petitioned the Jamestown Government for arms, forts and soldiers. From Rappahannock County was sent a "Petition of 15 Grievances" signed by, among others, Henry Awbrey and Col. Thomas Gouldman. They begged that: "the war with the heathen...may be prosecuted effectually and managed in such sort that some Counties may not be totally ruined whilst others live in...peace and quietness, whilst poore Rappahannock lies ableeding whose number of people murdered and estates destroyed can find no parallel in Virginia...for while we are tending corn to feed our wives and
children, the Indians...would butcher us in our fields, they being so frequent about us that we dare not stir from our plantations."

On June 3, 1663, a grant was recorded to Thomas for 320 acres for the transportaiton of seven people to the colony. The land was near the head of Hoskins Creek, southside of the Rappahannock River. The location is known today as Cheatwood Millpond, and is just southwest of Rexburg, Virginia, and seven miles west of Tappahannock, the county seat of Essex County. The grant later became the property of his son, John.

In 1664, Thomas completed the transaction that his father started before his death. This was for 450 acres on Hoskins Creek, south of the Rappahannock River. Thomas Jr. received the property in 1664. The rights to this grant were probably a trade off with his sister, Mary, as she got the 350 acres west of Juggs Creek. Thomas got the two grants on Hoskins Creek, on the south side of the Rappahannock River.

These two grants (320 acres and 450 acres) lay side by side of Hoskins Creek. The larger grant was upstream (west), and they shared a common boundary.

Thomas died sometime before April, 1662.

In April of 1662, Sarah, his widow, legally declared her obligation to her three children. Such declarations were commonly made by those contemplating remarriage. Sarah made two documents and described herself as the widow of Thomas Meador the Younger. In the first document, Sarah provided for the maintenance and education of her children, promising them four years of schooling apiece. At this period of time, most children only received one year of schooling. In the second document, Sarah gave her son John Meador a yoke of oxen and "one gun, seven foot by the barrel," to be delivered to him when he came of age. To her daughter Susannah she gave a red cow called "Cherry" and her increase. To her daughter Mary she gave a black heifer called "Slippery."

No proof can be found of whom Sarah Meador remarried. It should be noted, however, that a very prominent, highly influential and prosperous settler of the same area, Henry Awbrey, about this time took a wife named Sarah, who is assumed to have been our Sarah Meador, widow. Henry Awbrey is rumored to have first married in England, but no trace of such wife or surviving children of such a marriage has been found in Virginia records. For purposes of this family tree, we are assuming that our Sarah did marry Henry Awbrey. Sarah is first mentioned as his wife in 1664 when Henry appointed her his attorney to collect debts owed to him in his absence. She again appears in 1670 as party to a sale by Henry Awbrey and herself of a tract of 300 acres of land on the north side of the Rappahannock River. Awbrey was Burgess of the County Court of old Rappahannock County and was a trustee in the formation of New Plymouth in 1682. For the last two years of his life, he was also Sheriff, perhaps an honorary position in view of his age. He also received many grants of land for the transportation of persons to the colonies.

Sarah and Henry possibly had a son; Richard Awbrey. In a deed in 1675, Henry gave his son Richard a year old mare called "Bonny"....."until Richard be 14 years of age." Thus, Richard would have been born after 1661-1662, when Henry and Sarah were apparently married.

When Henry Awbrey made his will in 1694, he named his wife as Mary; so apparently Sarah died sometime before 1694.

GRANT OF THOMAS MEADOR:
The 320 Acre Grant - "To all to whom these presents shall come, greetings....whereas now know ye, that I, the said Sir William Berkeley, Knight, Governor of Virginia, give and grant unto Thomas Meador three hundred and twenty acres of land, situated on the south side of Hoskins Creek towards the head thereof in the county of Rappahannock, and extendeth itself from a marked red oak standing in a small neck by the main run side of the creek aforesaid and nigh unto the plantation of John Gillet, thence by the said run side thirty two poles unto a marked oak on the westernmost point of said neck, thence along the northernmost side of a Beaver Dam until you met with a line of marked trees
that leadeth unto a poplar by the edge of the said Dam forty eight poles, thence with the said line South by West two hundred and seventy two poles to a marked pine on fallowing ground, thence East by South one hundred and twenty five poles to a white oak on the brow of a hill, thence East North-East twenty eight poles to meet with the Westernmost line of marked trees belonging to John Gregory, which divides this land and the land of the said Gregory, thence North East down to Hoskins Creek aforesaid and finally parellel with the said Creek one hundred eighty one poles unto the marked Red Oak first above mentioned. The said land being due unto the said Meador for transportation of seven persons to this colony. To have and to hold (etc.) Dated the second of June, one thousand, six hundred and sixty-three."

GRANT OF THOMAS MEADOR:
The 450 Acre Grant - "To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings;...now know ye that I, the said Sir William Berkeley, Knight, Governor of Virginia, give and grant unto Thomas Meader, Orphan, four hundred and fifty acres of land in Lancaster County on the South side of the head of Hoskins Creek, beginning at a poplar standing by the side of a Beaver Dam near the Indian Path and running South by West two hundred and fifty poles, thence parallel to the Dam West by North four hundred and fifty poles (part of the description left out here) to the Dam to the first mentioned tree. The said land being first granted to Thomas Browning by patent dated the thirtieth of November, one thousand six hundred and fifty seven, and by him assigned to John Cooke, and by him ssigned to Thomas Meader Deceased, and by his will given to the said Thomas Meader. to ave and to hold (etc.) Dated the ninth of April, one thousand, six hundred and sixty four".


Birth Bef 1638 Death Bef 13 Apr 1662 Old Rappahannock Co., VA Property 1658 Prob. Old Rappahannock Co., VA Thomas sold 25 acres of land to James Haire that were given to him and his brother by his father "Thomas Meades" Property 2 Jun 1663 Old Rappahannock Co., VA was granted 320 acres in on 2 June 1663 by Sir. William Berkeley, Knight, Governor of Virginia. This land was given to his son John on 7 Aug 1679. Property 9 Apr 1664 Old Rappahannock Co., VA on 9 Apr 1664, Thomas was granted 450 acres that was already planned to be granted to his father Thomas at the time of his father's death. Mentioned 15 Apr 1670 Old Rappahannock Co., VA [Original spellings have been maintained - by June Bork]
1670 Apr 15 - Old Rappahannock Co, Va - (1670-1672), p.9 - Recorded: 12 May 1670
Know Ye that I, Henry Awbrey and Sarah my wife for valuable consideration to us paid do graint and make over for us or heires all right tytle and interest of 300 acres lying in County of Rapp. on North side of said River
of Rappahannock unto Francis Gowre for ever which land was formerly the land of THOMAS MEDOR. . . to have and to hold 300 acres unto him Francis Goure which the said Gowre is now SEATED on and possessed with all. . . forever -
Signed this 15 April 1670
/s/ Henry Aubrey, /s/ Sarah (T or F) Aubry
Wit: Thomas (x) Jenkins /s/ John (I) Evans (his mark, large I with bar across middle)
Witnesseth that I, "SARAH AWBREY the NOW WIFE of Henry Awbrey" of Rapp. do make and appoynt Mr. Thomas Gouldman my true attorney and in my name to acknowledge in County Court of Rapp. all my right and title claim and
interest of 300 acres of land unto Francis Gowre
/s/ Sarah (F) Aubrey (large F or T)

Marriages Sarah _____ (<1640>) > details

Children > John (1641 - 1721) < Mary (1653 - 1717) Susanna (1651 - 1697)

Thomas married Sarah Hoskins in 1657. Sarah (daughter of Bartholomew Hoskins and Dorcas Mira Isham) was born in 1637 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1672 in , , Virginia, USA; was buried in Meade, Essex, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Sarah Mary Hoskins

Notes:

13 Apr - 12 Jul 1662 (Old Rappahannock Co, Va. DB Part II of 1656-1664:187-188) Apr. 13, 1662. These presents Witnesseth that I Sarah MEADER Widdow Wife of Thomas MEADER the Younger leately deced in the County of Rappa. I Sarah MEADER do bind & oblige myself my Exrs. or Admrs. to confirme unto my Son John MEADER Sone unto Thomas MEADER lateley deced one yoak of Oxen & one gun Seaven foot by the barrell to be delivered unto my Son John MEADER when he comes of age & furthermore I give as my full act & deed unto my Eldest Daughter Susanna MEADER one red Cow called Cherry & her Cow Calf & increase to my aforesaid Daughter only excepting the male of the catle to fall unto me the abovesaid Sarah MEADER untill my Daughter be full Eleven years of age & after the expiracon of the aforesaid years male & female to fall unto my Eldest Daughter Susanna MEADER. Item I give unto my youngest Daughter Mary MEADER Daughter of the abovesaid Thomas MEADOR one Black heaffer named Slippey she & her increase to my youngest only the male Excepted to fall unto I the said Sarah MEADER untill my youngest Daughter be fully nine years of age & after the Expiracon of the aforesaid nine years male & female to fall unto Mary MEADER & if it shall please God that my Eldest Daughter shall dye in her minority that all her Catle & their increase shall fall unto her Sister Mary MEADER and likewise in case it should please God that my youngest Daughter Mary MEADER should dye in her minority that her Catle unto my Eldest Daughter Susanna MEADER & furthermore in case that my youngest Daughter Mary MEADER her heiffer should miscarry before she comes to perfeccon that there shall another heiffer or Cow of the same age & her increase to be made good as aforesaid to my Daughter Mary MEADER ? to be recorded in Court the first or second Courte ensuing the date hereof by any person that I the said Sarah MEADER shall appoint always provided that there be severall marks nominate & recorded for the abovesaid Childrens Catle them & their increase. In confirmacon I Sarah MEADER bind myself?my hand this 13th day of Aprill 1662. s/Sarah [T] MEADER. In presence of Abraham COOMBE, William CLAWSON.

These Presents testifieth that I, Sarah MEADER, late wife of Thomas MEADER dec'd. in the County of Rappa. oblige myself to give & allow my children a sufficient & compleat maintenance in every respect as all other ought to do and further more to give them four years a piece Education in learning according as the Country doth afford. In confirmation whereof I Sarah MEADER do bind & oblige myself my heirs or assignes for the performance of this above menconed. /s/ Sarah (+) MEADER In presence of Abraham COMBE [sic], William CLAWSON. Recorded July 12, 1662 (Old Rappahannock County Deed Abstracts 1656-1664, Part II, Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The Antient Press, McLean, VA)

Sarah gave son John Meador a yoke of oxen and "one gun, seven foot by the barrel" to be delivered to him when his of age. Daughter Susannah she gave a red cow called "Cherry" and her increase. Her daughter Mary she gave a black heifer called "Slippery." We all so learn that Susannah was several years less than 11 years old and May was less than 9 years old. Since Thomas and Sarah's marriage took place no earlier than 1657 or 1658 all the children would have been infants at that time."

Old Rap. Co., Va. DB Part II of 1656-1664:188) Apr. 13, 1662.
These presents witnesseth that I Sarah Meader widdow wife of Thomas Meader the younger, lately deced in the County of Rappahanock I Sarah Meader do bind and oblige myself my exrs. or adms. to confirme unto my son John Meader, sone unto Thomas Meader lately deced one yoak of oxen & one gun seaven foot by the barrell to be delivered unto my son John Meader when he comes of age & furthermore I give as my full act & deed unto my eldest daughter Susanna Meader one red cow called Cherry & her cow calf & increase to my aforesaid daughter only excepting the male of the cattle to fall unto me the above said Sarah Meader untill my daughter be full eleven years of age & after the expiracon of the aforesaid years male & female to fall unto my eldest daughter Susanna Meader.
Item I give unto my youngest daughter Mary Meader daughter of the above said Thomas Meader one Black heaffer named Slippey she & her increase to my youngest only the male excepted to fall unto I the said Sarah Meader untill my youngest Daughter be fully nine years of age & after the Expiracon of the aforesaid nine years male & female to fall unto Mary Meader & if it shall please God that my eldest daughter shall dye in her minority that all her catle & their increase shall fall unto her sister Mary Meader and likewise in case it should pleas God that my youngest daughter Mary Meader should dye in her minority that her catle unto my eldest daughter Susanna Meader & furthermore in case that my youngest daughter Mary Meader her heiffer should miscarry before she comes to perfeccon that there shall another heiffer or cow of the same age & her increse to be made good as aforesaid to my daughter Mary Meader these premises to be recorded in Court the first or second courte ensuing the date hereof by any person that I the said Sarah Meader shall l appoint always provided that there be severall markes nominate & recorded for the abovesaid Childrens Catle them & their increase. In confirmatcon I Sarah Meader bind my self my heirs for the performance this above menconed & no other act nor deed as Witness my hand this thirteenth day of April 1662.

These presents testifieth that I Sarah Meader late wife of Thomas Meader deced in the County of Rappa. oblige my self to give and allowe unto my children a sufficient & compleat maintenance in every respect as all other ought to do and further more to give them four years a peice Education in learning according as the Country doth aford. In Confirmacon whereof I Sarah Medr. do bind & oblige myself my heirs or assignes for the performance of this above menconed as witness my hand & seal this 13th day of Aprill 1662 to write read to to cast accompt.
Recorded July 12, 1662 Deed Bk 1656-1664, p 187-188

These presents testifieth that I, Sarah MEADER, late wife of Thomas MEADER dec'd. in the County of Rappa. oblige myself to give & allow my children a sufficient & compleat maintenance in every respect as all other ought to do and further more to give them four years a piece Education in learning according as the Country doth afford. In confirmation whereof I Sarah MEADER do bind & oblige myself my heirs or assignees for the performance of this above mentioned...In presence of Abraham COMBE and William CLAWSON.
/s/ Sarah (+) MEADER

Recorded July 12, 1662 (Old Rappahannock County Deed Abstracts 1656-1664, Part II, Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The Antient Press, McLean, VA) (See COMBS-MEADOR Family)

The above records were in contemplation of widow, Mrs. Sarah Meadors upcoming marriage to her second husband, Henry Awbrey/Aubry. Second or third marriages often required a "Marriage Contract," to insure the heirs of a first marriage, their inheritance.

1664 Feb 27 - Old Rappahannock Co, Va - (1656-1664), pt.2 p.353-354: I, Henry Awberry of Hoskins Creek in County of Rapp. which is in Virginia have made and in my stead my well beloved wife Sarah Awbry my lawful attorney irrevocably for me and in my name and for my use to ask and to receave all debts sums of money or to bo: as shall be due unto me Henry Awbrey by any person whatsoever
/s/ Hen. Awbrey.
Wit: /s/ John Gregory; /s/ John Awbrey {brother of Henry;and /s/ Ralph Fletcher

Ancestors of Sarah Hoskins

Generation No. 1

1. Sarah Hoskins, born 1637 in Virginia; died 1672 in Rappahannock County, Virginia. She was the daughter of 2. Bartholomew Hoskins and 3. Mira Dorcas Isham. She married (1) Thomas Meador 1658 in Virginia. He was born 1635 in Charles Parish, York County, Virginia, and died Apr 1662 in Essex County, Virginia. He was the son of Thomas Meads and Sarah Wellstead. She married (2) Henry Awbrey Aft. Apr 1662. He was born Abt. 1637.

Notes for Sarah Hoskins:
In a book by Victor P. Meador titled OUR MEADOR FAMILIES IN COLONIAL AMERICA, he indicates Sarah Meador (widow of Thomas) married Henry Awbrey after April, 1662. "page 37 - Sarah is first mentioned as his wife in 1664 when Henry appointed her his attorney to collect debts due him in his absence. She again appears in 1670 as party to a sale by Henry Awbrey and herself of a tract of 300 acres of land on the north side of the Rappahannock River. Her name again appears in 1672 as party to another deed, but no further reference to her has been found. When Henry made his will in 1694 he named his wife as Mary."

Notes for Thomas Meador:
Thomas Meador (called orphan) apparently was close to legal age at the death of his father, Thomas Meads in 1655, because he was able to make a legal deed in 1658. Much heretofore has been made of his having to be between 14 and 17 years of age to choose his own guardian, but under English common law, 21 was generally considered to be the age of responsibility. Thus, it must be considered that Thomas, the son, was born as early as 1636 or 1637 to have attained 21 years of age by 1658. This also would appear likely in view of his marriage, which must have occurred about this time.

In the deed mentioned above, Thomas Meador contracted the sell to James Haire "25 acres of land, being part of the land that was given unto me by my father, Thomas Meads deceased, and to my brother (name missing)." This confirms his parentage and that he had a brother, who is given in the father's will as John. Thomas signed this 1658 deed with a unique mark, a cross with barred ends, and a signature found nowhere else in the county records.

Records of the distribution of the estate of the senior Thomas Meads are missing, so one cannot say just how the lands willed to Thomas and his brother John ended up in the possession of their sister Mary. One could speculate that the lands were traded to Mary for the rights to the two grants on Hoskins Creek, on the south side of the Rappahannock River, of which Thomas Meador (orphan) became possessed.

Of these two grants, the first one recorded was made to the younger Thomas Meador, of 320 acres for the transportation of seven persons to the colony, recorded June 3,1663. Sufficient data survives to permit the plotting of this tract. The grant shows a peculiar characteristic, in that it requires a southeasterly flowing section of Hoskins Creek roughly 181 poles (2986 feet) long, whereas the major portion of Hoskins Creek flows easterly. Of three possible locations along the creek where it flows southeasterly for that length, one would eliminate by its location two near the mouth of the creek, whereas the grant specified that it was toward the head of the creek. Another is eliminated by its encroachment upon property granted to Henry Awbrey further upstream, which also requires a similar-flowing southeast section. The area best fitting the requirements lies at what is known today as "Cheatwood Millpond". This location is just southeast of Rexburg, Virginia, and seven !
miles west of Tappahannock, county seat of Essex County.

The 320-acre grant later became the property of John Meador, who sold it to Ebenezer Stanfield in 1679. The deed states that the grant was to Thomas Meador, father of the said John Meador, thus confirming this parentage. Stanfield devised the property to his daughter, Rebecca, who married John Williams, Jr., and they later disposed of the property, which never again returned to the ownership of Meador descendants.

The second of the two grants was for 450 acres, also near the head of Hoskins Creek. It was first granted to Thomas Browning on November 30,1657. It was then assigned to John Cooke in 1659, and he in turn assigned it to Thomas Meads (senior). Before this series of transactions was finally recorded on April 9,1664, Thomas Sr. had died and the property descended to his son, Thomas Meador, orphan. The above series of actions is recorded in the wording of the grant

By plotting these two grants, it can be seen that they lay side by side on the south side of Hoskins Creek, with the 450 acre grant upstream (west) of the 320 acre grant, and that they shared a common boundary. Both grants were recorded after the apparent death of Thomas Meador, orphan.

The 450 acre grant (made to Thomas Meador, orphan) clearly became the property of John Meador, who divided it among the children of his first wife. Portions were also divided among the children of his second wife through the terms of John's will. A descendant, William Meador, in a deed in 1728 and another in 1734, continued the lineage from his great-grandfather Thomas Meador through John, Richard, and himself, making the descent of the property and lineage involved unquestionable. The genealogy of the Meador family from Thomas Meads is thus established to that point.

No documentation has been found to show explicitly that Thomas Meader, orphan, was also known as Thomas Meador, the younger. Nevertheless, the only other Thomas Meador found in the area at that time was Thomas, the son of Ambrose Meador. It would appear that the known facts fit more logically with the conclusion that Thomas, orphan, and Thomas the younger were one and the same. Particularly, Thomas, orphan, is the only one who was also the son of an elder Thomas, thus requiring the description, "the younger".

This latter phrase is found in two documents made by a Sarah Meador, in which, describing herself as the widow of Thomas Meador the Younger, she declared her obligation to her three children in April, 1662. Those contemplating remarriage commonly made such declarations. In the first document, Sarah provided for the maintenance and education of her children, promising them four years of schooling apiece. (At this period, most children received only a year). In the second, Sarah gave her son John Meador a yoke of oxen and "one gun, seven foot by the barrel", to be delivered to him when he came of age. To her daughter Susannah she gave a red cow called "Cherry" and her increase. To her daughter Mary she gave a black heifer called "Slippery". We learn also that Susannah was several years less than 11 years old, and that Mary was less than 9 years old. Since the marriage of Thomas Meador the Younger (or orphan) took place no earlier than 1657 or 1658, all three children w!
ould have been infants at that time.

No documentation has thus far been found to specify whom Sarah Meador then married. Nonetheless, it should be noted that a very prominent, highly influential and prosperous settler of the same area, Henry Awbrey, about this time took a wife named Sarah, who may well have been Sarah Meador, widow. Perhaps older than Sarah, Henry Awbrey is rumored to have married in England; however, no trace of such wife of surviving children of such a marriage has been found in Virginia records. Sarah is first mentioned as his wife in 1664, when Henry appointed her his attorney to collect debts due him in his absence. She again appears in 1670 as party to a sale of Henry Awbrey and herself of a tract of 300 acres on land on the north side of the Rappahannock River.

Her name again appears in 1672 as party to another deed, but no further reference to her has been found. When Henry Awbrey made his will in 1694, he named his wife as Mary.

The above mentioned deed for 300 acres north of the Rappahannock has caused considerable confusion among researchers. While it is true that a Thomas Meador once owned this property as stated in the deed, this was Thomas, the son of Ambrose Meador, instead of Thomas Meador (orphan), son of Thomas Meads. After Ambrose purchased 1000 acres from James Williamson in 1656, he sold 300 acres from that tract to his son, Thomas. This 300 acres was then divided in half by Thomas, who sold 150 acres to Richard Tomlinson in 1657 and 150 acres to Lambert Lambertson in 1658. Lambertson further divided his tract into 75-acre plots, which were then further sold. While it may seem unlikely that these various small plots could have bee reassembled back into a single 300-acre tract, the evidence points to that event. The remaining 700 acres of the 1000 acres purchase by Ambrose Meador can be fully accounted for. There is no indication that Ambrose purchased additional land from Williams!
on, nor that he sold more to his son, Thomas. Yet the deed from Henry and Sarah Awbrey states that the property was from the purchase by Ambrose Meador out of the grant to James Williamson, and from the portion sold by Ambrose to his son Thomas.

Regardless of the subdivision and the further sales, this deed could easily lead one to believe that Sarah had inherited the property as the widow of Thomas, the son of Ambrose. But a more likely explanation is that Henry Awbrey reassembled the property into a single tract, for which no records remain. Several instances have been noted in which property reverted to the original owner, evidently when the purchaser had defaulted in paying the purchase price. But in this case reversion to Thomas, the son of Ambrose, would appear quite unlikely in view of the many subsequent continuing sales by several individuals. In any case, it should be noted that Thomas, son of Ambrose, and Thomas, son of Thomas, both must have died about the same time, which certainly adds to the possible confusion between the two men.

Henry Awbrey was Burgess of the County Court of old Rappahannock County and was a trustee in the formation of the portion of New Plymouth in 1682, which became Tappahannock. For the last two years of his life he was also Sheriff, perhaps an honorary position in view of his age. He received many grants of land for the transportation of persons to the colonies. One of these was for 1050 acres on the south side of Hoskins Creek in 1664, just upstream from the 450 acres granted to Thomas Meador, orphan. This site became Awbrey's home plantation. Other grants were for 480 acres in 1669 and for 5100 acres in 1679, lying between Hoskins Creek, Piscataway Creek, and the Mattaponi River; for 189 acres on Occupacia Creek in 1684 and for 1200 acres on the north side of Hoskins Creek in 1688.

The number of children of Henry Awbrey is not completely clear. Some researchers have maintained that there were sons named John and Francis; instead, these appear to have been sons of his brother, John Awbrey. It should be noted that in two deeds in 1690, Henry named Richard Awbrey as his "only son and heir apparent". In one of these deeds he gave Richard 500 acres from the 1050-acre grant on the south side of Hoskins Creek, which portion adjoined the lands of John Meador. When Henry Awbrey made his will in 169412 , he named as heirs only his wife Mary and his son Richard.

It appears quite certain that Richard Awbrey was the son of Sarah, because in a deed in 1675 Henry gave his son Richard a year-old mare called "Bonny" "until said Richard be 14 years of age". Thus, Richard would have been born after 1661-1662, when Henry and Sarah apparently were married.

When Richard Awbrey made his will, which was probated October 11,1697, he named John Meador as "brother". Considerable speculation has arisen about the exact nature of this relationship. Some have said that the term "brother" could have meant "brother-in-law", on the assumption that John Meador (for his second wife) could have married a daughter of Henry Awbrey and thus a sister to Richard. No such daughter of Henry Awbrey has been documented. Another speculation has been that Richard's wife, Dorothy, was a sister of John Meador. Nor has such a sister been found. In actuality, Richard's wife was Dorothy North, daughter of Augustine North.

Richard Awbrey also named as "Sister" Susannah McQuire, the wife of Phillip McQuire, both of whom were witnesses to his, will. A bequest was also made to Francis Gouldman (it has been thought possible that Mary, the younger daughter of Thomas and Sarah Meador, could have married Gouldman, whose wife was named Mary). Thus we find that Richard Awbrey names at least two of the children of Thomas and Sarah Meador, John and Susannah, as "brother" and "sister". Actually, it would appear that they were his half-brother and half-sister.

