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Thomas L Bondurant

Male 1808 - 1844  (36 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas L Bondurant was born in 1808 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA (son of Noah Anthony Bondurant and Martha Chastain); died on 28 Mar 1844 in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Noah Anthony Bondurant was born on 18 Jun 1784 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA (son of Thomas Miles Bondurant, Rev. and Rhoda Agee); died on 14 Dec 1856 in Shelby, Jefferson, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1810, , Buckingham, Virginia, USA
    • Residence: 1820, , Jefferson, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1830, , Jefferson, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1840, , Jefferson, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Shelby, Jefferson, Indiana, USA

    Noah married Martha Chastain on 18 Sep 1807 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Martha (daughter of Rene Chastain) was born in 1784 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Oct 1865 in Sherman, Harrison, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Martha Chastain was born in 1784 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA (daughter of Rene Chastain); died on 18 Oct 1865 in Sherman, Harrison, Missouri, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1850, Shelby, Jefferson, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1860, German, Marshall, Indiana, USA

    Children:
    1. 1. Thomas L Bondurant was born in 1808 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Mar 1844 in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, USA.
    2. Elizabeth Bondurant was born in 1810 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    3. Hercules Agee Bondurant was born on 30 Jul 1812 in Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, USA; died on 21 Oct 1889 in Bremen, Marshall, Indiana, USA.
    4. Mary Ann Bondurant was born in 1815 in , Shelby, Kentucky, USA; died on 3 Sep 1892 in Sherman, Harrison, Missouri, USA.
    5. Edward Jackson Bondurant was born on 8 Dec 1817 in , Henry, Kentucky, USA; died on 3 Sep 1892 in Bethany, Harrison, Missouri, USA.
    6. Noah Simpson Bondurant was born in Feb 1822 in , Ripley, Indiana, USA; died in , Henry, Kentucky, USA.
    7. Samuel Hillary A Bondurant was born in 1825 in , Shelby, Kentucky, USA; died on 4 Sep 1851 in Marion, Decatur, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Miles Bondurant, Rev. was born in 1739 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA (son of John Peter Bondurant and Sarah Rachel Taylor); died on 5 Oct 1829 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1810, , Buckingham, Virginia, USA
    • Residence: 1820, New Canton, Buckingham, Virginia, USA

    Thomas married Rhoda Agee in 1771 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Rhoda (daughter of James Agee and Mary Elizabeth Ford) was born in 1752 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Jun 1845 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Rhoda Agee was born in 1752 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA (daughter of James Agee and Mary Elizabeth Ford); died on 21 Jun 1845 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Rhoda Sarah Maxey

    Children:
    1. Mary Elizabeth Bondurant was born on 3 May 1771 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Sep 1840 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    2. John Bondurant was born in 1773 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Dec 1849 in Snow Creek, Franklin, Virginia, USA.
    3. Jacob P Bondurant was born in 1776 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died in 1819 in Snow Creek, Franklin, Virginia, USA.
    4. Ann Bondurant was born on 10 Jan 1777 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Mar 1861 in Union City, Highland, Ohio, USA.
    5. Martha Bondurant was born on 7 Sep 1778 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Jan 1868 in , Montgomery, Missouri, USA.
    6. James Bondurant was born on 21 Sep 1779 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Jun 1846 in , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA.
    7. Claibourne Bondurant was born on 11 Apr 1781 in Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Jun 1846 in , DeKalb, Alabama, USA.
    8. Joseph Bondurant was born on 7 Nov 1782 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Dec 1849 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    9. Joseph Bondurant was born on 18 Jun 1784 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 14 Dec 1856 in , Jefferson, Indiana, USA.
    10. 2. Noah Anthony Bondurant was born on 18 Jun 1784 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 14 Dec 1856 in Shelby, Jefferson, Indiana, USA.
    11. Agnes Sarah Bondurant was born in 1788 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 9 Aug 1861 in , Kanawha, West Virginia, USA.
    12. Pauline Marshall Bondurant was born on 14 Feb 1795 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 9 Aug 1861 in , Montgomery, Missouri, USA.
    13. Thomas M Bondurant was born on 14 Feb 1795; died on 25 Dec 1858.

  3. 6.  Rene Chastain was born in 1776 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA (son of William Chastain and Sara Ellen Barnett); died on 28 May 1854 in , Washington, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1840, , Washington, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Vernon, Washington, Indiana, USA

    Children:
    1. 3. Martha Chastain was born in 1784 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Oct 1865 in Sherman, Harrison, Missouri, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Peter Bondurant was born on 1 Oct 1711 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA (son of Jean Pierre Bondurant and Rhoda Ann Faure); died in 1774 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    Relationship 5th great-granduncle of Paul Edward Lawrence.
    Relationship 29th great-grandson of Charlemagne.

    John Peter Bondurant [Sr.] was born circa 1710 in King William Parish, Goochland Co., Virginia., He married Sarah Rachael Moseley about 1729 or 1736. John died circa 1774 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.

    John Peter Bondurant was listed as a vestryman in King William Parish in 1748. He is first mentioned in his father's will in 1734. John and his wife Sarah lived in Goochland County, Virginia, and later in Cumberland County. He deeded 200 acres of land to his son, John Peter III of Albemarle County, on 9 March 1758.

    Sarah was the widow of Robert L Moseley. The Bondurant Family Association Newsletter reprinting information from The Huguenot Magazine, Vol 25, page 173 gives the marriage date as 1836 but indicates date and place not proved.

    Grinnell, in his manuscript, indicates that John died in Manakin in 1744. A pedigree chart in The Huguenot, Publication No. 30, submitted by Mary V Bondurant Epling, indicates that John died about 1744 in Buckingham County, but before 1776, and that his death was recorded in Powhatten County. A GEDCOM received from Ruby Talley Smith indicated he died in 1774.

    Citations
    1. The Huguenot Society. The Huguenot 1981-1983. Midlothian, Virginia: The Huguenot Society, the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, Inc.).
    2. The Bondurant Family, compiled by Wiley B. Grinnell, Sr.. 1979. Private Printing, Copy in researcher's file, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee.
    3. The Bondurant Family Association Newsletter.
    4. Bondurant Family. 27 August 1998. Copy in researcher's file, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee.

    John married Sarah Rachel Taylor in 1736 in , , Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Francis Taylor and Judith Ann Leake) was born in 1711 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1762 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sarah Rachel Taylor was born in 1711 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA (daughter of Francis Taylor and Judith Ann Leake); died in 1762 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. Lucy Bondurant
    2. Jane Bondurant was born on 8 May 1734.
    3. John Peter Bondurant was born on 1 Oct 1737 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1810 in , King William, Virginia, USA.
    4. 4. Thomas Miles Bondurant, Rev. was born in 1739 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Oct 1829 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    5. Richard Bondurant was born on 22 Aug 1740 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Jun 1845 in , , Virginia, USA.
    6. Sarah Rachel Bondurant was born in 1743.
    7. Obediah Bondurant was born in 1746.
    8. Darby Bondurant was born on 1 Jan 1749 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Nov 1828 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    9. Jane Bondurant was born in 1751.
    10. Benjamin Bondurant was born in 1751 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died in 1827 in , Weakley, Tennessee, USA.
    11. David Bondurant was born in 1754 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Sep 1778 in Boonesboro, Madison, Kentucky, USA.
    12. Thomas M Bondurent was born in 1758; died in 1810.
    13. Sarah Ann Bondurant was born in 1760 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died in 1835 in Washington, Wilkes, Georgia, USA.

  3. 10.  James Agee was born on 1 Jan 1725 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA (son of John Mathieu Isaac Agee and Cecelia Ann Godwin); died on 9 Apr 1821 in Dillwyn, Buckingham, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: , , , USA
    • Residence: 1810, , Buckingham, Virginia, USA

    James + Mary Elizabeth Ford. Mary (daughter of Capt Jacques (James) Faure (ford) and Ann Elizabeth Bondurant) was born on 2 Sep 1730 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Jan 1821 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Mary Elizabeth Ford was born on 2 Sep 1730 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA (daughter of Capt Jacques (James) Faure (ford) and Ann Elizabeth Bondurant); died on 1 Jan 1821 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Marie Elizabeth Faure

    Notes:

    Name:
    aka: Marie Elizabeth Faure

    Children:
    1. James Agee was born in 1745 in Flat Rock, Powhatan, Virginia, USA; died in 1824 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    2. Ruth Agee was born on 2 Jan 1748 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Dec 1781 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    3. Noah Agee was born on 12 Nov 1750 in Maysville, Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 9 Apr 1832 in Gainsville, Clarke, Alabama, USA.
    4. 5. Rhoda Agee was born in 1752 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Jun 1845 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    5. Jacob Agee was born in 1754 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died in 1832 in Penlan, Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    6. Mary Elizabeth "mollie" Agee was born in 1760 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died about 1803 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    7. Chloe Agee was born in 1763 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Aug 1863.
    8. Celia Agee was born in 1764 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died in Aug 1854 in , Clarke, Georgia, USA.
    9. Joseph B Agee was born on 12 Aug 1770 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 4 Jul 1849 in , Lewis, Missouri, USA.
    10. Nancy Agee was born on 22 Sep 1772 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 19 Jul 1860 in , Christian, Kentucky, USA.
    11. Hercules Agee was born in 1777 in , Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Jun 1845.

  5. 12.  William Chastain was born in 1752 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA (son of Pierre Louis Peter Chastain and Mildred Middy Archer); died in 1790 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA.

    William married Sara Ellen Barnett in 1764 in , Albemarle, Virginia, USA. Sara was born in 1747 in Virginia, Buckinghamshire, England; died in Sep 1790 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Sara Ellen Barnett was born in 1747 in Virginia, Buckinghamshire, England; died in Sep 1790 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. George Chastain was born in 1766 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 28 May 1854 in Vernon, Washington, Indiana, USA.
    2. Valentine Chastain was born in 1768 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 6 Oct 1843 in Scott, LaGrange, Indiana, USA.
    3. Robert Ransom Chastain was born in 1770 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1840 in Washington, Washington, Indiana, USA.
    4. Barnett Chastain was born in 1774 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1880 in Washington, Cass, Indiana, USA.
    5. 6. Rene Chastain was born in 1776 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 28 May 1854 in , Washington, Indiana, USA.
    6. Elizabeth Chastain was born on 21 Nov 1778 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died in 1883 in Washington, Cass, Indiana, USA.
    7. Malinda Chastain was born in 1780 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA; died in 1870 in , Martin, Indiana, USA.
    8. John Chastain was born in 1781 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died in 1818 in Scaffold Lick, Blackford, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 5

  1. 16.  Jean Pierre Bondurant was born on 18 Jul 1677 in Génolhac, Gard, Occitanie, France (son of Jean Pierre Bondurant and Gabrielle Debarjon); died on 4 Sep 1734 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    Jean Pierre Bondurant was born on 18 July 1677 in Génolhac, Gard, France. He married Ann Tanner, daughter of Edward Tanner [Sr.] and Mary Hatcher, circa 1708 in Manakin Town, Virginia. Jean died before 25 January 1734/35 in Manakin Town, Virginia. Jean was also known as John Peter. He was first baptised a Huguenot, then at the age of seven rebaptised Catholic in order to preserve his right to inherit family property. With the Revocation both of his parents, and his grandfather and step-grandmother renounced their Huguenot faith and were "newly converted" Catholics.

    Jean Pierre was orphaned in 1695 and left in the guardianship of his cousin, Andre Bondurant, who was an apothecary and also the mayor of Génolhac. In September 1697, with Andre's consent, Jean Pierre's property, the mills at l'Aribal and Calquières inherited from his parents, were sold. Jean Pierre left France and arrived in Aarau, Switzerland in February 1697/98 where he joined his maternal uncle, Guillaume Barjon, Pastor of the Huguenot refugee Church there. On October 3, 1697, Jean Pierre recanted the Catholic faith and became a Huguenot again.

    The following is recorded in the congregational record:
    The 3rd of October 1697, Seigneur Jean Pierre Bondurant, apothecary, presented himself in front of us, claiming that he was extremely affected by the fault he committed in his youth, which was to attend the worship of the Roman [Catholic] Church; showing his repentance by asking God to forgive this sin and after he claimed that he would live and die in our Holy Religion, he was admitted into the peace of the Church and to participate in the Holy Sacraments.
    He signed this present deed along with us: Henry Malbois and Pierre Brochet, both hat makers who took refuge in the town of Aarau, and undersigned by myself:
    [signed by]
    Barjon
    refugee Pastor
    JP Bondurant
    Henry Malbois
    Brochet4

    Because Jean Pierre had left France with money from the sale of his mills, he did not appear on the Swiss charity records as did the Barjons and most refugee Huguenots. Being financially independent also shielded him from scrutiny and perhaps enabled him to buy his first land when he later went to Virginia. He was listed as a "fugitive from the Kingdom because of religion" in 1712. This late date is not significant, as such listings were normallly late; and his father's cousin was Consul General in charge of the listings.

    In 1699, in the company of Pastor Barjon and other refugees, he went to Karlshafen, Germany. There is no record of his travel from Karlshafen to England, but he was among Huguenot refugees arriving at the mouth of the James River in Virginia on 20 September 1700 aboard the ship Ye Peter and Anthony which had sailed from England. This was the "second transport" of Huguenots from London. The immigrants were taken up the James River in smaller boats as far as the shoals (present day Richmond). They went overland to Manakin Town, where they joined the "first transport" settlers who had occupied a deserted Monacan Indian village near Fine Creek the previous year. Jean stayed with the colony until 1701 and then, as a single man, went elsewhere looking for more opportunity. He practiced medicine in Henrico County (part of which later became Goochland County) for many years.

    Jean Pierre's grandfather was a Doctor of Law and was apparently successful. His father, Jean Pierre Bondurant, Sieur de Cougoussat, Advocate, did not seem to be as successful as he was in debt when he died. At one time, Jean Pierre, the immigrant, was forced to accept public assistance from the Church of Rome. He was apprenticed to his father's cousin, Andre, a Master Apothecary, where he learned enough medicine to be accounted a Doctor in the Colonies in Virginia.

    In 1704, the Huguenot men petitioned to become citizens of the colony and by an act passed in 1705, they, including Jean Pierre, were granted citizenship by the Governor and House of Burgesses.

    Jean Pierre obtained 200 acres of land on Old Town Creek, near present Matoaca, across the Appomattox River from Petersburg. He sold that on 29 Dec 1708 to John Wilson Sr., acknowledged in court 1 June 1709. In 1711 he registered a cattle mark with the Virginia governor. On March 24 he purchased, from the King of England, 400 acres on the south side of the James River located on Jones Creek and Matthews Branch in Henrico County, later part of Goochland County. In 1729, sons Peter and John were listed as tithables on this land, but the father does not appear on the tithables lists until 1730. This seems to indicate that the parents were living elsewhere and the sons had come ahead to prepare the new land. This land was divided among his sons in his will in 1734. Jean Peire was elected to the Vestry of King William Parish Church, but died before he could take office.

    It is not known if he was married more than once and, if so, which children belong to each wife. A wife Ann, the mother of his son Peter, is mentioned in his will. Many researchers had thought that his wife was Ann Faure but this appears incorrect. She may have been Ann Tanner. The will of Mrs. Mary Tanner, Albermarle Co., Virginia, in the 1760s, left $1 to her daughter Ann Bondurant. Whether this is the widow of Jean Pierre has not been proven. Also, the marriage date cannot be confirmed. The date shown is given by some researchers but it has never been proven.

    In 1990 the Bondurant Family Association erected a fence and placed a commemorative plaque at the posited graves of Jean Pierre and Ann Bondurant. The graveyard is located on Birdsong Lane (Road No. 1217) near Powhatan, in Powhatan County, Virginia. The plaque reads:
    To the glory of God and in memory of Jean Pierre
    Bondurant and his wife Ann. Born in Génolhac,
    France 18 July 1677, Jean Pierre (John Peter)
    Bondurant escaped to Switzerland in 1697, and
    reached Jamestown with other Huguenots in 1700.
    Trained as an apothecary, he practiced medicine
    in Virginia where he married Ann. Members of
    King William Parish. He died near Manakin
    1734/35. Their five children were John, Peter,
    Joseph, Ann and Frances.
    Erected 1990 by descendants.

    Jean made a will on 25 September 1734. The will of John Peter Bondurant, Gouchland County, Virginia:
    In the name of God Amen, I John Peter Bondurant, being sick and weak by of good sound disposition mind and memory, all praise be given to God for it, and now minding to settle my worldly estate which it has please God to bestow upon me before I depart this life: I do make and appoint this my last will and testament in manner and form following:
    First: I give my soul to God who gave it, and my body to the earth from which it was taken, to be decently buried according to the discretion of my Executors hereafter named.
    Item: I give and bequeth unto my son John Bundurant, one hundred and forty acres of land which he now dwelleth on and one horse and one hog and blanket and rug and sheet and hide and bed cord and frou pot, and dish and basin and three plates and one cow and calf that he is now possessed of him and to his heirs forever.
    Item:I give and bequeath unto my son Peter Bondurant one hundred and fifty acres of land on Age Creek and up along creek Goos, and a horse named Smoker and one cow and calf and two sows and four shoats and one pewter dish and one basin and one porringer and six pewter spoons and one frou pot and one rug and blanket and sheet and brown lining to make him a bed, to him and his heirs lawfully begotten forever, but if one or all of my sons die without issue, then to the survivor and his heirs lawfully begotten forever.
    Item: I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Bondurant one hundred and fifty acres of land with the purtenances belonging thereto, where he now dwelleth, and one cow and calf in the possession of James Ford and two sows and four shoats and one ram sheep, and one mair with the hors colts the she has and the mair fols to return to me and two dishes, one large and one small, one basin and six plates and one Porringer and one paint pot and one sow and four shoats, to him and his heirs forever.
    Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Ford one heifer eighteen months old, and one sow and pigs to her and her heirs forever.
    Item: I give to my daughter Frances Salle one heifer at the age of eighteen months and one sow and pigs to her and her heirs forever.
    And I do give unto my son Peter Bondurant all my wearing clothes and it is my desire that my wife keep them and let him have them as she sees fit and my carpenter tools and shoemakers tools and croscut saw and wagons I lend for the use of my wife and two sons and their heirs be no hinderance or molestation of any persons or persons whatsoever.
    Item: I give to my loving wife Ann Bondurant after all my just debts and funeral charges and legacies are paid, all the remainder of my estate real and personal in this place or also wherever to her and her heirs forever, and I do allow my loving wife Ann Bondurant whole and sole Executor of this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills by me made heretofore.
    As witness my hand and fixt my seal, this 25th day of September 1734.
    J. P. Bondurant (Seal)
    Test: John Cook, James Ford, John Bondurant
    It is my desire that my son Peter Bondurant heirs his share of land on the S. & E. of Age Branch and my son John Bondurant and my son Joseph Bondurant to have their share on the S. & W. of my branch to be equally divided between them according as the lines go and to have the liberty of cutting any pine or pine trees upon my son Peter Bondurant's land for their house.

    His will was proved on 25 January 1734/35. At the court held for Goochland County January 25th, 1734, this will was proved by the oaths of John Cook and James Ford, two of the witnesses hereto and was admitted to probate.
    H. Wood, County Court Clerk.

    Citations
    [S4] The Huguenot Society. The Huguenot 1981-1983. Midlothian, Virginia: The Huguenot Society, the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, Inc.).
    [S511] The Bondurant Family, compiled by Wiley B. Grinnell, Sr. 1979. Private Printing, Copy in researcher's file, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee.
    [S116] The Huguenot Society. The Huguenot 1979-1981. Midlothian, Virginia: The Huguenot Society, Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, Inc., 1984).
    [S476] Warren, Mary Bondurant. The Bondurants of Génolhac, France. Athens, Georgia 30606: Heritage Papers, 2000.

    Jean married Rhoda Ann Faure in 1708 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. Rhoda (daughter of Daniel Isaac Faure and Mary Ann Chastain) was born in 1689 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France; died on 17 Dec 1750 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 17.  Rhoda Ann Faure was born in 1689 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France (daughter of Daniel Isaac Faure and Mary Ann Chastain); died on 17 Dec 1750 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Ann L'Orange Faure

    Children:
    1. Eliza Bondurant was born in 1709; died in 1739.
    2. John Peter (Jean Pierre) Bondurant was born on 1 Oct 1709 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1744 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    3. Peter Jacob Bondurant was born in 1711 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1762 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    4. 8. John Peter Bondurant was born on 1 Oct 1711 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1774 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    5. Ann Elizabeth Bondurant was born in Dec 1714 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1814 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    6. Frances Jane Bondurant was born in 1720 in , Henrico, Virginia, USA; died in 1777 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA.
    7. Joseph Augustine Bondurant was born in 1720 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Jul 1806 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.

  3. 18.  Francis Taylor

    Francis married Judith Ann Leake on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 19.  Judith Ann Leake
    Children:
    1. 9. Sarah Rachel Taylor was born in 1711 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1762 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.