At this time, there was only one John Meador living. As we have seen in the chapter on Ambrose Meador, his son John and his grandson John were both deceased by 1683. His great-grandson John and the son of Thomas (son of John, the son of Ambrose) were not born until after 1700. So we must consider here only the John Meador who was in possession of the 450-acre grant on Hoskins Creek at this time.

In that grant, it is stated that it was being made to Thomas Meador, orphan, son of Thomas Meader, deceased. As no such father and son pair (both named Thomas) existed in the family of Ambrose Meador, it must certainly have been the Thomas Meads who died in 1655 and his son Thomas. The further descent of this 450-acre tract through (3) John Meador is very clear. This grant adjoined the grant of Henry Awbrey on Hoskins Creek, and particularly the portion given by Henry to his son Richard Awbrey. It is most logical that Thomas Meader, orphan, and Thomas Meador the Younger were the same, and that Sarah Meador, the widow of Thomas Meador the Younger, who made provision for her son "John Meador of Hoskins Creek", was the wife of Henry Awbrey and the mother of Richard Awbrey. Thus the conclusion is virtually inescapable that Sarah was the mother of both John Meador and Richard Awbrey, making them half-brothers. This would explain why Richard called John Meador his "brother" !
in his will.

Regrettably, efforts to trace descendants of the other two children of Sarah Meador/Awbrey have proven nearly fruitless. No further mention in Essex records has been found of Phillip and Susannah McQuire. Col. Francis Gouldman became a prosperous and prominent landowner in Saint Mary's Parish of Essex County, but when he drew his will in 1717, he mentioned no (living) children. Bequests were made to his nephews, the sons of Edward Gouldman, and to his niece, the daughter of his brother Thomas Gouldman, deceased. Mary, the wife of Francis, followed him in death a few months later. In her will no children were mentioned, but there was a bequest to Dorothy Billups, who was the daughter of Richard Awbrey and thus her niece.

Two confusing court records of "the orphans of Francis Gouldman" actually refer to the two sons of his brother Edward, to whom Francis had left the major portion of his estate. Therefore, even if this Mary Gouldman could be established as the daughter of Thomas and Mary Meador, the direct lineage ends here. Curiously, no documents have been found relating to any interactions between these daughters, their husbands, and John Meador, nor between John Meador and Richard Awbrey. Such documentation would most certainly have made the determination of these relationships between them much easier.

THE 450 ACRE GRANT
"To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings...now know ye that I, the said Sir William Berkeley, Knight, Governor of Virginia, give and grant unto Thomas Meador, orphan, four hundred and fifty acres of land in Lancaster County on the South side of the head of Hoskins Creek, beginning at a poplar standing by the side of a Beaver Dam near the Indian Path and running South by West two hundred and fifty poles, thence parallel to the Dam West by North four hundred and fifty poles [part of the description left out here] to the Dam to the first mentioned tree. The said land being first granted to Thomas Browning by patent dated the thirtieth of November, one thousand six hundred and fifty seven, and by him assigned to John Cooke, and by him assigned to Thomas Meads deceased, and by his will given to the said Thomas Meader. To have and to hold [etc]. Dated the ninth of April one thousand, six hundred and sixty four.

THE 320 ACRE GRANT
"To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings.... Whereas now know ye, that I, the said Sir William Berkeley, Knight, Governor of Virginia, give and grant unto Thomas Meador three hundred and twenty acres of land, situated on the south side of Hoskins Creek towards the head thereof in the county of Rappahannock, and extends itself from a marked red oak standing in a small neck by the main run side of the creek aforesaid and nigh unto the plantation of Hohn Gillet, thence by the said run side thirty two poles unto a marked oak in the westernmost point of said neck, thence along the northernmost side of a Beaver Dam until you meet with a line of marked trees that lead unto a poplar by the edge of the said Dam forty eight poles, thence with the said line South by West two hundred and seventy two poles to a marked pine on fallowing ground, thence East by South one hundred and twenty five poles to a white oak on the brow of a hill, thence East North-East twenty eight poles!
to meet with the Westernmost line of marked trees belonging to John Gregory, which divides this land and the land of the said Gregory, thence North East down to Hoskins Creek aforesaid and finally parallel with the said Creek one hundred eighty one poles unto the marked Red Oak first mentioned. The said land being due unto the said Meader for transportation of Seven persons to this colony. To have and hold [etc]. Dated the second of June, one thousand, six hundred and sixty-three."

Will dated 25 Mar 1655. Entered in probate 6 June 1655

"Historic Southern Families" by Boddie:

The Meadors family belonged to the landed gentry of England and seems to have resided mainly in Suffolk. See page's History of Suffolk and the Harleian Visitation, Vol. VIII Pages 105 and 163.

Mann, Gertrude C. letters

Nunnally, Major Perkins, " The Descendents of Jonas and Francis Meador of Essex, Caroline, and Cumberland Counties, Virginia", Nine Oaks, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 5 June 1968 is the source of dates, wives and children

1679, Fernham Ph, Rappahannock, Virginia, 7 August, DB, names Thomas Meador as the Father of John.

Meador, Daniel Burton, The Meador Family

Meador, John W., and Victor, Paul, The Meador Families of West Central Tennessee.

Generation No. 2

2. Bartholomew Hoskins, born 1600 in Suffolk, England; died in Norfolk County, Virginia. He was the son of 4. John Hoskins and 5. Benedicta Moyle Bourne. He married 3. Mira Dorcas Isham Jun 1624 in London, Middlesex, England.
3. Mira Dorcas Isham, born Abt. 1590. She was the daughter of 6. John Isham and 7. Elizabeth Barker.

Notes for Bartholomew Hoskins:
He is an immigrant ancestor.

Child of Bartholomew Hoskins and Mira Isham is:
1i.Sarah Hoskins, born 1637 in Virginia; died 1672 in Rappahannock County, Virginia; married (1) Thomas Meador 1658 in Virginia; married (2) Henry Awbrey Aft. Apr 1662.


Generation No. 3

4. John Hoskins, born Mar 1565/66 in Herefordshire, England; died Aug 1638 in Herefordshire, England. He was the son of 8. John Hoskins and 9. Margery Jones. He married 5. Benedicta Moyle Bourne.
5. Benedicta Moyle Bourne, born 1575.

Child of John Hoskins and Benedicta Bourne is:
2i.Bartholomew Hoskins, born 1600 in Suffolk, England; died in Norfolk County, Virginia; married Mira Dorcas Isham Jun 1624 in London, Middlesex, England.


6. John Isham, born Abt. 1546 in England. He married 7. Elizabeth Barker.
7. Elizabeth Barker, born Abt. 1559 in England; died 1590. She was the daughter of 14. Nicholas Barker and 15. Joan?.

Child of John Isham and Elizabeth Barker is:
3i.Mira Dorcas Isham, born Abt. 1590; married Bartholomew Hoskins Jun 1624 in London, Middlesex, England.


Generation No. 4

8. John Hoskins, born 1540 in Herefordshire, England; died 1607 in England. He was the son of 16. John Hoskins and 17. Elizabeth ?. He married 9. Margery Jones.
9. Margery Jones, born Abt. 1540.

Child of John Hoskins and Margery Jones is:
4i.John Hoskins, born Mar 1565/66 in Herefordshire, England; died Aug 1638 in Herefordshire, England; married Benedicta Moyle Bourne.


14. Nicholas Barker, born Abt. 1520 in Sonning, Berkshire, England. He married 15. Joan?.
15. Joan?, born Abt. 1520.

Child of Nicholas Barker and Joan? is:
7i.Elizabeth Barker, born Abt. 1559 in England; died 1590; married John Isham.


Generation No. 5

16. John Hoskins, born 1505 in Herefordshire, England. He married 17. Elizabeth ? 1527 in Herefordshire, England.
17. Elizabeth ?, born 1510 in England.

Child of John Hoskins and Elizabeth ? is:
8i.John Hoskins, born 1540 in Herefordshire, England; died 1607 in England; married Margery Jones.

Notes:

1638-1694 , Old Rappahanock, Essex County, Virginia
Henry Awbrey was Burgess of the County Court of old Rapphannock County and was a trustee in the formation of New Plymouth in 1682. For the last two years of his life, he was also Sheriff, perhaps an honorary position in view of his age. He also received many grants of land for the transportation of persons to the colonies.

When Henry Awbrey made his will in 1694, he named his wife Mary; so apparently Sarah died sometime before 1694.

On page 39-40, " The number of children of Henry Awbrey is not completely clear. Some researchers have maintained that there were sons named John and Francis; instead, these appear to have been sons of his brother, John Awbrey. It should be noted that in two deeds in 1690 (Rappahannock Co Deed Book 8, p. 254-6), Henry named Richard Awbrey as his "only son and heir apparent." In one of those deeds he gave Richard 500 acres from the 1050 acre grant on the south side of Hoskins Creek, which portion adjoined the lands of John Meador. When Henry Awbrey made his will in 1694 (Essex Co Court Order Book 1692-1695, p. 311), he named as heirs only his wife Mary [not SARAH] and son Richard.

No proof can be found that Sarah remarried. It should be noted, however, that a very prominent, highly influential and prosperous settler of the same area, Henry Awbrey, about this time took a wife named Sarah, who is assumed to have been Sarah Meador, widow. Henry Awbrey is rumored to have a first marriage in England, but no trace has been found in Virginia records. For purposes of this family tree, it is assumed that Sarah did marry Henry Awbrey.

Sarah is first mentioned as his wife in 1664 when Henry appointed her as his attorney to collect debts owed to him in his absence. She again appears in 1670 as party to a sale by Henry Awbrey and herself of a tract of 300 acres of land on the north side of the Rappahannock River.

...Meanwhile, the Rappahannock Indians had fled from their villages behind the settlers on the east bank of the river to sanctuary several miles upstream. In their absence, the lands were taken up by white settlers, and the Indians could not return. Decimated and broken, though having remained peaceful during the whole Bacon affair, their cause was championed by Henry Awbrey, the senior member of the County Court. Enlisting the help of about a dozen settlers, they were relocated, probably on Henry Awbrey's large grant lands, where there is a place which is still called Indian Neck. There is also a Rappahannock Indian church nearby, and there are reports that traces of an Indian settlement have been found on the Meador plantation. Participating in the resettlement in January, 1684, were Henry Awbrey, who served as overseer and go-between as well as furnishing his boat, Robert Tomlin, Jr. who supplied a sloop and a smaller boat, and several men, including John Meador. John was reimbursed by the court for 9 days service and the use of his horse.

John (Meador - Henry's step-son) spent his childhood with his siblings, mother and stepfather, Henry Awbrey, on Awbrey's plantation on the upper reaches of Hoskins Creek.

In 1661, an Indian raid took place on the neighboring plantation of Richard White. Richard's daughter, Elizabeth would later marry Thomas' son, John. Elizabeth was apparently not yet born, but her brother, Thomas White, and two other men were brutally murdered. Thomas' parents, Richard and Addra White, escaped this gruesome raid.

Perhaps as many as 300 people were killed in these Indian raids. Demanding protection, the settlers petitioned the Jamestown Government for arms, forts and soldiers. From Rappahannock County was sent a "Petition of 15 Grievances" signed by, among others, Henry Awbrey and Col. Thomas Gouldman. They begged that: "the war with the heathen...may be prosecuted effectually and managed in such sort that some Counties may not be totally ruined whilst others live in...peace and quietness, whilst poore Rappaahannock lies ableeding whose number of people murdered and estates destroyed can find no parallel in Virginia...for while we are tending corn to feed our wives and children, the Indians...would butcher us in our fields, tey being so frequent about us that we dare not stir from our plantations."

Henry Awbrey was for years the most influential citizen of the county, being a very large landowner, burgess (1659-1692) from Rappahannock County, justice of the court, high sheriff, Indian interpreter and friend of Thomas Gouldman I, and in 1692-93 the first burgess of Essex County after its formation in 1692.

Ancestry.com. Hoskins of Virginia and related families : Hundley, Ware, Roy, Garnett, Waring, Bird, Buckner, Dunbar, Trible, Booker, Aylett, [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Warner, Charles Willard Hoskins,. Hoskins of Virginia and related families : Hundley, Ware, Roy, Garnett, Waring, Bird, Buckner, Dunbar, Trible, Booker, Aylett, Carter, Upshaw. Tappahannock, Va.: unknown, 1971.


Will of Henry Awbrey

August 1, 1694 , Old Rappahanock, Essex County, Virginia

(Old) Rappahannock/Essex Co., VA
WILL OF HENRY AWBREY
"In the name of God, Amen. I, Henry Awbrey of ye County of Essex in Virginia. Gentlemen, being sick and weake in body but sound and perfect memory, and calling to mind the uncertainty of this Transitory life, and that all flesh must yield unto death when it shall please God to call, doe make, Constitute, and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner for me following. "First, I give and bequeath my Soule to God that gave it, in sure and Certaine hope of a joyful resurrection at the last dy, and my body to the Earth from whence it came, to be decently interred after my decease and for what Tangible Estate it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, I give and bequeath as followeth:

"..give and bequeath unto my loveing Wife Mary Awbrey the Plantation whereon I now live with all the Orchards, buildings, improvements, and all the land belonging to it. She not clearing nor tending any ground beyond the Church Road which now is during her natuall life, and after her decease I give and bequeath the said lands with all improvements whatsoever unto my loveing Son Richard Awbrey and his heirs foe Ever.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Richard Awbrey seven hundred Acres of land more,Scituate on Hodgkin's Creeke, being part of that dividend of Land whereon he now liveth and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten for Ever, my wife not to Claime any thirds of the Same.

Item, I give unto Francis Awbrey, the youngest Son of my Brother Jon. Awbrey, dec'd, two hundred acres of Land being a part of a tract of four hundred Acres of Land Scituate as aforesaid purchased by me of Coll. Hill and to his heirs for Ever.

Item, ye other two hundred acres of Land Scituate as aforesaid I give and bequeath unto Katherine Long, Daughter of Alice Long (att Sheppey?) dec'd, to her and her heirs for Ever.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Richard Awbrey on negro man called Sam, one negro woman called Kate, one negro boy called Robin, one negro boy called Nero, one Negro boy called Zobey, to him and the heirs lawfully begotten of his body for Ever.

Item, I will and bequeath unto my Loveing Wife Mary Awbrey five Negros called by the names of Price, Nanny, Will, Joons (?), and Jamy, likewise I give and bequeath to my wife one Silver Tankard and three horses Calld by the names of Thourogood, Smoakes, and Mush, with ye Cart and wheeles, and harness belonging to the Same, likewise I will and bequeath to my wife one halfe of all my Cattle in quantity and quality.

Item, I give to my wife one Servt. Woman called Martha.

Item, I give unto my Son Richard one Servt. called Miles Dixon.

Item, I will and bequeath unto my wife all my Stock of hoggs, She paying after my decease unto my Sonn Richard Awbrey three barrows or Splayed Sows yearly for four years, together to be all of ye age of three years old or more.

Item, I will unto my wife one half of my sheep in quality to quality.

Item, I will and bequeath the other halfe in quantity and quality to my Son Richard Awbrey and to have privilege to let them remaine here for three years.

Item, ye one half of my Cattle not yet bequeathed I give to him and his heirs for (Ever), likewise I will and bequeath unto my Son my black Gelding cald Nego, with two Saddles, two bridles, pistolle, holsters, and all other furniture thereunto belonging. Item, I will likewise unto my Son my pendulum watch, all my wearing Clothes both linen and wooling, all my french gold wearing Shooes, Stockings of all Sorts, and hatts.

Item, two feather beds with the furniture belonging to them and Six pair of Sheets, one pair of ?nd Irons, all the parcells of
broadCloth for my owne wearing with Buttons, Silk and other furniture belong to it. Likewise I will and bequeath unto my wife, all my Serges and Stuffs, Except one parcell of Sad Collored Serge which I give and bequeath unto my Son Richard's wife to make her a gowne and petty coat, be it more of less. Item, I will and bequeath unto my Son all my books, my wife having choice of the three of four for her owne particular use.

Item, my will and desire is that all my Kerseyes, Cottons, Canvass, fine linen, and (Cowepe?) that is not made up in garments, plain Shoes, Irish Stockings, and all ye yarn Stockings which are kniting to be equally divided in quantity and quality between my wife and my Son.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my wife three feather beds and furniture, one new feather bed Ticking with bolster and pillow Ticking, all ye table linen with all the rest of ye sheets not before bequeathed.

Item, I give unto my wife all the Lumber belonging to the house as bedsteads, Chairs, Chests, all the pewter Brass, Iron potts and irons, except one desk and one Chest in the old dwelling house loft, which I give unto my Son Richard.

Item, I give unto my Son Richard's daughter Mary after my wife's decease Six large pewter dishes.

Item, it is my will and desire that my Executors hereafter named be diligent and careful in the prosecution of ye dwelling house
(unreadable) which is to be built by Jon. Milbourne according to agreement.

Item, my desire is that the Brass yall [bell?] be set up on this plantation and not hereafter to be removed. Item, my will is that all
ye woole in the house be equally divided between my wife and my Son.

Item, my will is that my boat be sold and produce be equally divided between my wife and my Son. Likewise, two mares, one branded HA, and the Ha, I give equally to my wife and my Son.

Item, my will and desire is that before any division be made of ye Sheep after my decease, yt Robert Brooke, Son of Robert Brooke, have four ewes out of ye sheep.

Item, it is my will and desire that immediately after my decease my Executors draw bills on Mr. Robert Bristow Jun. for 40 od. pounds to be paid Mr. Will Howell, Merchant, and take in my bond.

Lastly, I make constitute and ordain my Loveing Son Richard Awbrey and my Loveying Wife Mary Awbrey joynt Executors of this my last will & Testament, in Testimony whereof I have hereunto putt my hand and Seale this first day of August 1694.

Henry Awbrey (Seale)
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in ye presence
Willm. Mosely 1694 Rob. Brooke
"I, the Subscriber, do depose that the within mentioned Henry Awbrey Seale and declare this within written Will to be his last Will and Testament and that he was in perfect sense and memory at ye sealeing and publishing thereof to the best of ye deponents knowledge & farther saith not Will. Mosely
Sworne to in Essex County Court 7 ber 10th. 1694

Sources: Will of Henry Awbrey,1694, Virginia\\\'s Who\\\'s Who, Boddie\\\'s Historical Southern Families John Awbrey, son of Sir
William Awbrey of Tredomen and Abercynrig, Wales, arrived in Virginia with two of his brothers--Henry, later a member of the House of Burgesses and Sheriff of Essex County, and Richard. John married Jane Johnstone in Westmoreland County, Virginia. They had two sons: John Awbrey, Jr. and Francis Awbrey. Francis was later Sheriff of Prince William County, and a large planter in Northern Virginia. Awbrey, Henry Burgess, 1682-92 Rappahannock

"As found in the records of Isle of Wight, Lancaster, (Old) Rappahannock, Richmond, Essex and Caroline Counties, Virginia."

Immigrated: 1663 to Rappahannock County, Virginia
Origin

Henry was born c. 1625 in Llanelieu, Breconshire, Wales.[3] His parents were Sir William Awbrey (born c. 1581 in Llanelieu) and Elizabeth Johnes.[3][4]

Janet Ariciu writes:

Henry Awbrey and John Awbrey are mentioned in the will of Sir William Awbrey, and in other contemporary sources as the sons of Sir William Awbrey.[3]
Apparently, others agree that there is good circumstantial evidence supporting Sir William Awbrey and Elizabeth Johnes as parents of the immigrant to Virginia, but as Colby Morgan writes (quoted on Janet Ariciu's page):

What we don't have is a primary document or coat of arms stating that the father of Henry Awbrey of Virginia was Sir William Awbrey of Wales.[3]
Youth

Henry Awbrey had excellent upbringing in England. Sir William Awbrey, the father, had addressed Henry's education in his Will. Henry was a learned man in colonial Virginia; he even owned a small library of books.[5]

Immigrated to Virginia

Brothers Henry and John Awbrey were among the first Awbreys/Aubreys to immigrate to the Colony of Virginia.[5] They settled in Westmoreland and Rappahannock Counties and were followed later by their brother, Thomas.

Henry Awbrey arrived first, during the year 1663.[6] On April 9, 1664, Henry paid the passage for 21 persons, and he received in return a patent of 1050 acres at the head and on the south side of Hoskins Creek in Rappahannock County, Virginia.[7] This land was bordering land owned by Thomas Browning (Vol 1, 477).[5]

On September 3, 1669, Henry Awbry ("Awberry") paid for the transportation of 10 persons, one of whom was brother, John "Awberry," and was granted 480 acres of land adjoining his own land "near the road path Puscaticon Creek" in Rappahannock County, Virginia (Vol 2, page 62).[6] On March 23, 1671/2, a patent was secured from Gov. Berkeley covering these two large grants.[7]

Thomas Awbery was transported by Charles Edwards on April 27,1686, and Edwards received 150 acres, in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, for the transportation of Thomas and two other persons (Vol 1, pages 298, 477).[5]

Family

Henry married 3 times.

Henry married while still in England, as his 1st, to and unknown wife. All of his children were with this first wife.[citation needed]
Henry married 27 February 1664 at (Old) Rappahannock/Essex, Virginia, as his 2nd, to Sarah (b: 1637 d: 1672), the widow of Thomas "the orphan" Meador. Sarah and Henry had no children.[5]
Henry married 11 Mar 1714, Essex, Virginia, as his 3rd, to Mary Unknown.[citation needed]
Henry married an unknown wife while still in England and had children:[5]

Richard Awbrey b 1651 (or 1661?); mar Dorothy North
? John - (probably the son of Henry's brother, John Awbrey)
? Francis - (probably the son of Henry's brother, John Awbrey)
Daughter Awbrey; mar Philip Maguire
Alice Awbrey; mar Thomas Gouldman
The actual number of children attributed to Henry Awbrey varies. Some believe the two sons, John and Francis were not Henry's, but were his brother John's sons. In two different deeds in 1690, Henry called Richard his "only son and heir apparent" (Rappahannock Co Deed Book 8, p. 254-6).[5] When Henry made his will, the only heirs he named were his son Richard and his wife, Mary (no other children).[5]

Dorothy Awbrey, the daughter of Henry's brother, Thomas, lived with Henry's family for a while, and then with brother John's family. Dorothy married John Wright c. 1705 at Westmoreland County.[5]

Tobacco Planter

Henry Awbrey, like all the wealthy planters along both sides of the four large rivers, owned small boats: sail boats, ferry boats, and row boats. These were large enough to be rowed by several slaves, but not so large that they were called ships and he was called a Captain.[5] Waterways were merely the highways of their day.

In addition to the properties received for transportation of persons which included himself and his brother John, Henry also received property by grant of the Governors of Virginia. On October 4, 1675, Gov. Berkeley granted 5,100 acres to "Henry Aubrey" for the transportation of 102 persons into the Virginia Colony; this land lay between the Pascattaway and Hoskins Creeks and the Mattaponi River.[7][8] On July 10, 1680, Gov. Thomas Lord of Culpeper granted 6, 600 acres to "Mr. Henry Awbery," this on the south side of Hoskins Creek.[7] On May 20, 1684, Governor Francis Howard awarded him 189 acres at the mouth of Occupation Creek.[7] On 30 May 1688, he received a grant for 1,200 acres on the south side of the river, some 5 miles into the woods and lying on the main portion of Hoskins Creek; this was for the transportation of 24 people.[5]

He also made various purchases and sales of land, such as when "Henry Abery" sold 480 acres granted to Mr Robert Bishopp (Vol 2, page 317).[5]

Burgess and Sheriff

Henry served in the Virginia House of Burgesses for Rappahannock County, as Henry Awbrey in 1684, 1688, and "Awbry" in 1691-92.[2] Henry Awbrey's name does not appear on the list of Burgesses for the year 1692/3; Capt. John Battaile and Capt. Edward Thomas were elected on March 3, 1692/3 as the Burgesses of the newly formed Essex County (Vol 2, P. 412).[2] Henry Awbrey also served as sheriff, and justice of the court in Rappahannock County.[5]

During a battle with Native Americans in 1661, some 300 people were killed. The European settlers of Rappahannock County sent a "Petition of 15 Grievances," demanding protection: arms, forts and soldiers. Henry Awbrey and Col. Thomas Gouldman were among the signers of the petition.[9]

Death

When Henry Awbrey made his will August 1, 1694, he named only his wife Mary [not SARAH] and son Richard as his heirs (Essex Co Court Order Book 1692-1695, p. 311).[5] He was considered living by those in England on October 28, 1694, when he was mentioned in the will of Maximillion Robinson in England.[7] Henry Awbrey died in 1694 at Essex County, Virginia Colony.