  5. 20.  John Mathieu Isaac Agee was born on 1 Jan 1670 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France (son of Antoine Francois Agee and Judith Chastain); died on 1 Jan 1735 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Arrival: Sep 1700, Jamestown, James City, Virginia, USA

    Notes:

    Mathieu Agee, b abt 1676 near Nantes, was the son of Anthony Agee b 1639 and Judith Chastian b abt 1638 Nantes) married Ann Goddin (dau of Andre Goddin). He was the grandson of John Francis Chastian, b 1612 Nantes and Frances Jane Re-Nault, b abt 1620 Nantes.

    Mathieu Agee is the progenitor of all the Agee family in America. He was of the Des Ages, who were of Noble Birth, of the old Bishopric of Saint Milo in or near Nantes, France. Because of their sympathy for the cause of the Huguenots, their claim to nobility was abrogated and their lands confiscated in 1688, as were titles of lands of many Huguenots and other non-conformists. Mathieu Agee left France in 1688, going to Holland where he, with some two thousand Huguenots, attached themselves to William of Orange and was part of the expedition to England, where William dethroned the then Catholic King James, and himself assumed the duties of the crown.

    Mathieu Agee came to Virginia from England in 1690. In recognition of his service he was granted extensive tracts of land by King William. Later he became one of the founders of Manakin in the colony of Virginia and was a long time Vestryman in King William Parish. "He was of sterling character and winsome personality possessing strong business ability. He assumed the duties of citizenship in a new land with dignity, courage and fortitude and a successful life naturally ensued."

    Mathieu and Ann had four children: Judith, Isaac, James, and Anthony.

    Anthony Agee (b. about 1726, Va.), m. Nancy Binnion and had 11 children: Joshua,James, Daniel, Matthew, Jacob, John, Isaac,Reuben, Anthony, Jr., Jessie and Lear.

    Isaac Agee married May Smith (kin of Capt John Smith) and they had 11 children: Patsy,William, Elizabeth, May, Sarah, Isaac, James,Kizzie, Edmond, Nancy and Jessie.

    William Agee (b. 1777, Va.), on 9-10-1796, married Mary Ann Childress (1775-1835,Sullivan Co., TN) dau. of Capt. William and Martha (Lowther) Chudress. William and Mary Ann had 10 children: Ann, Polly, Isaac, Sarah,Patsy, Mary Ruth, William Chuldress, John Burton,James Samuel, and Elizabeth.



    Children of Mathieu Agee and Ann Goddin are:

    +Anthony Agee, b. 1719, Five Forks in the Manskintowne.
    Anthony Agee (son of Mathieu Agee and Ann Goddin) was born 1719 in Five Forks in the Manskintowne. He married Christian Worley, daughter of John Worley.Children of Anthony Agee and Christian Worley are:
    +Isaac Agee, b. December 30, 1751, Powhatan Co., VA.

    FAUREFAURE

    FOARD-FORD

    PART I

    AUGUST 1965

    F A U R E – F O R D

    This record would not be possible without the report by Katherine Cox Gottschalk, Genealogist, Washington, D.C. found in Huguenot #8 p. 178. The compiler is indebted to the many records in the Los Angeles City Library, Los Angeles, California; the Genealogical Library, West Los Angeles, California; the Lawson-McGee Library, Knoxville, Tennessee; Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; The County Court records of: Goochland, Cumberland, Powhattan, and Chesterfield Counties, Virginia; Roy Gentry, Recorder of Deeds, Houston, Missouri; Grand Lodge of Missouri, Ancient Free and Acceptable Masons, Grand Secretary, Elmer W. Wagner, St. Louis, Missouri; The Huguenot Society Founders of Manakin Town publications; Adjutant
    General’s Office, Jefferson City, Missouri; Family records of the descendents of
    Charles Ford.

    The descendents of Charles Ford have carried down the tradition that their name was originally French and the spelling had been changed several times. The research and information in this record bears this information out and is thoroughly proved.

    FAURE FORE FORD

    ORIGIN OF THE NAME

    The immigrant ancestor of this family was a native of Auvergne, France; who came with a party of French Huguenots who were refugees of religious persecution who fled to Virginia and were one of the founders of Manakin Town.

    The original spelling of the name was FAURE, later Anglicized to FORE and still later to FORD.

    THE HUGUENOT FAMILY OF FAURE, FORE, FOARD, FORD

    Of the army of William of Orange, numbering eleven thousand, which sailed from Holland, and by whose aid he obtained the Crown of England, three regiments, each containing seven hundred and fifty effective men, were Huguenots. To these were added a squadron of horse. In gratitude to these zealous and effective supporters, and in sympathy with the great multitude of their suffering brethren driven violently from their homes and native country simply for their religion the King invited them to make their home in his new dominions in America. A large number sought a home in Virginia and settled along the Potomac, Rappahannock and James Rivers.

    In the year 1700, more than five hundred emigrants, at the head of whom was the Marquis de la Muce, were landed in Virginia by four successive debarkations. (Beverly’s History of Virginia p. 244.) They appear to have settled at different points; a portion about James Town, some in Northfolk County, others in Surry, and two hundred or more at a spot some twenty miles above Richmond, on the south side of James River (now in Powhatan County), where then thousand acres of land, which had been occupied by the extinct Manakin tribe of Indians were given to them. They were also exempt from the payment of taxes for seven years, and were allowed to support their minister in their own way.

    The records relating to the emigration to Virginia in 1700 of the Huguenot refugees, are taken from the originals now deposited at the Bodleian Library, Oxford University, England. These originals consist of a vellum bound volume of MSS. endorsed: “ORIGINAL PAPERS RELATING TO THE FRENCH PLANTATION IN THE WEST INDIES.”

    They are undoubtedly the original documents emanating from the Provincial Government of Virginia under Francis Nicholson, as they bear the official signature of Dioniisius Wright, who was Secretary to the Council. We now find the name of Faure under the following heading:

    “A List of The Refugees Who are to Receive of Ye Miller of Falling Creek Mill One Bushel A Head of Indian Meale Monthly as Settled At Or About King Williams Town, to Begin in Feb, 1700-1. ”“Efaure, his brother, and two sisters……….4” “Rolle Des Francois, Suisses, Genevois, Alemans, Et Flamans Embarquest Dans Le Navire Nomme Le Nasseau pour Aller a la Virginia. Pierre Fferre, sa femme et un enfant.” (Virginia County Records Volume 7, p. 161 by Crozier.)

    From the above we find Pierre Faure had a wife and child as well as two brothers and two sisters. The names of the two sisters cannot be ascertained. The brothers were Daniel and Jean (John).

    One might expect the name FAURE found on the lists of Manakin Town settlers to change to the English word FORE, but not to FORD. However, stranger and more surprising changes than this have happened to many surnames. This tradition cannot be totally ignored nor discredited, nor can it be wholly without investigation of authentic evidence from other sources such as church or parish books, land grants and deeds and other court records. These should be read carefully and taken together with a reasonable Consideration of the local
    influences. The Frenchman, or any other continental European, coming into the English colonies, where all the clerks and office holders were Englishmen, we met with the tendency of the English to Anglicize all proper names. The many ways in which names were changed often produced meaningless names of unrecognizable origin. The individuals themselves, reacted variously to the process of this change in their name. Some clung tenaciously to the original forms, others spelled the name one way but pronounced it another, while others did not resent or resist changes either orthographically or phonetically far from the original. In each individual case of change in name no matter how ordinary and logical or how extraordinary and unusual, it may be, it is necessary to provide by authentic records that the family bearing the changed name is beyond a doubt the very same one which bore the former name. It is not a question of what can or cannot happen, but a question of what did actually happen in that one particular instance.

    Reference to this change in name together with much data on the family was published in the Huguenot Society book for the year 1936 volume 7. Before taking up the abstracts from the court records it may be advisable to review certain items which enter this specific problem. The land set aside “as the King’s donation to the French Refugees” was “to encourage the French to remain close to Manakin Town”. It is the opinion of persons who know the old records of this settlement intimately, that only French Huguenots were accorded the right to hold this land and to enjoy the special privileges for a number of years, such as freedom from taxes for seven years. Thus it is not until 1709 on the records of Henrico Court and 1715 upon the land grants books of the Colony of Virginia
    that these French settlers came into court to prove their importation, claim their headrights and take out their land patents. When they do appear on these books were find both the name of FAURE and FORD for grants within the lines defined and laid aside for the French Refugees. This is no surprise if you have been reading the Henrico Court records from the year of 1700 down to 1715. Nor is it any shock to see that the land records slip Peter Ford into the shoes of Peter Faure or vice-versa.

    Peter FORE and Peter FORD received grants in King William parish on the tracts set aside for the French Refugees as the Manakin Town settlement. The deeds in the court house show both names. To follow the land holdings under both names on the books we must recognize the location of this land set aside for the settlement and use the French Refugees, and included at that date within King William Parish. This has been most ably presented by Mr. Morgan P. Robinson, Archivist, of the Virginia State Library, in Volume XLIII, Number 1, of the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, under “Henrico Parish of the Diocese of Virginia.” These lands were under the jurisdiction of the Court of Henrico County in 1700, when they were first designated and appropriated for this
    special use. But the lands actually lay in what we know as Powhatan County, Virginia, today. In 1728, this are came under the jurisdiction of the newly formed Court of Goochland, and in 1749 under the Court of Cumberland County and in 1777 became Powhatan. That is, all of the French tract excepting that part of it which now lies in Chesterfield County, Virginia. This part remained under the Court of Henrico County until 1749, when the Chesterfield Court was erected. Hence we must follow the French Settlers who lived within King William Parish, in what is now Powhatan County, through this succession of court records to trace their land holdings, and to stay with the Henrico records until 1749 for the families whose land was on the Chesterfield side of the present dividing line between that County and Powhatan County. The books of this period of Henrico County are in the Archives Division of the Virginia State Library. The
    land grants or patent books are in the Virginia State Land Office in the Capital. The Goochland, Cumberland, Powhatan and Chesterfield books are in their respective court houses.

    The family of Daniel Fore lived on the Chesterfield side of the parish. The name FAURE, FOURE, FORE, and FORD runs through the records on the Powhatan side of the parish with all variations in spelling.

    What became of Peter Fore (Foure) and his land grants? He dodges about on the tithing lists with Peter Ford from 1710 to 1734, neither appearing when the other is there. No inventory, or other vague or even fait sign of his death appears on the books. Peter Ford leaves a will, the original of which is in the court house at Goochland, Virginia. This will was written by some one else and Peter Ford signs with a tiny o for his mark. This is interesting when compared to the mark used by Peter Faure, a small o with a slight tail to it, in 1709.

    In all this research particular attention has been paid to the spelling of the name under observation in each record and is given exactly as found in each instance. When the name appears two ways in one record it was found to be that very way in that record. The land grants to men by the name of FOURE, FORE, and FORD of King William Parish will be followed by the deeds relating to them.

    The following Court Order of Henrico County: The court places the name of Peter Ford as one in the list of five men, any four of whom are to take an inventory of the estate of Jean Durran, deceased, in 1709. When the inventory is made and is returned to the court, Peter Fore has been one of the four men who responded to this order and as Peter Faure, with his characteristic French mark, he signs the inventory with his French neighbors.

    Henrico County, Virginia Court Order Book (1707-1709) p. 138. “Court held May 2, 1709…A paper was produced in this Court by Jean Forcey as the nuncupative will of Jean Durran, deceased, and proved by the oaths of Peter Dutoy, James D….and Francis Bening….the motion was rejected…the Court presuming that said Jane died under coverture…and that Peter Durran her late or present husband is not yet dead…but for securing her estate to whom it does belong this Court orders that Stephen Mallett, Peter Ford, John Jones, James Shampane, Stephen Chastain, and four of them to appraise the estate and report to the next Court.”

    Henrico County, Virginia Court Order Book (1707-1709) p. 154. “June 1, 1709 Jane Durands estate appraised on May 20, 1709 and returned by… Peter () Foure.”

    Henrico County, Virginia Court Order Book (1707-1709) p. 169. “The appraisal of Jane Durand’s estate ordered May 2, 1709 and made May 20, 1709 and returned to the Court held June 1, 1709…” is signed by the four men of the five named by the court fur this duty…”
    Etienne Chastain, Joanez,
    Peter () Faure
    Stephen
    X
    Mallett
    Note: This is signed, as usual, by the imitation of the original signatures. It is still customary in the courts to ask men who are nearest neighbors to make such inventories that it may not be a burden to them to perform this task. In the analysis of all of these data, please notice the neighbors of Peter Faure, Peter Fore, Peter Ford.

    This same Court Order Book of Henrico County, Virginia, records many importation’s of the French Refugees who now come into court with their declaration and petitions to claim their headrights. Among these we find Peter Foard.

    Henrico County, Virginia Court Order Book (1707-1709) p. 154. June 1, 1709. “…Upon the petition of Peter Foard…to certify that there is due to him 150 acres of land for the importation of himself and his wife Elizabeth and John Foard his son…”

    This record shows that Peter Foard brought a wife and a child with him into the Colony. The King William Parish records show that a Pierre Faure was the elder brother of the Faure children of the Widow Faure. The above record is the clerk’s record and not a copy in his book of any special document. Hence he was not following a written statement.

    Book 10 p.296 Oct. 31, 1716. George I, to Peter Foure. “107 acres, 1 rood, & 13 poles, in Henrico County on the south side of the James River; beginning at a small corner hiccory & elm standing on the river parting Stephen Chastain and Peter Foure thence on Chastain’s line w. 35 degrees s. 400 poles to corner white oak and hiccory standing near a small meadow thence e. 37 degrees n. 420 poles to a corner white oak & Hackberry standing on the river thence up the river according to the meanders 36 poles to the place begun at. It being part of the upper tract of the last 5000 acres of land surveyed for the French Refugees.”

    Book 5 p. 552 Dec. 9, 1748. Daniel Ford of King William Parish, Goochland County, Virginia sells to Peter Soblett; land described as …”all that pllantation whereon the said Daniel Ford now lives situated and lying in King William Parish, Goochland County, Virginia, between the lines of the said Peter Soblett and lands of Daniel Perro…adjoining the James River, which said lands are bequeathed to the said Daniel by the will of his father…containing 107 acres, more or less.” Witnesses: John Harris, William Harris, Mary x Heughs. Book 4 p. 146 Feb. 12, 1742. Goochland County, Virginia. Stephen Renno of King William Parish, same County sells to Daniel Perro of same place… “44 acres
    bounded at a corner white oak & Hackberry standing on the river parting Peter Ford and the said Renno’s lands thence on Foure’s line…”

    Stephen Renno’s deed to Daniel Perro accounts for the change in name on the boundary line shown on Daniel Ford’s deed to this land, and Stephen Renno’s patent confirms this land as the patent of Peter Foure of 1715. Patent Book 10 p. 283 Stephen Renno’s patent dated March 23, 1715. “Lands in Kimg William Parish, on the south side of the James River adjoining Peter Foure’s land…133 acres.”

    The will of Peter Ford, dated April 17, 1744 and proved April 16, 1745, devised this land referred to in Daniel’s deed, in these words “I give and bequeath to my son Daniel Ford and his heirs forever the plantation whear I now live in Mankin Ton on the River.” This carries the 107 acres from Peter Foure to Peter Ford and down to Daniel Ford. This land was re residence of Peter Ford in 1744 and Daniel in 1748. (See will of Peter ford.)

    Daniel Ford inherited land from his brother John Ford. This land was also in the posession of their father and devised by his will. This land is described as lying on Jones’ Creek and contains 125 acres. In 1755, it ajoined lands of John Harris, Peter Sublett and William Randolph.

    Peter Fore received a patent dated July 19, 1735 for 125 acres adjoining the said Peter Fore’s old bounds, James Robinson, Peter Sublett, Joseph Woodson, William Randolph, Anthony Rapine. These names are repeated in the boundaries of the deed of the Fords.

    If you will closely follow these deeds and compare them with the land patents and with the bequests made in the will of Peter Ford (1744) you will see that the name Fore and Ford was used for and by the same individual, in the family residing within King William Parish and by that family as they spread out. It would appear that certain ones kept the name of Fore later and that others preferred the English name of Ford. The following abstracts from the Deed Books confirm this statement.

    Book 1 p.66 March 17, 1728, Goochland County, Virginia. “Peter Foard of King William Parish, planter, to my brother John Foard of St. James Parish…land on a lane parting Peter Chastains’ land…” Witnesses: Joseph Bingley, Henry Blagrave, Jr., Benjamin Stedam. Judith, the wife of Peter Foard signs this deed.

    Book 1 p.74 1728 Court Order, Goochland County, Virginia. “Peter Ford acknowledged his deed to John Ford and Judith wife of Peter relinquishes her dower.”

    Book 1 p. 78 May 12, 1729 Goochland County, Virginia. John Ford of St. James Parish to Joseph Bingley… “land which was devised to the said John Foard by his brother Peter Foard…150 acres beginning at a red oak tree parting Peter Chastains lands from the said Fourds which is the upper part of the said survey made by Peter Fourd and given to the said John Fourd.” Anne the wife of John Fourd signs her dower rights in this land.

    Book 1 p.233 Feb. 15, 1930. Goochland County, Virginia. Joseph Bingley sells
    this 150 acres to James Robinson.

    Book 4 p.361 Deed dated May 17, 1744. Goochland County, Virginia. John Harris of Goochland County, Virginia sells to Alexander Speers of Henrico County, Virginia… “150 acres of land on the south side of the James River by name of Forks of the Road on the right hand leading up the county to Fine Creek and on the left hand to Peterville Church…it being the same parcel of land which was granted by a patent to Peter Foard and by the said Peter given to his brother John Foard by deed March 17, 1728 and by several conveyances came to Charles Taylor who by his will left it to his wife Mary who married George W…wood who sold the land to the said Harris.”

    Peter Foard signed his deed with the same small o that he used in signing his will.

    Book 1 p. 315 March 20, 1731. Goochland County, Virginia. James Ford, planter, King William Parish, Goochland County to James Robinson… “95 acres on the south side of the James River…at a corner Hickory tree parting Peter Lews Sublett and the said James Ford’s lands.” Ann the wife of James signs her dower rights. Witnesses: Tarleton Fleming, Isaac Bates,…Bondurant.

    The land grant to Peter Ford dated Jan. 13, 1725, for land on the west side of Jones’ Creek for 350 acres, was the land he gave to his son James Ford by his will as shown by the following Deeds.

    Book 5 p. 175 Jan. 31, 1745. Goochland County, Virginia. “William Battersby to Stephen Renno…200 acres on the west side of Jones Creek, Goochland County, whereon the said Battersby now dwells…bounded by land of the late Col. William Randolph, dec’d … by the said Creek…and by the lands of James Fore.”

    Deed Book 1 p. 471 December 17, 1751. Recorded in Cumberland County, Virginia. “James Ford of King William Parish, Cumberland County, Virginia sells to Thomas Prosser of Hanover Co., Va…land lying in King William Parish, Cumberland County, Va. … being a part of a larger tract of land which was granted to Peter Ford and by his will left to his son and said James Ford, as will be seen by reference to records in Goochland County, Va…200 acres…beginning at a white oak in Thomas
    Turpin’s line…and on the west side of Jones Creek.” On p.474 Ann the wife of the said James Ford relinquished her dower in this land. Witnesses: Valentine Wood, Tucker Woodson, David Murry, Gideon Marr. James Ford signed with a mark. Recorded June Court 1752. This deed accounts for 200 acres of the 350 acre grant.

    The name Fore and Ford are found applied to the same person in the foregoing
    deeds in the case of James Ford which fact when compared to the tithing lists
    and the other records of James Ford (Fore) either spelling make him the same
    identical person.

    Peter Ford by his will, dated 1744, proved 1745, left to his son Peter Ford,
    “300 acres of land on Matthews Branch where he now lives.” This land was granted
    to Peter Ford by a patent dated Jan. 13, 1725. (Book 12 p.336) The whole tract
    was for 400 acres. Peter Ford had sold 100 acres of this tract on Jan. 29, 1725
    to Francis James. This 100 acres as well as the 300 acres again show in the
    deeds the name of Fore and Ford for the same person. The following abstracts
    are for this 400 acres in the division of the 100 acres and the 300 acres.

    Book (1725-1737) pt 1. Henrico County, Virginia, records p.16. Deed dated
    January 29, 1725 and acknowledged in Court on May 2, 1926, by Peter Ford of
    Henrico County, Virginia who sells to Francis James of the same county, “for
    divers good causes and 6… land lying on the south side of the James River and on
    the east side of Jones Creek known as Matthew’s Branch…100 acres of land…”
    Judith, wife of the said Peter Ford signs her dower rights on May 2, 1926.
    Witnesses: Daniel Stoner, John Payne, Anthony Rapine.

    Book 1 p.136 Oct. 21, 1729. Goochland County, Virginia. “Francis James of St.
    James Parish, Goochland County, Va. Sells to William Lansdon and Hester his
    wife…500 acres…100 acres of which was purchased by the said Francis James from
    Peter Ford and Judith his wife by a deed acknowledged in court of Henrico County
    on May 2, 1726…and 400 acres which was purchased from David Croom in 1723.”
    Witnessed: Joseph Bingley.

    The following deed was made during the time (1726-1729) when Francis James held
    this 100 acres and the remaining 300 acres was still in possession of Peter Ford
    (Fore) the patentee.

    Book 1 p.12 June 11, 1728. Goochland County, Virginia. Matthew Agee of Goochland
    Co. Va. Sells to John Smith, “…100 acres of land on the south side of the James
    River along the east side of Matthews branch…and bounding on the lines of Edward
    Maxey, Francis James and Peter Fore…”

    In Peter Ford’s patent to this land, his land is further described as adjacent
    to land of Daniel Croom. The deed of Francis James shows that he bought this
    land from Croom in a previous deed.

    Book 2 p.23 Nov. 27, 1752. Cumberland County, Virginia. Peter Fore of King
    William Parish, Cumberland County, Virginia sells to Samuel Flourney… “land on
    Matthews Branch…lying between the lines of James Smith, Peter Anthony Lookadoo,
    Daniel Fore, Esther Lansdon, John Smith and Gideon Flourney…300 acres…it being
    the land on which the said Peter Fore now liveth…” Mary the wife of the said
    Peter Fore signs her dower rights in this land, witnesses: Bennett Goode, John
    Bondurant, James Harris.

    Peter Ford was living on this land in 1744 when his father devised it to him by
    his will and Peter Fore is still living on it in 1752 when he sells it to Samuel
    Flourney.

    Book 1 p.79 May 12, 1729. Goochland County, Virginia. William Lansdon and Hester
    his wife of St. James Parish said County sell to John Joseph Bingley, Matthew
    Bingley and Henry Blagrave.

    Book 1 p.426 August 21, 1733. Goochland County, Virginia. “William Lansdon &
    Hester his wife sell to John Fore and to Stephen Fore of King William Parish,
    Goochland County, VA… land on the south side of the James River…133 acres…lying
    in King William Parish…beginning at a Walnut standing on the river parting
    Stephen Reno and Capoon’s lands thence on Reno’s line…which said land is a part
    of the last 5000 acres surveyed for the French Refugees and taken up by a patent
    to John Jones dated March 23, 1715.” Witnesses: Stephen Chastain, Marmaduk Hix,
    Thomas Turpin.

    Hester Lansdon was the daughter of John Jones and her sister Elizabeth Jones,
    was the wife of Anthony Bennan. John Jones was a neighbor of Peter Faure, Peter
    Ford.

    Book 5 p.261 May 19, 1747. Goochland County, Virginia. Stephen Ford of Parish of
    Dale, Henrico County, Virginia to William Harris of King William Parish,
    Goochland County, Va. “…a plantation in King William Parish on the south side of
    the James River and on the upper side of Wm. Harris’ land…land which was left to
    the said Ford…by will of his grandfather Renno and which now falls to said
    Stephen as Heir-at-law…133 acres…part of a tract of 178 acres.” Ann the wife of
    said Stephen signs her dower.

    In the following deed may we call your attention to the grant of Peter Foure on
    107 acres adjoining Stephen Chastain’s land which said 107 acres was devised by
    Peter Ford in his will to his son Daniel Ford and on which land Peter Ford was
    living in 1745 and Daniel was residing in 1752. (Peter Foure patent Oct. 31,
    1716).

    Benjamin Harris of Goochland County, Virginia, made a deed to Peter Sublett
    dated July 24, 1745 for 95 acres on the south side of the James River adjoining
    the river and along the lines of Peter Louis Sublett and the lines of Peter
    Ford…as by a patent to Stephen Chastain and being transferred several times
    until it came to Bennett Goode she conveyed it to the said Benjamin Harris.

    Book 2 p.197 March 6, 1755. Cumberland County, Virginia. Daniel Ford of
    Cumberland Co. Va. Makes over to John Pleasants Sr., and to John Pleasants Jr.,
    the following land to secure a debt owing by him to the said Pleasants… “land
    which was left to the said Daniel Ford by the will of his brother John Ford,
    deceased, 125 acres on Jones Creek bounded by the lands of John Harris, Peter
    Sublett and William Randolph.” Witnesses: Robert Rutledge, John Epperson, James
    Pleasants. No wife signs a dower. (See the will of Peter Ford, to his sone John,
    in 1745 and of John Ford, dated 1753, and the grant of Peter Fore for 125 acres,
    July 19, 1735.) (Patent Book 16 p.42).

    The examination of the land books, court order books and the wills recorded in
    the several counties quoted whose courts held jurisdiction over King William
    Parish, now in Powhatan County, Virginia confirms this unusual change in the
    name Fuare, or Foure, to Fore and to Foard, Ford, in the particular instance of
    the family residing in King William Parish, Virginia. We can see where as time
    went on certain descendants of Peter Foure (Ford) retained the name of Fore
    while others changed their name to Ford (Foard). The family that removed to
    Buckingham County have kept this tradition of the origin of their name as being
    the French name, Foure, handing it down in their family to the present day. The
    records of King William Parish both in the parish books and on the court records
    testify to the fact upon which they have based this tradition.

    The data given under the Faure-Fore-Ford family deals mainly with this family
    residing within the limits of King William Parish on the land “donated to the
    French settlers to encourage them to remain close to Manakin Town.” Data on
    Daniel Fore of Chesterfield County, not shown.

    Pierre Faure was allowed to draw supplies for his brothers and sisters and a
    Pierre Ferre and his wife and child came over on the Nassu in 1700/1. (Huguenot
    #7 p.192).

    Peter Ford and his wife Elizabeth and their son John declare their importation
    in 1709 along with many other of the French men of Mamakin Twon. The records
    show that the land patents of both Peter Fore and Peter Ford come down to the
    family of Peter Ford who died testate in 1745. The records of Henrico, Goochland
    and Cumberland Counties show that the descendents of Peter Fore (Peter Ford)
    were by both names in later generations.

    The study of the land grants made to Peter Fore, and to Peter Ford together with
    the deeds under both spellings of the last name and the will of Peter Ford
    (dated April 16, 1745) give us his sons and daughters and show that their
    descendents carried down the two spellings of this name. The following abstracts
    from the records of certain Virginia Court houses help to identify these
    descendents and the descendents of his brother John Fore to whom he made a deed
    for 150 acres of land in 1729. (Huguenot #7 Faure-Fore-Ford).

    Peter Ford who died testate in 1745 left the following children: John Ford, who
    died testate in 1753, no wife or children named in his will, all property left
    to his brothers and sisters. Daniel Ford who inherited the home place of his
    father, 107 acres, which he sold in 1748 to Peter Sublett; and later inherited
    from his brother John Ford the 125 acres on Jones Creek, which he mortgaged to
    John Pleasants in 1755.
    Peter Ford who inherited the 300 acres from the grant of 400 acres, which he
    sold to Samuel Flourney in 1752. Peter’s wife was named Mary in 1752.
    James Ford who inherited 200 acres from his father, he and his wife Anne sold
    this land on Jones Creek in 1751 to Thomas Prosser.
    Judith Ford who married John Leake after 1745 and
    Mary Ford who married William Fuqua after 1745.

    The children of John Ford, the elder, brother of Peter Ford, the elder, also
    carried the name as Fore and Ford.

    Albemarle County, Virginia Records: Book 1 p.371 Oct. 17, 1751. James Ford of
    King William Parish, Cumberland County, Va. to Mary Agee and her husband James
    Agee of St. Ann’s Parish, Albemarle County, Va. “for the love and affection he
    hath for his said daugher and son-in-law…200 acres in St. Ann’s Parish on
    Huberd’s Creek…” Witnesses: Daniel Ford, and John Beasley. Signed James ( )
    Fore. (Note the signature on this deed which is written in the name of James
    Ford. He signs it James Fore.)

    Book 3 p. 14 dated 1761 Matthew Agee to his son James Agee land on Hubbard’s
    Creek adj. James Ford, Witnesses: Shelton Raile, Chas. Garrett and James ( )
    Ford.

    Book 3 p.15 James Ford of Tilletson Parish, Albermarle County, Virginia. “… for
    divers good causes and valuable consideration to Anne Chastain…100 acres in
    Albemarle County, VA…on Slate River…Feb. 28, 1761. Witnessed: Chas. May.

    The foregoing deed is indexed as a deed of gift, signed by James ( ) Ford. James
    Ford had sold his home place in King William Parish, Cumberland (now Powhatan)
    County in 1751 to Thomas Prosser and by his deed to his daughter Mary Agee was
    “of King William Parish, Cumberland County, in 1751.” He removed before 1761 to
    Albemarle County, Virginia. Tilletson Parish of Albemarle County became
    Buckingham County when that County was formed in 1761. So we see that James Fore
    removed to AlbemarleCounty, Virginia from King William Parish, Cumberland
    County, Virginia when he sold his home place which he had inherited from his
    father Peter Fore (Ford).

    Book 2 p.8 March 8, 1768. John Bondurant Sr., of King William Parish, Cumberland
    County, Virginia makes a deed of gift to his son John for land on Slate River
    granted to said John Sr., in 1746...200 acres. Witnesses: James Ford and Ann
    Ford.
    Book 2 p.175 April 11, 1759. Peter Bondurant of Cumberland County, Virginia to
    Anthony Agee of Albemarle County, 200 acres on Greens Creek. Witnesses: Stephen
    Ford, Chas. May and Martin Benien. (Huguenot #8 K.C. Gottschalk; Valentine
    Papers volume 1,2,3,4; Virginia County Records by Crozier; Virginia Genealogies
    & Records by Burns; Huguenot Emigration to Virginia by Brock).

    WIDOW FAURE
    On the Mary Ann, which arrived at James City, Virginia July 31, 1700 after a
    passage of about 13 weeks was Widow Faure and four infants, two sons and two
    daughters. (Any child under 21 years was considered an infant.) This Widow Faure
    whose husband died before they left London or during the long voyage over is
    supposed to be the mother of Pierre Faure. The two sons were Daniel and Jean.
    The daughters names are not known. (Va. County Records by Crozier).

    Pierre Faure was the son of “Widow Faure.” It is to be presumed that the
    husband died either before the start from England or during the voyage. (see
    page 11) Pierre Faure was the son of Daniel Isaac Faure and Mary Chastain (Widow
    Faure). (From Huguenot #7; letter of Miss Josephine Dupuy who has record of Ford
    family Bible, member of Huguenot Society Founders of Manakin Town.)

    DANIEL FAURE, BROTHER OF PIERRE FAURE, SR.
    “From the land grants at Richmond we find that a grant of 296 acres was given
    Daniel Faure the 3d day of March, 1715, the said land lying chiefly in Henrico
    County.” (Book 10 p.285).

    In the Vestry Book of King William Parish, Manakin Town, under date of a Vestry
    assembled 25 August 1718 the ‘Sieur Daniel Faure is elected a vestryman.’ As
    Pierre Faure was not granted land until 1716, and then only 107 acres, it is
    almost impossible that his son Daniel should have had a large grant of 296 acres
    given him a year ahead of his father, and he was too young to have been a
    Vestryman in 1718.

    The name of Daniel Faure is found on the list of Tithables in King William
    Parish from the year 1717-1736. During the later years it is more than likely
    that Daniel, the son of Peter, is meant. While no will of Daniel Faure can be
    found, it is extremely probable that he was a brother of Pierre, Snr., and
    Daniel, the son of Pierre, was named after his uncle.

    JEAN FAURE, BROTHER OF PIERRE FAURE, SR.
    We have ample evidence to show that Jean (John) Faure was also a brother of
    Pierre Faure, Snr. In the Vestry Book of King William Parish, Jean and Pierre
    Faure are on the list of Tithables for the year 1713, and in1717 Daniel Faure is
    included.

    There is no grant of land recorded in the Land Office to John Faure until the
    year 1742 when in conjunction with Thomas Vann he was granted 178 acres in
    Henrico County. (Book 20 p.339) In the County Records for Goochland, we drive
    the information that Pierre and Jean were brothers: “Conveyance from Peter Ford,
    Snr., King William Parish, Goochland County, planter, 7 March 1728 to my dear
    and well beloved brother John Ford of the Parish of St. James, County afsd., 150
    acres of land in sd Parish of St. James.”

    From the Parish Register of Manakin Town we find the following entries:
    1 March 1721/2 Jean Faure godfather to Elizabeth Morriset. (p.17) 12 Dec. 1728,
    was born a boy to Jean Faure. (p.22). There is no further entries in the Parish
    Registers under the name of John Faure. It is evident that after selling the
    land, the gift of his brother, that John moved to Henrico County, where he died
    about the year 1748.

    WILL OF JOHN FORE
    In the name of God, Amen.
    I, John Fore, of King William Parish, County of Henrico, being very sick, do
    make this my last will and testament, etc: I give to my loving wife Mary the use
    of the Plantation I now live on during her widowhood, and the use of all my
    slaves and personal estate until my children come of lawful age.
    Item: I give to my daughter Elizabeth forty pounds, to be raised out of my
    estate, and a bed and a cow and a calf.
    Item: I give to my daughter Mary a negro girl named Sarah, and a bed and a cow
    and calf.
    Item: I give to my son John all my lands that I am Possessed of and the land I
    greeed with Captain John Nash for, I give to him and his heirs.
    I appoint my wife Mary my who extx. And Robert Goode, my truly friend, to be
    guardian to my children.
    In witness this 16 day of November, 1747.

    JOHN (X) FORE

    His Mark
    Witnesses:
    William Scott
    John Morriset
    Walter Scott

    Probated by Mary Fore, the widow, the 1st Monday in July 1748.

    It will be seen that from the existing records, John Faure, the brother of
    Peter, married a Mary ________, by whom he had issue:
    1. John, probably born 12 December 1728
    2. Elizabeth
    3. Mary

    There is nothing further concerning the children of John Faure in the records of
    Henrico County, and it is likely that they removed with other members of the
    family to Buckingham County, Virginia. (Virginia County Records by Crozier,
    volume 7).

    PIERRE FAURE, SR.
    Peter Faure, son of Daniel Isaac Faure and Mary Chastain, grandson of Isaac and
    Mary Ann Thiboult. Peter was born about 1675 in France, married Elizabeth Agar
    (Agee) born about 1677 in France. One of the founders of Manakin Town. Children
    of Peter Ford and Elizabeth Agee: Peter Ford, James Ford, Judith Ford, Mary
    Ford. (This record sent to this compiler by Miss Josephine Dupuy, member of
    Huguenot Society Founders of Manakin Town; from Ford Family Bible; Ayers Family
    Bible; Huguenot records.)
    PIERRE FAURE, SR.
    Pierre Faure, Sr., his wife Elizabeth, and a son, Jean sailed on yet first ship,
    la Nasseau and landed at James Town March 5, 1701. Pierre Faure and family
    settled in the Manakin Town. His coat of arms show that he was from the Faure
    family of Auvergne, France.

    In the Vestry Book of King William Parish 1710-1738, translated from the French,
    we find Pierre paying tithes only on himself until 1713 when he paid on his
    oldest son, John, who was born in 1697.
    In 1717 he pays tithe on Daniel, born 1701.
    In 1723 he pays tithe on Peter, born 1706.
    In 1724 he pays tithe on James, born 1708.
    Pierre Faure and wife Elizabeth had two daughters:
    Mary, who married William Fuqua.
    Judith, who married John Leake.

    The Virginia Law, … The Assembly expressly exempted all women from payment of
    tithes, except slaves or servants over 16 years of age who were capable of doing
    work in the field. All men of whatever rank or station over 16 years of age were
    regarded as tithable, only the Clergy and members of the Council being exempt.
    The tithe was 10 shillings and one half pence.

    Pierre Faure, Sr., was a member of the Vestry of the French Refugee Church from
    1731 to 1744, when he asked his discharge which was granted.

    Sept. 30, 1732 The Vestry assembled, present were Estine Chastin, Gile Allaigr,
    Pierre Faure, Pierre Loouys Soblet, Guileaume Salle, and Jean Jaque Dupin.

    The Surr’s Pierre Faure and Andre Amonet took the oath of Church Wardens in the
    presence of the Vestry named above. (Virginia Magazine of History & Biography
    volume 11,12,13).

    The sight of this first church is in Manakin Town, Powhatan County, Virginia
    south of the James River. The fourth church now stands near the sight of this
    first church.

    Peter Fuare was naturalized May 12, 1705 (Legislative Journals Volume 1
    p.421-8).

    A List of King William Parish June 1744: Peter Ford, David Ford, Jogg, John
    Ford, Peter Ford, Jr., and Giles Ford. (Huguenot Emigration to Virginia by
    Brock).




    WILL OF PETER FORD OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1745
    In the name of God Amen, I Peter Ford of the Parish of King William in the
    County of Gochland being sick and weak but of perfect mind and memory and
    calling to mind and duly considering the uncertainty of human life do make my
    last Will and Testament.
    First and Principally I commit my Soul into the hands of my Blessed Maker,
    trusing in his mercies and in the Merits of my Redemmer for the Remission of all
    my Sins my body I commit to the Earth to be decently intered at the Discrtion of
    my Executors herein after mentioned as to Temporal Estate I bequeath and Dispose
    of it in the following manner.
    First Item: I give and bequeath to my Son James Ford the Plantation where he now
    lives to him and his heirs and assigns forever.
    Item: I give and bequeath to my Son Peter Ford to him and his heirs forever
    three hundred acres of Land on Matthews Branch where he now lives.
    Item: I give and bequeath to my Son John Ford to him and his heirs forever one
    hundred and twenty-five acres of land where he now lives on Jones’ Creek. Like
    wise one negro Wench, Jugg to him and his heirs forever.
    Item: I give and bequeath unto my Son Daniel Ford to him and his heirs forever
    the Plantation where I now live being in the Manakin Ton (town) on the River. I
    give to my son Daniel one Negro Boy, Tom to him and his heirs forever. I give to
    my son Daniel one fether bed and furniture, two cows and calfe one sow and
    Piggs.
    Item: I give and bequeath to my two daughters Judith and Mary Ford to them and
    their heirs forever all the Remainder of my movable estate to be equally Divided
    between them both. If either of my Daughters should Die under the age of
    Twenty-one years or not marry, the Survivor shall heir her part of the Estate.
    I do Apoint my Son John Ford and Daniel Ford to be Executors of this my last
    Will and Testament.
    Dated twenty nine day of April seventeen hundred and Forth-four.

    Peter o Ford

    His mark
    Signed in the presence of us
    Samuel Weave (Weaver)
    Demetrius Young
    John Harris
    At the Court of Goochland County, April 16, 1745
    This writing was proved by the Oaths of Witnesses hereto to be the last Will and
    Testament of Peter Ford Deceased and it was thereupon admitted to Record.
    A copy from the records
    Teste: P.G. Miller

    Clerk of the Circuit Court Goochland Co.



    WILL OF JOHN FORD, SON OF PETER FORD, SR.
    In the name of God amen. I John Ford of Cumberland County, and Parish of King
    William, being of perfect mind, memory pleased to God do make this my last Will
    and Testament in manner and form following:
    First, I commit my sould to the hands of Almighty God, hoping through the merits
    of Jesus Christ to receive pardon of all my sins and my body to be decently
    interred at the discression of my executors here after named, Vis:
    I first of all give divise and bequeath to my beloved brother Daniel Ford my
    negro man named Tom and all the land I now hold, one piece giving the mill line
    on Jones’ Creek one hundred and twenty-five acres and my horse and mare, the
    horse is light gray and the mare is bright bay, to him and his heirs forever.
    Item: I give to my sister Mary Fuqua my negro woman named Jug to her and to her
    heirs forever and I leave my negro Ned to William Fuqua for twenty pounds I owe
    him.
    Item: I give to my sister Judith Leake my negro girl Jane to her and her heirs
    forever.
    Item: I give to Peter Bondurant my household goods and wearing clothes and bed
    and two cows and calves or big with calf, to him and to his heirs forever, and
    my other Cattle and Hogs to be sold to pay my debts.
    Item: I appoint John Leake and William Fuqua Executors of this my last will and
    Testament and do orther and direct if my brother revoke all wills heretofore by
    me made.
    In witness where of I have herunto set my hand and seal this 3rd day of
    September 1753.
    Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of

    JOHN A FORD

    His mark
    Isaac Sallee
    James Smith
    Allen Criddle

    Probated in Cumberland County, Virginia the 24th day of September 1753.

    In the will of John Ford, born 1697, we find that he left no heirs, and at this
    time (1753) his brother Daniel, born 1701, had no heirs; neither had their been
    found Court Records naming a wife of Daniel Ford. The will also shows that his
    sister Mary Faure married William Fuqua and that his sister Judith Faure married
    John Leake.