Sources

[1] [3] [5] [6] [2] [7] [8]

↑ 1.0 1.1 Ariciu, Janet. Awbrey/Aubrey Family accessed June 24, 2015
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses; McIlwaine, H. R., Journals of the House of Burgesses of VA, 1659/60-1963. (Vol 2 1659/60 - 1693, Pages xi, xiii, xiv, 189, 210, 222, 288, 339, 375, 379, 380, 412) Richmond, VA: [Virginia State Library] Archive.org accessed June 24, 2015
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Ariciu, Janet. Elizabeth Johnes (accessed December 1, 2014)
↑ I deleted "probably" - see additional sources on John's profile
↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 Ariciu, Janet. Henry Awbrey (accessed 4/-6/14)
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ariciu, Janet. Henry Awbrey, citing Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol 1, pages 298, 477, and Vol 2, pages 62, 317, by Nell Marion Nugent (accessed November 28, 2014)
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Hoppin, Charles Arthur, The Washington Ancestry ... (Vol 3, Pages 366-67) Greenfield, OH: Priv. print., 1932, HathiTrust accessed June 25, 2015 (has errors)
↑ 8.0 8.1 Virginia Land Grants, Book 6. Page 665 (cited in Hoppin, Vol 3, Page 366
↑ Journals of the House of Burgesses of VA, 1659/60-1963. Winder Transcripts II, p 228.
See also:
Germanna Colonies, History of County Formations in Virginia 1617-1995. Germanna Colonies Family History: The State of Virginia, accessed June 25, 2015
Stickels, Mark, Dorothy Wright Mark Stickels Family Website, December 6, 2010, accessed December 1, 2014
Awbrey family - summary of evidence that Henry, John, and Thomas were the sons of William Awbrey, posted by Jon Awbrey in 2003 (accessed May 19, 2015)
Aubrey, Cole. Henry Aubrey (accessed May 14, 2015)
Wikipedia: Llanelieu, Brecknockshire, Wales

Henry married Sarah Hoskins in Apr 1662 in , , Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Bartholomew Hoskins and Dorcas Mira Isham) was born in 1637 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1672 in , , Virginia, USA; was buried in Meade, Essex, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Sarah Mary Hoskins

Notes:

13 Apr - 12 Jul 1662 (Old Rappahannock Co, Va. DB Part II of 1656-1664:187-188) Apr. 13, 1662. These presents Witnesseth that I Sarah MEADER Widdow Wife of Thomas MEADER the Younger leately deced in the County of Rappa. I Sarah MEADER do bind & oblige myself my Exrs. or Admrs. to confirme unto my Son John MEADER Sone unto Thomas MEADER lateley deced one yoak of Oxen & one gun Seaven foot by the barrell to be delivered unto my Son John MEADER when he comes of age & furthermore I give as my full act & deed unto my Eldest Daughter Susanna MEADER one red Cow called Cherry & her Cow Calf & increase to my aforesaid Daughter only excepting the male of the catle to fall unto me the abovesaid Sarah MEADER untill my Daughter be full Eleven years of age & after the expiracon of the aforesaid years male & female to fall unto my Eldest Daughter Susanna MEADER. Item I give unto my youngest Daughter Mary MEADER Daughter of the abovesaid Thomas MEADOR one Black heaffer named Slippey she & her increase to my youngest only the male Excepted to fall unto I the said Sarah MEADER untill my youngest Daughter be fully nine years of age & after the Expiracon of the aforesaid nine years male & female to fall unto Mary MEADER & if it shall please God that my Eldest Daughter shall dye in her minority that all her Catle & their increase shall fall unto her Sister Mary MEADER and likewise in case it should please God that my youngest Daughter Mary MEADER should dye in her minority that her Catle unto my Eldest Daughter Susanna MEADER & furthermore in case that my youngest Daughter Mary MEADER her heiffer should miscarry before she comes to perfeccon that there shall another heiffer or Cow of the same age & her increase to be made good as aforesaid to my Daughter Mary MEADER ? to be recorded in Court the first or second Courte ensuing the date hereof by any person that I the said Sarah MEADER shall appoint always provided that there be severall marks nominate & recorded for the abovesaid Childrens Catle them & their increase. In confirmacon I Sarah MEADER bind myself?my hand this 13th day of Aprill 1662. s/Sarah [T] MEADER. In presence of Abraham COOMBE, William CLAWSON.

These Presents testifieth that I, Sarah MEADER, late wife of Thomas MEADER dec'd. in the County of Rappa. oblige myself to give & allow my children a sufficient & compleat maintenance in every respect as all other ought to do and further more to give them four years a piece Education in learning according as the Country doth afford. In confirmation whereof I Sarah MEADER do bind & oblige myself my heirs or assignes for the performance of this above menconed. /s/ Sarah (+) MEADER In presence of Abraham COMBE [sic], William CLAWSON. Recorded July 12, 1662 (Old Rappahannock County Deed Abstracts 1656-1664, Part II, Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The Antient Press, McLean, VA)

Sarah gave son John Meador a yoke of oxen and "one gun, seven foot by the barrel" to be delivered to him when his of age. Daughter Susannah she gave a red cow called "Cherry" and her increase. Her daughter Mary she gave a black heifer called "Slippery." We all so learn that Susannah was several years less than 11 years old and May was less than 9 years old. Since Thomas and Sarah's marriage took place no earlier than 1657 or 1658 all the children would have been infants at that time."

Old Rap. Co., Va. DB Part II of 1656-1664:188) Apr. 13, 1662.
These presents witnesseth that I Sarah Meader widdow wife of Thomas Meader the younger, lately deced in the County of Rappahanock I Sarah Meader do bind and oblige myself my exrs. or adms. to confirme unto my son John Meader, sone unto Thomas Meader lately deced one yoak of oxen & one gun seaven foot by the barrell to be delivered unto my son John Meader when he comes of age & furthermore I give as my full act & deed unto my eldest daughter Susanna Meader one red cow called Cherry & her cow calf & increase to my aforesaid daughter only excepting the male of the cattle to fall unto me the above said Sarah Meader untill my daughter be full eleven years of age & after the expiracon of the aforesaid years male & female to fall unto my eldest daughter Susanna Meader.
Item I give unto my youngest daughter Mary Meader daughter of the above said Thomas Meader one Black heaffer named Slippey she & her increase to my youngest only the male excepted to fall unto I the said Sarah Meader untill my youngest Daughter be fully nine years of age & after the Expiracon of the aforesaid nine years male & female to fall unto Mary Meader & if it shall please God that my eldest daughter shall dye in her minority that all her catle & their increase shall fall unto her sister Mary Meader and likewise in case it should pleas God that my youngest daughter Mary Meader should dye in her minority that her catle unto my eldest daughter Susanna Meader & furthermore in case that my youngest daughter Mary Meader her heiffer should miscarry before she comes to perfeccon that there shall another heiffer or cow of the same age & her increse to be made good as aforesaid to my daughter Mary Meader these premises to be recorded in Court the first or second courte ensuing the date hereof by any person that I the said Sarah Meader shall l appoint always provided that there be severall markes nominate & recorded for the abovesaid Childrens Catle them & their increase. In confirmatcon I Sarah Meader bind my self my heirs for the performance this above menconed & no other act nor deed as Witness my hand this thirteenth day of April 1662.

These presents testifieth that I Sarah Meader late wife of Thomas Meader deced in the County of Rappa. oblige my self to give and allowe unto my children a sufficient & compleat maintenance in every respect as all other ought to do and further more to give them four years a peice Education in learning according as the Country doth aford. In Confirmacon whereof I Sarah Medr. do bind & oblige myself my heirs or assignes for the performance of this above menconed as witness my hand & seal this 13th day of Aprill 1662 to write read to to cast accompt.
Recorded July 12, 1662 Deed Bk 1656-1664, p 187-188

These presents testifieth that I, Sarah MEADER, late wife of Thomas MEADER dec'd. in the County of Rappa. oblige myself to give & allow my children a sufficient & compleat maintenance in every respect as all other ought to do and further more to give them four years a piece Education in learning according as the Country doth afford. In confirmation whereof I Sarah MEADER do bind & oblige myself my heirs or assignees for the performance of this above mentioned...In presence of Abraham COMBE and William CLAWSON.
/s/ Sarah (+) MEADER

Recorded July 12, 1662 (Old Rappahannock County Deed Abstracts 1656-1664, Part II, Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The Antient Press, McLean, VA) (See COMBS-MEADOR Family)

The above records were in contemplation of widow, Mrs. Sarah Meadors upcoming marriage to her second husband, Henry Awbrey/Aubry. Second or third marriages often required a "Marriage Contract," to insure the heirs of a first marriage, their inheritance.

1664 Feb 27 - Old Rappahannock Co, Va - (1656-1664), pt.2 p.353-354: I, Henry Awberry of Hoskins Creek in County of Rapp. which is in Virginia have made and in my stead my well beloved wife Sarah Awbry my lawful attorney irrevocably for me and in my name and for my use to ask and to receave all debts sums of money or to bo: as shall be due unto me Henry Awbrey by any person whatsoever
/s/ Hen. Awbrey.
Wit: /s/ John Gregory; /s/ John Awbrey {brother of Henry;and /s/ Ralph Fletcher

Ancestors of Sarah Hoskins

Generation No. 1

1. Sarah Hoskins, born 1637 in Virginia; died 1672 in Rappahannock County, Virginia. She was the daughter of 2. Bartholomew Hoskins and 3. Mira Dorcas Isham. She married (1) Thomas Meador 1658 in Virginia. He was born 1635 in Charles Parish, York County, Virginia, and died Apr 1662 in Essex County, Virginia. He was the son of Thomas Meads and Sarah Wellstead. She married (2) Henry Awbrey Aft. Apr 1662. He was born Abt. 1637.

Notes for Sarah Hoskins:
In a book by Victor P. Meador titled OUR MEADOR FAMILIES IN COLONIAL AMERICA, he indicates Sarah Meador (widow of Thomas) married Henry Awbrey after April, 1662. "page 37 - Sarah is first mentioned as his wife in 1664 when Henry appointed her his attorney to collect debts due him in his absence. She again appears in 1670 as party to a sale by Henry Awbrey and herself of a tract of 300 acres of land on the north side of the Rappahannock River. Her name again appears in 1672 as party to another deed, but no further reference to her has been found. When Henry made his will in 1694 he named his wife as Mary."

Notes for Thomas Meador:
Thomas Meador (called orphan) apparently was close to legal age at the death of his father, Thomas Meads in 1655, because he was able to make a legal deed in 1658. Much heretofore has been made of his having to be between 14 and 17 years of age to choose his own guardian, but under English common law, 21 was generally considered to be the age of responsibility. Thus, it must be considered that Thomas, the son, was born as early as 1636 or 1637 to have attained 21 years of age by 1658. This also would appear likely in view of his marriage, which must have occurred about this time.

In the deed mentioned above, Thomas Meador contracted the sell to James Haire "25 acres of land, being part of the land that was given unto me by my father, Thomas Meads deceased, and to my brother (name missing)." This confirms his parentage and that he had a brother, who is given in the father's will as John. Thomas signed this 1658 deed with a unique mark, a cross with barred ends, and a signature found nowhere else in the county records.

Records of the distribution of the estate of the senior Thomas Meads are missing, so one cannot say just how the lands willed to Thomas and his brother John ended up in the possession of their sister Mary. One could speculate that the lands were traded to Mary for the rights to the two grants on Hoskins Creek, on the south side of the Rappahannock River, of which Thomas Meador (orphan) became possessed.

Of these two grants, the first one recorded was made to the younger Thomas Meador, of 320 acres for the transportation of seven persons to the colony, recorded June 3,1663. Sufficient data survives to permit the plotting of this tract. The grant shows a peculiar characteristic, in that it requires a southeasterly flowing section of Hoskins Creek roughly 181 poles (2986 feet) long, whereas the major portion of Hoskins Creek flows easterly. Of three possible locations along the creek where it flows southeasterly for that length, one would eliminate by its location two near the mouth of the creek, whereas the grant specified that it was toward the head of the creek. Another is eliminated by its encroachment upon property granted to Henry Awbrey further upstream, which also requires a similar-flowing southeast section. The area best fitting the requirements lies at what is known today as "Cheatwood Millpond". This location is just southeast of Rexburg, Virginia, and seven !
miles west of Tappahannock, county seat of Essex County.

The 320-acre grant later became the property of John Meador, who sold it to Ebenezer Stanfield in 1679. The deed states that the grant was to Thomas Meador, father of the said John Meador, thus confirming this parentage. Stanfield devised the property to his daughter, Rebecca, who married John Williams, Jr., and they later disposed of the property, which never again returned to the ownership of Meador descendants.

The second of the two grants was for 450 acres, also near the head of Hoskins Creek. It was first granted to Thomas Browning on November 30,1657. It was then assigned to John Cooke in 1659, and he in turn assigned it to Thomas Meads (senior). Before this series of transactions was finally recorded on April 9,1664, Thomas Sr. had died and the property descended to his son, Thomas Meador, orphan. The above series of actions is recorded in the wording of the grant

By plotting these two grants, it can be seen that they lay side by side on the south side of Hoskins Creek, with the 450 acre grant upstream (west) of the 320 acre grant, and that they shared a common boundary. Both grants were recorded after the apparent death of Thomas Meador, orphan.

The 450 acre grant (made to Thomas Meador, orphan) clearly became the property of John Meador, who divided it among the children of his first wife. Portions were also divided among the children of his second wife through the terms of John's will. A descendant, William Meador, in a deed in 1728 and another in 1734, continued the lineage from his great-grandfather Thomas Meador through John, Richard, and himself, making the descent of the property and lineage involved unquestionable. The genealogy of the Meador family from Thomas Meads is thus established to that point.

No documentation has been found to show explicitly that Thomas Meader, orphan, was also known as Thomas Meador, the younger. Nevertheless, the only other Thomas Meador found in the area at that time was Thomas, the son of Ambrose Meador. It would appear that the known facts fit more logically with the conclusion that Thomas, orphan, and Thomas the younger were one and the same. Particularly, Thomas, orphan, is the only one who was also the son of an elder Thomas, thus requiring the description, "the younger".

This latter phrase is found in two documents made by a Sarah Meador, in which, describing herself as the widow of Thomas Meador the Younger, she declared her obligation to her three children in April, 1662. Those contemplating remarriage commonly made such declarations. In the first document, Sarah provided for the maintenance and education of her children, promising them four years of schooling apiece. (At this period, most children received only a year). In the second, Sarah gave her son John Meador a yoke of oxen and "one gun, seven foot by the barrel", to be delivered to him when he came of age. To her daughter Susannah she gave a red cow called "Cherry" and her increase. To her daughter Mary she gave a black heifer called "Slippery". We learn also that Susannah was several years less than 11 years old, and that Mary was less than 9 years old. Since the marriage of Thomas Meador the Younger (or orphan) took place no earlier than 1657 or 1658, all three children w!
ould have been infants at that time.

No documentation has thus far been found to specify whom Sarah Meador then married. Nonetheless, it should be noted that a very prominent, highly influential and prosperous settler of the same area, Henry Awbrey, about this time took a wife named Sarah, who may well have been Sarah Meador, widow. Perhaps older than Sarah, Henry Awbrey is rumored to have married in England; however, no trace of such wife of surviving children of such a marriage has been found in Virginia records. Sarah is first mentioned as his wife in 1664, when Henry appointed her his attorney to collect debts due him in his absence. She again appears in 1670 as party to a sale of Henry Awbrey and herself of a tract of 300 acres on land on the north side of the Rappahannock River.

Her name again appears in 1672 as party to another deed, but no further reference to her has been found. When Henry Awbrey made his will in 1694, he named his wife as Mary.

The above mentioned deed for 300 acres north of the Rappahannock has caused considerable confusion among researchers. While it is true that a Thomas Meador once owned this property as stated in the deed, this was Thomas, the son of Ambrose Meador, instead of Thomas Meador (orphan), son of Thomas Meads. After Ambrose purchased 1000 acres from James Williamson in 1656, he sold 300 acres from that tract to his son, Thomas. This 300 acres was then divided in half by Thomas, who sold 150 acres to Richard Tomlinson in 1657 and 150 acres to Lambert Lambertson in 1658. Lambertson further divided his tract into 75-acre plots, which were then further sold. While it may seem unlikely that these various small plots could have bee reassembled back into a single 300-acre tract, the evidence points to that event. The remaining 700 acres of the 1000 acres purchase by Ambrose Meador can be fully accounted for. There is no indication that Ambrose purchased additional land from Williams!
on, nor that he sold more to his son, Thomas. Yet the deed from Henry and Sarah Awbrey states that the property was from the purchase by Ambrose Meador out of the grant to James Williamson, and from the portion sold by Ambrose to his son Thomas.

Regardless of the subdivision and the further sales, this deed could easily lead one to believe that Sarah had inherited the property as the widow of Thomas, the son of Ambrose. But a more likely explanation is that Henry Awbrey reassembled the property into a single tract, for which no records remain. Several instances have been noted in which property reverted to the original owner, evidently when the purchaser had defaulted in paying the purchase price. But in this case reversion to Thomas, the son of Ambrose, would appear quite unlikely in view of the many subsequent continuing sales by several individuals. In any case, it should be noted that Thomas, son of Ambrose, and Thomas, son of Thomas, both must have died about the same time, which certainly adds to the possible confusion between the two men.

Henry Awbrey was Burgess of the County Court of old Rappahannock County and was a trustee in the formation of the portion of New Plymouth in 1682, which became Tappahannock. For the last two years of his life he was also Sheriff, perhaps an honorary position in view of his age. He received many grants of land for the transportation of persons to the colonies. One of these was for 1050 acres on the south side of Hoskins Creek in 1664, just upstream from the 450 acres granted to Thomas Meador, orphan. This site became Awbrey's home plantation. Other grants were for 480 acres in 1669 and for 5100 acres in 1679, lying between Hoskins Creek, Piscataway Creek, and the Mattaponi River; for 189 acres on Occupacia Creek in 1684 and for 1200 acres on the north side of Hoskins Creek in 1688.

The number of children of Henry Awbrey is not completely clear. Some researchers have maintained that there were sons named John and Francis; instead, these appear to have been sons of his brother, John Awbrey. It should be noted that in two deeds in 1690, Henry named Richard Awbrey as his "only son and heir apparent". In one of these deeds he gave Richard 500 acres from the 1050-acre grant on the south side of Hoskins Creek, which portion adjoined the lands of John Meador. When Henry Awbrey made his will in 169412 , he named as heirs only his wife Mary and his son Richard.

It appears quite certain that Richard Awbrey was the son of Sarah, because in a deed in 1675 Henry gave his son Richard a year-old mare called "Bonny" "until said Richard be 14 years of age". Thus, Richard would have been born after 1661-1662, when Henry and Sarah apparently were married.

When Richard Awbrey made his will, which was probated October 11,1697, he named John Meador as "brother". Considerable speculation has arisen about the exact nature of this relationship. Some have said that the term "brother" could have meant "brother-in-law", on the assumption that John Meador (for his second wife) could have married a daughter of Henry Awbrey and thus a sister to Richard. No such daughter of Henry Awbrey has been documented. Another speculation has been that Richard's wife, Dorothy, was a sister of John Meador. Nor has such a sister been found. In actuality, Richard's wife was Dorothy North, daughter of Augustine North.

Richard Awbrey also named as "Sister" Susannah McQuire, the wife of Phillip McQuire, both of whom were witnesses to his, will. A bequest was also made to Francis Gouldman (it has been thought possible that Mary, the younger daughter of Thomas and Sarah Meador, could have married Gouldman, whose wife was named Mary). Thus we find that Richard Awbrey names at least two of the children of Thomas and Sarah Meador, John and Susannah, as "brother" and "sister". Actually, it would appear that they were his half-brother and half-sister.

At this time, there was only one John Meador living. As we have seen in the chapter on Ambrose Meador, his son John and his grandson John were both deceased by 1683. His great-grandson John and the son of Thomas (son of John, the son of Ambrose) were not born until after 1700. So we must consider here only the John Meador who was in possession of the 450-acre grant on Hoskins Creek at this time.

In that grant, it is stated that it was being made to Thomas Meador, orphan, son of Thomas Meader, deceased. As no such father and son pair (both named Thomas) existed in the family of Ambrose Meador, it must certainly have been the Thomas Meads who died in 1655 and his son Thomas. The further descent of this 450-acre tract through (3) John Meador is very clear. This grant adjoined the grant of Henry Awbrey on Hoskins Creek, and particularly the portion given by Henry to his son Richard Awbrey. It is most logical that Thomas Meader, orphan, and Thomas Meador the Younger were the same, and that Sarah Meador, the widow of Thomas Meador the Younger, who made provision for her son "John Meador of Hoskins Creek", was the wife of Henry Awbrey and the mother of Richard Awbrey. Thus the conclusion is virtually inescapable that Sarah was the mother of both John Meador and Richard Awbrey, making them half-brothers. This would explain why Richard called John Meador his "brother" !
in his will.

Regrettably, efforts to trace descendants of the other two children of Sarah Meador/Awbrey have proven nearly fruitless. No further mention in Essex records has been found of Phillip and Susannah McQuire. Col. Francis Gouldman became a prosperous and prominent landowner in Saint Mary's Parish of Essex County, but when he drew his will in 1717, he mentioned no (living) children. Bequests were made to his nephews, the sons of Edward Gouldman, and to his niece, the daughter of his brother Thomas Gouldman, deceased. Mary, the wife of Francis, followed him in death a few months later. In her will no children were mentioned, but there was a bequest to Dorothy Billups, who was the daughter of Richard Awbrey and thus her niece.

Two confusing court records of "the orphans of Francis Gouldman" actually refer to the two sons of his brother Edward, to whom Francis had left the major portion of his estate. Therefore, even if this Mary Gouldman could be established as the daughter of Thomas and Mary Meador, the direct lineage ends here. Curiously, no documents have been found relating to any interactions between these daughters, their husbands, and John Meador, nor between John Meador and Richard Awbrey. Such documentation would most certainly have made the determination of these relationships between them much easier.

THE 450 ACRE GRANT
"To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings...now know ye that I, the said Sir William Berkeley, Knight, Governor of Virginia, give and grant unto Thomas Meador, orphan, four hundred and fifty acres of land in Lancaster County on the South side of the head of Hoskins Creek, beginning at a poplar standing by the side of a Beaver Dam near the Indian Path and running South by West two hundred and fifty poles, thence parallel to the Dam West by North four hundred and fifty poles [part of the description left out here] to the Dam to the first mentioned tree. The said land being first granted to Thomas Browning by patent dated the thirtieth of November, one thousand six hundred and fifty seven, and by him assigned to John Cooke, and by him assigned to Thomas Meads deceased, and by his will given to the said Thomas Meader. To have and to hold [etc]. Dated the ninth of April one thousand, six hundred and sixty four.

THE 320 ACRE GRANT
"To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings.... Whereas now know ye, that I, the said Sir William Berkeley, Knight, Governor of Virginia, give and grant unto Thomas Meador three hundred and twenty acres of land, situated on the south side of Hoskins Creek towards the head thereof in the county of Rappahannock, and extends itself from a marked red oak standing in a small neck by the main run side of the creek aforesaid and nigh unto the plantation of Hohn Gillet, thence by the said run side thirty two poles unto a marked oak in the westernmost point of said neck, thence along the northernmost side of a Beaver Dam until you meet with a line of marked trees that lead unto a poplar by the edge of the said Dam forty eight poles, thence with the said line South by West two hundred and seventy two poles to a marked pine on fallowing ground, thence East by South one hundred and twenty five poles to a white oak on the brow of a hill, thence East North-East twenty eight poles!
to meet with the Westernmost line of marked trees belonging to John Gregory, which divides this land and the land of the said Gregory, thence North East down to Hoskins Creek aforesaid and finally parallel with the said Creek one hundred eighty one poles unto the marked Red Oak first mentioned. The said land being due unto the said Meader for transportation of Seven persons to this colony. To have and hold [etc]. Dated the second of June, one thousand, six hundred and sixty-three."

Will dated 25 Mar 1655. Entered in probate 6 June 1655

"Historic Southern Families" by Boddie:

The Meadors family belonged to the landed gentry of England and seems to have resided mainly in Suffolk. See page's History of Suffolk and the Harleian Visitation, Vol. VIII Pages 105 and 163.

Mann, Gertrude C. letters

Nunnally, Major Perkins, " The Descendents of Jonas and Francis Meador of Essex, Caroline, and Cumberland Counties, Virginia", Nine Oaks, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 5 June 1968 is the source of dates, wives and children

1679, Fernham Ph, Rappahannock, Virginia, 7 August, DB, names Thomas Meador as the Father of John.

Meador, Daniel Burton, The Meador Family

Meador, John W., and Victor, Paul, The Meador Families of West Central Tennessee.

Generation No. 2

2. Bartholomew Hoskins, born 1600 in Suffolk, England; died in Norfolk County, Virginia. He was the son of 4. John Hoskins and 5. Benedicta Moyle Bourne. He married 3. Mira Dorcas Isham Jun 1624 in London, Middlesex, England.
3. Mira Dorcas Isham, born Abt. 1590. She was the daughter of 6. John Isham and 7. Elizabeth Barker.

Notes for Bartholomew Hoskins:
He is an immigrant ancestor.

Child of Bartholomew Hoskins and Mira Isham is:
1i.Sarah Hoskins, born 1637 in Virginia; died 1672 in Rappahannock County, Virginia; married (1) Thomas Meador 1658 in Virginia; married (2) Henry Awbrey Aft. Apr 1662.


Generation No. 3

4. John Hoskins, born Mar 1565/66 in Herefordshire, England; died Aug 1638 in Herefordshire, England. He was the son of 8. John Hoskins and 9. Margery Jones. He married 5. Benedicta Moyle Bourne.
5. Benedicta Moyle Bourne, born 1575.

Child of John Hoskins and Benedicta Bourne is:
2i.Bartholomew Hoskins, born 1600 in Suffolk, England; died in Norfolk County, Virginia; married Mira Dorcas Isham Jun 1624 in London, Middlesex, England.


6. John Isham, born Abt. 1546 in England. He married 7. Elizabeth Barker.
7. Elizabeth Barker, born Abt. 1559 in England; died 1590. She was the daughter of 14. Nicholas Barker and 15. Joan?.

Child of John Isham and Elizabeth Barker is:
3i.Mira Dorcas Isham, born Abt. 1590; married Bartholomew Hoskins Jun 1624 in London, Middlesex, England.


Generation No. 4

8. John Hoskins, born 1540 in Herefordshire, England; died 1607 in England. He was the son of 16. John Hoskins and 17. Elizabeth ?. He married 9. Margery Jones.
9. Margery Jones, born Abt. 1540.

Child of John Hoskins and Margery Jones is:
4i.John Hoskins, born Mar 1565/66 in Herefordshire, England; died Aug 1638 in Herefordshire, England; married Benedicta Moyle Bourne.


14. Nicholas Barker, born Abt. 1520 in Sonning, Berkshire, England. He married 15. Joan?.
15. Joan?, born Abt. 1520.

Child of Nicholas Barker and Joan? is:
7i.Elizabeth Barker, born Abt. 1559 in England; died 1590; married John Isham.


Generation No. 5

16. John Hoskins, born 1505 in Herefordshire, England. He married 17. Elizabeth ? 1527 in Herefordshire, England.
17. Elizabeth ?, born 1510 in England.

Child of John Hoskins and Elizabeth ? is:
8i.John Hoskins, born 1540 in Herefordshire, England; died 1607 in England; married Margery Jones.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: 1635, , , Virginia, USA

Notes:

John Cave was born ca 1640 in England, the son of Samuel Cave and Rachel Kellogg. He was an importer of fine wines. He owned land in Stafford County. He married 1) Unknown Andrews, daughter of George Andrews and had issue: John (this John died in 1749 without issue) and David. He married 2) Elizabeth Travers and had known issue: Mary. It is also possible that John Cave was the father of William Cave who died in 1742 of Stafford County as David released the land which reverted to him upon his brother John's death to Keene Withers who was married to this William Cave's daughter as this William Cave had died prior to 1748. In 1707 John Cave of King and Queen County, a carpenter, purchased from Sampson Darrell of Gloucester Co. 300 acres in Stafford County on the south side of Potomack Creek and bordering the lands of John Gorvey, Thomas Gregg, William Waught, and Giles Travers. John Cave along with John Echols paid for the transportation of many others to America. In 1721 the will of John Cave was proven at Stafford. The will was written in 1714 and devised 200 acres of land to his son John Cave but was reverted to David Cave and his wife Sarah in Orange County, VA. John Cave lived in Overwharton Parish.Other Cave's in Stafford, Spotsylvania and later Orange and Culpepper Counties who may have been sons of John Cave were: Benjamin, Robert, Thomas and Joseph. David, Benjamin and Robert were closely associated with one another in the public records between 1720 and 1750 and gave sons these names. David named sons: David, Benjamin and Robert. Benjamin named sons: Benjamin, John, William and David. Robert named sons: Robert, John and William. A chart for the family assembled by English genealogist, Tyrell, shows Benjamin as the immigrant of Rev.William Cave of Windsor, Chaplain to Charles II, and his wife Anna Stonehouse. Rev. William Cave's will was cited in support. The will mentions daughters, a grandson, a deceased son Ralph, but no mention of Benjamin nor any living son. Anna Stonehouse Cave died in 1691. Benjamin's deposition in 1758 states his birth in 1703. John Cave (ca 1640-1720) may not have been the immigrant. There were earlier Cave's who could have been a prior generation.



"John Cave's will was dated August 6, 1714 and proved in 1721 at Stafford County Court; it was recorded in now lost Will Book "K", page 2. He devised 200 acres of land on Axton's Run and adjoining the property of John Gowry and Giles Travers to his son John Cave but he "died so that the above mentioned land fell and reverted to "David Cave of Orange County who was joined by his wife Sarah in conveying the said property to
Keene Withers of Hamilton Parish, Prince William County, on September 12, 1748."

("The Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia 1723-1758 and Sundry Historical and Genealogical Notes," George Harrison SanfordKing, 1961, p. 247)

Importer of fine wine, he and John Echols sponsored settlers to come to Virginia by paying their transportation for which they received headrights for fifty acres.


From Cavaliers & Pioneers
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vol 1 p 91
WILLIAM MORGAN, 600 acs. in Chichahominy Riv. within half a mile of the head of the second Cr. below the Gulfe upon the E. side of the river, this br. of the Cr. lying N. into the Woods bearing from the Cr. N. W. into the woods with a little Indian feild neare the Cr. side. 20 May 1638, p. 572. Trans. of 12 pers: Mathew Beaver (or Beaner), Leonard Clackett, Isabell Sanders, Margarett Wignoll, Melchesidec Lawrance, Susan Hare, John Cane (or Cave), Edward Langford, David Mack Williams, James Taylor, Wm. Dorman, Lazarus Thomas. Note: Renewed 22 Oct. 1643 & 216 acs. added.

vol 1 p 483-4
JOHN LORD & WILLIAM HORTON, 2500 acs. W'moreland Co., 9 Feb. 1663, p. 277, (227). Nigh to Nomeny, beg. at S.most cor. of land formerly belonging to Major Wm. Lewis & Mr. Robt. Hubberd, dec'd., extending along same N.W. &c. finally by a line of Katharin Brent, Orphan.
Trans. of 50 pers: Jno. Norwood, Mary Wrong, Jos. Hartree, Christo. Rivers, Wm. Marloe, Tho. Shaw, Fra. Fletcher, Tho. Cranew, John Smith, Ed. Peeters, no. Lord 3 times, Wm. Trewitt, Margt. Basse, Jno. Bennet, Tho. Gibbins, James Goodacre, James Wintercome, Jno. Thompson, David Chitley,
Jno. Marshall, Minion Young, Ann Young, Robt. Whitehead, Tho. Smith, James Valeire, And. Hanson, James Costring, Jno. Small, Tho. Allen, Henry Smith, Wm. Brookes, Fra. Carter, Wm. Faulkner, Tho. Shaw, Edw. Spight, Wm. Upton, Fra. Killagrew, Tho. Hawley, Mary Young, Susan Mason, Tho. Towner, Wm. Fulgam, John Cave, Gilbert Cooper, Charles Cogam, Mary Spencer, Tho. (a) Negro, Wm. Hawley (or Shawley).

vol 2 p 26
MR. JOHN FOXHALL, 640 acs. bet. the Rivers Potomack & Rappahannock, 31 Dec. 1667, p. 93. Beg. at land patented by Rich. Coleman called the forrest, across branches of the E. most dams of Apomatickes Cr. To N. side of Westmoreland horse path, &c. to Major Wm. Underwood, dec'd. &c. Trans. of 13 pers: Andrew Hanson, James Colstreame, John Small, Capt. Tho. Allen, Henry Smith, John Brookes, Francis Harper, Wm. Falkner, John Cave, Gilbert Cooper, Charles Coggan, Mary Spensax, Sam boy a Negro.

vol 3 p 75
SAMUELL CRADOCK, J0HN CAVE, JOHN ECKHOLLS & WILLIAM GLOVER, 1620 acs., in K. & Q. & Essex Counties; on brs. of Tuckahoe Sw., in the freshes of Mattapony River, 23 Oct. 1703, p. 552. Beg. by E. side of Potobago Path; to E. side of Tuckahoe Bever Dam; by the old path. Trans. of 33 pers: Hugh Williams, Eliz. Mask, Eliz. Dean, Wm. Whitton, Samuel Carter, John Page, Isaac Sanders, Wm. Haynes, Richd. Summers, Nicolas Neal, Tho, Oakley, Ralph Keeling, John Royley, Robt. Blake, Tho. Marlers, Nich. Martin, James Waly, Wm. Kite, Mary Kite, Mary Jones, Margt. Upton, Jon. Babe, Tho. Lyars, Joseph Gregory, Tho. Essex, Joseph Arch , Wm. Maddocks, Fra. Bentley, Richd. Streeter, Robt. Marwood, Hugh Davis, Richd. Hill, Richd. Burton.

JOHN CAVE & JOHN ECKOLLS, 600 acs., K. & Q. Co., in St. Stephen's Par; in the freshes of Mattapony River; beg. at Richards" & Cave's land; to E. side of Potobago Path; 23 Oct. 1703, p. 554. Trans of 12 pers: Daniell Due (or Doe), Peter Maryon, Hugh Hillion, Margarett Wingall, John Morgain, Rowld. Watteny, Mary Glover, Edward Clegg, Peter Baker, Wm. Leigh, John Right, Tho. Dicks.

vol 3 p 212
WILLIAM HALL, of Glocester Co; 1080 acs. (N. L.), K. & Q. Co. & Essex Co; 11 July 1719, p. 426. Beg. at Stephen Lankford (Langford), on W. side of Tuckahoe Sw; adj. William Cradock, John Cave, John Eckols & William Glover; land sd. Hall sold to John Smith, Thomas Aplin & John Smith; Col. Goldman's line; Col. Goodrich & Mr. Aubrey; on N. side of the Sadle Branch; 11 July 1719, p. 426. Imp. of 22 pers: Jervis Blundall, Trehemiah Tolarton, John Brown, Abel Duckwith, Susanna Reaves, Alice Finier, David Wilson, Robert Smith, John Thomas, Dorby Bohawn, Dennis Mackarty, Darby Dun, James Smith, Jane Thompson, Samuel Smith, Robert Williams, Thomas Turner.

vol 3 p 217
ROBERT BEVERLEY & THOMAS JONES, Gentlemen, 15,000 acs. (N.L.), in Essex Co. & K. & Q. Co., 20 Feb. 1719, p. 455. Beg. by Rappa. River, cor. of patent to James Harrison, John Bowzee & the 4 Orphans of George Motts, dated 29 Nov. 1674; crossing Warner's River; on John Cave's land; on line of the Governor's land; to br. of the Wilderness Run; down the Rapidanna River; excepting certain tracts already granted within the bounds, which are declared to be no part of sd. 15,000 acs. hereby intended to be granted, &c. 75 Lbs., money.

"John Cave's will was dated August 6, 1714 and proved in 1721 at Stafford County Court; it was recorded in now lost Will Book "K", page 2. He devised 200 acres of land on Axton's Run and adjoining the property of John Gowry and Giles Travers to his son John Cave but he "died so that the above mentioned land fell and reverted to David Cave of Orange County who was joined by his wife Sarah in conveying the said property to Keene Withers of Hamilton Parish, Prince William County, on September 12, 1748."

Quote from The Register of Overwharton Parish by George H. S. King

1 Jun 1717 Named in father-in-laws will -- Giles Travers

John married Elizabeth Travers. Elizabeth (daughter of Rawleigh Travers and Elizabeth Holsey) was born in 1638 in , Stafford, Virginia, USA; died in Oct 1728 in , Stafford, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sorting out the children of Lewis Ellzey Based On His Will and the Will of 2nd Wife Mary

Lewis Ellzey signed a long and complex will on October 1, 1785 (6?). He died in December 1786. The will appears to have identified all of his children, or at least the children who survived him. Lewis made some provision for each of the following

Son William Ellzey
Daughter Elizabeth, wife of William Hancock
Daughter Mary, widow of William West deceased
Son Thomasin Ellzey
Daughter Sarah, wife of William Turner
Daughter Patience, wife of Thomas Byrd
Daughter Stacy who married first Burgess Berkley (deceased) and second Benjamin Grayson
Daughter Sibyl Ellzey Beckwith

It is known from other sources that Lewis Ellzey was married twice. Both wives were widows. The first was Elizabeth Travers Cave. The second wife was Mary Griffin (maiden name unknown). The question is, which of the two wives was the mother of each of Lewis Ellzey's eight children.

Fortunately Mary Griffin Ellzey survived her husband Lewis. Her will dated December 29 1788 provides for three of the above eight children. Mary identifies the children as my son Thomazin Ellzey, and my daughters Sarah Turner and Syball Beckwith. Based on their date of birth, Patience Ellzey Byrd and Stacy Ellzey Grayson are also believed to be the daughters of Mary Griffin rather than Elizabeth Travers. They likely predeceased their mother.

We know that William Ellzey and Elizabeth Ellzey Hancock survived Mary Griffin Ellzey. Since they are not listed in Mary's will we can safely assume that Mary was the step-mother rather than the mother of William and Elizabeth. Based on life events, William estimated date of birth was well within the period of Lewis' marriage to Elizabeth Travers Cave.

Whether Mary Ellzey West is the daughter of Elizabeth Travers Ellzey or Mary Griffin Ellzey is a guess. My guess is that she is the daughter of Elizabeth. Reason: My sense is that when writing his will, Lewis Ellzey may have grouped the children by marriage. First, he provides for son William by the first marriage to Elizabeth. "I give and devise to my son William Ellzey etc." The provisions of the will related to son William are followed by items related to two daughters, Elizabeth Ellzey Hancock, and Mary Ellzey West.

After making provision for Mary West, Lewis appears to me to switch to his second family beginning with provisions related to son Thomasin, son of Mary Griffin. After son Thomasin he mentions Sarah Turner, Stacy Grayson, and Sibyl Beckwith.

Note: The will of Mary (Griffin) Ellzey is a short one. It is included in the General Notes (by another Ancestry member) attached to Mary's profile.

John married Elizabeth about 1680 in , , Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born about 1665 in , , Virginia, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1640, , , Virginia, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: , Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA
• Arrival: 1636, , , Virginia, USA
• Married: 1651

Notes:

Thomas Meador was born on 24 Dec 1612 in Bristol Suffolk England, and died on 6 Jun 1655 in Essex County Virginia at age 42.

He arrived in the new world 1 Jun 1636 using the headright system. Thomas settled on land about 50 miles north of Jamestown on a part of the Charles River, Northumberland, Lancaster, Rappahannock, and Essex counties as each was established. He married, and between 1635-37 Thomas Jr. was born. Thomas did well raising tobacco and paid passage for others claiming their land.

The Will of Thomas Meads/Meador
The last will and testament of Tho. Meads (Meador) made the 5th. day of March (54.) Imp nt. I do bequeath my body to the Earth & my soul to God that gave it. I do make my wife my sole & absolute Excr. I do give to my wife and Daughter Mary this planation that I now live upon and all the land on this side of the Creek, and the sd. plantation not to be my Daughter's 'till after my wife's decease. I do give to my two sons Thos. & John Meads all the land that is on the west side of the Creek provided that they pay unto my two Daughters Margaret & Joyce out of the s. land two thousand pounds of tob. & cask at their day of marriage, and in case eithre of the(m) die that the sd. tob. to belong to the survivor. I do give unto my wife & sons & my Daughters above mentioned all my goods and chattels after my debts are paid and that they shall be equally divided amongst them. I do give to my Daughter Anne all the cattle that belongeth to her which is about five head of cattle, and likewise I do give unto her one shilling in money. This is my last will and testament as witness my hand the day & year above written.

Witness:
Thomas Mead
Rawleigh Travers
John Richardson
Edward Bradshaw (by his mark)
pbat 6 da. Juny 1655

GRANTEE Meads, Thomas. grantee. DATE 7 September 1654. Location: County location not given. Grantee(s): Meads, Thomas, and John Phillips. Description: 1000 acres on the south side of the Freshes of Rappa: River about 16 Miles above Nanzemum Towne. Source: Land Office Patents No. 3, 1652-1655, p. 376 (Reel 2).

Thomas married Sarah Unknown about 1635 in Virginia. Sarah was born about 1600 in England and died about 1655 in Virginia about age 55.

Children from this marriage were:
37 F i. Susannah Meador [15467] was born about 1636.
38 M ii. John Meador [15468] was born in 1637 in Lancaster County, Virginia.
+ 39 M iii. Thomas Meador Jr. [15045] was born in 1638 in Northumberland County, Virginia and died on 13 Apr 1662 in Rappahannock Crown Colony, Virginia at age 24.
40 F iv. Mary Meador [15052] was born about 1640. Mary married Richard Hobbs. Richard was born in 1644 and died in 1683 at age 39.
41 F v. Margaret Meador [15049] was born about 1642.
42 F vi. Joyce Meador [15050] was born about 1644 in Lancaster County, Virginia.
43 F vii. Anne Meador [15051] was born about 1646.

General Notes: SRC: Historical Southern Familes, Vol IV, Meadors-Meadows of Essex County, Virginia, pg 131

Thomas married Sarah Meador in 1630 in , , , England. Sarah (daughter of John Yates and Joane Gaither) was born in 1600 in , , , England; died in 1670 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: 1624, , , Virginia, USA

Notes:

Bartholomew Hoskins, "ancient planter", is known to have been in Virginia by 1616. From The Virginia Genealogist we find Bartholomew Hoskins of Jamestown, Virginia married Mrs. Dorcas Foster in London, 1624, a widow with several young children. It is also known that he made frequent trips between Virginia and England during this early period, and kept a residence in London on Fleet Street for several years after his removal to Virginia. According to Virginia Gleanings in England, he was a plaintiff or defendant in many chancery cases in England, no doubt necessitating his numerous trips back to England. He and wife Dorcas settled in Elizabeth City in Lower Norfolk County.
He is frequently mentioned in Virginia colonial records and served as a member of the House of Burgesses. He also acquired considerable land in Virginia. Some of these land grants are shown here, taken from Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Books 1 and 2. Note the Richard Hoskins, a probable relative, perhaps a brother, in the third record, and Richard Foster, mentioned in the last record, likely the stepson of Bartholomew Hoskins.
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BARTHOLOMEW HOSKINS, of Buck Roe, in the Corp. of Eliz. Citty, an Ancient Planter whoe came over into this country before the departure of Sir Thomas Dale, 100 acs., 3 Nov. 1624, p. 45. N. upon the backe river, S. upon the maine land & W. upon a cr. dividing same from land of Peter Arundell, gent. For his first per. devdt.

BARTHO. HOSKINS, 1350 acs. on the Swd. side of Rappa. River. 12 Aug. 1651, p. 338. Due by vertue of the rights of a former patent for trans. of 27 pers.

MR. BARTHALOMEW HOSKINS, 800 acs. upon the Northward side of the Ewd. branch of Eliz. River, Jan. 1, 1645, page 157. Near Hoskins Cr. Trans. of 16 pers: Richard Hoskins, Osmond Boardman, Joane Curtis, Barbara Douse, Alice Curtis, Tho. Cakebread, Mary Richardson, Edward Spicer, Edmond ____, Sands Nicholls, Roger Gilbert, Sr., Roger Gilbert, Junr. Robert Body, Robert Harwood, Wm. Knowles, Masld Fisher.

BARTHOLOMEW HOSKINS, 400 acs. Low. Norf. Co., 6 Mar. 1648, p. 172. Lyeing on Nwd. side of the Broad Cr., being a br. of the Ewd. br. of Elizabeth River. Sd. land granted to Henry Watson, 10 June 1639 & by the relict of sd. Watson assigned to Richard Foster, & by him assigned to Richard Day & Richard Woodman (or Woolman), & 200 acs. the residue due sd. Woolman for trans. of 4 pers: (& the whole 400 acs. purchased of Day & Woolman by sd. Hoskins.)
Bartholomew Hoskins of Elizabeth River, planter, in the county of Lower Norfolk to John Greene of London, merchant, 600 acres on the S. side of Rappahannock, part of 1350 acres patented by the sd Hoskins. The patent issued by "Sir Wm Berkeley Kt & Governor then of this colony of Virginia." Dated 13th Oct. 1655. Signed Barth Hoskins the seale. Wit: Jo Smith, Richard Richardson. "Countryman Thrush I shall intreat you to acknowledge this bill of sale which I have made to Mr Greene for his Land at Rappanhannock in Court in my behalfe and this is my note shall be your sufficient warrant therein and that it be according to your mind so Just. Your lo Friend Barth Hoskins From Eliz River this 21st December 1655". Ack. 15th April 1656. Rec. 12 Jun 1656.

1624 On July 3, 1624, Mrs. Dorcas Foster was married at St. Dunstan's Church, in Stepney, London, England to Bartholomew Hoskins of Jamestown, Virginia and London, England. Dorcas Foster was described as a widow with several small children. Bartholomew Hoskins, an ancient planter, was in Virginia by 1616. He undoubtedly made a number of trips from Virginia and England as he maintained a home in each location. On one of these trips back to England he married Mrs. Dorcas Foster.. The maiden name of Dorcas is yet unknown as is the name of her Foster husband. Bartholomew and Dorcas made their home in Elizabeth City, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia.Source: St. Dunstan's Parish Register, Stepney, London, England;The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 271635 A Richard Foster sailed from London on August 10, 1635 on the ship Safety and arrived at Jamestown that fall. He was but sixteen years old; born in 1619/20. We find on that same ship were: Bartholomew Hoskins, John Gloster (Foster), age 23, Robert Fister (Foster), age 20, Robert Piscer (possibly Foster), age 44 and Elizabeth Piscer (Foster), age 16. We make the assumption that the surnames, Piscer, and Fister were miss interpreted as in subsequent documents the name Foster appears. Some researchers have assumed that Elizabeth Foster was a twin sister to Richard and that Robert Foster, age 20, was Richard's older brother. There is sufficient information to make that assumption about Robert, but not Elizabeth.SOURCE: Original List of Persons of Quality; Hotten, pp. 122-3Note: It has not been found when Bartholomew Hoskins first came to Virginia nor when his wife, Dorcas, came. We know that Dorcas had "several" children. Could they have been Richard, Elizabeth, and Robert? We can assume that she did not leave them in England. Dorcas was born ca. 1601 in England as she was 34 in 1635. If the twenty-year-old Robert Foster, of the Safety, was her son she must have been married ca 1615/16. She would have been young but not too young to have born a child. 1636 Assuming the above to be correct, Bartholomew, Dorcas and her children made their home in Elizabeth City County. In 1636 Elizabeth City County was divided into Elizabeth City County and New Norfolk. The next year New Norfolk was divided into Lower County New Norfolk and Upper County New Norfolk. Almost immediately Lower County New Norfolk was renamed Lower Norfolk and in 1642 Upper County New Norfolk was renamed Nansemond County. Consequently the Hoskins family, without moving, found themselves living in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia in 1637.1639 Richard Foster (A) refers to Bartholomew Hoskins as his father (we know that he is actually his step-father) however, Richard was only a child when his biological father died) according to a deposition in the county in which he lived (Lower Norfolk.)SOURCE: Lower Norfolk Minute Book 1637-1643, pp.41; Carroway - Foster - Williamson and Bartholomew Hoskins 1601 -1707: Alice Granbetty Walter, pp.4Richard Foster (A) made a deposition in Lower Norfolk CountySOURCE: Lower Norfolk Minute Book 1637-1643, pp. 27Bartholomew Hoskins, gent. and wife of Elizabeth City is on a ship to sail for England to Virginia.SOURCE: American Colonists in EnglandDorcas Foster Hoskins was in England in 1641 for in that year she presented a petition to the House of Lords "on behalf of her said husband now in Virginia - that all proceedings in a suite commenced by John Carter and Joane his wife against the said Bartholomew Hoskins may be stayed."SOURCE: Hoskins of Virginia and Related Families, Warner, pp. 16A Richard Foster married Bartholomew and Dorcas Foster Hoskin's daughter, Dorcas Hoskins around this date. This is not Richard Foster (A) as she is his half-brother, consequently is must have been Richard Foster (B), the attorney.January 1648 Bartholomew Hoskins received a land patent of 1350 acres on the southside of Rappahanock River for the transport of several persons, including "Richard Foster, 2 times";SOURCE: Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book 5, pp 182Copied by Jerry Stevens from “The Immigrant FOSTER in Virginia” by Dr. B. G. Fosterhttp://fosterfamily.surnames.com/dr_ foster.htm

Some of the Descendants of John Hoskins, Who Came From England to America in 1630 - by Nitschke, Luella H. Syracuse, N.Y. , 1957

Bartholomew Hoskins (Hodgkins) was a merchant and in the shipping business (ship owner) pg. 28

By 1655 he had acquired over 4,000 ac of land and become a man of prominence in his community. He was among the vestrymen for the Parish of Lynnhaven, a member of the County Court and the representative for Lower Norfolk County in the House of Burgesses, 1649-1656. He wa a man of great bravery, adventure, faced many time treacherous ocean and dangers of a new and strange land.

This information comes from Glenister Hoskins book "Batholomew Hoskins of Virginia and some of his Descendants" The only written information on Samuel comes being paid to teach two children and the 1830 census of Jefferson County.

Bartholomew Hoskins and Widow Dorcas Foster...Bartholomew Hoskins, "ancient planter", is known to have been in Virginia by 1616. From The Virginia Genealogist we find Bartholomew Hoskins of Jamestown, Virginia married Mrs. Dorcas Foster in London, 1624, a widow with several young children. It is also known that he made frequent trips between Virginia and England during this early period, and kept a residence in London on Fleet Street for several years after his removal to Virginia. According to Virginia Gleanings in England, he was a plaintiff or defendant in many chancery cases in England, no doubt necessitating his numerous trips back to England. He and wife Dorcas settled in Elizabeth City in Lower Norfolk County.