    KING WILLIAM PARISH RECORDS
    31 May 1729 was born Joseph Faure, son of Pierre Faure and Judith Faure his
    wife, and baptized by Mr. Mason July 16th. Godfather Joseph Bingli, Godmother
    Judith Bingli.
    2 September 1730 was born Marie Faure, daughter of Jaque Faure and Anne his
    wife.
    6 September 1732 was born Judith Faure, daughter of Jaque Faure and Anne his
    wife.
    11 January 1733 (34) was born Pierre Faure, son of Jaque Faure and Anne his
    wife.
    20 August 1736 was born Magdalene Faure, daughter of Jaque Faure and Anne his
    wife.
    24 February 1738 was born Anne Faure, daughter of Jaque Faure and Anne his wife.
    27 August 1739 was born Rachel Faure, daughter of Jaque Faure and Anne his wife.
    4 March 1742/3 was born Jaque Faure, son of Jaque Faure and Anne his wife.
    14 February 1745 was born Ruth Faure, daughter of Jaque Faure and Anne his wife.
    3 September 1743 was born Judith Faure, daughter of Pierre Faure and Marie his
    wife.
    31 May 1744 was born Joseph Faure, son of Pierre Faure and Marie his wife.
    25 September 1745 was born Pierre Faure, son of Pierre Faure and Marie his wife.
    22 June 1747 was born Archelaus Faure, son of Pierre Faure.
    2 May 1749 was born William Faure, son of Pierre Faure
    June 1749 was born Boos Ford, son of Jaque Ford.
    13 May 1749 a slave born of ownership Jean Ford.

    (Huguenot Emigration to Virginia by Brock; Huguenot #7 p.196)

    Note: Pierre, Joseph, Archelaus and William were sons of Pierre Faure, Jr., and
    Marie. All went to Kentucky except Archelaus. Joseph and William had families
    born in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Three other sons not on the Register of
    King William Parish were:
    Hezekiah
    Jesse
    Silas


    In the old tax record of Buckingham County, Virginia how in the Virginia State
    Library, Richmond, Virginia, in District #2, is found the names of Joseph Ford,
    William Ford. These are carried on the tax book as of Prince Edward County, Va.,
    thereafter spelled Fore.

    In 1814 is found the name of Stephen Fore, in District #2, and Peter Fore lives
    at Stephen Fore’s Residence. These were the sons of Pierre Faure the second, and
    this proves that the sons of Pierre Faure, the emigrant, come down through his
    two sons, Peter, born in Henrico County, Virginia in 1706 and James (Jaque) born
    in Henrico County, Virginia 1708.

    JAQUE FAURE, SR. (JAMES)
    Jaque Faure, Sr. born 1708 died 1810, (102 years at death) son of Pierre Faure
    and his wife Elizabeth, Emigrant who arrived in Virginia on la Nasseau in the
    York River, March 5, 1701, settled in King William Parish, Manakin Town.

    Jaque Faure, Sr., married about 1728 Anne Bondurant born about 1710, died after
    ________. She was the daugher of Jean Pierre Bondurant and wife Anne, also
    French Huguenots. Jean Pierre Bondurant arrived in Virginia on the “Peter and
    Anthony”, ye 20th of Sept’r 1700.” Jean Pierre Bondurant married Anne after he
    arrived in America as the ships list does not show that he had a wife at that
    time. He was a prominent planter and large land owner of Henrico County. He was
    a member of the Vestry of King William Parish in 1731-32 and elected again
    November 23, 1734.

    WILL OF JOHN PETER BONDURANT (Goochland County, Virginia Wills.)
    In the name of God amen, I, John Peter Bondurant being sick and weak but of good
    sound disposing mind and memory. All praise be given to God for it, and now
    minding to settle my wordly estate which it has pleased God to bestow upon me
    before I depart this life, I do make and appoint this my last will and testament
    in manner and form following:
    First I give my soul to God that gave it and my body to the earth from which it
    was taken to be decently buried according to the discretion of my executors
    hereafter mentioned.
    Item, I give and bequeath unto my son John Bondurant one hundred and forty-five
    acres of land which he now dwelleth on and one horse and one hog and blanket and
    rug and sheet and hide and bed cord and one frou pot and dish and basin and
    three plates and one cow and calf that is now possessed of him to his heirs
    forever.
    Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Peter Bondurant one hundred and fifty
    acres of land on Age Creek and up along through Creek Goos, and a horse named
    Smoker and one cow and calf and two sows and four shotes and one pewter dish and
    one basin and one porringer and six pewter spoons and one frou pot and one rug
    and blanket and one sheet and brown lining to make him a bed, to him and his
    heirs lawfully begotten forever, but if one or all of my two sons died without
    issue then the survivor and his heirs lawfully begotten forever.
    Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Bondurant one hundred and fifty
    acres of land with the purtenances belonging thereto where he now dwelleth and
    one cow and calf in the possession of James Ford and two sows and four shotes
    and one ram sheep and one mair with the hors colts that she has and the mair
    fols to return to me and two dishes, one large and one small, one basin and four
    shoes, to him and his heirs forever.
    Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Ford one heffer eighteen months old
    and one sow and pigs to her and her heirs forever.
    Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Frances Salle one heffer at the age of
    eighteen months and one sow and pigs, to her and her heirs forever.
    Item, I give unto my son Peter Bondurant all my wearing clothes and it is my
    desire that my wife shall keep them and let him have them as she thinks fit and
    my carpenter tools and shoemakers tools and croscut saw and wagons I lend for
    the use of my wife and two sons and their heirs be no hindrance or molestation
    of any person or persons whatsoever.
    Item, I give to my loving wife Ann Bondurant after my just debts and funeral
    charges and legacies are paid, all the remainder of my estate real and personal
    in this place or also wherever to her and her heirs forever, and I do allow my
    loving wife Ann Bondurant whole and sole Executor of this my last will and
    testament, revoking all other wills by me made heretofore. As witness my hand
    and fixt my seal this 25th day of September, 1734.


    J.P. Bondurant (Seal)
    Test:
    John Cook
    James X (his mark) Ford
    John Bondurant
    It is my desire that my son Peter Bondurant heirs his share of land on the S. &
    E. and of Age Branch and my son John Bondurant and my son Joseph Bondurant to
    have their share on the S. & W. of by branch to be equally divided between them
    according as the lines go and to have the liberty of cutting any pine trees upon
    my son Peter Bondurant’s land for their house.
    At a Court held for Goochland County January 25, 1735, this will was proved by
    the oaths of John Cook and James Ford two of the witnesses herto and was
    admitted to record.

    H. Wood

    County Court Clerk…

    CHILDREN OF JAQUE FAURE, SR., AND WIFE ANNE BONDURANT
    1. Marie (Mary) born September 2, 1730 married James Agee.
    2. Judith born September 6, 1732, married Edward Maxey.
    3. Pierre born January 11, 1734
    4. Magdalene born August 20, 1736.
    5. Anne born February 24, 1738 married ___________ Chastain.
    6. Rachel born August 27, 1739.
    7. Jaque born February 14, 1745.
    8. Boaz born June 2, 1749.
    (King William Parish Resigter)

    When the name is recorded by a member of the Huguenot Colony it is always
    spelled in the French Faure.

    When Goochland County was formed from Henrico County in 1727 the Faures’ found
    themselves in this new County. By this time the name began to be anglicized and
    recorded as Ford. When this part of Goochland County was cut off to form
    Cumberland County, Virginia in 1748, the Fords’ were then in Cumberland County.

    James Ford, Sr. had sold his home place in King William Parish, Cumberland (now
    Powhatan) County in 1751 to Thomas Prosser and by his deed to his daughter Mary
    Agee was “of King William Parish, Cumberland County in 1751. Between December
    17, 1751 and February 28, 1761 James Faure, Ford moves up the James River to his
    grant of 1600 acres in Albemmarle County, Virginia, Tilletson Parish. Then
    Tilletson Parish, Albemarle County, Virginia was cut off to form Buckingham
    County, Virginia in 1761, James Ford and his family were living in this new
    county without having changed their residence; where they lived until some of
    them began to move westward.

    James Ford and his family settled on his grant of 1600 acres while his children
    acquired other land besides this. The Buckingham County Court Hose was burned
    soon after the Civil War about 1869 and all records in it at that time were
    destroyed. A Surveyor “plat Book” has been found since of which there is a
    photostat copy in the present Court House. In this is found the record of some
    surveys made for different members of the Ford family; one of the surveys of 72
    acres of land the grant for which had been made for James Ford, Jr. His son
    James Ford at this time (1814) designated as James Jr. fell heir to it either by
    a deed or gift or sale.

    Old tax books of Buckingham County, Virginia are now in the Virginia State
    Library, Richmond, Virginia. These run for over a period of several years “The
    Land Roll” Book beginning with 1782. Another Book designated as “Personal Tax
    Book”; there are three lists, 1782 to 1789; 1790 to 1797; 1798 to 1805. These
    books are divided into two districts; District #1 and District #2. In District
    #1 we find the family of James Ford, Sr., along with his three sons, Peter,
    Boaz, and James, Jr.

    On the first tax list 1782 “Land Roll” of Buckingham County, Virginia now in the
    Virginia State Library we find: James Ford, Sr. (now 74 years old) paying taxes
    on 100 acres of land’ Peter Ford on 505 acres; Boaz Ford on 400 acres; James
    Ford, Jr. on 400 acres. These amounts vary from time to time except James Ford,
    Jr. who pays on 400 acres until the time of his death in 1787.

    After 1793 James Ford, Sr., appears on the tax list as exempt. This was perhaps
    on account of his extreme old age and afflication.

    FRENCH AND INDIAN WARD 1754
    In the Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1770-1772 p.31, we find
    the following: Tuesday the 29th of May to Goerge III 1770, A petition of James
    Ford was presented to the house and read; “setting forth, that the petitioner
    being in the service of the Colony, at the Battle of the Meadows in the year
    1754, received a wound in his right eye, by a musket ball which deprived him of
    the sight thereof and that he is growing old, and become weak and therefore
    praying the House to take his condition into consideration and grant relief.

    Ordered, that the said petition be referred to the consideration of the
    Committee of Public Claims; and that they do examine the matter thereof, and
    report the same, with their opinion thereupon to the House.”

    Page 49, Wed. the 6th of June to George III 1770. Resolved, that it is of the
    opinion of this Committee, that the Petition of James Ford, late soldier in the
    service of the Colony, under the command of Col. Washington, is reasonable; and
    that he ought to be allowed the sum of five pounds for his present relief; and
    the future sum of five pounds per annum during his life in consideration of the
    wound he received at the Battle of the Meadows and his being thereby rendered
    incapable of getting as necessary substance.

    REVOLUTIONARY PUBLIC SERVICE CLAIMS
    This is to certify that the following is a true copy of a Certificate issued to
    James Ford, Sen’r. for supplies furnished for the use of the Army during the
    Revolutionary War, which said Certificate is now deposited in the manuscript
    division of the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia, and designated
    “Buckingham County Public Service Claims.”

    Buckingham County 22 lb
    Bacon @ 9d is 0.16.6
    “Received of James Ford, Sen’r. Twenty Pounds Bacon at Nine Pence per lb. Specie
    in Sixteen Shillings & Six Pence. Given under my hand this 21st May 1781.”
    0.16.6

    Thomas Anderson, D.C.P.

    This is to certify that the following is a true copy of a Certificate issued to
    James Ford for supplies furnished for the use of the Army during the
    Revolutionary War, which said certificate is now deposited in the manuscript
    division of the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia, and designated;
    “Buckingham County Public Service Claims.”

    “At a Court held for Buckingham County the 9th day of December. 1782. “Pursuant
    to an Act of Assembly intitled ‘An Act of adjusting Claims for property
    impressed or taken for Public Service’ The Court proceeded to receive and adjust
    the Claims of different Claimants produced to them in Specie as hereafter
    mentioned.”
    Page 30.
    To James Ford… To 360 lbs Grass Beef @ 2d Dr. 3.0.0.”
    (This claim is for James Ford, Jr. sometimes he is called Jr., other times just
    James Ford.)

    This is to certify that the following is a true copy of an entry in a booklet
    deposited in the manuscript division of the Virginia State Library, Richmond,
    Virginia, designed “Buckingham County Public Service Claims.” Being an account
    of the disbursements ordered by the County Court of Buckingham County in
    settlement for supplies furnished for the use of the Army during the
    Revolutionary War.

    “At a Court held for Buckingham County the 9th day of Dec. 1782. (Pursuant to an
    Act of Assembly entitled ‘An Act for Adjusting Claims for Property impressed or
    taken for Public Service’ The Court preceeded to receive and adjust the claims
    of the different claimants produced to them in Specie as hereafter mentioned.)”
    “To Peter Ford… To 410 lbs Grass Beef @ 2d Dr. 3.8.4.”
    Richmond, Virginia, A true copy. F.W. Sydnor, Record Searcher.

    James Ford, Sr., married Anne Bondurant and they were the parents of James, Jr.
    and Peter Ford. The foregoing claims are accepted as Revolutionary Service by
    the Daughters of the American Revolution.

    PETER FORD SON OF JAMES FORD AND ANNE BONDURANT
    Peter Ford born January 11, 1733 married four times and had children by three
    wives as follows:
    First, Peter Ford married Judith Maxey, daughter of John Maxey.
    Issue:
    1. Rebecca Ford
    2. Ruth Ford
    3. Anne Judith
    4. Daniel Ford
    5. Joel Ford
    6. Jacob Ford
    7. John Ford
    8. Obediah (Obey) Ford

    By Peter Ford’s second marriage he had no off-spring. Name of wife unknown.

    Peter Ford’s third wife was Widow Brooks, issue:
    9. Laban Ford
    10. Sally Ford
    11. Polly Ford

    Fourth he married the Widow Sloan and only one child was born to this union:
    12. Peter, Jr. born in Kentucky.

    MARY ELIZABETH FORD DAUGHTER OF JAMES FORD AND ANNE BONDURANT
    Mary Ford born September 2, 1730, married James Agee, son of Mathew Agee. Both
    died 1821, married 76 years.

    BOAZ FORD, SR. SON OF JAMES FORD AND ANNE BONDURANT
    Boaz Ford born June 2, 1749 married and reared two sons, Ambrose and Boaz Ford,
    Jr. The number of daughters are not known except Maria. Boaz Ford’s residence
    was where the Buckingham Baptist Church stands on Jashways Creek 10 miles east
    of the Court House. Boaz Ford, Sr., died in 1810. His son Ambrose died about
    1814 when he was living in Nathan Ayrs Home on Hatcher Creek 10 miles east of
    the Budkingham County Court House.

    The following information was posted by Barbara S. Brill on genforum postings
    on Faure (July 14, 1999):
    Boaz Ford was born February 14, 1748/49 in Manakin Town, Virginia. He married
    Hannah.
    Children of Boaz Faure and Hannah are:
    1. Ambrose Faure, born 1778 in Buckingham, Virginia.
    2. Boaz Faure, born abt. 1783 in Buckingham, Virginia.
    3. Marie Faure, born abt. 1787 in Buckingham, Virginia; died
    bef. 1846.
    4. Samuel Faure, born October 30, 1790 in Buckingham, Virginia;
    died April 2, 1846.
    5. Magdlen Faure, born abt. 1793 in Buckingham, Virginia; died
    abt. 1864.

    The following was posted by Lela Tatum (July 1, 1999):
    I have a maiden name of Boaz’s wife to be Hannah Burit/Burriet.


    Boaz Ford, Jr. son of Boaz Ford, continued to live on his plantation. Boaz Ford,
    Jr. was a man of great wealth and influence in Buckingham County, Virginia. (Tax
    List; Huguenot #7)

    JAMES FORD, JR., SON OF JAMES FORD AND ANNE BONDURANT
    James Ford, Jr. born March 14, 1743 in King William Parish Goochland County,
    Virginia. Died 1787 in Buckingham County, Virginia, sone of Jaque Faure and Anne
    Bondurant, daughter of Jean Pierre Bondurant and wife Anne. James Ford married
    about 1766 Sally Agee (tradition tells us the name was Agee).

    In 1782 we find James Ford, Jr. paying only one tithe (himself), while on May
    26, 1787 the year of James, Jr’s death we find his wife Sally paying tithes on
    two, Joseph born in 1768 and James born in 1770. Sally pays in 1789 on Isaac
    born in 1773 and in 1976 on Elisha born in 1777. (Buckingham County, Tax List.)
    On the “Land Roll” of Buckingham County, Virginia for 1782, James Ford, Jr. pays
    taxes on 400 acres of land. This he continues to do until his death in 1787,
    after that his name is carried on the tax list with 72 acres designated as a new
    grant, this was re-surveyed for his son James on 4/14/1814, who fell heir to it
    either by gift or purchase.

    After the death of James Ford, Jr. in 1787, Sally Ford pays taxes on 100 acres
    of land until 1897 when she drops out of the tax list.

    CHILDREN OF JAMES FORD, JR. AND WIFE SALLY AGEE
    1. Joseph, born 1768 married Mary Maxey 1788.
    2. James, born 1770.
    3. Isaac, born 1773.
    4. Elisha, born 1777 married Elizabeth Duncan 1796.





    AGEE (Des Ages) MATHEW AGEE


    (Original French
    Coat of Arms)

    Mathieu Agee, or Age, is the progenitor of all the Agee family in America. He
    was born in France in 1660, and died in Virginia 1741. He was of the Des Ages of
    the old Bishopric of Saint Malo, in or near Nantes, France, who were of noble
    birth. On account of their espousal of the cause of the Huguenots, their claim
    to nobility was abrogated and their lands confiscated in 1688, as were the
    titles and lands of many Huguenots and other non-conformists. Mathieu Agee’s
    fathers name was Anthony Des Ages, born 1639.

    Tghere is a well founded, and we believe true, tradition, which has been handed
    down from generation to generation, which states that Mathieu Agee left France
    in 1688, going to Holland where he, with some two thousand Huguenots, attached
    himself to William of Orange and was a part of the expedition to England, where
    William dethroned the then Catholic K

    John married Cecelia Ann Godwin in 1714 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. Cecelia was born in 1703 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1750 in Maysville, Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 21.  Cecelia Ann Godwin was born in 1703 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1750 in Maysville, Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. Anthony Matthew Agee was born in 1719 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 31 May 1798 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    2. Isaac Agee was born in 1723; died in 1770 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    3. 10. James Agee was born on 1 Jan 1725 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 9 Apr 1821 in Dillwyn, Buckingham, Virginia, USA.

  7. 22.  Capt Jacques (James) Faure (ford) was born on 7 May 1708 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA (son of Jean Pierre "Peter" Faure and Marie Elizabeth Agee); died on 26 May 1787 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.

    Capt married Ann Elizabeth Bondurant in 1729 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. Ann (daughter of Jean Pierre Bondurant and Rhoda Ann Faure) was born in Dec 1714 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1814 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 23.  Ann Elizabeth Bondurant was born in Dec 1714 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA (daughter of Jean Pierre Bondurant and Rhoda Ann Faure); died in 1814 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. Joseph Faure was born in 1729 in , King William, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Jul 1806.
    2. Daniel Faure was born in 1730; died in 1736.
    3. 11. Mary Elizabeth Ford was born on 2 Sep 1730 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Jan 1821 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    4. Judith Sarah Ford was born on 6 Sep 1731 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1827 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    5. Peter (pierre) Ford (faure) was born on 11 Jan 1733 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Oct 1801 in , Madison, Kentucky, USA.
    6. Magdalene Ford was born on 20 Aug 1736 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1805 in , Stokes, North Carolina, USA.
    7. Mary Anne Faure was born on 24 Feb 1738 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Apr 1810 in New Canton, Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    8. Rachel Faure (ford) was born on 27 Aug 1739 in , King William, Virginia, USA; died in 1740.
    9. Daniel Ford was born in 1740 in , , Virginia, USA; died in , , Virginia, USA.
    10. James Ford was born on 14 Mar 1743 in , King William, Virginia, USA; died on 26 May 1787 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    11. Ruth E Ford (faure) was born on 14 Feb 1745 in , King William, Virginia, USA; died in 1780 in , , Virginia, USA.
    12. Preserved Ford was born on 10 Mar 1748 in Georgetown, Georgetown, South Carolina, USA; died on 20 Mar 1829 in Lake View, Dillon, South Carolina, USA.
    13. Boaz Faure (ford) was born on 2 Jun 1749 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1810 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    14. Malla Ford was born in 1750.
    15. Daniel Ford was born in 1756 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died in 1841 in , Garrard, Kentucky, USA.

  9. 24.  Pierre Louis Peter Chastain was born in 1707 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA (son of Pierre Chastain and Anne Soblet); died in 1756 in Hunts Creek, Buckingham, Virginia, USA.

    Pierre married Mildred Middy Archer in 1730 in , , Virginia, USA. Mildred was born in 1710 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1790 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 25.  Mildred Middy Archer was born in 1710 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1790 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. Martha Chastain was born in 1728 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1770.
    2. John Chastain was born in 1730 in King William Parish, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1818.
    3. Abraham Chastain was born in 1733; died in 1761.
    4. Magdelene Chastain was born in 1735 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1771 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    5. James Chastain was born in 1740 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 31 Jul 1805 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
    6. John Chastain was born in 1743 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 31 Jul 1805 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
    7. William Chastain was born in 1744 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in Sep 1790 in Franklin City, Southampton, Virginia, USA.
    8. Rene Chastain was born on 28 Jan 1745 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Mar 1818 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    9. 12. William Chastain was born in 1752 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1790 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA.


Generation: 6

  1. 32.  Jean Pierre Bondurant was born in 1636 in Génolhac, Gard, Occitanie, France (son of Pierre Bondurant and Francoise De Joyeuse); died on 24 May 1694 in Génolhac, Gard, Occitanie, France.

    Jean married Gabrielle Debarjon on 28 Oct 1676 in Huguenot Temple, Barres Des Cevennes, France. Gabrielle was born on 18 Jan 1643 in Sev, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France; died on 23 Mar 1695 in Génolhac, Gard, Occitanie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 33.  Gabrielle Debarjon was born on 18 Jan 1643 in Sev, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France; died on 23 Mar 1695 in Génolhac, Gard, Occitanie, France.

    Notes:

    Charlemagne 742-814 father of
    Louis I of France 778-840 father of
    Gisele Of France 820-874 mother of
    Berenger I of Italy 840-924 father of
    Bertila of Spoleto circa 860-914 mother of
    Adelbert I of Ivrea 880-925 father of
    Beringer I 900-966 father of
    Adelbert of Lombardy 936-971 father of
    Otto of Lombardy 958-1004 father of
    Gerberga of Burgundy 985-1023 mother of
    Geoffrey d'Arles 1018-1063 father of
    Gerberga de Provence -1112 mother of
    Etinette de Gevaudan 117-1160 mother of
    Bertrand des Baux 1138-1180 father of
    Bertrand des Beaux 1163-1201 father of
    Raymond des Baux 1188-1236 father of
    Guillaume des Baux 1215-1266 father of
    Barrele de Baux -1308 mother of
    Foulques de Ponteves -1294 father of
    Isnard de Ponteves -1349 father of
    Blancas de Ponteves -1396 father of
    Antoine de Ponteves -1443 father of
    Tanneguy de Ponteves -1524 father of
    Marguerite de Ponteves 1502-1546 mother of
    Louise de Porcelet -1564 mother of
    Louise de Montcalm mother of
    Louise de Vabres -1628 mother of
    Jeanne Belcastle -1685 mother of
    Gabrielle Barjon wife of Jean Bondurant

    Children:
    1. 16. Jean Pierre Bondurant was born on 18 Jul 1677 in Génolhac, Gard, Occitanie, France; died on 4 Sep 1734 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    2. Francoise Bondurante was born on 12 Apr 1681 in Génolhac, Gard, Occitanie, France.

  3. 34.  Daniel Isaac Faure was born on 20 Sep 1647 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France (son of Isaac Faure and Ann Tibault); died on 31 Aug 1710 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    Daniel Fought for King George of England in Canada. For his valor in the British army, King George awarded him with land in Virginia. Daniel returned to France for wife and children, unfortunatly his journey was shortlived. Daniel did not make it to America, but Mother Mary Ann Chastain (known as the Widow Faure) and children arrived to the new world to spawn a whole generation of Americanized names ranging from Faure, Ford, Fore, Foret, etc...
    http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2115342&id=I106320017 7/30/2 011 Wiley Fore Family
    Fought for King William of England. It is believed he fought in Canada and that he received a land grant in America. His wife and 3 sons came to Virginia. He died before they came.
    http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1083465&id=I51888974 7/ 30/2011
    King William Parish Register. "When the name is recorded by the Huguenot Colony, it is always spelled French -- "Faure". When Goochland County was formed from Henrico County in 1727, the Faures found themselves in this new county. By this time the name began to be Anglicized and recorded as "Ford."
    http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2882698&id=I44936 7/30/2011

    Daniel married Mary Ann Chastain in 1670 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France. Mary was born in 1652 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 23 July 1700 in , Powhatan, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 35.  Mary Ann Chastain was born in 1652 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 23 July 1700 in , Powhatan, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married: 1651

    Children:
    1. Daniel Faure Ford was born in 1673 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France; died in 1745 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    2. Peter Ford was born in 1675 in Auvergne, France; died in 1745 in King William Parish, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    3. Jean Pierre "Peter" Faure was born on 29 Apr 1675 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France; died on 16 Apr 1745 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    4. Elizabeth Faure was born in 1677 in King William Parish, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 2 Mar 1750 in , Chesterfield, Virginia, USA.
    5. Daniel Faure was born in 1677 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France; died on 17 Dec 1746 in , Chesterfield, Virginia, USA.
    6. 17. Rhoda Ann Faure was born in 1689 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France; died on 17 Dec 1750 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA.

  5. 40.  Antoine Francois Agee was born in 1639 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France (son of Mathieu James Agee and Julin DeSage); died in 1685 in France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France.

    Notes:

    This record would not be possible without the report by Katherine Cox Gottschalk, Genealogist, Washington, D.C. found in Huguenot #8 p. 178. The compiler is indebted to the many records in the Los Angeles City Library, Los Angeles, California; the Genealogical Library, West Los Angeles, California; the Lawson-McGee Library, Knoxville, Tennessee; Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; The County Court records of: Goochland, Cumberland, Powhattan, and Chesterfield Counties, Virginia; Roy Gentry, Recorder of Deeds, Houston, Missouri; Grand Lodge of Missouri, Ancient Free and Acceptable Masons, Grand Secretary, Elmer W. Wagner, St. Louis, Missouri; The Huguenot Society Founders of Manakin Town publications; Adjutant General’s Office, Jefferson City, Missouri; Family records of the descendents of Charles Ford.

    THE HUGUENOT FAMILY OF FAURE, FORE, FOARD, FORD Of the army of William of Orange, numbering eleven thousand, which sailed from Holland, and by whose aid he obtained the Crown of England, three regiments, each containing seven hundred and fifty effective men, were Huguenots. To these were added a squadron of horse. In gratitude to these zealous and effective supporters, and in sympathy with the great multitude of their suffering brethren driven violently from their homes and native country simply for their religion the King invited them to make their home in his new dominions in America. A large number sought a home in Virginia and settled along the Potomac, Rappahannock and James Rivers. In the year 1700, more than five hundred emigrants, at the head of whom was the Marquis de la Muce, were landed in Virginia by four successive debarkations. (Beverly’s History of Virginia p. 244.) They appear to have settled at different points; a portion about James Town, some in Northfolk County, others in Surry, and two hundred or more at a spot some twenty miles above Richmond, on the south side of James River (now in Powhatan County), where then thousand acres of land, which had been occupied by the extinct Manakin tribe of Indians were given to them. They were also exempt from the payment of taxes for seven years, and were allowed to support their minister in their own way. The records relating to the emigration to Virginia in 1700 of the Huguenot refugees, are taken from the originals now deposited at the Bodleian Library, Oxford University, England. These originals consist of a vellum bound volume of MSS. endorsed: “ORIGINAL PAPERS RELATING TO THE FRENCH PLANTATION IN THE WEST INDIES.”



    AGEE (Des Ages) MATHEW AGEE (Original French Coat of Arms) Mathieu Agee, or Age, is the progenitor of all the Agee family in America. He was born in France in 1660, and died in Virginia 1741. He was of the Des Ages of the old Bishopric of Saint Malo, in or near Nantes, France, who were of noble birth. On account of their espousal of the cause of the Huguenots, their claim to nobility was abrogated and their lands confiscated in 1688, as were the titles and lands of many Huguenots and other non-conformists. Mathieu Agee’s fathers name was Anthony Des Ages, born 1639. There is a well founded, and we believe true, tradition, which has been handed down from generation to generation, which states that Mathieu Agee left France in 1688, going to Holland where he, with some two thousand Huguenots, attached himself to William of Orange and was a part of the expedition to England, where William dethroned the then Catholic King James, and himself assumed the duties of the Crown. Mathieu Ages came to Virginia from England in 1690, and in recognition of his service, was granted extensive tracts of land by King William. Later he became one of the founders of Manakin, in the Colony of Virginia, and was long time Vestryman in King William Parish. He was a man of sterling character and winsome personality, possessing a strong business ability. His wife was Cecelia Ann Gandoven, and they had four children, two of whom, James and Anthony, had issue and thus became the ancestors of all the family. Their children were: 1. Isaac Agee, of whom there is no record of marriage. 2. James Agee, married Mary Elizabeth Ford 3. Anthony Agee, married and had twelve children. 4. A daughter who married ________ Austin. James Agee, son of Mathieu, was born 1725, near Manakin Town, Virginia; died 1821, near Maysville, Buckingham County, Virginia; married 1747, Mary Elizabeth Ford (1729/30-1821). He and his wife were married 76 years, and most of their married life was spent in their home in Buckingham County, in which preaching services were held for seventy years. James Agee was a Revolutionary soldier in the Seventh Virginia Regiment. They had 12 children. (Va. Magazine volume 3; Huguenot #5). Certification that Sally, wife of James Ford, Jr., was Sally Agee was not found, but tradition tells us she was the daugher of Isaac Agee, son of Anthony Agee, and grandson of the emigrant Mathew Agee. This tradition has been handed down in this Ford and Agee family. At a Ford reunion held in Knoxville, Tennessee, July 4, 1904 a number of Agee relatives attended at the invitation of Isiah Ford, on whose lawn the reunion was held. (Johnson & Simpson Familes by J.G. Johnson & K.B. Johnson, the descendents of Joseph Ford older brother of Elisha Ford, this manuscript is in the records room of the Lawson-McGee Library, Knoxville, Tennessee.)

    Antoine married Judith Chastain in 1659. Judith (daughter of Jean Francois Chastain and Francoise Jane Renault) was born in 1638 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; died in 1737 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 41.  Judith Chastain was born in 1638 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France (daughter of Jean Francois Chastain and Francoise Jane Renault); died in 1737 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France.
    Children:
    1. Judith Chastain Agee was born in 1665 in Lorie, Et Loire, Maine, USA; died in 1709 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France.
    2. Frances Jane Agee was born in 1667 in Lorie, Et Loire, Maine, USA; died in 1709 in , , Maine, USA.
    3. Jacob Agee was born in 1669 in Maine Et Loire, Poitou-Charentes, France; died in 1709 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    4. 20. John Mathieu Isaac Agee was born on 1 Jan 1670 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 1 Jan 1735 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    5. Marie Elizabeth Agee was born on 2 Apr 1682 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France; died in 1709 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    6. Judith Faure Agee was born in 1682 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 29 Apr 1744 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA.

  7. 44.  Jean Pierre "Peter" Faure was born on 29 Apr 1675 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France (son of Daniel Isaac Faure and Mary Ann Chastain); died on 16 Apr 1745 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    FAURE FORE FORD

    ORIGIN OF THE NAME

    The immigrant ancestor of this family was a native of Auvergne, France; who came with a party of French Huguenots who were refugees of religious persecution who fled to Virginia and were one of the founders of Manakin Town.

    The original spelling of the name was FAURE, later Anglicized to FORE and still later to FORD.

    ARMS

    Argent a heart gules, pierced by three arrows sable, two and one.

    SYMBOLISM

    ARGENT: (silver) Denotes Peace and sincerity

    GULES: (red) Military fortitude and magnanimity

    SABLE: (black) Constancy

    HEART: Denotes ardent affection. It is so very symbolical, and it is
    by no means of
    modern composition. It was confirmed as an ancient bearing, in 1768 by
    Heralds College.

    ARROWS: Signifies a man resolved to abide by the uttermost hazard of
    battle, who to
    that end has furnished himself to the full.

    This coat is of ancient origin, since it bears no crest and no motto. Mottoes did not come into use until the 16th century. Crests came into being after the Crusades, when the knights wore them in the tournaments to distinguish one from another.
    (Wade’ Symbolism)

    (Coat of Arms drawn from the original by: Lillian B. Cady, Santa Ana,
    California.)



    THE HUGUENOT FAMILY OF FAURE, FORE, FOARD, FORD

    Of the army of William of Orange, numbering eleven thousand, which sailed from Holland, and by whose aid he obtained the Crown of England, three regiments, each containing seven hundred and fifty effective men, were Huguenots. To these were added a squadron of horse. In gratitude to these zealous and effective supporters, and in sympathy with the great multitude of their suffering brethren driven violently from their homes and native country simply for their religion the King invited them to make their home in his new dominions in America. A large number sought a home in Virginia and settled along the Potomac, Rappahannock and James Rivers.

    In the year 1700, more than five hundred emigrants, at the head of whom was the Marquis de la Muce, were landed in Virginia by four successive debarkations. (Beverly’s History of Virginia p. 244.) They appear to have settled at different points; a portion about James Town, some in Northfolk County, others in Surry, and two hundred or more at a spot some twenty miles above Richmond, on the south side of James River (now in Powhatan County), where then thousand acres of land, which had been occupied by the extinct Manakin tribe of Indians were given to them. They were also exempt from the payment of taxes for seven years, and were allowed to support their minister in their own way.

    The records relating to the emigration to Virginia in 1700 of the Huguenot
    refugees, are taken from the originals now deposited at the Bodleian Library, Oxford University, England. These originals consist of a vellum bound volume of MSS. endorsed: “ORIGINAL PAPERS RELATING TO THE FRENCH PLANTATION IN THE WEST INDIES.”

    They are undoubtedly the original documents emanating from the Provincial
    Government of Virginia under Francis Nicholson, as they bear the official
    signature of Dioniisius Wright, who was Secretary to the Council. We now find the name of Faure under the following heading:

    “A List of The Refugees Who are to Receive of Ye Miller of Falling Creek Mill One Bushel A Head of Indian Meale Monthly as Settled At Or About King Williams Town, to Begin in Feb, 1700-1. ”
    “Efaure, his brother, and two sisters……….4”
    “Rolle Des Francois, Suisses, Genevois, Alemans, Et Flamans Embarquest Dans Le Navire Nomme Le Nasseau pour Aller a la Virginia. Pierre Fferre, sa femme et un enfant.” (Virginia County Records Volume 7, p. 161 by Crozier.)

    From the above we find Pierre Faure had a wife and child as well as two brothers and two sisters. The names of the two sisters cannot be ascertained. The brothers were Daniel and Jean (John).

    One might expect the name FAURE found on the lists of Manakin Town settlers to change to the English word FORE, but not to FORD. However, stranger and more surprising changes than this have happened to many surnames. This tradition cannot be totally ignored nor discredited, nor can it be wholly without investigation of authentic evidence from other sources such as church or parish books, land grants and deeds and other court records. These should be read carefully and taken together with a reasonable Consideration of the local influences. The Frenchman, or any other continental European, coming into the English colonies, where all the clerks and office holders were Englishmen, we met with the tendency of the English to Anglicize all proper names. The many ways in which names were changed often produced meaningless names of unrecognizable origin. The individuals themselves, reacted variously to the process of this change in their name. Some clung tenaciously to the original forms, others spelled the name one way but pronounced it another, while others did not resent or resist changes either orthographically or phonetically far from the original. In each individual case of change in name no matter how
    ordinary and logical or how extraordinary and unusual, it may be, it is
    necessary to provide by authentic records that the family bearing the changed name is beyond a doubt the very same one which bore the former name. It is not a question of what can or cannot happen, but a question of what did actually happen in that one particular instance.

    Reference to this change in name together with much data on the family was
    published in the Huguenot Society book for the year 1936 volume 7. Before taking up the abstracts from the court records it may be advisable to review certain items which enter this specific problem. The land set aside “as the King’s donation to the French Refugees” was “to encourage the French to remain close to Manakin Town”. It is the opinion of persons who know the old records of this settlement intimately, that only French Huguenots were accorded the right to hold this land and to enjoy the special privileges for a number of years, such as freedom from taxes for seven years. Thus it is not until 1709 on the records of Henrico Court and 1715 upon the land grants books of the Colony of Virginia that these French settlers came into court to prove their importation, claim their headrights and take out their land patents. When they do appear on these books were find both the name of FAURE and FORD for grants within the lines defined and laid aside for the French Refugees. This is no surprise if you have
    been reading the Henrico Court records from the year of 1700 down to 1715. Nor is it any shock to see that the land records slip Peter Ford into the shoes of Peter Faure or vice-versa.

    Peter FORE and Peter FORD received grants in King William parish on the tracts set aside for the French Refugees as the Manakin Town settlement. The deeds in the court house show both names. To follow the land holdings under both names on the books we must recognize the location of this land set aside for the settlement and use the French Refugees, and included at that date within King William Parish. This has been most ably presented by Mr. Morgan P. Robinson, Archivist, of the Virginia State Library, in Volume XLIII, Number 1, of the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, under “Henrico Parish of the Diocese of Virginia.” These lands were under the jurisdiction of the Court of Henrico County in 1700, when they were first designated and appropriated for this special use. But the lands actually lay in what we know as Powhatan County, Virginia, today. In 1728, this are came under the jurisdiction of the newly formed Court of Goochland, and in 1749 under the Court of Cumberland County and in 1777 became Powhatan. That is, all of the French tract excepting that part of it which now lies in Chesterfield County, Virginia. This part remained under the Court of Henrico County until 1749, when the Chesterfield Court was erected. Hence we must follow the French Settlers who lived within King William Parish,
    in what is now Powhatan County, through this succession of court records to
    trace their land holdings, and to stay with the Henrico records until 1749 for the families whose land was on the Chesterfield side of the present dividing line between that County and Powhatan County. The books of this period of Henrico County are in the Archives Division of the Virginia State Library. The land grants or patent books are in the Virginia State Land Office in the Capital. The Goochland, Cumberland, Powhatan and Chesterfield books are in their respective court houses.

    The family of Daniel Fore lived on the Chesterfield side of the parish. The name FAURE, FOURE, FORE, and FORD runs through the records on the Powhatan side of the parish with all variations in spelling.

    What became of Peter Fore (Foure) and his land grants? He dodges about on the tithing lists with Peter Ford from 1710 to 1734, neither appearing when the other is there. No inventory, or other vague or even fait sign of his death appears on the books. Peter Ford leaves a will, the original of which is in the court house at Goochland, Virginia. This will was written by some one else and Peter Ford signs with a tiny o for his mark. This is interesting when compared to the mark used by Peter Faure, a small o with a slight tail to it, in 1709.

    In all this research particular attention has been paid to the spelling of the name under observation in each record and is given exactly as found in each instance. When the name appears two ways in one record it was found to be that very way in that record. The land grants to men by the name of FOURE, FORE, and FORD of King William Parish will be followed by the deeds relating to them.

    The following Court Order of Henrico County: The court places the name of Peter Ford as one in the list of five men, any four of whom are to take an inventory of the estate of Jean Durran, deceased, in 1709. When the inventory is made and is returned to the court, Peter Fore has been one of the four men who responded to this order and as Peter Faure, with his characteristic French mark, he signs the inventory with his French neighbors.

    Henrico County, Virginia Court Order Book (1707-1709) p. 138. “Court held May 2, 1709…A paper was produced in this Court by Jean Forcey as the nuncupative will of Jean Durran, deceased, and proved by the oaths of Peter Dutoy, James D….and Francis Bening….the motion was rejected…the Court presuming that said Jane died under coverture…and that Peter Durran her late or present husband is not yet dead…but for securing her estate to whom it does belong this Court orders that Stephen Mallett, Peter Ford, John Jones, James Shampane, Stephen Chastain, and four of them to appraise the estate and report to the next Court.”

    Henrico County, Virginia Court Order Book (1707-1709) p. 154. “June 1, 1709 Jane Durands estate appraised on May 20, 1709 and returned by… Peter () Foure.”

    Henrico County, Virginia Court Order Book (1707-1709) p. 169. “The appraisal of Jane Durand’s estate ordered May 2, 1709 and made May 20, 1709 and returned to the Court held June 1, 1709…” is signed by the four men of the five named by the court fur this duty…”
    Etienne Chastain, Joanez,
    Peter () Faure
    Stephen
    X
    Mallett
    Note: This is signed, as usual, by the imitation of the original signatures.It is still customary in the courts to ask men who are nearest neighbors to make such inventories that it may not be a burden to them to perform this task. In the analysis of all of these data, please notice the neighbors of Peter Faure, Peter Fore, Peter Ford.

    This same Court Order Book of Henrico County, Virginia, records many
    importation’s of the French Refugees who now come into court with their
    declaration and petitions to claim their headrights. Among these we find Peter
    Foard.

    Henrico County, Virginia Court Order Book (1707-1709) p. 154. June 1, 1709.
    “…Upon the petition of Peter Foard…to certify that there is due to him 150 acres of land for the importation of himself and his wife Elizabeth and John Foard his son…”

    This record shows that Peter Foard brought a wife and a child with him into the Colony. The King William Parish records show that a Pierre Faure was the elder brother of the Faure children of the Widow Faure. The above record is the clerk’s record and not a copy in his book of any special document. Hence he was not following a written statement.