He is frequently mentioned in Virginia colonial records and served as a member of the House of Burgesses. He also acquired considerable land in Virginia. Some of these land grants are shown here, taken from Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Books 1 and 2. Note the Richard Hoskins, a probable relative, perhaps a brother, in the third record, and Richard Foster, mentioned in the last record, likely the stepson of Bartholomew Hoskins.

Some Records Pertaining to Bartholomew Hoskins

BARTHOLOMEW HOSKINS, of Buck Roe, in the Corp. of Eliz. Citty, an Ancient Planter whoe came over into this country before the departure of Sir Thomas Dale, 100 acs., 3 Nov. 1624, p. 45. N. upon the backe river, S. upon the maine land & W. upon a cr. dividing same from land of Peter Arundell, gent. For his first per. devdt.

MR. BARTHALOMEW HOSKINS, 800 acs. upon the Northward side of the Ewd. branch of Eliz. River, Jan. 1, 1645, page 157. Near Hoskins Cr. Trans. of 16 pers: Richard Hoskins, Osmond Boardman, Joane Curtis, Barbara Douse, Alice Curtis, Tho. Cakebread, Mary Richardson, Edward Spicer, Edmond ____, Sands Nicholls, Roger Gilbert, Sr., Roger Gilbert, Junr. Robert Body, Robert Harwood, Wm. Knowles, Masld Fisher.

BARTHOLOMEW HOSKINS, 400 acs. Low. Norf. Co., 6 Mar. 1648, p. 172. Lyeing on Nwd. side of the Broad Cr., being a br. of the Ewd. br. of Elizabeth River. Sd. land granted to Henry Watson, 10 June 1639 & by the relict of sd. Watson assigned to Richard Foster, & by him assigned to Richard Day & Richard Woodman (or Woolman), & 200 acs. the residue due sd. Woolman for trans. of 4 pers: (& the whole 400 acs. purchased of Day & Woolman by sd. Hoskins.)

BARTHO. HOSKINS, 1350 acs. on the Swd. side of Rappa. River. 12 Aug. 1651, p. 338. Due by vertue of the rights of a former patent for trans. of 27 pers.

Bartholomew Hoskins of Elizabeth River, planter, in the county of Lower Norfolk to John Greene of London, merchant, 600 acres on the S. side of Rappahannock, part of 1350 acres patented by the sd Hoskins. The patent issued by "Sir Wm Berkeley Kt & Governor then of this colony of Virginia." Dated 13th Oct. 1655. Signed Barth Hoskins the seale. Wit: Jo Smith, Richard Richardson. "Countryman Thrush I shall intreat you to acknowledge this bill of sale which I have made to Mr Greene for his Land at Rappanhannock in Court in my behalfe and this is my note shall be your sufficient warrant therein and that it be according to your mind so Just. Your lo Friend Barth Hoskins From Eliz River this 21st December 1655". Ack. 15th April 1656. Rec. 12 Jun 1656.

The connection of Bartholomew Hoskins to Samuel Hoskins, through John Hoskins and Thomas Hoskins is as shown in Hoskins of Virginia and Related Families by Charles Willard Hoskins Warner, 1971. This is the same finding arrived at in Annals of Our Ancestors. It should be noted that the records of King and Queen County were completely destroyed in a fire during the Civil War, in 1864, so once John Hoskins, son of Bartholomew, removed to this county, the only records we have of him and his son and grandson, also King and Queen residents, are bits and scraps of information which have been gathered from personal family records of descendants, and historical collectors. One such piece of evidence being a copy of the will of Thomas Coleman of King and Queen County, a copy of which had been made for an attorney in an 1809 suit, and discovered years later in another county. In this will is named his daughter, Dolly Hoskins.

Hoskins of VA--- 1. Bartholomew Hoskins (1600-1662) came to VA in 1614-15 bef. the departure of Sir Thos. Dale, the governor, and appears to have lived first in Jamestown. He went to Buck Roe in the Corp. of Eliz. City where he rec'd a patent of 100 ac as "an ancient planter"-- due for his personal adventure and graunted to him by Sir Francis Wyatt, 3 Nov 1624." Means he paid his own way to VA. He was only abt. 15, which indicated that he was of a family with means.

With a small group of others he rec'd 100 ac patent as the first landowner in the Colony. In 1624 the London Co. was dissolved and the control of VA was taken over by the Crown. All persons had previouslylived on land as lessees of the London Company which was a business enterprise. In 1624 the Crown awarded 100 ac of land to those settlers who had risked their lives & fortunes to settle in VA and gave them the honorary title of "Ye Ancient Planter".

in 1660 Bartolomew was aged 60.
The Buck Roe patent was confirmed on 7 Sep 1632 and described as follows: "W. upon a cr. deviding this and the land of Peter Arundel, Gent., E. towards land of John Arundel, Gent., N. upon the back river and S. toward head of Hampton River. Due for his per adv. and graunted to him by Sir Francis Wyatt, 3 Nov. 1624. pg 12

By 1634 Bartholomew was living in Eliz City with his wife and was styled as Barth Hoskins, gent." In 1636 New Norfolk Co. was formed from eliz. City which in 1637 was divided into Lower Norfolk and Upper Norfolk (later Nansemond). Sometime bef. 1642 Bartholomew owned 40 ac of land in Upper Norfolk which he acquired as the admin. of the estate of John bridges, dec. He also had by two former patents 300 ac. and by two other former patents 650 ac. These were granted for Hoskins transporting from Eng. Epaphroditus Lawson, Wm. Lawson, Lettice Lawson, Rowland Lawson & nine others. This land adjoined More Fantleroy and was assigned by Hoskins unto Epaphroditus Lawson. It was described as being "Upon New Towne Haven River running N.W. by a bay side called Mount Lawson, adj. More Fauntleroy.

Later Barth. was granted a petent (1 Jan 1645) of 1,350 ac of land on the Rappahannock river, when this area was still unsettled and known then as York County. This patent was the earliest in what is now Essex Co. This patent encouraged settlement aft. 1651. By law no one could settle north of the York until 1651, due to the Indian Treaty. Hoskins continued to live in Lower Norfold and patented this land to encourage immigration into the wilderness. He also wished to sell the land and make a profit. The boundaries were from Saint Margaret's school up the river to Tignor's Creek (later Brockenbrough' Gut and now Bristow's Marina). More pg. 25

Patent Bk 1 VA Library
Bartholomew Hoskins, of Buck Roe, in the Corp. of Eliz. Citty, an Ancient Planter whoe came over into this country before the departure of Sir Thos. Dale, 100 acs. 3 Nov. 1624, p. 45. N. upon the backe river, S. upon the maine land & W. upon a cr. dividing same from land of Peter Arundell, gent. For his first per. devdt.

Bartholomew married Dorcas Mira Isham on 3 Jul 1628 in St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Middlesex, England. Dorcas (daughter of John Isham and Elizabeth Barker) was born in 1593 in Little Munden, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1670 in Norfolk, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Dorcas Foster

Notes:

http://fosterfamily.surnames.com/dr_foster.htm

http://www.geneajourney.com/hoskinfo.html

Notes:

Sir William Awbrey The Exteravagant of Tredomen Kt. He sold Abercynfrig. His will was proved at Brecon 1631, in which Anthon Gwyn, of Llasannor, is one of his Allies-Men. Over a fireplace within his house in Brecon was a shield Quarterly of 9 1 Awbrey 2 a lion rampant, 3 Bleddyn. 4 Rhys Goch, 5 Wyston, 6 Einon Sais, 7n Hughes, 8 Jestyn ap Gwrgan 9 Proger Crest of Awbrey. He married Elizabeth d of Sir Thomas Johnes of Abermarlis-Argent, chevron sable between 3 ravens proper, within a border engrailed gules, bezantee by Jane Paulson

High Sheriff of Brecon
His son Reginald was killed at the Battle of Edgehill; Thomas, John, and Henry immigrated to America

Note that William and Elizabeth had two sons named John. 1 died young and the other is the one came to America with his brothers

Sir William Awbrey born Abt 1583 in Llanelieu, Breconshire, Wales died 1631. Sir William wife was Elizabeth Johns "Sir William had three sons: Henry, John, Thomas and Richard (There was a Richard and he was William and Elizabeth grandson, Son of Henry )that came to America. They settled in Westmoreland and Rappahannock Counties, Virginia.

William "The Extravagant" Awbrey was bc 1581 Tredomen, Brecknockshire, Wales. He marr. Elizabeth Johns (b 1595 in Wales), dtr of Sir Thomas Johns/Jones.

William's will was proved in 1631 & he died broke. He name only his sons

Children of William & Elizabeth were

1 Edward (bc 1617 Tredomen),
2 Reginald (bc 1619 in Tredomen),
3 John (bc 1623 in Abercynfrig)
4 Thomas (bc 1624).

Theophilus Jones' History of the County of Brecknock (1898) and on page 449 he says

"Sir William Awbrey m. Eliz. d. Sir Thomas Jones of Abermarlais."
He also shows their children:

1 Elinor m Gregory Parry;
2 Jane m. John Baily of Ruthin;
3 John Awbrey died young
4 Catherine Awbrey;
5 Edward Awbrey m. Barbara Lloyd;
6 John Awbrey [he is ours as the earlier John had died];
7 Tho. Awbrey;
8 Harry/Henry Awbrey;

Reginald Awbrey.

A cousin, John Aubrey, FRS, of Easton Pierce, began a suit to recover the
Brecknockshire lands about 1656. This time corresponds roughly with the
immigration of Henry to Virginia. Henry, John, and Thomas were the last
heirs to Sir William Awbrey after the death of their brother Sir Edward
Awbrey. However, Sir Edward had a son from a second marriage that became Sir
William's heir. The three brothers recognized Sir Edward's son as heir and
left for Virginia. Their cousin, John Aubrey, did not recognize Sir Edward's
son as heir because he considered him illegitimate. However, John Aubrey
lost his case, and William inherited. This information substantiates the
family story that the brother's left Wales because of a lack of inheritance.
6. Sir William Awbrey had seven sons, all of whom were gone from Wales by
1656. This means that all seven would have to have died in before the age of
forty-five. This is extremely unlikely seeing that most of them lived to
adulthood. Furthermore, the fates of the older children are known, but the
fates of John, Thomas, and Henry are unknown. This testifies to the fact
that the family had little or no contact with the younger sons in later
years. Again, this substantiates the claim that they were in Virginia.

William married Elizabeth Johns. Elizabeth was born on 24 Dec 1595 in Llandeilo Fawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales; died in 1650 in , , Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Rachel Kellogg about 1620. Rachel (daughter of Phillippe Kellogg) was born in 1603 in Great Leighs, Essex, England; died on 20 Oct 1666 in Great Leighs, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: , Stafford, Virginia, USA
• Arrival: 1656, , , Virginia, USA

Notes:

Rawleigh Travers (Source: George Cable Greer, Early Virginia Immigrants 1623 - 1666, (1912, W. C. Hill Printing Co., Richmond, Va).) was born Abt. 1622 in England, of Rappahannock Co., VA, and died 1674 in Lancaster Co., VA. He married (2) Elizabeth Holsey (Source: Ida J Lee, Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills 1653-1800, (1959, Richmond, VA).) Bef. 1664 in Lancaster Co., VA (Source: (1) Wilson Miles Gray, "Pedigree of the Travers Family," William & Mary Quarterly, July, 1895, vol. 4, no. 1., (2) "William Travers Family, Maryland and Virginia," Colorado Genealogist, July, 1966, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 86-88.).

Notes for Rawleigh Travers:

Raleigh Travers was the first of his family in Virginia, his name was usually spelled Traverse. He patented (or repatented) several tracts of land from1653 to 1665. He died intestate c. 1670 or 1671.

Notes for Elizabeth Holsey:

Proof that 'Holsey' was the maiden name for Elizabeth: Wiil, Lancaster Co., VA - but this could be a recording error and the surname could be MOSLEY.

Holsey, Wm. Nincupative. Rec. Dec. 14, 1687. Brother: Robert Holsey of Rapp. Co. Exor. Devisees: Mrs. Elizabeth Wilks, Mr. Rawleigh Travers and Giles Travers and Mr. Downman.

Elizabeth was the widow of Thomas Stevens of Lancaster Co. After the death of Raleigh Travers she married (3)Robert Beckingham, (4) Thomas Wilkes, (5) George Spencer and (6) William Mann.

Child of Rawleigh Travers is:
7 i. William3 Travers (Source: Wilson Miles Gray, "Pedigree of the Travers Family," William & Mary Quarterly, July, 1895, vol. 4,
no. 1.), born 1644; died Bef. 1694.
Notes for William Travers:

d.s.p.


Children of Rawleigh Travers and Elizabeth Holsey are:
+ 8 i. Million3 Travers, born 1664; died 1728 in Richmond County, VA.
+ 9 ii. Elizabeth Travers.
+ 10 iii. Rawleigh Travers, died October 15, 1749 in Stafford Co., VA.
+ 11 iv. Giles Travers, born 1660 in Lancaster Co., VA; died 1717 in Potomac Creek, VA.

1653 Patented land Old Rappananock Co., Virginia moved to Lancaster Co., Virginia; Was Burgess 1657-65, 69-70

Title Travers, Rawleigh. Publication 9 March 1653. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Related See also the following surname(s): Travis. Note Location: County location not given. Description: 300 acres on the south side of Rappa: River, about 2 miles southerly into ye. woods from ye. plantation of Mr. James Bagnal. Source: Land Office Patents No. 3, 1652-1655, p. 28 (Reel 2). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.


Raleigh Travers was the first of his family in Virginia, his name was usually spelled Traverse. He patented (or repatented) several tracts of land from1653 to 1665. He died in testate c. 1670 or 1671.


Title Travers, Rawleigh. Publication 9 March 1653. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Related See also the following surname(s): Travis. Note Location: County location not given. Description: 300 acres on the south side of Rappa: River, about 2 miles southerly into ye. woods from ye. plantation of Mr. James Bagnal. Source: Land Office Patents No. 3, 1652-1655, p. 28 (Reel 2). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. Subject - Personal Travers, Rawleigh. grantee.


Lancaster County Court, 8th October 1653, p. 79, Certificate of Land is granted unto John Cable for transportation of Rawleigh Travers

Lancaster County Court 1 April 1657, Cert. to Mr. Rawleigh Travers for trans. of Mr. Samuel Cole, Thomas Godry, John Granger, Eliz. Parkington, Thomas Arthur, Tho. Tillett, Lewys Thomas, Stephen Warren, Anne Williams, the Williams boy, John Sorth, Richard hall, Charity Winters, Stephen Warren, Eliz, Watkins, William Mashum & Joane a Negro
Court 14 May 1662, p. 181, Raleigh Travers the greatest Creditor to the Est. of Alex. Porteus. Adm. to him.
Court 14 Dec. 1670, p. 173, Com. of Adm. on the Est. of Mr. Rawleigh Travers decd., to Elizabeth his widd. and Relict
Lancaster Co Deeds p. 162, Pat. to Edward Mihill, 650 Acres, 2 May 1650 and he assigned to Thomas Purifye, 5 Dec. 1652 and Tho. Purifye assigned to Raughley, Travers, 19 April 1655.
1668 Samuel Shirley brought to Lancaster Co., VA by Raleigh Travers : March 1668 Court- Certificate according to Acte is granted unto Mr. Raleigh Travers for ye transportacon of Charity Winter, Lewys Thomas, John Grange, Thomas Cawdry, Thomas Archer, Eliz: Jacobs, Anne Paine, Walter Dory, Joane Dory, Stephen Brydle and SAM: SHERLEY into this countrey.
Notes for Elizabeth [Unknown]:
Molsey, Wm. Nuncupative. Rec. Dec. 14, 1687. Brother: Robert Molsey of Rapp. Co. Exor. Devisees: Mrs. Elizabeth Wilks, Mr. Rawleigh Travers and Giles Travers and Mr. Downman.
Elizabeth was the widow of Thomas Stevens of Lancaster Co. After the death of Raleigh Travers she married (3)Robert Beckingham, (4) Thomas Wilkes, (5) George Spencer and (6) William Mann.
Lancaster Co Deeds: Eliz. Travers P/A to my cousen Mr. Will Travers to Ack. to John Chinn the qr. pte. of the Mill lyeing at the head of Morraticoe Creek, sold by my husbamd, 17 March 1669, signed and sealed by Eliz. Travers. Wit. Robt. Beckingham and James Lane. Recog. 11 May 1670.
Diane Cukro has compiled a web site devoted to descendants of Elizabeth at:
http://downloads.members.tripod.com/dcukro/mrselizabeth.htm

He was a Brother of Col William of Richmond Co. VA.
Children:
William Travers b. 1644
Millian Travers b. About 1660
Elizabeth Travers
Rawleigh Travers b. 1659
Mrs. Thomas Beale Travers
Mrs. Rawleigh Downman Travers
Mary Travers b. 1628 in Lancaster Co,Virginia



http://www.genealogical-gleanings.com/Early%20Virginia.htm

"Raleigh/Rawleigh «b»Travers«/b» was born ca 1630. He married Elizabeth Unknown and had the following children: Giles, John, Rawleigh, Million and Elizabeth. Raleigh is first recorded in Virginia history when he purchased 300 acres on the south side of the Rappa River on 8 Mar 1653. On 6 Dec 1653 he received a POA from Tho Paine to sue Moore Fauntleroy. On 5 Feb 1654/55 in Lancaster Co. Virginia Nich. Forman was to view Mr.Raleigh Traver's tobacco house and report. On 19 April 1655 in Lancaster Co., VA Tho. Purifye sold Raughley Travers 650 acres. On 24 October 1665 in Westmoreland, VA Raleigh Travers purchased 3,650 acres; 3350 acres on the south side of the Potomac River and 300 acres upon the head of a branch of Potomac Creek. In 1667 in Lancaster, VA John Carpenter and his wife, Mary, sold 500 acres called Fairweather to Raleigh Travers. In March 1669 in Lancaster, VA, Rawleigh Travers sold to John Chinn a quarter part of the mill lying at the head of Morratico Creek. Signed by Ra.Travers and Elizabeth Travers. On 11 May 1670 in Lancaster Co., VA, POA to cousin Will Travers re mill sold to John Chinn. Rawleigh Travers died in 1670 in Richmond, VA."


to go through- rawleigh travers

Name: Rawleigh Travers
Sex:M
Birth:1622 in England
Death:14 DEC 1670 in Lancaster County, Virginia - admin
Note:

===1670-1674 Lancaster County Order Book; Antient Press: pg 174
Lancaster County Court 14th of December 1670
- Coission of Administracon accordinge to Acte upon ye Estate of Mr. RALEIGH TRAVERS (deced) is granted unto ELIZ:, his Widd: & Relict, shoe giveing security accordinge to Acte. Mr. WILL: BALL, Mr. WALTER WHARTON, Mr. THOMAS BANKES & Mr THO: MARSHALL are ordered to apprize ye Estate. Mr. BALL & WHARTON were sworne in Cort , the two others Mr. BALL is ordered to sweare. An Inven:rie thereof to bee exhibited to ye neve Cort., Mr. EDWARD DALE & DNE: THERRYOTT doe in Cort. become security for the sde. Mrs. TRAVERS
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1670-1674 Lancaster County Order Book; Antient Press: pg 203
Lancaster County Court 8th of November 1671
- It appeareing to this Cort, by ye peticon of ROBT. BECKENGHAM & ELIZ: his Wife. Administratrx. to ye Estate of Mr. RA: TRAVERS (deced), that at a Cort, helde for this County Mar: the 9th 1669, order was granted unto the saide TRAVERS for 795 lb. of tobaccoe & ca: agt. ye Estate of Mr. DAVYD FOX (deced), wch: beinge out of date, it is ordered that a scire facias be yssued out to revive ye saide order
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Contributed by: James Hughes

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URL title: Ancestries of Errol S. BEVAN and Hollie C. ATKINSON BEVAN to ADAM and EVE including REINHARDT Cousins and more

Notes from TRAVERS Msg Board by Linda Boyd Lawhon:

. RAWLEIGH1 TRAVERS married Elizabeth (--?--) circa 1655. He died before 14 May 1670 in Richmond County, Virginia.
· On 9 Mar 1653 in Virginia Rawleigh Travers, received 300 a on south side Rappa. River, 2 miles s'ly from James Bagnal; trsp. 6 persons. (Nugent, CP I:241). · On 6 Dec 1653 in Lancaster County, Virginia. He received a POA from Tho Paine to sue Moore Fauntleroy. (Fleet, VCA I:190) · On 5 Feb 1654/55 in Lancaster County, Virginia Nich. Forman was to view Mr. Raleigh Travers' tobacco house and report. (Fleet, VCA I:191). · On 19 Apr 1655 in Lancaster County, Virginia, Tho. Purifye to Raughley Travers, 650 a. (Duvall, VCA S2V2, p. 50). · On 24 Oct 1665 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Raleigh Travers, 3, 650 acres: 3350 acres on the s side of Potomac Riv. SSW of Pot. Cr. & NE upon a maine SW upon the head of a br at said Cr. which divides this land & Land commonly known by the name of the fort land, ESE. 300 acres upon head of a br of Pot. Cr NE against land of Capt Brent, SE upon land of John Withers. Granted to Gerrard Fowke 18 Nov 1662 and assigned to Travers 11 Nov 1663. (Nugent, CP IP 535-536). · In 1667 in Lancaster County, Virginia, John Carpenter and Mary his wife, extrx of the will of Anthony Stevens, heir apparent of the sd. Anthony, sold 500 acres call ...Fairweather, to Raleigh Travers. (Lancaster County, DB 4:35). · In Mar 1669 in Lancaster County, Virginia, Rawleigh Travers to John Chinn, Qtr part of the mill lying at the head of Morratico Creek. Signed Ra:Travers & Elizabeth Travers. (Duvall, VCA S2V2 p. 43). · On 11 May 1670 in Lancaster County, Virginia, Elizabeth Travers, POA, to cousin Will Travers re mill sold to John Chinn. Wit. Robert Beckingham and James Lane. (Duvall, VCA S2V2 p. 43).

ELIZABETH (--?--), the wife of Rawleigh Travers. Her maiden name has not been found. · She married 1 Thomas Stephens. On 17 Nov 1654 in Lancaster County, Virginia: Thomas Stephens, late of this colony died intestate and Elizabeth Stephens, his relict, was granted administration of his estate by the Gov. · She married 2 Raleigh Travers. On 14 Dec 1670 in Lancaster County, Virginia,: Commission of administration on the estate of Mr. Raleigh Travers, deceased, was granted to Elizabeth, his widow and relict. On 14 Dec 1670 in Lancaster County, Virginia,: Dominick Therriott by Elizabeth the now wife of Robt. Beckingham and late widow of Mr. Raleigh Travers became security for the sd. Elizabeth for the Administration on the estate of her late husband Raleigh Travers, and Robert Beckingham and John Chyn gave bond for the Adm. 31 Dec 1672. · She married 3 Robert Beckingham before 14 Dec 1670 in Lancaster County, Virginia. On 24 Nov 1671 in General Court of, Virginia, Elizabeth , as Mrs. Elizabeth Beckingham, was ordered by the court to testify whether some land held in controversie had been the property of her first husband, Thomas Stevens, or whether the property had been purchased by her second husband, Mr. Rawleigh Travers. (McIlwaine, Minutes of the Council & General Court of Colonial Virginia, pp. 270, 271, 287). On 8 Mar 1675/76 in Lancaster County, Virginia,: probate of the will of Mr. Robert Beckingham, deceased, was granted to Mrs. Elizabeth Beckingham, the widow & relict · She married 4 Thomas WILKES circa 1677 in Lancaster County, Virginia. On 4 Jun 1677 in Lancaster County, Virginia,: an inventory of the estate of Robert Beckingham was admitted to court by Mrs. Elizabeth Wilke, being the relict of Robert Beckingham, deceased. On 4 Jul 1686 in Lancaster County, Virginia,: an inventory of the estate of Thomas WILKS was presented to court by Eliza WILKES. Will Book 5:104, rec. 16 Jul 1686. On 8 Feb 1687/88 in Richmond County, Virginia, Mr. Raleigh Travers, a member of the county court, appeared in behalf of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth WILKES. · She married 5 George Spencer. (12 Nov 1693 Middlesex Co.,Va., Will of Elizabeth Wormeley, Rec. 5 Mar 1693: Mother:Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer.) · She married 6 William Mann. On 4 Feb 1696 in Richmond County, Virginia,: William MAnne as marrying the relict of George Spencer is granted an attachment against the estate of Samuel Jordan. (Boddie, HSF, Vol. 2, p. 255). On 15 Feb 1697 in Lancaster County, Virginia, Mrs. Elizabeth Man, the wife of Mr. Wm. Man, of this county personally appeared before us, Capt. David Fox & Capt. Richard Nusom, Justices of ye peace for this county -- she doth freely of her own accord & free will & without any compulsion or threatening acknowledge ye bill of sale made to William Draper, his heirs... for ye mill called Foxes mill as she hath formerly appointed her attorneys Mr. Charles Harris & Mr. John Tavenor to doe for her .... (Sparacio, Will Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia 1690-1709, p. 63). On 7 Mar 1697 in Lancaster County, Virginia, Know all men by these presents I Elizabeth Man of Lancaster County, in Virginia doo authorize and appoint Joseph Tayloe my true and lawfull Attourney for me ... indenture of sale of part of Morraticon Mill ... Wit. Samll Jones, Wm. Downman. Signed Elizth: (her mark) Man.