    Book 10 p.296 Oct. 31, 1716. George I, to Peter Foure. “107 acres, 1 rood, & 13 poles, in Henrico County on the south side of the James River; beginning at a small corner hiccory & elm standing on the river parting Stephen Chastain and Peter Foure thence on Chastain’s line w. 35 degrees s. 400 poles to corner white oak and hiccory standing near a small meadow thence e. 37 degrees n. 420 poles to a corner white oak & Hackberry standing on the river thence up the river according to the meanders 36 poles to the place begun at. It being part of the upper tract of the last 5000 acres of land surveyed for the French Refugees.”

    Book 5 p. 552 Dec. 9, 1748. Daniel Ford of King William Parish, Goochland
    County, Virginia sells to Peter Soblett; land described as …”all that
    pllantation whereon the said Daniel Ford now lives situated and lying in King William Parish, Goochland County, Virginia, between the lines of the said Peter Soblett and lands of Daniel Perro…adjoining the James River, which said lands are bequeathed to the said Daniel by the will of his father…containing 107 acres, more or less.” Witnesses: John Harris, William Harris, Mary x Heughs.
    Book 4 p. 146 Feb. 12, 1742. Goochland County, Virginia. Stephen Renno of King William Parish, same County sells to Daniel Perro of same place… “44 acres bounded at a corner white oak & Hackberry standing on the river parting Peter Ford and the said Renno’s lands thence on Foure’s line…”

    Stephen Renno’s deed to Daniel Perro accounts for the change in name on the
    boundary line shown on Daniel Ford’s deed to this land, and Stephen Renno’s
    patent confirms this land as the patent of Peter Foure of 1715. Patent Book 10
    p. 283 Stephen Renno’s patent dated March 23, 1715. “Lands in Kimg William
    Parish, on the south side of the James River adjoining Peter Foure’s land…133
    acres.”

    The will of Peter Ford, dated April 17, 1744 and proved April 16, 1745, devised
    this land referred to in Daniel’s deed, in these words “I give and bequeath to
    my son Daniel Ford and his heirs forever the plantation whear I now live in
    Mankin Ton on the River.” This carries the 107 acres from Peter Foure to Peter
    Ford and down to Daniel Ford. This land was re residence of Peter Ford in 1744
    and Daniel in 1748. (See will of Peter Ford.)

    Daniel Ford inherited land from his brother John Ford. This land was also in the
    posession of their father and devised by his will. This land is described as
    lying on Jones’ Creek and contains 125 acres. In 1755, it ajoined lands of John
    Harris, Peter Sublett and William Randolph.

    Peter Fore received a patent dated July 19, 1735 for 125 acres adjoining the
    said Peter Fore’s old bounds, James Robinson, Peter Sublett, Joseph Woodson,
    William Randolph, Anthony Rapine. These names are repeated in the boundaries of
    the deed of the Fords.

    If you will closely follow these deeds and compare them with the land patents
    and with the bequests made in the will of Peter Ford (1744) you will see that
    the name Fore and Ford was used for and by the same individual, in the family
    residing within King William Parish and by that family as they spread out. It
    would appear that certain ones kept the name of Fore later and that others
    preferred the English name of Ford. The following abstracts from the Deed Books
    confirm this statement.

    Book 1 p.66 March 17, 1728, Goochland County, Virginia. “Peter Foard of King
    William Parish, planter, to my brother John Foard of St. James Parish…land on a
    lane parting Peter Chastains’ land…” Witnesses: Joseph Bingley, Henry Blagrave,
    Jr., Benjamin Stedam. Judith, the wife of Peter Foard signs this deed.

    Book 1 p.74 1728 Court Order, Goochland County, Virginia. “Peter Ford
    acknowledged his deed to John Ford and Judith wife of Peter relinquishes her
    dower.”

    Book 1 p. 78 May 12, 1729 Goochland County, Virginia. John Ford of St. James
    Parish to Joseph Bingley… “land which was devised to the said John Foard by his
    brother Peter Foard…150 acres beginning at a red oak tree parting Peter
    Chastains lands from the said Fourds which is the upper part of the said survey
    made by Peter Fourd and given to the said John Fourd.” Anne the wife of John
    Fourd signs her dower rights in this land.
    Book 1 p.233 Feb. 15, 1930. Goochland County, Virginia. Joseph Bingley sells
    this 150 acres to James Robinson.

    Book 4 p.361 Deed dated May 17, 1744. Goochland County, Virginia. John Harris of
    Goochland County, Virginia sells to Alexander Speers of Henrico County,
    Virginia… “150 acres of land on the south side of the James River by name of
    Forks of the Road on the right hand leading up the county to Fine Creek and on
    the left hand to Peterville Church…it being the same parcel of land which was
    granted by a patent to Peter Foard and by the said Peter given to his brother
    John Foard by deed March 17, 1728 and by several conveyances came to Charles
    Taylor who by his will left it to his wife Mary who married George W…wood who
    sold the land to the said Harris.”

    Peter Foard signed his deed with the same small o that he used in signing his
    will.

    Book 1 p. 315 March 20, 1731. Goochland County, Virginia. James Ford, planter,
    King William Parish, Goochland County to James Robinson… “95 acres on the south
    side of the James River…at a corner Hickory tree parting Peter Lews Sublett and
    the said James Ford’s lands.” Ann the wife of James signs her dower rights.
    Witnesses: Tarleton Fleming, Isaac Bates,…Bondurant.

    The land grant to Peter Ford dated Jan. 13, 1725, for land on the west side of
    Jones’ Creek for 350 acres, was the land he gave to his son James Ford by his
    will as shown by the following deeds.

    Book 5 p. 175 Jan. 31, 1745. Goochland County, Virginia. “William Battersby to
    Stephen Renno…200 acres on the west side of Jones Creek, Goochland County,
    whereon the said Battersby now dwells…bounded by land of the late Col. William
    Randolph, dec’d … by the said Creek…and by the lands of James Fore.”

    Deed Book 1 p. 471 December 17, 1751. Recorded in Cumberland County, Virginia.
    “James Ford of King William Parish, Cumberland County, Virginia sells to Thomas
    Prosser of Hanover Co., Va…land lying in King William Parish, Cumberland County,
    Va. … being a part of a larger tract of land which was granted to Peter Ford and
    by his will left to his son and said James Ford, as will be seen by reference to
    records in Goochland County, Va…200 acres…beginning at a white oak in Thomas
    Turpin’s line…and on the west side of Jones Creek.” On p.474 Ann the wife of the
    said James Ford relinquished her dower in this land. Witnesses: Valentine Wood,
    Tucker Woodson, David Murry, Gideon Marr. James Ford signed with a mark.
    Recorded June Court 1752. This deed accounts for 200 acres of the 350 acre
    grant.

    The name Fore and Ford are found applied to the same person in the foregoing
    deeds in the case of James Ford which fact when compared to the tithing lists
    and the other records of James Ford (Fore) either spelling make him the same
    identical person.

    Peter Ford by his will, dated 1744, proved 1745, left to his son Peter Ford,
    “300 acres of land on Matthews Branch where he now lives.” This land was granted
    to Peter Ford by a patent dated Jan. 13, 1725. (Book 12 p.336) The whole tract
    was for 400 acres. Peter Ford had sold 100 acres of this tract on Jan. 29, 1725
    to Francis James. This 100 acres as well as the 300 acres again show in the
    deeds the name of Fore and Ford for the same person. The following abstracts
    are for this 400 acres in the division of the 100 acres and the 300 acres.

    Book (1725-1737) pt 1. Henrico County, Virginia, records p.16. Deed dated
    January 29, 1725 and acknowledged in Court on May 2, 1926, by Peter Ford of
    Henrico County, Virginia who sells to Francis James of the same county, “for
    divers good causes and 6… land lying on the south side of the James River and on
    the east side of Jones Creek known as Matthew’s Branch…100 acres of land…”
    Judith, wife of the said Peter Ford signs her dower rights on May 2, 1926.
    Witnesses: Daniel Stoner, John Payne, Anthony Rapine.

    Book 1 p.136 Oct. 21, 1729. Goochland County, Virginia. “Francis James of St.
    James Parish, Goochland County, Va. Sells to William Lansdon and Hester his
    wife…500 acres…100 acres of which was purchased by the said Francis James from
    Peter Ford and Judith his wife by a deed acknowledged in court of Henrico County
    on May 2, 1726…and 400 acres which was purchased from David Croom in 1723.”
    Witnessed: Joseph Bingley.

    The following deed was made during the time (1726-1729) when Francis James held
    this 100 acres and the remaining 300 acres was still in possession of Peter Ford
    (Fore) the patentee.

    Book 1 p.12 June 11, 1728. Goochland County, Virginia. Matthew Agee of Goochland
    Co. Va. Sells to John Smith, “…100 acres of land on the south side of the James
    River along the east side of Matthews branch…and bounding on the lines of Edward
    Maxey, Francis James and Peter Fore…”

    In Peter Ford’s patent to this land, his land is further described as adjacent
    to land of Daniel Croom. The deed of Francis James shows that he bought this
    land from Croom in a previous deed.

    Book 2 p.23 Nov. 27, 1752. Cumberland County, Virginia. Peter Fore of King
    William Parish, Cumberland County, Virginia sells to Samuel Flourney… “land on
    Matthews Branch…lying between the lines of James Smith, Peter Anthony Lookadoo,
    Daniel Fore, Esther Lansdon, John Smith and Gideon Flourney…300 acres…it being
    the land on which the said Peter Fore now liveth…” Mary the wife of the said
    Peter Fore signs her dower rights in this land, witnesses: Bennett Goode, John
    Bondurant, James Harris.

    Peter Ford was living on this land in 1744 when his father devised it to him by
    his will and Peter Fore is still living on it in 1752 when he sells it to Samuel
    Flourney.

    Book 1 p.79 May 12, 1729. Goochland County, Virginia. William Lansdon and Hester
    his wife of St. James Parish said County sell to John Joseph Bingley, Matthew
    Bingley and Henry Blagrave.

    Book 1 p.426 August 21, 1733. Goochland County, Virginia. “William Lansdon &
    Hester his wife sell to John Fore and to Stephen Fore of King William Parish,
    Goochland County, VA… land on the south side of the James River…133 acres…lying
    in King William Parish…beginning at a Walnut standing on the river parting
    Stephen Reno and Capoon’s lands thence on Reno’s line…which said land is a part
    of the last 5000 acres surveyed for the French Refugees and taken up by a patent
    to John Jones dated March 23, 1715.” Witnesses: Stephen Chastain, Marmaduk Hix,
    Thomas Turpin.

    Hester Lansdon was the daughter of John Jones and her sister Elizabeth Jones,
    was the wife of Anthony Bennan. John Jones was a neighbor of Peter Faure, Peter
    Ford.

    Book 5 p.261 May 19, 1747. Goochland County, Virginia. Stephen Ford of Parish of
    Dale, Henrico County, Virginia to William Harris of King William Parish,
    Goochland County, Va. “…a plantation in King William Parish on the south side of
    the James River and on the upper side of Wm. Harris’ land…land which was left to
    the said Ford…by will of his grandfather Renno and which now falls to said
    Stephen as Heir-at-law…133 acres…part of a tract of 178 acres.” Ann the wife of
    said Stephen signs her dower.

    In the following deed may we call your attention to the grant of Peter Foure on
    107 acres adjoining Stephen Chastain’s land which said 107 acres was devised by
    Peter Ford in his will to his son Daniel Ford and on which land Peter Ford was
    living in 1745 and Daniel was residing in 1752. (Peter Foure patent Oct. 31,
    1716).

    Benjamin Harris of Goochland County, Virginia, made a deed to Peter Sublett
    dated July 24, 1745 for 95 acres on the south side of the James River adjoining
    the river and along the lines of Peter Louis Sublett and the lines of Peter
    Ford…as by a patent to Stephen Chastain and being transferred several times
    until it came to Bennett Goode she conveyed it to the said Benjamin Harris.

    Book 2 p.197 March 6, 1755. Cumberland County, Virginia. Daniel Ford of
    Cumberland Co. Va. Makes over to John Pleasants Sr., and to John Pleasants Jr.,
    the following land to secure a debt owing by him to the said Pleasants… “land
    which was left to the said Daniel Ford by the will of his brother John Ford,
    deceased, 125 acres on Jones Creek bounded by the lands of John Harris, Peter
    Sublett and William Randolph.” Witnesses: Robert Rutledge, John Epperson, James
    Pleasants. No wife signs a dower. (See the will of Peter Ford, to his sone John,
    in 1745 and of John Ford, dated 1753, and the grant of Peter Fore for 125 acres,
    July 19, 1735.) (Patent Book 16 p.42).

    The examination of the land books, court order books and the wills recorded in
    the several counties quoted whose courts held jurisdiction over King William
    Parish, now in Powhatan County, Virginia confirms this unusual change in the
    name Fuare, or Foure, to Fore and to Foard, Ford, in the particular instance of
    the family residing in King William Parish, Virginia. We can see where as time
    went on certain descendants of Peter Foure (Ford) retained the name of Fore
    while others changed their name to Ford (Foard). The family that removed to
    Buckingham County have kept this tradition of the origin of their name as being
    the French name, Foure, handing it down in their family to the present day. The
    records of King William Parish both in the parish books and on the court records
    testify to the fact upon which they have based this tradition.

    The data given under the Faure-Fore-Ford family deals mainly with this family
    residing within the limits of King William Parish on the land “donated to the
    French settlers to encourage them to remain close to Manakin Town.” Data on
    Daniel Fore of Chesterfield County, not shown.

    Pierre Faure was allowed to draw supplies for his brothers and sisters and a
    Pierre Ferre and his wife and child came over on the Nassu in 1700/1. (Huguenot
    #7 p.192).

    Peter Ford and his wife Elizabeth and their son John declare their importation
    in 1709 along with many other of the French men of Mamakin Twon. The records
    show that the land patents of both Peter Fore and Peter Ford come down to the
    family of Peter Ford who died testate in 1745. The records of Henrico, Goochland
    and Cumberland Counties show that the descendents of Peter Fore (Peter Ford)
    were by both names in later generations.

    The study of the land grants made to Peter Fore, and to Peter Ford together with
    the deeds under both spellings of the last name and the will of Peter Ford
    (dated April 16, 1745) give us his sons and daughters and show that their
    descendents carried down the two spellings of this name. The following abstracts
    from the records of certain Virginia Court houses help to identify these
    descendents and the descendents of his brother John Fore to whom he made a deed
    for 150 acres of land in 1729. (Huguenot #7 Faure-Fore-Ford).

    Peter Ford who died testate in 1745 left the following children: John Ford, who
    died testate in 1753, no wife or children named in his will, all property left
    to his brothers and sisters. Daniel Ford who inherited the home place of his
    father, 107 acres, which he sold in 1748 to Peter Sublett; and later inherited
    from his brother John Ford the 125 acres on Jones Creek, which he mortgaged to
    John Pleasants in 1755.
    Peter Ford who inherited the 300 acres from the grant of 400 acres, which he
    sold to Samuel Flourney in 1752. Peter’s wife was named Mary in 1752.
    James Ford who inherited 200 acres from his father, he and his wife Anne sold
    this land on Jones Creek in 1751 to Thomas Prosser.
    Judith Ford who married John Leake after 1745 and
    Mary Ford who married William Fuqua after 1745.

    The children of John Ford, the elder, brother of Peter Ford, the elder, also
    carried the name as Fore and Ford.

    Albemarle County, Virginia Records: Book 1 p.371 Oct. 17, 1751. James Ford of
    King William Parish, Cumberland County, Va. to Mary Agee and her husband James
    Agee of St. Ann’s Parish, Albemarle County, Va. “for the love and affection he
    hath for his said daugher and son-in-law…200 acres in St. Ann’s Parish on
    Huberd’s Creek…” Witnesses: Daniel Ford, and John Beasley. Signed James ( )
    Fore. (Note the signature on this deed which is written in the name of James
    Ford. He signs it James Fore.)

    Book 3 p. 14 dated 1761 Matthew Agee to his son James Agee land on Hubbard’s
    Creek adj. James Ford, Witnesses: Shelton Raile, Chas. Garrett and James ( )
    Ford.

    Book 3 p.15 James Ford of Tilletson Parish, Albermarle County, Virginia. “… for
    divers good causes and valuable consideration to Anne Chastain…100 acres in
    Albemarle County, VA…on Slate River…Feb. 28, 1761. Witnessed: Chas. May.

    The foregoing deed is indexed as a deed of gift, signed by James ( ) Ford. James
    Ford had sold his home place in King William Parish, Cumberland (now Powhatan)
    County in 1751 to Thomas Prosser and by his deed to his daughter Mary Agee was
    “of King William Parish, Cumberland County, in 1751.” He removed before 1761 to
    Albemarle County, Virginia. Tilletson Parish of Albemarle County became
    Buckingham County when that County was formed in 1761. So we see that James Fore
    removed to AlbemarleCounty, Virginia from King William Parish, Cumberland
    County, Virginia when he sold his home place which he had inherited from his
    father Peter Fore (Ford).

    Book 2 p.8 March 8, 1768. John Bondurant Sr., of King William Parish, Cumberland
    County, Virginia makes a deed of gift to his son John for land on Slate River
    granted to said John Sr., in 1746...200 acres. Witnesses: James Ford and Ann
    Ford.
    Book 2 p.175 April 11, 1759. Peter Bondurant of Cumberland County, Virginia to
    Anthony Agee of Albemarle County, 200 acres on Greens Creek. Witnesses: Stephen
    Ford, Chas. May and Martin Benien. (Huguenot #8 K.C. Gottschalk; Valentine
    Papers volume 1,2,3,4; Virginia County Records by Crozier; Virginia Genealogies
    & Records by Burns; Huguenot Emigration to Virginia by Brock).

    WIDOW FAURE
    On the Mary Ann, which arrived at James City, Virginia July 31, 1700 after a
    passage of about 13 weeks was Widow Faure and four infants, two sons and two
    daughters. (Any child under 21 years was considered an infant.) This Widow Faure
    whose husband died before they left London or during the long voyage over is
    supposed to be the mother of Pierre Faure. The two sons were Daniel and Jean.
    The daughters names are not known. (Va. County Records by Crozier).

    Pierre Faure was the son of “Widow Faure.” It is to be presumed that the
    husband died either before the start from England or during the voyage. (see
    page 11) Pierre Faure was the son of Daniel Isaac Faure and Mary Chastain (Widow
    Faure). (From Huguenot #7; letter of Miss Josephine Dupuy who has record of Ford
    family Bible, member of Huguenot Society Founders of Manakin Town.)

    DANIEL FAURE, BROTHER OF PIERRE FAURE, SR.
    “From the land grants at Richmond we find that a grant of 296 acres was given
    Daniel Faure the 3d day of March, 1715, the said land lying chiefly in Henrico
    County.” (Book 10 p.285).

    In the Vestry Book of King William Parish, Manakin Town, under date of a Vestry
    assembled 25 August 1718 the ‘Sieur Daniel Faure is elected a vestryman.’ As
    Pierre Faure was not granted land until 1716, and then only 107 acres, it is
    almost impossible that his son Daniel should have had a large grant of 296 acres
    given him a year ahead of his father, and he was too young to have been a
    Vestryman in 1718.

    The name of Daniel Faure is found on the list of Tithables in King William
    Parish from the year 1717-1736. During the later years it is more than likely
    that Daniel, the son of Peter, is meant. While no will of Daniel Faure can be
    found, it is extremely probable that he was a brother of Pierre, Snr., and
    Daniel, the son of Pierre, was named after his uncle.

    JEAN FAURE, BROTHER OF PIERRE FAURE, SR.
    We have ample evidence to show that Jean (John) Faure was also a brother of
    Pierre Faure, Snr. In the Vestry Book of King William Parish, Jean and Pierre
    Faure are on the list of Tithables for the year 1713, and in1717 Daniel Faure is
    included.

    There is no grant of land recorded in the Land Office to John Faure until the
    year 1742 when in conjunction with Thomas Vann he was granted 178 acres in
    Henrico County. (Book 20 p.339) In the County Records for Goochland, we drive
    the information that Pierre and Jean were brothers: “Conveyance from Peter Ford,
    Snr., King William Parish, Goochland County, planter, 7 March 1728 to my dear
    and well beloved brother John Ford of the Parish of St. James, County afsd., 150
    acres of land in sd Parish of St. James.”

    From the Parish Register of Manakin Town we find the following entries:
    1 March 1721/2 Jean Faure godfather to Elizabeth Morriset. (p.17) 12 Dec. 1728,
    was born a boy to Jean Faure. (p.22). There is no further entries in the Parish
    Registers under the name of John Faure. It is evident that after selling the
    land, the gift of his brother, that John moved to Henrico County, where he died
    about the year 1748.