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URL (Click on link) http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=521&last=&g_p=P5&co llection=LO Patent
Title Traverse, Raleigh.
Publication 24 October 1665.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Description: 3650 acres on the south side of Potomack River bounded S. S. W. upon Potomack Creek.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), p. 521 (Reel 5).

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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 3; Pg 240
RAWLEIGH TRAVERS, 300 acs. on the S. side of Rappa. River., about 2 mi. Sly. from the plantation of Mr. James &gnat, 9 Mar. 1653, p. 28. Trans. of 6 pers: Mary Marloe, Jon. Heath, Antho., Negro, Margt., Negro; & 100 acs. by assignment from Mr. Spry to Mr. Bagnall, wch. was found lesse than the bounds of a former pattent mentioned.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 4; Pg 333
MR. JOHN PAINE, 610 acs. on the head of the Eastern Br. of Pepoticke Cr. on N. side of Rappa. Riv. 6 Oct. 1656, p. 42, (64). Trans. of 13 pers: Marga. Paine, Jno. Paine, Junr., Wm. Emaston, Morris Williams, Elizabeth Pusie, Jno. Capell, Raughley Travers, Rich. Peacocke, Mary Smith, Law. Thompson, Wm. Walker, Tho. Jelly.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 4; Pg 358
CAPT. EDWARD STREATER, 3000 acs. Westmoreland Co., 19 Mar. 1657, p. 143, (210). Upon S. side of Patomeck Riv. at the head of Niopsco Cr., N. E. upon Ochaquim Riv., S. E. to Freston pointe, to Mussell Island. Granted unto Elizabeth Burbage 30 Mar. 1655 but now deserted for want of seating & now granted for trans. of 60 pers: Miles Atkinson, Wm. Brickwell, Rich. Hogson, Thompson Symons, Wm. Massinborne, Eliz. Hooper, Jno. Ward, Jno. Debarr, Mary Benfor, Rob. Niccolls, Rich. Goodman, Jno. Throught, Wm. Higginbottom, Jno. Morgan, Bryan Harkin, Rich. Stanton, Donaugho Bryan, Wm. Stephens, Wm. Sharpe, Eliz. Brooke, Dennis Shollman, Edwd. Jones, Edwd. Tanner, Roger Preston, Tho. Beedes, Robert Mason, Wm. Wildy (or Wildes), Andrew Bonny (?), Elia. Ackers, Rob. Brenore, Wm. Mundy, Rowland Trevers, Edmond Methoe, Wm. Hurden, Clemence Herbert, Paul Waller, Garrett Sennett, Edwd. Legge, Wm. Paine, Roger Wilkins, Margarett Davis, Mary Leamore, Jno. Clerke, Jno. Henland, George Merritt, Rich. Browne, Rob. Younge, Tho. Ringe, Wm. Webb, Jno. Tunstead, Jno. Mackey, Fra. Stephens, Sam. Yates, Nath. Pally, Jno. Peury, Wm. Breeham, Wm. Greens, Richard Nelmes, Wm. Rayle, Wm. Clemence.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 4; Pg 374
RAWLEIGH TRAVERS 300 acs. on S. side of Rappa. Riv., about 2 mi. from the plantation of Mr. James Bagnall. 15 Oct. 1657, p. 202, (295). Renewal of patent dated 9 Mar. 1653. The following names appear: Samuel! Cole, Tho. Goodry, John Granger, Eliz. Packing- ton, Thomas Arther, Tho. Tillett.

MR. RALEIGH TRAVERSE, 3650 acs. W'moreland Co., 24 Oct. 1665, p.
1, (521). 3350 acs. on S. side of Potomack Riv., S.S.W. on Potomack Cr. &c. N.E. upon a maine Sw. upon the head of a br. at sd. Cr. which divides this & land commonly known by the name of the fort land, E.S.E. &c; 300 acs. upon the head of a br. of Potomack Cr. &c. N.E. against land of Capt. Brent, S.E. upon land of Jno. Withers. Granted unto Col. Gerrard Fowke 18 Nov. 1662 & assigned to sd. Travers 11 Nov. 1663.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 50
MR. RAWLEIGH TRAVERS, 580 acs. S. side Rappa. Co., aboute 3 mi. from the Riv., 12 Sept. 1668, p. 194. Beg. nere a run of Occupaso Cr., adj Cornelius Nowell, & Vall. Allin, to E'wd. of Chickahomani Path, towards Potobaco Towne &c, Trans. of 12 pers: Eliz. Hall, Geo. Hearne, Jane Strydick, An Lorkin, Robt. Metcale, Aug. Sanderson, Geo Spivy, James Young, Eliz. Jones, Eli. Uty, Jane Blundall, Eliz. Plume.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 79
MR. JOHN BLAGRAVE, 800 acs. Staff. Co.. S. side of Oquia Cr.. adj. Mr. Edward Sanders, the maine run of Aquokeeke Cr.. Mr. Rowland Travers, &c; 25 Oct. 1669, p. 309. Trans. of 16 pers: Ann Chapman. James Gregory, Tho. Gibson, Morris Filcher, Hen. Lee, Jno. Bright. Tho. Allen, Alice Hamford, Dorothy Rowles. Mich. Hollis, Robt. Humfryes, Jno. Pell. Jno. Watts, Rich. Jones, Rich. Watts, Sara Beverly.
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Old Rappahannock Co Deed Book 1 - 1656-1662; Antient Press; pg 122 - 123
TO ALL TO WHOM these presents shall come I SAMUELL MATHEWS Esqr. Govenour & Capt. General of Virga. send greeting Now know ye that I the said SAMUELL MATHEWS Esqr with the consent of the Councell of State do give & grant unto Mr. HENRY CORBIN Three hundred acres of land in the County of LANCASTER upon the West (missing) side of MORATICON CREEK opposite the land of EDWARD M(missing) S. S. W. upon a branch of MORATICO CREEK deviding this Land & the land of Capt. MORE FANTLEROY NW upon the head of said Neck E. S. E. upon MORATICO CREEK & upon the North side another Branch of MORATICO CREEK the said land being formerly granted unto JOHN SHARPE by Patent dated 10th of October 1655 & by him deserted & granted unto the said HENRY CORBIN by order of the Quarter Court bearing date with these presents by & for the transportation of Six persons into this Colony whose names are in the records men coned in this Pattent to have & to hold the said Land &c. Given under our hands at JAMES CITY the 30th day of November 1659
SAMUELL MATHEWS
W. CLAYBORNE Secr.
NOW ALL MEN that I HENRY CORBIN gent for a valluable consideracon from RAW LEIGH TRAVERS of the County of LANCASTER in Virginia gent have sould all & every part of the Three hundred acres of land in the Pattent within specified with all & every its appurtenances to the above named RAWLEIGH TRAVERS his heirs & assignes for ever so that neither of the said HENRY CORBIN my heirs & assignes shall make claim or demand any right or interest. to this Pattent or the Land within specified but from all & every part & parcel! thereof with all its appurtenances shal be by these presents for Ever debarred, In Witness whereof I the said HENRY CORBIN & ALICE my Wife have this fifth day of November in the year 1660 & in the twelvth year of the reign of Our Sovereign KING CHARLES put our hands & seals
in presence of JOHN HARRIS, HENRY CORBIN
ROBERT MIDDLETON ALICE CORBIN
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I HENRY CORBIN do hereby appoint my loveing Friend Mr. HUMPHRY BOTH my true & lawfull Attorney to acknowledge in Court a Bill of Sale made to Mr. RAWLEIGH TRAVERS for a parcel! of land as per Pattent lying in MORATICO CREEK & what my said Attorney shall do I do hereby ratify as if I myself were there personally as witness my hand & seale this 20th day of December 1660
in presence of ANDREW GILSON, HENRY CORBIN
THOMAS BRADLEY
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I ALICE CORBYN do appoint Capt, HUMFRY BOOTH of Rappahanock County my lawful! Attorney for me to acknowledge a Deed of Sale made the Fifth day of November 1660 by my Husband Mr. HENRY CORBIN to Mr. RAWLEIGH TRAVERS for Three hundred acres of land in MORATICO CREEK as by Pattent bearing date the 20th day of November 1659 will appear which Bill of Sale is indorsed thereof I have & do hereby acknowledge to have freely consented to & do by these presents for Ever quit any right I have or may have to it or to any part thereof as witness my hand this fifth day of November 1660 & in the Twelvth year of the Reign of our Sovrn. Lord KING CHARLES the Second
in presence of JOHN HARRIS, ALICE CORBYNROBERT MIDDLETON









Father: Virginia Travers

Marriage 1 Female MNU Travers
Married: ABT 1642 in England

Children
William Travers b: 1644 in England

Marriage 2 Elizabeth {Unproven} Husseyb: BEF 1637 in England
Married: AFT 17 NOV 1654 in Lancaster County, Virginia

Children
John Traversb: 1656 in Lancaster County, Virginia
Elizabeth Traversb: BEF 1660 in Lancaster County, Virginia
Rawleigh Traversb: 1660 in Northumberland County, Virginia
Million Traversb: 1660 in Lancaster County, Virginia
Giles Travers b: ABT 1661 in Lancaster County, Virginia



Name: Rawleigh Travers Sex: M
Birth: 1622 in England
Death: BEF 14 MAY 1670 in Lancaster County, Virginia
Name: Rawleigh TRAVERS
Surname: Travers
Given Name: Rawleigh
Sex: M
Death: BEF 14 May 1670 in Richmond, Virginia, USA
Note:
. RAWLEIGH1 TRAVERS married Elizabeth (--?--) circa 1655. He died before 14 May 1670 in Richmond County, Virginia.· On 9 Mar 1653 in Virginia Rawleigh Travers, received 300 a on south side Rappa. River, 2 miles s'ly from James Bagnal; trsp. 6 persons. (Nugent, CP I:241). · On 6 Dec 1653 in Lancaster County, Virginia. He received a POA from Tho Paine to sue Moore Fauntleroy. (Fleet, VCA I:190) · On 5 Feb 1654/55 in Lancaster County, Virginia Nich. Forman was to view Mr. Raleigh Travers' tobacco house and report. (Fleet, VCA I:191). · On 19 Apr 1655 in Lancaster County, Virginia, Tho. Purifye to Raughley Travers, 650 a. (Duvall, VCA S2V2, p. 50). · On 24 Oct 1665 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Raleigh Travers, 3, 650 acres: 3350 acres on the s side of Potomac Riv. SSW of Pot. Cr. & NE upon a maine SW upon the head of a br at said Cr. which divides this land & Land commonly known by the name of the fort land, ESE. 300 acres upon head of a br of Pot. Cr NE against land of Capt Brent, SE upon land of John Withers. Granted to Gerrard Fowke 18 Nov 1662 and assigned to Travers 11 Nov 1663. (Nugent, CP IP 535-536). · In 1667 in Lancaster County, Virginia, John Carpenter and Mary his wife, extrx of the will of Anthony Stevens, heir apparent of the sd. Anthony, sold 500 acres call ...Fairweather, to Raleigh Travers. (Lancaster County, DB 4:35). · In Mar 1669 in Lancaster County, Virginia, Rawleigh Travers to John Chinn, Qtr part of the mill lying at the head of Morratico Creek. Signed Ra:Travers & Elizabeth Travers. (Duvall, VCA S2V2 p. 43). · On 11 May 1670 in Lancaster County, Virginia, Elizabeth Travers, POA, to cousin Will Travers re mill sold to John Chinn. Wit. Robert Beckingham and James Lane. (Duvall, VCA S2V2 p. 43).

The five known children of Rawleigh1 Travers and Elizabeth (--?--) were as follows:

i. JOHN TRAVERS was born circa 1656. · He was was named as the oldest son of Mr. Raleigh Travers, deceased, in a suit against the estate on 10 Mar 1674/75 in Lancaster County, Virginia.

ii. RAWLEIGH TRAVERS, born circa 1658; married Hannah Ball.

iii. MILLION TRAVERS, born circa 1660 in Gloucester County, Virginia; married William Downman.

iv. GILES TRAVERS, born circa 1662; married Anne Waugh.

v. ELIZABETH TRAVERS was born circa 1664. She married 1 John Carter Jr. She married 2 Christopher Wormeley. She died in 1693/94 inMiddlesex County, Virginia. 12 Nov 1693 Middlesex Co.,Va., Will of Elizabeth Wormeley, Rec. 5 Mar 1693: Mother: Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer; Sister: Million Downman; Brother: RawleighTravers; Brother: Giles Travers; Children of sister Million Downman: Wilmoth Downman, Million Downman the younger, Elizabeth Downman, Husband: Christopher Wormeley, his children: Judith Wormeley, Thomas Wormeley, William Wormeley. (Hopkins, Middlesex Wills & Inv. 1673-1812, p.54).Marriage 1 Mrs. Elizabeth TRAVERS
Married: AFT Nov 1654 in Lancaster, Virginia, USA
Children
Giles TRAVERS b: AFT 1654 in Lancaster, Virginia, USA
Rawleigh TRAVERS b: 1658 in Lancaster, Virginia, USA
John TRAVERS b: 1656 in Lancaster, Virginia, USA
Million TRAVERS b: 1660 in Gloucester, Virginia, USAElizabeth TRAVERS b: 1664 in Lancaster, Virginia, USA

Name: Mrs. Elizabeth TRAVERSSurname: Travers
Given Name: Mrs. Elizabeth
Sex: F
Note:
ELIZABETH (--?--), the wife of Rawleigh Travers. Her maiden name has not been found. · She married 1 Thomas Stephens. On 17 Nov 1654 in Lancaster County, Virginia: Thomas Stephens, late of this colony died intestate and Elizabeth Stephens, his relict, was granted administration of his estate by the Gov. · She married 2 Raleigh Travers. On 14 Dec 1670 in Lancaster County, Virginia,: Commission of administration on the estate of Mr. Raleigh Travers, deceased, was granted to Elizabeth, his widow and relict. On 14 Dec 1670 in Lancaster County, Virginia,: Dominick Therriott by Elizabeth the now wife of Robt. Beckingham and late widow of Mr. Raleigh Travers became security for the sd. Elizabeth for the Administration on the estate of her late husband Raleigh Travers, and Robert Beckingham and John Chyn gave bond for the Adm. 31 Dec 1672. · She married 3 Robert Beckingham before 14 Dec 1670 in Lancaster County, Virginia. On 24 Nov 1671 in General Court of, Virginia, Elizabeth , as Mrs. Elizabeth Beckingham, was ordered by the court to testify whether some land held in controversie had been the property of her first husband, Thomas Stevens, or whether the property had been purchased by her second husband, Mr. Rawleigh Travers. (McIlwaine, Minutes of the Council & General Court of Colonial Virginia, pp. 270, 271, 287). On 8 Mar 1675/76 in Lancaster County, Virginia,: probate of the will of Mr. Robert Beckingham, deceased, was granted to Mrs. Elizabeth Beckingham, the widow & relict · She married 4 Thomas WILKES circa 1677 in Lancaster County, Virginia. On 4 Jun 1677 in Lancaster County, Virginia,: an inventory of the estate of Robert Beckingham was admitted to court by Mrs. Elizabeth Wilke, being the relict of Robert Beckingham, deceased. On 4 Jul 1686 in Lancaster County, Virginia,: an inventory of the estate of Thomas WILKS was presented to court by Eliza WILKES. Will Book 5:104, rec. 16 Jul 1686. On 8 Feb 1687/88 in Richmond County, Virginia, Mr. Raleigh Travers, a member of the county court, appeared in behalf of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth WILKES. · She married 5 George Spencer. (12 Nov 1693 Middlesex Co.,Va., Will of Elizabeth Wormeley, Rec. 5 Mar 1693: Mother:Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer.) · She married 6 William Mann. On 4 Feb 1696 in Richmond County, Virginia,: William MAnne as marrying the relict of George Spencer is granted an attachment against the estate of Samuel Jordan. (Boddie, HSF, Vol. 2, p. 255). On 15 Feb 1697 in Lancaster County, Virginia, Mrs. Elizabeth Man, the wife of Mr. Wm. Man, of this county personally appeared before us, Capt. David Fox & Capt. Richard Nusom, Justices of ye peace for this county -- she doth freely of her own accord & free will & without any compulsion or threatening acknowledge ye bill of sale made to William Draper, his heirs... for ye mill called Foxes mill as she hath formerly appointed her attorneys Mr. Charles Harris & Mr. John Tavenor to doe for her .... (Sparacio, Will Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia 1690-1709, p. 63). On 7 Mar 1697 in Lancaster County, Virginia, Know all men by these presents I Elizabeth Man of Lancaster County, in Virginia doo authorize and appoint Joseph Tayloe my true and lawfull Attourney for me ... indenture of sale of part of Morraticon Mill ... Wit. Samll Jones, Wm. Downman. Signed Elizth: (her mark) Man.
Marriage 1 Rawleigh TRAVERS
Married: AFT Nov 1654 in Lancaster, Virginia, USA
Children
Giles TRAVERS b: AFT 1654 in Lancaster, Virginia, USA
Rawleigh TRAVERS b: 1658 in Lancaster, Virginia, USA
John TRAVERS b: 1656 in Lancaster, Virginia, USA
Million TRAVERS b: 1660 in Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth TRAVERS b: 1664 in Lancaster, Virginia, USAMillion TRAVERS b: 1660 in Gloucester, Virginia, USA

Marriage 2 Thomas STEPHENS

Marriage 3 Robert BECKINGHAMMarried: BEF 14 Dec 1670 in Lancaster, Virginia, USA

Marriage 4 Thomas WILKESMarried: 1677 in Lancaster, Virginia, USA

Marriage 5 George SPENCERMarried: AFT 1686

Marriage 6 William MAnne b: 17 Apr 1677 in Willington, Beds., Engl.Married: ABT 1693
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URL (Click on link) http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=521&last=&g_p=P5&collection=LO Patent
Title Traverse, Raleigh.
Publication 24 October 1665.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Description: 3650 acres on the south side of Potomack River bounded S. S. W. upon Potomack Creek. Source: Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), p. 521 (Reel 5).

===CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 3; Pg 240
RAWLEIGH TRAVERS, 300 acs. on the S. side of Rappa. River., about 2 mi. Sly. from the plantation of Mr. James &gnat, 9 Mar. 1653, p. 28. Trans. of 6 pers: Mary Marloe, Jon. Heath, Antho., Negro, Margt., Negro; & 100 acs. by assignment from Mr. Spry to Mr. Bagnall, wch. was found lesse than the bounds of a former patient mentioned.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 4; Pg 333
MR. JOHN PAINE, 610 acs. on the head of the Eastern Br. of Pepoticke Cr. on N. side of Rappa. Riv. 6 Oct. 1656, p. 42, (64). Trans. of 13 pers: Marga. Paine, Jno. Paine, Junr., Wm. Emaston, Morris Williams, Elizabeth Pusie, Jno. Capell, Raughley Travers, Rich. Peacocke, Mary Smith, Law. Thompson, Wm. Walker, Tho. Jelly.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 4; Pg 358
CAPT. EDWARD STREATER, 3000 acs. Westmoreland Co., 19 Mar. 1657, p. 143, (210). Upon S. side of Patomeck Riv. at the head of Niopsco Cr., N. E. upon Ochaquim Riv., S. E. to Freston pointe, to Mussell Island. Granted unto Elizabeth Burbage 30 Mar. 1655 but now deserted for want of seating & now granted for trans. of 60 pers: Miles Atkinson, Wm. Brickwell, Rich. Hogson, Thompson Symons, Wm. Massinborne, Eliz. Hooper, Jno. Ward, Jno. Debarr, Mary Benfor, Rob. Niccolls, Rich. Goodman, Jno. Throught, Wm. Higginbottom, Jno. Morgan, Bryan Harkin, Rich. Stanton, Donaugho Bryan, Wm. Stephens, Wm. Sharpe, Eliz. Brooke, Dennis Shollman, Edwd. Jones, Edwd. Tanner, Roger Preston, Tho. Beedes, Robert Mason, Wm. Wildy (or Wildes), Andrew Bonny (?), Elia. Ackers, Rob. Brenore, Wm. Mundy, Rowland Trevers, Edmond Methoe, Wm. Hurden, Clemence Herbert, Paul Waller, Garrett Sennett, Edwd. Legge, Wm. Paine, Roger Wilkins, Margarett Davis, Mary Leamore, Jno. Clerke, Jno. Henland, George Merritt, Rich. Browne, Rob. Younge, Tho. Ringe, Wm. Webb, Jno. Tunstead, Jno. Mackey, Fra. Stephens, Sam. Yates, Nath. Pally, Jno. Peury, Wm. Breeham, Wm. Greens, Richard Nelmes, Wm. Rayle, Wm. Clemence.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 4; Pg 374RAWLEIGH TRAVERS 300 acs. on S. side of Rappa. Riv., about 2 mi. from the plantation of Mr. James Bagnall. 15 Oct. 1657, p. 202, (295). Renewal of patent dated 9 Mar. 1653. The following names appear: Samuel! Cole, Tho. Goodry, John Granger, Eliz. Packing- ton, Thomas Arther, Tho. Tillett.

MR. RALEIGH TRAVERSE, 3650 acs. W'moreland Co., 24 Oct. 1665, p.1, (521). 3350 acs. on S. side of Potomack Riv., S.S.W. on Potomack Cr. &c. N.E. upon a maine Sw. upon the head of a br. at sd. Cr. which divides this & land commonly known by the name of the fort land, E.S.E. &c; 300 acs. upon the head of a br. of Potomack Cr. &c. N.E. against land of Capt. Brent, S.E. upon land of Jno. Withers. Granted unto Col. Gerrard Fowke 18 Nov. 1662 & assigned to sd. Travers 11 Nov. 1663.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 50
MR. RAWLEIGH TRAVERS, 580 acs. S. side Rappa. Co., aboute 3 mi. from the Riv., 12 Sept. 1668, p. 194. Beg. nere a run of Occupaso Cr., adj Cornelius Nowell, & Vall. Allin, to E'wd. of Chickahomani Path, towards Potobaco Towne &c, Trans. of 12 pers: Eliz. Hall, Geo. Hearne, Jane Strydick, An Lorkin, Robt. Metcale, Aug. Sanderson, Geo Spivy, James Young, Eliz. Jones, Eli. Uty, Jane Blundall, Eliz. Plume.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 79MR. JOHN BLAGRAVE, 800 acs. Staff. Co.. S. side of Oquia Cr.. adj. Mr. Edward Sanders, the maine run of Aquokeeke Cr.. Mr. Rowland Travers, &c; 25 Oct. 1669, p. 309. Trans. of 16 pers: Ann Chapman. James Gregory, Tho. Gibson, Morris Filcher, Hen. Lee, Jno. Bright. Tho. Allen, Alice Hamford, Dorothy Rowles. Mich. Hollis, Robt. Humfryes, Jno. Pell. Jno. Watts, Rich. Jones, Rich. Watts, Sara Beverly.





Marriage 1 Female MNU Travers
Married: ABT 1642 in England
Children William Travers b: 1644 in England

Marriage 2 Elizabeth {Unproven} Hussey b: ABT 1637 in EnglandMarried: AFT 17 NOV 1654 in Lancaster County, Virginia
Children
John Travers b: 1656 in Lancaster County, Virginia
Rawleigh Travers b: 1660 in Lancaster County, Virginia
Giles Travers b: ABT 1661 in Lancaster County, Virginia
Million Travers b: 1660 in Lancaster County, Virginia
Elizabeth Travers b: ABT 1660 in Lancaster County, Virginia


Travers Family History

Rawleigh TRAVERS and his cousin William TRAVERS were in Lancaster County, Virginia very early. It seems that Rawleigh was the first to arrive by 8 October 1653.William arrived shortly thereafter. That was over three hundred fifty years ago.

Rawleigh died about 14 Dec 1670 and William died 14 Feb 1686

Virginia Colonial Abstracts - Series 2 Volume 2 Lancaster County, Virginia Court Orders and deeds 1656-1680 Lindsay O Duvall
1666-1682
page 47
Hubert Patey, Planter, sold to Rowland Rowley of Rappa C., Planter a Pcell of land formerly purchased of Abraham Bush of 150 acres, 7 march 1667/8 Witness Raleigh Travers and a name I understand Not (as of the text) Rec of. 8 July 1668. Rebecca Patey PP/A to James Phillips for the sale. Witness Michael Miller. 12 May 1668 and recog. 8 July 1668.

Virginia Colonial Abstracts - Series 2, Vol. 1 Northumberland County, Virginia 1678-1713 by Lindsay O. Duvall.
Northumberland County
Court 17 Oct 1678 page 11
Mrs Rebecca Travers admin of Col. William Travers vs Adam Booth.

Court Jul 1692 page 597
Capt Saml Travers vs John Thomas

Court 18 May 1694 page 659
Richard Flynt as trustee of the Estate of Adam Booth declared that Rawleigh Travers unlawfully possessed 11 head of cattle belonging to the Estate Adam Booth and the Court ordered said Mr Travers to deliver the cattle. Mr Rawleigh Travers appeals to the General court.