    WILL OF JOHN FORE
    In the name of God, Amen.
    I, John Fore, of King William Parish, County of Henrico, being very sick, do
    make this my last will and testament, etc: I give to my loving wife Mary the use
    of the Plantation I now live on during her widowhood, and the use of all my
    slaves and personal estate until my children come of lawful age.
    Item: I give to my daughter Elizabeth forty pounds, to be raised out of my
    estate, and a bed and a cow and a calf.
    Item: I give to my daughter Mary a negro girl named Sarah, and a bed and a cow
    and calf.
    Item: I give to my son John all my lands that I am Possessed of and the land I
    greeed with Captain John Nash for, I give to him and his heirs.
    I appoint my wife Mary my who extx. And Robert Goode, my truly friend, to be
    guardian to my children.
    In witness this 16 day of November, 1747.

    JOHN (X) FORE

    His Mark
    Witnesses:
    William Scott
    John Morriset
    Walter Scott

    Probated by Mary Fore, the widow, the 1st Monday in July 1748.

    It will be seen that from the existing records, John Faure, the brother of
    Peter, married a Mary ________, by whom he had issue:
    1. John, probably born 12 December 1728
    2. Elizabeth
    3. Mary

    There is nothing further concerning the children of John Faure in the records of
    Henrico County, and it is likely that they removed with other members of the
    family to Buckingham County, Virginia. (Virginia County Records by Crozier,
    volume 7).

    PIERRE FAURE, SR.
    Peter Faure, son of Daniel Isaac Faure and Mary Chastain, grandson of Isaac and
    Mary Ann Thiboult. Peter was born about 1675 in France, married Elizabeth Agar
    (Agee) born about 1677 in France. One of the founders of Manakin Town. Children
    of Peter Ford and Elizabeth Agee: Peter Ford, James Ford, Judith Ford, Mary
    Ford. (This record sent to this compiler by Miss Josephine Dupuy, member of
    Huguenot Society Founders of Manakin Town; from Ford Family Bible; Ayers Family
    Bible; Huguenot records.)
    PIERRE FAURE, SR.
    Pierre Faure, Sr., his wife Elizabeth, and a son, Jean sailed on yet first ship,
    la Nasseau and landed at James Town March 5, 1701. Pierre Faure and family
    settled in the Manakin Town. His coat of arms show that he was from the Faure
    family of Auvergne, France.

    In the Vestry Book of King William Parish 1710-1738, translated from the French,
    we find Pierre paying tithes only on himself until 1713 when he paid on his
    oldest son, John, who was born in 1697.
    In 1717 he pays tithe on Daniel, born 1701.
    In 1723 he pays tithe on Peter, born 1706.
    In 1724 he pays tithe on James, born 1708.
    Pierre Faure and wife Elizabeth had two daughters:
    Mary, who married William Fuqua.
    Judith, who married John Leake.

    The Virginia Law, … The Assembly expressly exempted all women from payment of
    tithes, except slaves or servants over 16 years of age who were capable of doing
    work in the field. All men of whatever rank or station over 16 years of age were
    regarded as tithable, only the Clergy and members of the Council being exempt.
    The tithe was 10 shillings and one half pence.

    Pierre Faure, Sr., was a member of the Vestry of the French Refugee Church from
    1731 to 1744, when he asked his discharge which was granted.

    Sept. 30, 1732 The Vestry assembled, present were Estine Chastin, Gile Allaigr,
    Pierre Faure, Pierre Loouys Soblet, Guileaume Salle, and Jean Jaque Dupin.

    The Surr’s Pierre Faure and Andre Amonet took the oath of Church Wardens in the
    presence of the Vestry named above. (Virginia Magazine of History & Biography
    volume 11,12,13).

    The sight of this first church is in Manakin Town, Powhatan County, Virginia
    south of the James River. The fourth church now stands near the sight of this
    first church.

    Peter Fuare was naturalized May 12, 1705 (Legislative Journals Volume 1
    p.421-8).

    A List of King William Parish June 1744: Peter Ford, David Ford, Jogg, John
    Ford, Peter Ford, Jr., and Giles Ford. (Huguenot Emigration to Virginia by
    Brock).




    WILL OF PETER FORD OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1745
    In the name of God Amen, I Peter Ford of the Parish of King William in the
    County of Gochland being sick and weak but of perfect mind and memory and
    calling to mind and duly considering the uncertainty of human life do make my
    last Will and Testament.
    First and Principally I commit my Soul into the hands of my Blessed Maker,
    trusing in his mercies and in the Merits of my Redemmer for the Remission of all
    my Sins my body I commit to the Earth to be decently intered at the Discrtion of
    my Executors herein after mentioned as to Temporal Estate I bequeath and Dispose
    of it in the following manner.
    First Item: I give and bequeath to my Son James Ford the Plantation where he now
    lives to him and his heirs and assigns forever.
    Item: I give and bequeath to my Son Peter Ford to him and his heirs forever
    three hundred acres of Land on Matthews Branch where he now lives.
    Item: I give and bequeath to my Son John Ford to him and his heirs forever one
    hundred and twenty-five acres of land where he now lives on Jones’ Creek. Like
    wise one negro Wench, Jugg to him and his heirs forever.
    Item: I give and bequeath unto my Son Daniel Ford to him and his heirs forever
    the Plantation where I now live being in the Manakin Ton (town) on the River. I
    give to my son Daniel one Negro Boy, Tom to him and his heirs forever. I give to
    my son Daniel one fether bed and furniture, two cows and calfe one sow and
    Piggs.
    Item: I give and bequeath to my two daughters Judith and Mary Ford to them and
    their heirs forever all the Remainder of my movable estate to be equally Divided
    between them both. If either of my Daughters should Die under the age of
    Twenty-one years or not marry, the Survivor shall heir her part of the Estate.
    I do Apoint my Son John Ford and Daniel Ford to be Executors of this my last
    Will and Testament.
    Dated twenty nine day of April seventeen hundred and Forth-four.

    Peter o Ford

    His mark
    Signed in the presence of us
    Samuel Weave (Weaver)
    Demetrius Young
    John Harris
    At the Court of Goochland County, April 16, 1745
    This writing was proved by the Oaths of Witnesses hereto to be the last Will and
    Testament of Peter Ford Deceased and it was thereupon admitted to Record.
    A copy from the records
    Teste: P.G. Miller

    Clerk of the Circuit Court Goochland Co.



    WILL OF JOHN FORD, SON OF PETER FORD, SR.
    In the name of God amen. I John Ford of Cumberland County, and Parish of King
    William, being of perfect mind, memory pleased to God do make this my last Will
    and Testament in manner and form following:
    First, I commit my sould to the hands of Almighty God, hoping through the merits
    of Jesus Christ to receive pardon of all my sins and my body to be decently
    interred at the discression of my executors here after named, Vis:
    I first of all give divise and bequeath to my beloved brother Daniel Ford my
    negro man named Tom and all the land I now hold, one piece giving the mill line
    on Jones’ Creek one hundred and twenty-five acres and my horse and mare, the
    horse is light gray and the mare is bright bay, to him and his heirs forever.
    Item: I give to my sister Mary Fuqua my negro woman named Jug to her and to her
    heirs forever and I leave my negro Ned to William Fuqua for twenty pounds I owe
    him.
    Item: I give to my sister Judith Leake my negro girl Jane to her and her heirs
    forever.
    Item: I give to Peter Bondurant my household goods and wearing clothes and bed
    and two cows and calves or big with calf, to him and to his heirs forever, and
    my other Cattle and Hogs to be sold to pay my debts.
    Item: I appoint John Leake and William Fuqua Executors of this my last will and
    Testament and do orther and direct if my brother revoke all wills heretofore by
    me made.
    In witness where of I have herunto set my hand and seal this 3rd day of
    September 1753.
    Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of

    JOHN A FORD

    His mark
    Isaac Sallee
    James Smith
    Allen Criddle

    Probated in Cumberland County, Virginia the 24th day of September 1753.

    In the will of John Ford, born 1697, we find that he left no heirs, and at this
    time (1753) his brother Daniel, born 1701, had no heirs; neither had their been
    found Court Records naming a wife of Daniel Ford. The will also shows that his
    sister Mary Faure married William Fuqua and that his sister Judith Faure married
    John Leake.


    KING WILLIAM PARISH RECORDS
    31 May 1729 was born Joseph Faure, son of Pierre Faure and Judith Faure his
    wife, and baptized by Mr. Mason July 16th. Godfather Joseph Bingli, Godmother
    Judith Bingli.
    2 September 1730 was born Marie Faure, daughter of Jaque Faure and Anne his
    wife.
    6 September 1732 was born Judith Faure, daughter of Jaque Faure and Anne his
    wife.
    11 January 1733 (34) was born Pierre Faure, son of Jaque Faure and Anne his
    wife.
    20 August 1736 was born Magdalene Faure, daughter of Jaque Faure and Anne his
    wife.
    24 February 1738 was born Anne Faure, daughter of Jaque Faure and Anne his wife.
    27 August 1739 was born Rachel Faure, daughter of Jaque Faure and Anne his wife.
    4 March 1742/3 was born Jaque Faure, son of Jaque Faure and Anne his wife.
    14 February 1745 was born Ruth Faure, daughter of Jaque Faure and Anne his wife.
    3 September 1743 was born Judith Faure, daughter of Pierre Faure and Marie his
    wife.
    31 May 1744 was born Joseph Faure, son of Pierre Faure and Marie his wife.
    25 September 1745 was born Pierre Faure, son of Pierre Faure and Marie his wife.
    22 June 1747 was born Archelaus Faure, son of Pierre Faure.
    2 May 1749 was born William Faure, son of Pierre Faure
    June 1749 was born Boos Ford, son of Jaque Ford.
    13 May 1749 a slave born of ownership Jean Ford.

    (Huguenot Emigration to Virginia by Brock; Huguenot #7 p.196)

    Note: Pierre, Joseph, Archelaus and William were sons of Pierre Faure, Jr., and
    Marie. All went to Kentucky except Archelaus. Joseph and William had families born in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Three other sons not on the Register of King William Parish were:
    Hezekiah
    Jesse
    Silas

    In the old tax record of Buckingham County, Virginia how in the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia, in District #2, is found the names of Joseph Ford, William Ford. These are carried on the tax book as of Prince Edward County, Va., thereafter spelled Fore.

    In 1814 is found the name of Stephen Fore, in District #2, and Peter Fore lives at Stephen Fore’s Residence. These were the sons of Pierre Faure the second, and this proves that the sons of Pierre Faure, the emigrant, come down through his two sons, Peter, born in Henrico County, Virginia in 1706 and James (Jaque) born in Henrico County, Virginia 1708.

    JAQUE FAURE, SR. (JAMES)
    Jaque Faure, Sr. born 1708 died 1810, (102 years at death) son of Pierre Faure and his wife Elizabeth, Emigrant who arrived in Virginia on la Nasseau in the York River, March 5, 1701, settled in King William Parish, Manakin Town.

    Jaque Faure, Sr., married about 1728 Anne Bondurant born about 1710, died after ________. She was the daugher of Jean Pierre Bondurant and wife Anne, also French Huguenots. Jean Pierre Bondurant arrived in Virginia on the “Peter and Anthony”, ye 20th of Sept’r 1700.” Jean Pierre Bondurant married Anne after he arrived in America as the ships list does not show that he had a wife at that time. He was a prominent planter and large land owner of Henrico County. He was a member of the Vestry of King William Parish in 1731-32 and elected again November 23, 1734.

    WILL OF JOHN PETER BONDURANT (Goochland County, Virginia Wills.)
    In the name of God amen, I, John Peter Bondurant being sick and weak but of good sound disposing mind and memory. All praise be given to God for it, and now minding to settle my wordly estate which it has pleased God to bestow upon me before I depart this life, I do make and appoint this my last will and testament in manner and form following:
    First I give my soul to God that gave it and my body to the earth from which it was taken to be decently buried according to the discretion of my executors hereafter mentioned.
    Item, I give and bequeath unto my son John Bondurant one hundred and forty-five acres of land which he now dwelleth on and one horse and one hog and blanket and rug and sheet and hide and bed cord and one frou pot and dish and basin and three plates and one cow and calf that is now possessed of him to his heirs forever.
    Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Peter Bondurant one hundred and fifty
    acres of land on Age Creek and up along through Creek Goos, and a horse named Smoker and one cow and calf and two sows and four shotes and one pewter dish and one basin and one porringer and six pewter spoons and one frou pot and one rug and blanket and one sheet and brown lining to make him a bed, to him and his heirs lawfully begotten forever, but if one or all of my two sons died without issue then the survivor and his heirs lawfully begotten forever.
    Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Bondurant one hundred and fifty acres of land with the purtenances belonging thereto where he now dwelleth and one cow and calf in the possession of James Ford and two sows and four shotes and one ram sheep and one mair with the hors colts that she has and the mair fols to return to me and two dishes, one large and one small, one basin and four shoes, to him and his heirs forever.
    Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Ford one heffer eighteen months old and one sow and pigs to her and her heirs forever.
    Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Frances Salle one heffer at the age of eighteen months and one sow and pigs, to her and her heirs forever.
    Item, I give unto my son Peter Bondurant all my wearing clothes and it is my desire that my wife shall keep them and let him have them as she thinks fit and my carpenter tools and shoemakers tools and croscut saw and wagons I lend for the use of my wife and two sons and their heirs be no hindrance or molestation of any person or persons whatsoever.
    Item, I give to my loving wife Ann Bondurant after my just debts and funeral charges and legacies are paid, all the remainder of my estate real and personal in this place or also wherever to her and her heirs forever, and I do allow my loving wife Ann Bondurant whole and sole Executor of this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills by me made heretofore. As witness my hand and fixt my seal this 25th day of September, 1734.

    J.P. Bondurant (Seal)
    Test:John Cook
    James X (his mark) Ford
    John Bondurant
    It is my desire that my son Peter Bondurant heirs his share of land on the S. & E. and of Age Branch and my son John Bondurant and my son Joseph Bondurant to have their share on the S. & W. of by branch to be equally divided between them according as the lines go and to have the liberty of cutting any pine trees upon my son Peter Bondurant’s land for their house.
    At a Court held for Goochland County January 25, 1735, this will was proved by the oaths of John Cook and James Ford two of the witnesses herto and was
    admitted to record.
    H. Wood
    County Court Clerk…

    CHILDREN OF JAQUE FAURE, SR., AND WIFE ANNE BONDURANT
    1. Marie (Mary) born September 2, 1730 married James Agee.
    2. Judith born September 6, 1732, married Edward Maxey.
    3. Pierre born January 11, 1734
    4. Magdalene born August 20, 1736.
    5. Anne born February 24, 1738 married __________Chastain.
    6. Rachel born August 27, 1739.
    7. Jaque born February 14, 1745.
    8. Boaz born June 2, 1749.
    (King William Parish Resigter)

    When the name is recorded by a member of the Huguenot Colony it is always
    spelled in the French Faure.

    When Goochland County was formed from Henrico County in 1727 the Faures’ found themselves in this new County. By this time the name began to be anglicized and recorded as Ford. When this part of Goochland County was cut off to form Cumberland County, Virginia in 1748, the Fords’ were then in Cumberland County.

    James Ford, Sr. had sold his home place in King William Parish, Cumberland (now Powhatan) County in 1751 to Thomas Prosser and by his deed to his daughter Mary Agee was “of King William Parish, Cumberland County in 1751. Between December 17, 1751 and February 28, 1761 James Faure, Ford moves up the James River to his grant of 1600 acres in Albemmarle County, Virginia, Tilletson Parish. Then Tilletson Parish, Albemarle County, Virginia was cut off to form Buckingham County, Virginia in 1761, James Ford and his family were living in this new county without having changed their residence; where they lived until some of them began to move westward.

    James Ford and his family settled on his grant of 1600 acres while his children acquired other land besides this. The Buckingham County Court Hose was burned soon after the Civil War about 1869 and all records in it at that time were destroyed. A Surveyor “plat Book” has been found since of which there is a photostat copy in the present Court House. In this is found the record of some surveys made for different members of the Ford family; one of the surveys of 72 acres of land the grant for which had been made for James Ford, Jr. His son James Ford at this time (1814) designated as James Jr. fell heir to it either by a deed or gift or sale.

    Old tax books of Buckingham County, Virginia are now in the Virginia State
    Library, Richmond, Virginia. These run for over a period of several years “The Land Roll” Book beginning with 1782. Another Book designated as “Personal Tax Book”; there are three lists, 1782 to 1789; 1790 to 1797; 1798 to 1805. These books are divided into two districts; District #1 and District #2. In District #1 we find the family of James Ford, Sr., along with his three sons, Peter, Boaz, and James, Jr.

    On the first tax list 1782 “Land Roll” of Buckingham County, Virginia now in the Virginia State Library we find: James Ford, Sr. (now 74 years old) paying taxes on 100 acres of land’ Peter Ford on 505 acres; Boaz Ford on 400 acres; James Ford, Jr. on 400 acres. These amounts vary from time to time except James Ford, Jr. who pays on 400 acres until the time of his death in 1787.

    After 1793 James Ford, Sr., appears on the tax list as exempt. This was perhaps on account of his extreme old age and afflication.

    FRENCH AND INDIAN WARD 1754
    In the Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1770-1772 p.31, we find the following: Tuesday the 29th of May to Goerge III 1770, A petition of James Ford was presented to the house and read; “setting forth, that the petitioner being in the service of the Colony, at the Battle of the Meadows in the year 1754, received a wound in his right eye, by a musket ball which deprived him of the sight thereof and that he is growing old, and become weak and therefore praying the House to take his condition into consideration and grant relief.

    Ordered, that the said petition be referred to the consideration of the
    Committee of Public Claims; and that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon to the House.”

    Page 49, Wed. the 6th of June to George III 1770. Resolved, that it is of the opinion of this Committee, that the Petition of James Ford, late soldier in the service of the Colony, under the command of Col. Washington, is reasonable; and that he ought to be allowed the sum of five pounds for his present relief; and the future sum of five pounds per annum during his life in consideration of the wound he received at the Battle of the Meadows and his being thereby rendered incapable of getting as necessary substance.

    REVOLUTIONARY PUBLIC SERVICE CLAIMS
    This is to certify that the following is a true copy of a Certificate issued to James Ford, Sen’r. for supplies furnished for the use of the Army during the Revolutionary War, which said Certificate is now deposited in the manuscript division of the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia, and designated “Buckingham County Public Service Claims.”

    Buckingham County
    22 lb Bacon @ 9d is 0.16.6
    “Received of James Ford, Sen’r. Twenty Pounds Bacon at Nine Pence per lb. Specie in Sixteen Shillings & Six Pence. Given under my hand this 21st May 1781.”
    0.16.6

    Thomas Anderson, D.C.P.

    This is to certify that the following is a true copy of a Certificate issued to James Ford for supplies furnished for the use of the Army during the Revolutionary War, which said certificate is now deposited in the manuscript division of the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia, and designated; “Buckingham County Public Service Claims.”

    “At a Court held for Buckingham County the 9th day of December. 1782. “Pursuant to an Act of Assembly intitled ‘An Act of adjusting Claims for property impressed or taken for Public Service’ The Court proceeded to receive and adjust the Claims of different Claimants produced to them in Specie as hereafter mentioned.”
    Page 30.
    To James Ford… To 360 lbs Grass Beef @ 2d Dr. 3.0.0.”
    (This claim is for James Ford, Jr. sometimes he is called Jr., other times just James Ford.)

    This is to certify that the following is a true copy of an entry in a booklet deposited in the manuscript division of the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia, designed “Buckingham County Public Service Claims.” Being an account of the disbursements ordered by the County Court of Buckingham County in settlement for supplies furnished for the use of the Army during the Revolutionary War.

    “At a Court held for Buckingham County the 9th day of Dec. 1782. (Pursuant to an Act of Assembly entitled ‘An Act for Adjusting Claims for Property impressed or taken for Public Service’ The Court preceeded to receive and adjust the claims of the different claimants produced to them in Specie as hereafter mentioned.)”
    “To Peter Ford… To 410 lbs Grass Beef @ 2d Dr. 3.8.4.”
    Richmond, Virginia, A true copy. F.W. Sydnor, Record Searcher.

    James Ford, Sr., married Anne Bondurant and they were the parents of James, Jr. and Peter Ford. The foregoing claims are accepted as Revolutionary Service by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

    PETER FORD SON OF JAMES FORD AND ANNE BONDURANT
    Peter Ford born January 11, 1733 married four times and had children by three
    wives as follows:
    First, Peter Ford married Judith Maxey, daughter of John Maxey.
    Issue:
    1. Rebecca Ford
    2. Ruth Ford
    3. Anne Judith
    4. Daniel Ford
    5. Joel Ford
    6. Jacob Ford
    7. John Ford
    8. Obediah (Obey) Ford

    By Peter Ford’s second marriage he had no off-spring. Name of wife unknown.

    Peter Ford’s third wife was Widow Brooks, issue:
    9. Laban Ford
    10. Sally Ford
    11. Polly Ford

    Fourth he married the Widow Sloan and only one child was born to this union:
    12. Peter, Jr. born in Kentucky.