Court 19 Nov 1696 page 749
To Rawley Travers as chiefest Cred’r, a com of Adm on the estate of James Shipard, dec’d who dyed intestate.

Court 16 ffeb 1697/8 page 802
Rawl. Travers and John Cralle to take pos of the Est of William Harvey, deceased and dispose of the land at outcry.

Court 19 ffeb 1697/9 page 814
Rawl Travers vs Christopher Neale and his wife Jane his wife Exor. Of Rich’d Rogers, dec’d.

Court 10 Sep 1699 page 65 Court 20 Sep 1699
Cert to Rawl Travers for 300 acres, trans of 6 persons. Lawrence ffox, Edward Peters, Robert McGregor, Gowen Steward, Elizabeth Dobson, and James Leatherborough

Court 19 Apr 1700 page 98
George Knott acknowledged a Deed of Sale land to Rawley Travers

Court 21 May 1701
Page 163
Rawl Travers, Gent and Sarah his wife by her Att Thomas Hobson acknowledged a Deed of Sale of Land to Colston (Mr.)

Lancaster County Court 8th October 1653 Certificate of Land is granted unto John Cable for Transportation of Rawleigh TRAVERS

Lancaster County Orders 1656-1666
Court 1 Apr 1657 page 8
Cert. To Mr. Raleigh Travers for trans. Of Mr Samuel Cole Thomas Godry, John Granger, Eliz Parkington, Thomas Arthur, Tho Tillett, Lewys Thomas, Stephen Warren, Anne Williams, William Boy, John Sorth, Richard Hall, Charity Winters, Stephen Warren, Eliz Watkins, William Mashum & Joane a Negro.

Lancaster County Orders 1656-1666
Court 24 Nov 1658 His estate be be divided by Mr Peter Montague, Mr Rawleigh Traver and Mr Richard Perrott.

Lancaster County Orders 1656-1666
Court 26 Jan1658
Page 74 Mr hen Corbin Mr Peter Montague Mr Raleigh Travers to be presented for Sheriff at James City.

Old Rappahanock County Deed book 1656-1664 part II
Page 202
…. Now know yea that I the said Samuel Mathews Esqr do with the consent of the Councill of State grant unto Raleigh Travers three hundred acres of land situate on the south side of Rappa river. About two miles southerly into the woods from the plantation of Mr James Bagnall…….. the land being due unto the said Raleigh Travers by a patent granted unto him dated the 9th Mar 1653 and renewed by order from the Governour and counsell with …this 15th Oct 1657

Know all men that I Rawleigh Travers Gent for a valuable consideracon reced from John Sharpe of County of Rappa in Virginia planter have sould all and every part of three hundred acres of land in the Patent with in specified with all and every its appurtenances to the above named John Sharpe his heris and assignes for ever so that neither I the said Rawleigh Travers my heirs and assignes for eer so that neither I the said Rawleigh Travers my heirs or assignes shall claime or demand in this patent or the land with in specified but from all parcel thereof with all its appurtenances shall be by these presents for ever debart. In witness I said Rawleigh Travers & Eliza my wife have this fifth day of October in year 1661 and in the thirteenth year of reign of our sovereign Lord king Charles put or hands and seals in presence of William Stoaks
Raleigh TRAVERS
WILL TRAVERS

Page 202 Know all that I Eliza Travers wife of Mr Raleigh Travers do appoint my Cozn Will TRAVERS to be my true and lawful attorney for me to acknowledge unto John Sharp a parcel of land lying in Rappa County…31 Dec 1661.

Lancaster County Orders 1656-1666
Court Nov 13, 1661/2 page 166 Certificate to Will Travers for the transportation of himself five times.

Lancaster County Orders 1656-1666
Court 14 May 1662 page 181 Raleigh Travers the greatest Creditor to the Estate of Alex Porteus admin to him

Lancaster County Virginia Deeds
13 Nov 1669, Will Travers of Rappa Co (reported) a servant Daniel Grante, servt of Sam Gooch of Northumberland as a runaway signed Raleigh Travers recorded 1 May 1671

1a. Rawleigh TRAVERS may have been the first Travers in Lancaster County and the
Northern Neck by 1653 - Raleigh TRAVERS and his wife Elizabeth mentioned 14
Dec 1670 when Elizabeth is listed as his widow and Relict.

1b. William TRAVERS was born in England and died before 1678 in Lancaster County,
Virginia. William married Rebecca Brooke before 1678

Will TRAVERS and Raleigh TRAVERS were in Lancaster before 1 May 1671. They were cozins according to one early document dated 13 Dec 1661..

Rawleigh and Elizabeth

1a. Rawleigh TRAVERS born about 1630 in England of Old Rappahannock County,
Virginia. Rawleigh married Elizabeth. Rawleigh died by 14 Dec 1670.
2a. Rawleigh TRAVERS
2b. William TRAVERS
2c. Robert TRAVERS
2d. Willmoth TRAVERS
2e. Million TRAVERS was born about married William DOWNMAN

William son of William DOWNMAN who left an inventory dated 1654
In Lancaster County, Virginia. William married Dorothy NICKOLLS.
William DOWNMAN may be from Ingeleton, England

3a. Rawleigh DOWNMAN was born 24 Apr 1680 North Farnam Parish,
Old Rappahannock County, Virginia


3b. Willmoth DOWNMAN was 14 Dec 1681 in North Farnam Parish,
Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
3c. Million DOWNMAN was born 21 Nov 1683 in North Farnam Parish,
Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Million married George GLASCOCK
(Colonel) about 1706 in Richmond County, Virginia. George GLASCOCK
died in 1714. Million GLASCOCK died 25 Oct 1750.
George GLASCOCK was the son of Thomas GLASCOCK of Lancaster
County, Virginia
4a. George GLASCOCK was born 1700 was born in Richmond County,
Virginia George married Judith BALL 13 Apr 1726 in Lancaster
County, Virginia.
5a. George GLASCOCK was born 14 Jan 1728 in Richmond County,
Virginia
5b. William GLASCOCK was born 1 Sep 1734 in Richmond County,
Virginia
5c. Judith GLASCOCK
4a. Thomas GLASCOCK born about 1711 at Indian Banks, Virginia
3d. William DOWNMAN was born 19 Oct 1685 North Farnam Parish,
Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
3e. Robert DOWNMAN was born 2 Jan 1686 in North Farnam Parish, Old
Rappahannock County, Virginia


Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 Robert K. Headley
Page 272 - Robert Downman Farnham Parish, Will 7 Mar 1715, 4 July 1716
All land to brothers William and travers; godson john Glascock; sisters
Million Glascock, Elizabeth Downman, and Priscilla Downman; brother
Rawleigh; ex bros Rawleigh and William; Witness: Thomas Dale, Anne
Tarpley, Mary NICKOLS

3f. Travers DOWNMAN was born 19 Mar 1700 in North Farnam Parish,
Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Travers died 25 Apr 1730 in Richmond
County, Virginia.
3g. Priscilla DOWNMAN was born about 1700 in Richmond County, Virginia.
married Capt George HEALE
2f. Elizabeth TRAVERS

Elizabeth married 6 Times
(1) Thomas STEVENS of Lancaster County, Virginia
(2) Raleigh TRAVERS
(3) Robert BECKINGHAM
(4) Thomas WILKES
(5) George SPENCER
(6) William MANN

Raleigh/Rawleigh Travers was born ca 1630. He married Elizabeth Unknown and had the following children: Giles, John, Rawleigh, Million and Elizabeth. Raleigh is first recorded in Virginia history when he purchased 300 acres on the south side of the Rappa River on 8 Mar 1653. On 6 Dec 1653 he received a POA from Tho Paine to sue Moore Fauntleroy. On 5 Feb 1654/55 in Lancaster Co. Virginia Nich. Forman was to view Mr.Raleigh Traver's tobacco house and report. On 19 April 1655 in Lancaster Co., VA Tho. Purifye sold Raughley Travers 650 acres. On 24 October 1665 in Westmoreland, VA Raleigh Travers purchased 3,650 acres; 3350 acres on the south side of the Potomac River and 300 acres upon the head of a branch of Potomac Creek. In 1667 in Lancaster, VA John Carpenter and his wife, Mary, sold 500 acres called Fairweather to Raleigh Travers. In March 1669 in Lancaster, VA, Rawleigh Travers sold to John Chinn a quarter part of the mill lying at the head of Morratico Creek. Signed by Ra.Travers and Elizabeth Travers. On 11 May 1670 in Lancaster Co., VA, POA to cousin Will Travers re mill sold to John Chinn. Rawleigh Travers died in 1670 in Richmond, VA.

William TRAVERS and Rebecca BROOKE

1b. William TRAVERS was born about 1635 in England. William married
Rebecca BROOKE about 1654 of Old Rappahannock County,
Virginia Rebecca married secondly Mr RICE.
2a. William TRAVERS was born about 1656 in Old Rappahannock County,
Virginia. William died in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia 14 Feb 1686
Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Will Recorded 10 Mar 1687
In Old Rappahannock County, Virginia.

2b. Rawleigh TRAVERS was born about 1659 in Old Rappahannock County,
Virginia. Rawleigh married Hannah BALL about 1695 in Lancaster County,
Virginia. Hannah was the daughter of Joseph BALL and Elizabeth Julia
ROMNEY. Hannah died 12 Nov 1748 in Stafford County, Virginia.
3a. Raleigh TRAVERS was born about 1697 in Lancaster County, Virginia
3b. Elizabeth Ball TRAVERS was born about 1699 in Lancaster County,
Virginia. Elizabeth TRAVERS married John COOKE
3c. Sarah TRAVERS was born about 1701 in Lancaster County, Virginia
Sarah married Peter DANIEL 15 Jul 1736 in Overwharton Parish,
Stafford County, Virginia.
Peter DANIEL was born about 1700 in Middlesex County, Virginia.
Peter DANIEL died about 1777
4a. Hannah Ball DANIEL was born about 1737 and died in 1829
4b. Travers DANIEL was born about 1741 and died in 1824
Travers DANIEL married Frances MONCURE daughter of
Rev Mr. John MONCURE of Clermont
4c. Elizabeth Travers DANIEL died as an infant

2c. Samuel TRAVERS was born about 1662 in Old Rappahannock county, Virginia
Samuel married Frances ALLERTON 1 July 1685 in Old Rappahannock County,
Virginia.
3a. Winifred TRAVERS was born about 1690 in Old Rappahannock County,
Virginia. Winifred married Daniel HORNBY who was born about 1686
3b. Elizabeth TRAVERS was born about 1692 in Old Rappahannock County,
Virginia. Elizabeth married John TARPLEY
John TARPLEY was born 21 Feb 1690 in Old Rappahannock County,
Virginia (1692 in Richmond County, Virginia) John was the son of
James TARPLEY and Mary
(James Tarpley will written Richmond County 12 Dec 1711 and recorded
5 Aug 1713
John TARPLEY married secondly Elizabeth RIPPING of Richmond County,
Virginia.
4a. Travers TARPLEY married Betty SYDNOR
Travers TARPLEY wrote will 18 Feb 1768 Will was proved 6 Jun 1768
In Richmond County, Virginia. Inventory Maj Travers Tarpley 6 Jun
1768 page 13
5a. Fanny TARPLEY
5b. Lucy TARPLEY
5c. Betty TARPLEY married Mr PEACHEY
5d. Winnie TARPLEY married MCCARTY
5e. Milly TARPLEY
5f. Nancy TARPLEY

Richmond County, Virginia Wills 1699-1800 Robert K. Headley
Will Book 7 page 11
Travers TARPLEY North Farnham Parish, Will; 18 Feb 1768, 6 Jun 1768
wife Betty dwelling plantation with all houses and land which I bought of
Charles McCarty; daughters Fanny, Lucy, Betty Peachy, Winnie McCarty,
Milly and Nancy, Mary Stott; grandson William Travers Peachey and
Bartholomew McCarty; mentioned money due from brother Bartholomew
McCarty, mentions money due from brother Col John Tarpley: ex to be
guardians of two yougest estate daughter Milly and Nancy; ex John Belfield
and Richard Mitchell; witnesses: Corbin griffin, Burgess Smith, John
Sydnor, Willington McCarty. (Travers Tarpley married Betty Sydnor MRC,
page. 204.

1714 Anne Glasscock makes her will and leaves several items for her
grandchildren and her daughter Anne Tarpley, 3rd wife of Capt. John Tarpley.
Glasscock, Anne 6 Feb. 1714 - 3 March 1714. Grandson John Tarpley and his
father, Capt. John Tarpley; Grandson Anthony Sydnore; son George Glasscock;
son-in-law Charles Barber, son-in-law Rowland Lawson; daughters Jean Lawso,
Frances Barber, daughter Ann Tarpley, daughter Mary Hipkins, grandson George
Glasscock.

3c. Rebecca TRAVERS married James TAVERNER Rebecca died after 4 May
1711
Rebecca TRAVERS was born 15 Oct 1692 in Richmond County, Virginia.
Rebecca married Charles COLSTON
Charles COLSTON was born 17 Apr 1691 and died in 1724, in Virginia.
Charles COLSTON was the son of William COLSTON and Ann GOOCH
William COLSTON will written 27 Oct 1801 Will recorded 27 Oct 1801
In Richmond County, Virginia.
4a. Travers COLSTON was born 4 Jan 1714 in Richmond County, Virginia
Travers COLSTON married Susanna OPIE
5a. Samuel COLSTON was born about 1749 at Exeter Lodge,
Northumberland County, Virginia
5b. William COLSTON was born 10 Oct 1744 in Exeter Lodge,
Northumberland County, Virginia William died about 1781
In Virginia.
5c. Rawleigh COLSON was born 11 May 1747 in Exeter Lodge,
Northumberland County, Virginia. Rawleigh died in 1823
4b. Charles COLSTON was born about 1716 in Richmond County, Virginia.
Charles COLSTON died 25 Jan 1727
4c. Susanna COLSTON was born about 1718 in Richmond County,
Virginia
4d. Elizabeth COLSTON was born about 1720 in Richmond County,
Virginia Elizabeth COLSTON died 18 Jan 1727 in Richmond County,
Virginia
4d. Winifred COLSTON was born about 1722 in Richmond County,
Virginia. Winifred died 29 Jan 1727 in Richmond County, Virginia.
4f. Mary COLSTON was born about 1726 in Richmond County, Virginia.
Mary married Edward HERNDON about 1755 in Spotsylvania County,
Virginia.
Edward HERNDON was the son of Edward HERNDON and Mary
BROCK. Edward was born in 1729 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Edward HERNDON died in 1799 in Berkeley Parish, Spotsylvania
County, Virginia.
5a. John HERNDON was born 16 Jan 1756 in Spotsylvania County,
Virginia. John died 13 Feb 1811 in Scott County, Kentucky
5b. Mary HERNDON was born about 1758 in Spotsylvania County,
Virginia
. 5c. Hannah HERNDON was born 22 Nov 1760 in Virginia. Hannah
died 3 Feb 1824 in Virginia
5d. Edward HERNDON was born 19 Nov 1762 in Spotsylvania County
Virginia. Edward died 19 May 1808 in Spotsylvania County,
Virginia
5e. Sarah HERNDON was born in 1764 in Spotsylvania County,
Virginia. Sarah died about 1785
5f. Thomas HERNDON was born about 1765 in Spotsylvania County,
Virginia. Thomas died about 1808 in Fayette County, Virginia.
5g. William HERNDON was born about 1767 in Spotsylvania County,
Virginia. William died 18 Jan 1823 in Fredericksburg, Virginia
5h. Philadelphia HERNDON was born 26 Oct 1770 in Spotsylvania
County, Virginia. Philadelphia died 23 Sep 1830 in Lexington,
Kentucky
5i Joseph HERNDON was born about 1773 in Spotsylvania County,
Virginia. Joseph died 8 Feb 1832 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
5j. Lucy Garnett HERNDON was born 8 May 1781 in Spotsylvania
County, Virginia. Lucy died 5 Jan 1838 in Orange County, Virginia.

1a. Rawleigh TRAVIS (Rev) married Hannah BALL (sister of Mary BALL mother of
George Washington
2a. Mary Travis/Travers married Nicholas Haile in 1649. Mary died about 1671
Nicholas was born about 1628 and died in 1676

Hannah Ball who married Rawleigh Travers Jr. (son of Rawleigh Travers Sr.) was born ca 1683. That is gonna make it a tad difficult for her to be the mother of Mary who married Nicholas Hale as the children of Nicholas Hale I were all born prior to 1660. Nicholas Hale I was dead by 1670. Mary his wife was dead by March 1671/2.Rawleigh Travers Sr. married Elizabeth (surname not known) who had married 1 Thomas Stephens. "On 17 Nov 1654 in Lancaster Co., Virginia, Thomas Stephens, late of this colony died intestate and Elizabeth Stephens, his relict, was granted administration of his estate by the Governor." That means that ALL the children of Rawleigh Travers Sr. and Elizabeth were born AFTER 1654. Soooo, once again, it would very difficult for Rawleigh & Elizabeth to have a daughter Mary (who is never mentioned in any of the Travers records) who could marry and have children born BEFORE 1660.

How is Hannah TRAVERS related?

Hannah TRAVERS was born about 1690 in Virginia. Hannah married John CRUMP about 1715 in Virginia. John CRUMP left his will 23 Jun 1746 in Hamilton Parish,
Prince William County, Virginia. (See their family below)

TRAVERS TIME LINE

Lancaster County Court 8th October 1653 Certificate of Land is granted unto John Cable for Transportation of Rawleigh TRAVERS

Lancaster Court 1 Apr 1657
Certificate to Mr Rawleigh TRAVERS for trans of Mr Samuel Cole, Thomas Godry, John Granger, Eliz. Parkinton, thomasa Arthur, Tho Tillett, Lewys Thomas, Stephen Warren, Anne Williams, the Williams boy, John Sorth, Richard Sorth, Richard Hall, Charity Winters, Stephen Warren, Eliz Watkin, William Mashum and Joane a negro.

Old Rappahanock County Deed book 1656-1664 part II
Page 202 5 Oct 1661
…. Now know yea that I the said Samuel Mathews Esqr do with the consent of the Councill of State grant unto Raleigh Travers three hundred acres of land situate on the south side of Rappa river. About two miles southerly into the woods from the plantation of Mr James Bagnall…….. the land being due unto the said Raleigh Travers by a patent granted unto him dated the 9th Mar 1653 and renewed by order from the Governour and counsell with …this 15th Oct 1657

Know all men that I Rawleigh Travers Gent for a valuable consideracon reced from John Sharpe of County of Rappa in Virginia planter have sould all and every part of three hundred acres of land in the Patent with in specified with all and every its appurtenances to the above named John Sharpe his heris and assignes for ever so that neither I the said Rawleigh Travers my heirs and assignes for eer so that neither I the said Rawleigh Travers my heirs or assignes shall claime or demand in this patent or the land with in specified but from all parcel thereof with all its appurtenances shall be by these presents for ever debart. In witness I said Rawleigh Travers & Eliza my wife have this fifth day of October in year 1661 and in the thirteenth year of reign of our sovereign Lord king Charles put or hands and seals in presence of William Stoaks
Raleigh TRAVERS
WILL TRAVERS

Old Rappahanock County Deed book 1656-1664 part II
Page 202 Know all that I Eliza Travers wife of Mr Raleigh Travers do appoint my Cozn Will TRAVERS to be my true and lawful attorney for me to acknowledge unto John Sharp a parcel of land lying in Rappa County…31 Dec 1661.

Patent Date 12 September 1668
580 acres on the south side of Rappahannock River and 3 miles from the river, beg &c near a run of Ompass Creeke. Land Office Patents No 6 1666-1679 (part 1 & 2 page 1-692 (reel 6)

Lancaster County Virginia Deeds
13 Nov 1669, Will Travers of Rappa Co (reported) a servant Daniel Grante, servt of Sam Gooch of Northumberland as a runaway signed Raleigh Travers recorded 1 May 1671

Lancaster County Virginia Deeds
Eliz. Travers P/A to my cousen Mr. Will Travers to Ack to John Chinn the qr.pte. of the Mill Lyeing at the head of Morraticoe Creek, sold by my husband, 17 Mar 1669, signed and sealed by Eliz Travers. Wit. Robt Beckingham and James Lane. Recog. 11 May 1670.

Lancaster County, Virginia Court dated 14 Dec 1670
Com of Adm on the estate of Mr Raleigh Travers, deceased, to Elizabeth his Widd and Relict

Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Deed book 1682-1687

page 115-116 In the name of God Amen. I William Travers of Rappa County Gent, being weake and sick of body but of perfect sence Judgmt & memory Almighty God be praised do make and appoint this to be my Last Will & Testament, revoking all other former Wills whatsoever in manner & forme following: vizt
Imprs I bequeath my soule to Almighty God that gave it trusting that through the merits of his son and my Deare Saviour Jesus Christ he will be pleased gratiously to receive it into his Kingdom there to live with him evermore and I committ my body to the ground to be decently buried.
It I give and bequeath unto my dear Mother, Rebecca Rice, five thousand pounds of tobacco, during her natural life to be left in the hands of my brother Samuel Travers, to be at her disposall when she shall be pleased to call for it & after her death to return to my said brother: Samll Travers, & Rawleigh Travers their heires executrs.
It I bequeath unto my father in law John Rice, my riding horse with furniture.
It I give to Katherine Reyley five hundred pounds of tobb: in caske
It I give and bequeath unto Samll Robinson, son of Elias Robinson, one heifer whh is at the house of John Ballin with all her increase & if the said Samll shall die before he arrives to the age of twenty that then it shall return to the said EliasRobinson father of the said Samll.
It I give and bequeath all the rest of my estate unto my two loveing brother Samll & Rawligh Travers, their heires executors Adminstrs forever equally to be divided between them. My will is that if my Father in law, Mr John Rice, pay fifteen thousand pounds of tobb. as part of my estate unto my said loveing brothers their heirs or order on the 10th day of March which will be in the year of our Lord 1687/8 that then he shall have the liberty to pay the remaying part from thence until the tenth day of October which will be in the year of our Lord God 1689.
It i do constitute and appoint my two loveing Brothers Samll & Rawleigh Travers my lawfull executors of this my last Will and
Testament. In witness where of I have hereunto sett my hand and fixed my seale the 14 day of February 1686/7
signed Sealed & delivered in the presence of
Wm Sloughter
Geo Baker Wm Travers
Joanna Graydeon

I the subscriber doe make oath that I saw the above &within testator signe seal & publish the within & above will as his last Will &Testament and that he was of perfect sence & memory at the time of signing & sealing the same further saith not
Geo Baker
Wm Sloughter
as above so deposeth
Probatr in Cur Com Rappa 2 die martti 1686/7

Lancaster County, Virginia Mosley, Wm Nuncupative. Rec Dec 14, 1687. Brother Robert Molsey of Rappa Co. Exor. Devissees. Mrs Elizabeth WILKS, Mr Rawleigh TRAVERS, and Giles TRAVERS and Mr. Dowman.

Molsey, Wm. Nuncupative. Rec. Dec. 14 1687. Brother: Robert Molsey of Rapp.
Co. Exor. Devisees: Mrs. Elizabeth Wilks (Travers). Mr. Rawleigh Travers and
Giles Travers and Mr. Downman.

Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 Robert K. Headley
Page 267 Elizabeth Griffin, will, 28 Nov 1760, 3 Aug 1761 daughter Ann Tarpley, granddaughters, Elizabeth Tarpley, Alice Tarpley, Winnie Tarpley, Mrs Phoebi Henzies, Mrs Alice Eustace, Mrs Elizabeth Adams, Miss Betty Colston, grandson Griffin (Pert); fr Col William Peachey and John Tarpley; executor friend John Tarpley; witnesses Travers Tarpley, Joanna Steptoe, Nancy Steptoe.

Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 Robert K. Headley
Page 145 - John Rice; will presented by Captain Samuel Travers, one of the ex; proved by John Pond, Walter Pavey, William Witt, and Cornelius Kinseloe, wits; prob to Col John Stone and Capt Samuel Travers, ex 6 Dec 1693. (John Rice married Rebecca Travers. MRC. P.169)

Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 Robert K. Headley
Page 432 john WOOLARD, admin of his est to Rawleigh Travers, 2 Aug 1699, John and Mary Woolard had at least five children. Mary (1682), John (1685), Rebeccah (1687) Richard (1691), Elling (1696) NFPR, p. 205.

Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 Robert K. Headley
F42v - Rawleigh TRAVERS, Farnam Parish., 20 Feb 1701, 4 Mar 1701/2 cousins Elizabeth, Winifred, and Rebecca Travers; godson Rawleigh Brooks, 120 acres out of the land I bought of Zachariah Nichols; wife Sarah 400 acres, called Exeter Lodge”, if she remarry, then to have only 300 acres Capt Thomas Beale, Mr John Taverner; Mrs Peachey, Mrs Slaughter, Mrs Sarah Baylis, Dr. Robert Clarke, Edward Jones, Samuel Peachey, Sis Beale, no ex; wits: Samuel Peachey, Robert Clarke, Edward Jones.

Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 Robert K. Headley
Wills and Inventories 1699-1709
F9r - John Parker, will; 13 Dec 1699, 3(0) Jan 1699/1700 Elias Wilson, St. Terence Webbe to be freed; mentions a shallop with all the sails, rigging and other gear (top of the next f. mutilated) John Burkett, John Jones (son of Nebuchednezzer Jones); Richard (Haney); Rawleigh Travers and Thomas Beale a gold ring each ex Mr William Colston; wits Thomas Dickenson, Thomas Newman.

Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 Robert K. Headley
F30v - William Colston, clerk, will 27 Oct 1701, 3 Dec 1701 to be interred by the body of wife Anne; Susannah 150L to be paid out of money now in the hands of Capt John Purvis, merchant, in London; son William; son Charles 640 acres bought of Capt Thomas Beale and Joseph Russell, Thomas Read, that now lives with me to have his maintenance out of my estate until 18 provided he continue with my two sons; Rawleigh Travers, s-I-l Thomas Beale; Rawleigh Travers and Thomas Beal to be ex. During the minority of sons William and Charles; wits: Daniel Hornby, Thomas Barlow, Ellen Foster
William Colston, first clerk of the Rich Co court mar by 1681 Anne (Gooch) Beale, widow of Capt Thomas Beale, MRC, p42)

Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 Robert K. Headley
F49v - William Colston, inv presented by Capt Rawleigh Travers and Capt Beale, executor 3 July 1702.

Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 Robert K. Headley
F58r - Capt Rawleigh Travers, inv presented by Capt Thomas Beale and Mr John
Taverner.

Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 Robert K. Headley P65
John Taverner, North Farnham Parish will written 4 May 1711; 5 Mar 1711/12 nephews Thomas Beale Jr., John Beale, William Beale, and Issac Allerton; niece Elizabeth Beale; all land to Wife Rebecca; ex; wife; witnesses: Joseph Belfield, Charles Colston, Thomas read; (W.) Allerton, (John Taverner married Rebecca Travers daughter of Capt Samuel and Frances (Allerton) Travers. MRC.p.42)

Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 Robert K. Headley
p.76 John Taverner, inv presented by Rebecca Taverner, ex 7 May 1712.

Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 Robert K. Headley
Page 80 William Downman, North Farnman Parish, will; 23 May 1711, 4 Jun 1712 son Rawleigh tract of land bought of Edward King called Mt Sion and 250 acres bought of Charles Cale; son Robert 300 acres nea the brances of Totuskey; son travers all the land I bought of Arthur (Attey) in the forest of Moraticon; son William what moneys son Glascock owes me for the millstones and what belongs to them daughters Million\, Elizabeth, Priscilla; ex wife; witnesses Abraham Goad, William Ackers, William Goad. (the birth record in the North Farnham Parish Register Rawleigh (1680), Wilmoth, 1681, Million 1783, William (1685) Robert 1686 elizabeth 1688, Travers 1696, and a second son Travers 1700 p. 51

Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 Robert K. Headley
Page 82 - James Wilson will 20 July 1709, 4 Jun 1712 son James land on which I now live wife; three children ex wife; witnesses Thomas Scarlock, Mary Jones, Thomas Rout. The birth of three children to James and Mary Wilson were recorded in the North Farnham Parish Register, James (1703), Anne (1707), and John (1710) page 203.)

Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 Robert K. Headley
John HIPKINS, Will; 18 Mar 1716/17, 6 Nov 1717
Mary NICKELS; son Samuel; if son dies before 21 or with out issue, all estate to be equally divided between John Tarpley Junior and Mrs Anne Tarpley (the wife of John Tarpley Junior and Mrs Anne Tarpley *the wife of John Tarpley Sention) son to remain with John Tarpley until 18; ex John Tarpley Senior Witness John Tarpley, John Brown, Thomas Tarpley, (John Hipkins married Mary Glascock in Feb 1712/1713 MRC. P.95.)

Stafford County Will Book M page 107-110 A true and perfect Inventory of all and Singular the goods and chattels of Estate of Rawleigh Travers Gent Deceast Vizt…items listed..no value. Lists horses cattle and hoggs at the home House, Cattle at the Quarter.

Atrue Inventory by Hannah Travers.
At court held for Stafford County 9th May 1733. The inventory of Estate of Rawleigh Travers deceased on Motion of Rawleigh Travers Son of the said Deceased was admitted to record, not having as yet been recorded.
The Estate of Mr. Rawleigh Travers deceased Dr. To funeral charges, paid Cap” Thomas Hooper the Balance of account for quit rents: paid Mr David McGill on Account of Schooling and Board for his on Rawleigh Travers due before my husband’s deceased, paid John Sharpe, paid Thomas Seddon Junr., paid my James Hay for Doct Medicine when Mrs Travers lay sick, paid the Exes of Mr james Dorninor, paid Horar King Freedom dues, paid Mr Gartshore Merhant paid Doctor Mungo Roy, paid Capt: Thomas Hooper I being a Legacy. To due from one of the Germans. Contra by Edward Snoxall rent and arrearages, by Edward Maulpus, Mr. Lewis Elzey, crop tobacco in the house at Mr Traver’s decease by John Skains…
Errors Excepdt. Hannah Travers
At Court held for Stafford County 9th May 1733 on motion of Rawleigh Travers the son of Rawleigh Travers deceased this account against the said Decests Estate was admitted to record not having as yet been recorded.

How is Hannah TRAVERS who married John CRUMP?
Ancestors of Jim Burgess

I have been following the TRAVERS and related families for some time with interest. Linda Lawhan has done considerable research on the TRAVERS family and provided me with the following as I asked the same question:

Notes to follow provided by Linda Lawhan: (Travers Researcher)
The Hannah who married John Crump is claimed to be the daughter of John
Travers -- oldest son of Rawleigh Travers Sr.

Concerning William Travers--there was William who married Rebecca ___ who m2 John Rice. Elizabeth, wife of Rawleigh names this William as "cosin" in a document giving him POA. So far, the relationship between Rawleigh and William has not been established. We do not think they were brothers -- but they could have been cousins -- or uncle and nephew-or William might have been a son by a first wife but in that case I think Elizabeth would have called him something other than cosin (probably son in law).

John CRUMP and Hannah TRAVERS

1a. John CRUMP was born about 1690 in Virginia. John married Hannah TRAVERS
about 1715 in Virginia. His will is found in Hamilton Parish, Prince William
County, Virginia dated 23 Jun 1746.

Children of John CRUMP and Hannah TRAVERS

2a. Elizabeth CRUMP was born 19 OCT 1717 in St Stephens Parish, Northumberland County,
Virginia. Elizabeth married William BLACKWELL (Capt) about 1734. Elizabeth died about
25 Apr 1801 in Fauquier County, Virginia.
2b. Mary CRUMP was born about 1719 in St Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia.
Mary married a Mr Middleton about 1739 in Virginia.
2c. John CRUMP II was born 21 Aug 1720 in St Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia.
John married Elizabeth "Betty" TRIPLETT about 1740 probably in Prince William County,
Virginia.
2d. Hannah CRUMP was born 11 Jul 1723 in St Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia.
Hannah married Thomas TRIPLETT about 1740.
2e. Susannah CRUMP was born 11 July 1723 in St Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia.
Susannah married James HEWITT about 1744 probably in Prince William County, Virginia.
2f. Benjamin CRUMP was born about 1726 probably in Northumberland County, Virginia.
Benjamin married Mary Burgess PRICE 12 Apr 1756 in Orange County, Virginia.
2g. George Crump was born about 1726 probably in Northumberland County, Virginia
2h. Joseph CRUMP was born about 1731 probably in Northumberland County, Virginia.

First -- Giles was the son of Rawleigh Travers and wife Elizabeth. Elizabeth (maiden name NOT known) was first married to Thomas Stephens. She did not marry Rawleigh until "after" Nov 1654 at which time there was this: "On 17 Nov 1654 in Lancaster Co., Virginia: Thomas Stephens, late of this colony died intestate and Elizabeth Stephens, his relict, was granted administration of his estate by the Governor."It is my estimate that Giles was probably born no earlier than 1658 -- and I think more likely around 1662. He was not the oldest son. Giles' daughter, Elizabeth, the supposed mother of said child born ca 1655, was probably born close to 1700. She was married and had one child when her father wrote his will in 1717. After John Cave died -- Elizabeth married Lewis Elzey -- who was born ca 1702. They had three children; William b. ca 1722 m. Elizabeth Blackburn; Mary m. William West; Elizabeth m. William Hancock.Elizabeth, the daughter of Giles, did not have a daughter named Mary Cave. She had one son by John Cave and this child died young -- explained in a deed when the land of John Cave willed to his son reverted to a brother of John Cave.

Will of Giles Travers of Stafford Co, VA, 1717Sparacio, Ruth & Sam; Abstracts of Land Causes Prince William County, Virginia, 1790-1793 (McLean, Virginia, The Antient Press, 1992) pp 32-33."Page 335-337, May 1791"In the name of God Amen, the first day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventeen, I Giles Traverse, Gentleman living in Stafford County in the Colony of Virginia, being sick and weak of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for it, Therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following; that is to say, first & principally, I givemy Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it to me and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian and decent manner at the Discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection, I shall receive the same again by themight power of God, And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give devise bequeath & bestow the same in manner following;I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Elizabeth, four hundred acres of land beginning at the Landing Run and so running out round to compleat it & I give to my Daughter, Elizabeth, that land above Deep Run being about one hundredand sixty acres. I owe unto my Daughter, Elizabeth, Negroe Dick & Negro Dick & Negroe Jack & Negro Nubb. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Elizabeth, two beds with Canvas Ticks & the furniture belonging to them; Negro Betty being with Child & if it lives I give the Child to my Grand Daughter. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Ann, the Plantation where I now live & all the remainder of the landwhen my Daughter has hers. I give unto my Daughter, Ann, Negroe Giles & Negroe Peg & Peter & Roger & two feather beds and furniture, and I give unto my Daughter, Ann, at the day of marriage, two new Rugs and two pair of Blankets to paid out of the Rents of Occoquan. I give andbequeath to my Daughter, Million, all my land above Occoquan. I give unto my Daughter, Million, a Negroe called Bess & a Negroe called Phillis, & a Negroe called Tony and a Negroe called Sarah. I give unto my Daughter, Million, two feather beds & furniture at the day of Marriage, two new rugs and two pair of blankets to paid out of therents of Occoquon and I give unto my Daughter, Million, twelve barrow hogs at the day of marriage three years old apiece and the rest of my hogs to the family use and all the remainder of my personal Estate to be equally divided between my three Daughters; And my will is that ifJohn Cave, should bring any of the Estate to Appraisement that he shall forfeit all his Estate that belongs to his Wife and the part to be equally divided between my Daughter, Ann, and my Daughter, Million, And I make and ordain my loving Brother, RAWLEIGH TRAVERSE & my son inlaw, John Cave, my full and whole executors and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and annul all and every other former Testament Will Legacies Bequests and Execution by me in any wise before this time named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written."Signed sealed published pronounced & declared by the said GILES TRAVERSE as and for his Last Will & Testament. In presence of us, Tho:Ellzey, Edwd. Watts, James Jervers."Giles sig GT Traverse"At a Court held for Stafford County the 11th September 1717, The Last Will and Testament of Giles Travers, deced, was presented into Court by Raleigh Traverse & John Cave, his Executors who made oath thereto and the same being proved by the oaths of Thomas Ellzey & Edward Wattswitnesses thereto the same is admitted to Record, And upon the motion of the said Raleigh Traverse and John Cave and their performing what is usual in such cases, Certificate is granted them for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form."George Mason, C. S. C."From Lib:H, folio 679. From the Record True Copy. H. Tyler, C.S.C."Elizabeth TRAVERS m1 John CAVE m2 Lewis ELZEYAnn TRAVERS m1 William CAVE m2 Thomas DENTMillion TRAVERS m. Joseph WAUGHSource: John Bennett Boddie, _Historical Southern Families_, vol. 2, and also 'The Register of Overwharton Parish Stafford County, VA. 1723-1758,' by George Harrison Sanford King. On pp. 247-248, King states that Elizabeth was the only daughter by Ann WAUGH.
Yes I received. I have some of the names you have. I have Ellen Heale m. 20 Dec. 1736 to Moore Fauntleroy and David Ball. D/o Capt. George William (Nicholas) Heale and Katherine Chinn. I have Ann Glascock m. John Tarpley. d/o Thomas Glascock and Ann Nicholas (notes on Ann)
1714 Anne Glasscock makes her will and leaves several items for her grandchildren and her daughter Anne Tarpley, 3rd wife of Capt. John Tarpley.
Glasscock, Anne 6 Feb. 1714 - 3 March 1714. Grandson John Tarpley and his father, Capt. John Tarpley; Grandson Anthony Sydnore; son George Classcock; son-in-law Charles Barber, son-in-law Rowland Lawson; daughters Jean Lawso, Frances Barber, daughter Ann Tarpley, daughter Mary Hipkins, grandson George Glasscock.
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He was also married to sister Elizabeth

I also have Downman in my lines. My direct lines are Wilson, Chinn, Travers, Tarpley, Sydnor, Allerton. I am in the process of certifying my Mayflower lineage. I have two marriages to certify and I'm done.
In reading your papers, I had Mary Glascock, d/o Thomas and Ann Nicholas, married to Unknown Hipkins. So it appears that we are connected. Janean
Jim, I descend from Travers Tarpley and Elizabeth Sydnor (s/o John Tarpley and Elizabeth Travers) of John Tarpley and Elizabeth Glasscock) I also descend from Alice Smoot and John Chynne (Chinn) d/o William Smute (Smoot) and Grace Wood.

I am also interested in this Goodridge name. My John Wilson and Elizabeth Chinn (d/o Rawleigh Chinn) had a child with the middle name of Dodridge. I cannot account for that name in either family, of course I have no information on the earlier Wilson's. I have seen Goodridge in many of my research on these associated family names and am now wondering if Dodridge is in fact Goodridge. You know how transcribing can be misread.

In the will of Rawleigh Chinn there is this
One interesting and unexplained bequest was to an Elizabeth Nichols who received "use of land" conditioned on her remaining unmarried, and her daughter Cilla Nichols who received livestock and household goods
I would be interested in what you have on the Chinns. My brick wall is John Wilson h/o Elizabeth Travers Chinn. I believe based on the naming order they used back then that his father is William. I recently received an abstract stating that John Wilson and wife Elizabeth "Betsy" sold land in 1816 near Hopewell. I am awaiting a copy of the deed. It is noteworthy, that in 1815 Elizabeth's father, Rawleigh willed her 65 acres of land, and then in 1816 we find a deed of John Wilson and Elizabeth selling land. I also found an old posting where someone listed several names, I believe Smoot and Ball were in there, as well as Wilson, so I inquired. Her Mary Wilson married John Bruin 1789. My John Wilson m. Elizabeth Chinn 1796. Mary Wilson and John Bruin lived near Hopewell. One interesting thing, she knows nothing of Mary's parents but if, she and John Bruin followed the same naming order, then her father would also be William Wilson. I find this interesting. I would be interested in in the Goodridge name associated with these families or if you have anything on Wilson. There is also a middle name of Porter I cannot account for. All of the children of John Wilson and Elizabeth Chinn I can account for but Jacob Dodridge Wilson (Goodridge) ???? and Samuel Porter Wilson. I cannot account for the name Jacob either but in a letter written by mom, Betsey, she mentions "your uncle j....." and it was unreadable. I'm betting on Jacob Wilson as a brother of father John's.
Janean

WILLIAM & MARY QUARTERLY Vol.18, No.2, page 138, in an article on the DownmanFamily, the children of Capt. Rawleigh Travers of Rappahannock County (W&MQ,IV,16) were: Rawleigh, William, Robert, Willmoth. Million & Elizabeth. His daughter, Million (1600s-1728),married William Downman (1600s-1712). Their children (from North Farnam Parish Register) were:
Rawleigh born 4/24/1680,
Willmoth born 12/14/1681,
Million born 11/21/1683 married Col. George Glasscock,
William born 10/19/1685,
Robert born 1/2/1686,
Elizabeth born 1/26/1688,Travers born 3/19/1700,
Priscilla married Capt. George Heale. 

Sparacio, Ruth & Sam; Abstracts of Land Causes Prince William County, Virginia, 1790-1793 (McLean, Virginia, The Antient Press, 1992) pp 32-33. "Page 335-337, May 1791
1a. Giles TRAVERS wrote his will 1 May 1716 in Stafford County, Virginia 11 Sep 1717 will proved in
Stafford County, Virginia
2a. Elizabeth TRAVERSE married John CAVE
2b. Ann TRAVERSE married William CAVE
2c. Million TRAVERSE
1b. Rawleigh Travers (brother)
my son in law, John Cave
"In the name of God Amen, the first day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventeen, I Giles Travers Gentleman living in Stafford County in the Colony of Virginia, being sick and weak of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for it, Therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following; that is to say, first & principally, I give my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it to me and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian and decent manner at the Discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection, I shall receive the same again by the might power of God, And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give devise bequeath & bestow the same in manner following; I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Elizabeth, four hundred acres of land beginning at the Landing Run and so running out round to compleat it & I give to my Daughter, Elizabeth, that land above Deep Run being about one hundred and sixty acres. I owe unto my Daughter, Elizabeth, Negroe Dick & Negro Dick & Negroe Jack & Negro Nubb. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Elizabeth, two beds with Canvas Ticks & the furniture belonging to them; Negro Betty being with Child & if it lives I give the Child to my Grand Daughter. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Ann, the Plantation where I now live & all the remainder of the land when my Daughter has hers. I give unto my Daughter, Ann, Negroe Giles & Negroe Peg & Peter & Roger & two feather beds and furniture, and I give unto my Daughter, Ann, at the day of marriage, two new Rugs and two pair of Blankets to paid out of the Rents of Occoquan. I give and bequeath to my Daughter, Million, all my land above Occoquan. I give unto my Daughter, Million, a Negroe called Bess & a Negroe called Phillis, & a Negroe called Tony and a Negroe called Sarah. I give unto my Daughter, Million, two feather beds & furniture at the day of Marriage, two new rugs and two pair of blankets to paid out of the rents of Occoquon and I give unto my Daughter, Million, twelve barrow hogs at the day of marriage three years old apiece and the rest of my hogs to the family use and all the remainder of my personal Estate to be equally divided between my three Daughters; And my will is that if John Cave, should bring any of the Estate to Appraisement that he shall forfeit all his Estate that belongs to his Wife and the part to be equally divided between my Daughter, Ann, and my Daughter, Million, And I make and ordain my loving Brother, Rawleigh Traverse & my son in law, John Cave, my full and whole executors and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and annul all and every other former Testament Will Legacies Bequests and Execution by me in any wise before this time named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.
"Signed sealed published pronounced & declared by the said Giles Travis as and for his Last Will & Testament. In presence of us, Tho: Ellzey, Edwd. Watts, James Jervers.
"Giles sig GT Traverse
"At a Court held for Stafford County the 11th September 1717, The Last Will and Testament of Giles Travers, deced, was presented into Court by Raleigh Traverse & John Cave, his Executors who made oath thereto and the same being proved by the oaths of Thomas Ellzey & Edward Watts witnesses thereto the same is admitted to Record, And upon the motion of the said Raleigh Traverse and John Cave and their performing what is usual in such cases, Certificate is granted them for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form.
"George Mason, C. S. C.
"From Lib:H, folio 679. From the Record True Copy. H. Tyler, C.S.C."
Source: John Bennett Boddie, _Historical Southern Families_, vol. 2, and also 'The Register of Overwharton Parish Stafford County, VA 1723-1758,' by George Harrison Sanford King. On pp. 247-248, King states that Elizabeth was the only daughter by Ann WAUGH.

They Called Stafford Home by Jerrilyn EBY page 193
Peter Daniel (1706-1777) moved to Stafford County from Middlesex as a young man, and married Sarah Travers (171?-1788) of Crow’s Nest the daughter of Rawleigh Travers of Stafford. Peter Daniel became on of Stafford’s leading citizens, serving as senior president justice of the count and a member of the Committee of Safety. Long an advocate for freedom from England, he was the first to sign a protest against the Stamp Act.
Peter and Sarah had three children, Hannah Ball Daniel (1737-1829), Travers Daniel (1741-1824), and Elizabeth Travers Daniel who died as an infant. Like his father, Travers was very prominent in county affairs and he was the official county surveyor from 1763 to 1794. Travers was also a Justice for Stafford County and succeeded his father as Presiding Justice. He married Frances Moncure, daughter of the Reverend Mr John Moncure of Clermont, by whom he had eleven children.

1a. Rawleigh TRAVERS Senior
2a. Rawleigh TRAVERS Junior
3a. Elizabeth TRAVERS
3b. Giles TRAVERS
3c. John TRAVERS
3d. Rawleigh TRAVERS
3e. Million TRAVERS

Could Rawleigh Travers Jr. be the son of Rawleigh Travers Sr. son of
Rawleigh Travers and Elizabeth Mosley? They had children: Elizabeth; Giles; John; Rawleigh; Million. I have no information after Giles. This Rawleigh was born about 1666 or so then married about 1687 and had Rawleigh Travers Jr. who married Hannah.

It could also be the son of Rawleigh Travers (father William - cousin) See notes on Rawleigh son of William the cousin: Travers, Rawleigh, 20
February, 1701 - 4 March, 1701. Cousins Elizabeth, Winifred, and Rebecca Travers; godson Rawleigh Brooks; wife Sarah Travers; to wife 400 acres called Exeter Lodge. Capt. Thomas Beale and brother John Taverner executors; legacies to Mrs. Peachey, Mrs. Slaughter, and Mrs. Sarah Baylis, Dr. Robert Clarke and ed. Jones, Mr. Samuel Peachey; sister Beale the remainder of the money given me by Mr. Colston.

Note: wife Sarah Travers. Could this be Sarah Taverner? See reference
of "brother John Taverner" executor. Travers, Sarah, 9 Feb., 1702.
Appraisers meet at the house and did inventory the estate of Capt. Rawleigh
Travers.

Overwharton Parish Register 1720-1760 & Old Stafford county, Virginia to 1899
TRAVERS, Peter Daniel married 1736 ?
TRAVERS, Sarah married Peter Daniel, July 15, 1736
Rawleigh TRAVERS departed this life October 15, 1749

Virginia Colonial Abstracts Volume 23 Westmorland County 1653-1657 by Beverley FLEETNo Travers


Rawleigh Travers (1620 - 1670)
Two brothers, William and Rawleigh Travers, English Colonists, are recorded in Lancaster, Rappahannock and Richmond counties in the early seventeenth century.

Raleigh/Rawleigh Travers was born ca 1620. He married Elizabeth Million and had the following children: Giles, John, Rawleigh, Million and Elizabeth.

For the transportation of six persons on March 9 1653, Raleigh Travers patented 300 acres on the southside of the Rappahannock River, about two miles from the plantation of Mr James Bagnall. Raleigh assigned this same land on Nov 28 1664 to John Sharpe.

On 6 Dec 1653 he received a POA from Thomas Paine to sue Moore Fauntleroy.

The name of Raleigh's wife Elizabeth was first mentioned Aug 7 1654 when Elizabeth Travers wife of Raleigh Travers, formerly wife of Thomas Stevens dec'd was granted administration of the estate of her deceased husband Thomas Stevens in Lancaster County Virginia.

On 5 Feb 1654/55 in Lancaster Co. Virginia Nicholas Forman was to view Mr. Raleigh Traver's tobacco house and report.

On 19 April 1655 in Lancaster Co., VA Thomas Purifye sold Raughley Travers 650 acres.

He was a Justice in 1656 and burgess from Lancaster in 1657, 1663-1666 and 1669.

In 1661 a tract of five hundred acres on Morattica Creek was conveyed to him by Thomas Chetwood.

On Dec 29 1662 he patented 300 acres on Morattico Creek assigned to him by Mr Henry Corbyn.

On Oct 24 1665 he patented 3350 acres on the south side of the Potomac River on Potomac Creek in Westmoreland County Virginia. When the boundaries of the counties changed, this land was in Stafford County.

On 24 October 1665 in Westmoreland, Virginia Raleigh Travers purchased 3,650 acres; 3350 acres on the south side of the Potomac River and 300 acres upon the head of a branch of Potomac Creek.

In 1667 in Lancaster, Virginia John Carpenter and his wife, Mary, sold 500 acres called Fairweather to Raleigh Travers.

Sept 12th 1668 Raleigh purchased 580 acres on the south side of the Rappahannock River, about three miles from the river.

Raleigh Travers had 20 tithables in the Lancaster tax list of 1668, and the same number in 1669.

In March 1669 in Lancaster, VA, Rawleigh Travers sold to John Chinn a quarter part of the mill lying at the head of Morratico Creek. Signed by Raleigh Travers and Elizabeth Travers.

On 11 May 1670 in Lancaster Co VA, POA to cousin Will Travers re mill sold to John Chinn.

Rawleigh Travers died in 1670 in Richmond, Virginia.
He is last recorded in court on May 11 1670. An inventory of his estate was filed in 1671.

Rawleigh married Elizabeth Holsey in 1647 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1622 in , Richmond, Virginia, USA; died in 1697 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mathew married Sibella Caynehoe about 1661. Sibella (daughter of William Caynhoo and Dorothy) was born in 1631 in , , , England; died in 1674 in Bruton, York, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Sibella (Widow Ham) Caynehoe