    MARY ELIZABETH FORD DAUGHTER OF JAMES FORD AND ANNE BONDURANT
    Mary Ford born September 2, 1730, married James Agee, son of Mathew Agee. Both died 1821, married 76 years.

    BOAZ FORD, SR. SON OF JAMES FORD AND ANNE BONDURANT
    Boaz Ford born June 2, 1749 married and reared two sons, Ambrose and Boaz Ford, Jr. The number of daughters are not known except Maria. Boaz Ford’s residence was where the Buckingham Baptist Church stands on Jashways Creek 10 miles east of the Court House. Boaz Ford, Sr., died in 1810. His son Ambrose died about 1814 when he was living in Nathan Ayrs Home on Hatcher Creek 10 miles east of the Buckingham County Court House.

    Boaz Ford was born February 14, 1748/49 in Manakin Town, Virginia. He married Hannah.
    Children of Boaz Faure and Hannah are:
    1. Ambrose Faure, born 1778 in Buckingham, Virginia.
    2. Boaz Faure, born abt. 1783 in Buckingham, Virginia.
    3. Marie Faure, born abt. 1787 in Buckingham, Virginia; died bef. 1846.
    4. Samuel Faure, born October 30, 1790 in Buckingham, Virginia; died April 2, 1846.
    5. Magdlen Faure, born abt. 1793 in Buckingham, Virginia; died abt. 1864.

    Boaz Ford, Jr. son of Boaz Ford, continued to live on his plantation. Boaz Ford, Jr. was a man of great wealth and influence in Buckingham County, Virginia. (Tax List; Huguenot #7)

    JAMES FORD, JR., SON OF JAMES FORD AND ANNE BONDURANT
    James Ford, Jr. born March 14, 1743 in King William Parish Goochland County,
    Virginia. Died 1787 in Buckingham County, Virginia, sone of Jaque Faure and Anne Bondurant, daughter of Jean Pierre Bondurant and wife Anne. James Ford married about 1766 Sally Agee (tradition tells us the name was Agee).

    In 1782 we find James Ford, Jr. paying only one tithe (himself), while on May 26, 1787 the year of James, Jr’s death we find his wife Sally paying tithes on two, Joseph born in 1768 and James born in 1770. Sally pays in 1789 on Isaac born in 1773 and in 1976 on Elisha born in 1777. (Buckingham County, Tax List.)On the “Land Roll” of Buckingham County, Virginia for 1782, James Ford, Jr. pays taxes on 400 acres of land. This he continues to do until his death in 1787, after that his name is carried on the tax list with 72 acres designated as a new grant, this was re-surveyed for his son James on 4/14/1814, who fell heir to it either by gift or purchase.

    After the death of James Ford, Jr. in 1787, Sally Ford pays taxes on 100 acres of land until 1897 when she drops out of the tax list.

    CHILDREN OF JAMES FORD, JR. AND WIFE SALLY AGEE
    1. Joseph, born 1768 married Mary Maxey 1788.
    2. James, born 1770.
    3. Isaac, born 1773.
    4. Elisha, born 1777 married Elizabeth Duncan 1796.

    AGEE (Des Ages) MATHEW AGEE

    Mathieu Agee, or Age, is the progenitor of all the Agee family in America. He was born in France in 1660, and died in Virginia 1741. He was of the Des Ages of the old Bishopric of Saint Malo, in or near Nantes, France, who were of noble birth. On account of their espousal of the cause of the Huguenots, their claim to nobility was abrogated and their lands confiscated in 1688, as were the titles and lands of many Huguenots and other non-conformists. Mathieu Agee’s fathers name was Anthony Des Ages, born 1639.

    There is a well founded, and we believe true, tradition, which has been handed down from generation to generation, which states that Mathieu Agee left France in 1688, going to Holland where he, with some two thousand Huguenots, attached himself to William of Orange and was a part of the expedition to England, where William dethroned the then Catholic K

    Jean + Marie Elizabeth Agee. Marie (daughter of Antoine Francois Agee and Judith Chastain) was born on 2 Apr 1682 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France; died in 1709 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 45.  Marie Elizabeth Agee was born on 2 Apr 1682 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France (daughter of Antoine Francois Agee and Judith Chastain); died in 1709 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. John (Jean) Faure was born on 30 Aug 1696 in Chalon-sur-saône (St Vincent), Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; died on 24 Sep 1753 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    2. Elizabeth Faure was born in 1700 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Feb 1780 in , Charlotte, Virginia, USA.
    3. Daniel Faure "Ford" was born in 1701 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in Sep 1753 in Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.
    4. Peter Pierre Faure was born on 14 Mar 1707 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Jun 1780 in Martin's station, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    5. 22. Capt Jacques (James) Faure (ford) was born on 7 May 1708 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 26 May 1787 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    6. Judith Fauré was born on 24 Mar 1725 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1780 in Rocky Springs, Goochland, Virginia, USA.

  9. 16.  Jean Pierre Bondurant was born on 18 Jul 1677 in Génolhac, Gard, Occitanie, France (son of Jean Pierre Bondurant and Gabrielle Debarjon); died on 4 Sep 1734 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    Jean Pierre Bondurant was born on 18 July 1677 in Génolhac, Gard, France. He married Ann Tanner, daughter of Edward Tanner [Sr.] and Mary Hatcher, circa 1708 in Manakin Town, Virginia. Jean died before 25 January 1734/35 in Manakin Town, Virginia. Jean was also known as John Peter. He was first baptised a Huguenot, then at the age of seven rebaptised Catholic in order to preserve his right to inherit family property. With the Revocation both of his parents, and his grandfather and step-grandmother renounced their Huguenot faith and were "newly converted" Catholics.

    Jean Pierre was orphaned in 1695 and left in the guardianship of his cousin, Andre Bondurant, who was an apothecary and also the mayor of Génolhac. In September 1697, with Andre's consent, Jean Pierre's property, the mills at l'Aribal and Calquières inherited from his parents, were sold. Jean Pierre left France and arrived in Aarau, Switzerland in February 1697/98 where he joined his maternal uncle, Guillaume Barjon, Pastor of the Huguenot refugee Church there. On October 3, 1697, Jean Pierre recanted the Catholic faith and became a Huguenot again.

    The following is recorded in the congregational record:
    The 3rd of October 1697, Seigneur Jean Pierre Bondurant, apothecary, presented himself in front of us, claiming that he was extremely affected by the fault he committed in his youth, which was to attend the worship of the Roman [Catholic] Church; showing his repentance by asking God to forgive this sin and after he claimed that he would live and die in our Holy Religion, he was admitted into the peace of the Church and to participate in the Holy Sacraments.
    He signed this present deed along with us: Henry Malbois and Pierre Brochet, both hat makers who took refuge in the town of Aarau, and undersigned by myself:
    [signed by]
    Barjon
    refugee Pastor
    JP Bondurant
    Henry Malbois
    Brochet4

    Because Jean Pierre had left France with money from the sale of his mills, he did not appear on the Swiss charity records as did the Barjons and most refugee Huguenots. Being financially independent also shielded him from scrutiny and perhaps enabled him to buy his first land when he later went to Virginia. He was listed as a "fugitive from the Kingdom because of religion" in 1712. This late date is not significant, as such listings were normallly late; and his father's cousin was Consul General in charge of the listings.

    In 1699, in the company of Pastor Barjon and other refugees, he went to Karlshafen, Germany. There is no record of his travel from Karlshafen to England, but he was among Huguenot refugees arriving at the mouth of the James River in Virginia on 20 September 1700 aboard the ship Ye Peter and Anthony which had sailed from England. This was the "second transport" of Huguenots from London. The immigrants were taken up the James River in smaller boats as far as the shoals (present day Richmond). They went overland to Manakin Town, where they joined the "first transport" settlers who had occupied a deserted Monacan Indian village near Fine Creek the previous year. Jean stayed with the colony until 1701 and then, as a single man, went elsewhere looking for more opportunity. He practiced medicine in Henrico County (part of which later became Goochland County) for many years.

    Jean Pierre's grandfather was a Doctor of Law and was apparently successful. His father, Jean Pierre Bondurant, Sieur de Cougoussat, Advocate, did not seem to be as successful as he was in debt when he died. At one time, Jean Pierre, the immigrant, was forced to accept public assistance from the Church of Rome. He was apprenticed to his father's cousin, Andre, a Master Apothecary, where he learned enough medicine to be accounted a Doctor in the Colonies in Virginia.

    In 1704, the Huguenot men petitioned to become citizens of the colony and by an act passed in 1705, they, including Jean Pierre, were granted citizenship by the Governor and House of Burgesses.

    Jean Pierre obtained 200 acres of land on Old Town Creek, near present Matoaca, across the Appomattox River from Petersburg. He sold that on 29 Dec 1708 to John Wilson Sr., acknowledged in court 1 June 1709. In 1711 he registered a cattle mark with the Virginia governor. On March 24 he purchased, from the King of England, 400 acres on the south side of the James River located on Jones Creek and Matthews Branch in Henrico County, later part of Goochland County. In 1729, sons Peter and John were listed as tithables on this land, but the father does not appear on the tithables lists until 1730. This seems to indicate that the parents were living elsewhere and the sons had come ahead to prepare the new land. This land was divided among his sons in his will in 1734. Jean Peire was elected to the Vestry of King William Parish Church, but died before he could take office.

    It is not known if he was married more than once and, if so, which children belong to each wife. A wife Ann, the mother of his son Peter, is mentioned in his will. Many researchers had thought that his wife was Ann Faure but this appears incorrect. She may have been Ann Tanner. The will of Mrs. Mary Tanner, Albermarle Co., Virginia, in the 1760s, left $1 to her daughter Ann Bondurant. Whether this is the widow of Jean Pierre has not been proven. Also, the marriage date cannot be confirmed. The date shown is given by some researchers but it has never been proven.

    In 1990 the Bondurant Family Association erected a fence and placed a commemorative plaque at the posited graves of Jean Pierre and Ann Bondurant. The graveyard is located on Birdsong Lane (Road No. 1217) near Powhatan, in Powhatan County, Virginia. The plaque reads:
    To the glory of God and in memory of Jean Pierre
    Bondurant and his wife Ann. Born in Génolhac,
    France 18 July 1677, Jean Pierre (John Peter)
    Bondurant escaped to Switzerland in 1697, and
    reached Jamestown with other Huguenots in 1700.
    Trained as an apothecary, he practiced medicine
    in Virginia where he married Ann. Members of
    King William Parish. He died near Manakin
    1734/35. Their five children were John, Peter,
    Joseph, Ann and Frances.
    Erected 1990 by descendants.

    Jean made a will on 25 September 1734. The will of John Peter Bondurant, Gouchland County, Virginia:
    In the name of God Amen, I John Peter Bondurant, being sick and weak by of good sound disposition mind and memory, all praise be given to God for it, and now minding to settle my worldly estate which it has please God to bestow upon me before I depart this life: I do make and appoint this my last will and testament in manner and form following:
    First: I give my soul to God who gave it, and my body to the earth from which it was taken, to be decently buried according to the discretion of my Executors hereafter named.
    Item: I give and bequeth unto my son John Bundurant, one hundred and forty acres of land which he now dwelleth on and one horse and one hog and blanket and rug and sheet and hide and bed cord and frou pot, and dish and basin and three plates and one cow and calf that he is now possessed of him and to his heirs forever.
    Item:I give and bequeath unto my son Peter Bondurant one hundred and fifty acres of land on Age Creek and up along creek Goos, and a horse named Smoker and one cow and calf and two sows and four shoats and one pewter dish and one basin and one porringer and six pewter spoons and one frou pot and one rug and blanket and sheet and brown lining to make him a bed, to him and his heirs lawfully begotten forever, but if one or all of my sons die without issue, then to the survivor and his heirs lawfully begotten forever.
    Item: I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Bondurant one hundred and fifty acres of land with the purtenances belonging thereto, where he now dwelleth, and one cow and calf in the possession of James Ford and two sows and four shoats and one ram sheep, and one mair with the hors colts the she has and the mair fols to return to me and two dishes, one large and one small, one basin and six plates and one Porringer and one paint pot and one sow and four shoats, to him and his heirs forever.
    Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Ford one heifer eighteen months old, and one sow and pigs to her and her heirs forever.
    Item: I give to my daughter Frances Salle one heifer at the age of eighteen months and one sow and pigs to her and her heirs forever.
    And I do give unto my son Peter Bondurant all my wearing clothes and it is my desire that my wife keep them and let him have them as she sees fit and my carpenter tools and shoemakers tools and croscut saw and wagons I lend for the use of my wife and two sons and their heirs be no hinderance or molestation of any persons or persons whatsoever.
    Item: I give to my loving wife Ann Bondurant after all my just debts and funeral charges and legacies are paid, all the remainder of my estate real and personal in this place or also wherever to her and her heirs forever, and I do allow my loving wife Ann Bondurant whole and sole Executor of this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills by me made heretofore.
    As witness my hand and fixt my seal, this 25th day of September 1734.
    J. P. Bondurant (Seal)
    Test: John Cook, James Ford, John Bondurant
    It is my desire that my son Peter Bondurant heirs his share of land on the S. & E. of Age Branch and my son John Bondurant and my son Joseph Bondurant to have their share on the S. & W. of my branch to be equally divided between them according as the lines go and to have the liberty of cutting any pine or pine trees upon my son Peter Bondurant's land for their house.

    His will was proved on 25 January 1734/35. At the court held for Goochland County January 25th, 1734, this will was proved by the oaths of John Cook and James Ford, two of the witnesses hereto and was admitted to probate.
    H. Wood, County Court Clerk.

    Citations
    [S4] The Huguenot Society. The Huguenot 1981-1983. Midlothian, Virginia: The Huguenot Society, the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, Inc.).
    [S511] The Bondurant Family, compiled by Wiley B. Grinnell, Sr. 1979. Private Printing, Copy in researcher's file, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee.
    [S116] The Huguenot Society. The Huguenot 1979-1981. Midlothian, Virginia: The Huguenot Society, Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, Inc., 1984).
    [S476] Warren, Mary Bondurant. The Bondurants of Génolhac, France. Athens, Georgia 30606: Heritage Papers, 2000.

    Jean married Rhoda Ann Faure in 1708 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. Rhoda (daughter of Daniel Isaac Faure and Mary Ann Chastain) was born in 1689 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France; died on 17 Dec 1750 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 17.  Rhoda Ann Faure was born in 1689 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France (daughter of Daniel Isaac Faure and Mary Ann Chastain); died on 17 Dec 1750 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Ann L'Orange Faure

    Children:
    1. Eliza Bondurant was born in 1709; died in 1739.
    2. John Peter (Jean Pierre) Bondurant was born on 1 Oct 1709 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1744 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    3. Peter Jacob Bondurant was born in 1711 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1762 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    4. John Peter Bondurant was born on 1 Oct 1711 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1774 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    5. 23. Ann Elizabeth Bondurant was born in Dec 1714 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1814 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    6. Frances Jane Bondurant was born in 1720 in , Henrico, Virginia, USA; died in 1777 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA.
    7. Joseph Augustine Bondurant was born in 1720 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Jul 1806 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.

  11. 48.  Pierre Chastain was born on 9 Apr 1659 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France (son of Estienne Rene Chastain and Jean Laurent); died on 3 Oct 1728 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Arrival: 1700, Jamestown, James City, Virginia, USA

    Notes:

    Will of Pierre Chastain
    The will of Pierre Chastain's is taken from a trascript in Avilla Farnesworth-Milligan's Chastain Kith and Kin, 1981. A photocopy of the original will in long hand is also shown in her book. The text below is corrected slightly from the transcript by the photo copy.

    IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, I Peter Chastaine of the County of Goochland and Parish of King William being sick and weak but of a sound mind and memory (blessed by God) do make this my last will and Testament in manner following--

    First and principally I give my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it hoping through ye merrits of my blessed Saviour to receive a Joyfull resurrection and as to what worldly Estate it hath pleased God to bless me with I dispose of in the manner following.

    I give and devise unto my Son John Chastaine and to his Heirs for ever one Tract of Land lying between John Lavillane and Jacob Ominies containg by Estimation ninty Acres - it being the Land where my said Son lives.

    I give and Devise unto my Son Peter Chastaine and to his Heirs for ever the tract of Land wheron I live it being One Hundred and Eleven Acres and is bounded on ye lower side by ye Gleabland and the upper side by ye land of Susanna Kerner and Glode Gory.

    I give and Devise unto my Son Rene Chastaine and to his Heirs for Ever one tract of Land containing three Hundred Seventy Nine Acres lying on Jones' Creek it being the Land wheron Wm Bottom lives.

    I give and Devise unto my Daughters Judith Susanna Mary Elizabeth and Magdalin and thier Hiers for Ever one Tract of Land containing by Estimation Five Hundred Seventy Four Acres lying on the lower Mankin Creek to be Equally Divided between them and their Hiers for Ever my will is that my Daughter Judith to have the lower part it being where she now lives -- Susanna to Joyne to her Mary to Joyne to Susanna Elizabeth to Joyne Mary and Magdaline to Joyne Elizabeth and if Either of them die before they come of Age or Marry then the Land belonging to them that die shall divide between my other Daughters that Joyne her. I give and bequeath all of the rest of my Estate to be Equally Divided between my Wife Magdalin my three Sons John, Peter, and Rene, and my five daughters, Judith, Susanna, Mary, Elizabeth, and Magdalin, to them and to their Heirs for Ever and I do hereby constitute and appoint my two Sons John Chastaine and Peter Chastaine to be Executors of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby Revoke all other wills by me made. In Witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 3rd day of Octo. 1728.

    Signed Sealed published
    and declared to be his last
    Will & Testament in presence
    of
    Thomas Randolph
    Daniel Guerrant
    Wm. B. Bryant (his mark)

    At a Court continued and held for Goochland County the 20th day of November 1728 This will was proved by the oaths of Thomas Randolph and Daniel Guerrant Junr. and was thereupon addmitted to record.
    TEST. HENRY WOOD CLCUR

    Pierre Chastain and the Church
    The Anglican Church

    The Church of England was the established church of England. That means it was the only official church, and all others were dissenters. It was also called the Anglican Church. The Anglican Church was supported by the taxes of all the people, regardless of their own church preference. The same was true in America, where the Anglican Church was the established church of some American colonies, including Virginia.

    Chastains in America were no strangers to the Anglican Church. Though Pierre Chastain, the immigrant, left France to escape persecution from the Catholic Church against Huguenots who frequently established Presbyterian Churches, he came to America as part of a Huguenot community sponsored by England, and so helped found King William Parish, an Anglican Church instead. Pierre Chastain and His Descendants (PCD), volume 1, page 3, states that:

    Pierre was one of twelve men elected to serve the first vestry of newly created Parish of King William about 1701. [Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (identified hereafter as "VMHB"), Vol. 32] He was elected again 25 August 1718. On 25 November 1718, Pierre Chastain and Abraham Sallee were elected church wardens, both taking oath of office on 18 December 1718. In April 1720, church wardens were replaced by Estienne Chastain and Pierre Louis Soblet, but Pierre continued on the vestry. In July of 1726, he was serving both as church warden and on the vestry. [VMHB, 12:28-30 and 12:376]

    Pierre's older son, Jean, was also quite involved in the King William Parish Church in Manakin. PCD, volume 1, pages 9-10 show that Jean was serving on the vestry by July 30, 1722 and was elected one of the Church Wardens on April 16, 1723. Jean was elected Clerk of the Church on September 23, 1727 and held that position until 1750. Pierre's younger son, Rene, Sr., was elected Vestryman and Church Warden on September 23, 1737 and attended his last vestry meeting on January 7, 1744, apparently moving along the James River deeper into the Virginia wilderness soon after (PCD, volume 1, page 19).

    However, many Chastains of the third generation abandoned the Anglican Church of Pierre, Jean, and Rene for the growing, dissenting Baptist movement in the 1770s.

    After the Revolutionary War, the Anglican Church was no longer the established church anywhere in the new United States of America. The Anglican Church in America was reorganized and renamed The Episcopal Church, but there was quite an issue about how to treat the properties of the Anglican churches paid for by the taxation of all the people. Those of other churches wanted the Anglican resources sold and funds distributed to all as needed, while the Episcopalians wanted everything transferred to their denomination. The Virginia legislature accommodated the Episcopalians.

    The action of the Virginia legislature prompted a number of petitions from the Buckingham County, where Tillotson Parish Anglican Church had been the established church. The first was the Petition of November 10, 1786 (see text below). The first of many names on this petition is Rane Chastain Min. On page two we find Rane Chastain [another], Stephen Chastain, Martain Chastain, and ranah Chastain. Other petitions followed on October 17, 1787 (including signatures by Rane Chastain Min, Rane Chastain, Martin Chastain, and Stephen Chastain), and on November 15, 1794 (including Rane Chastain, Stephen Chastain, and Joseph Chastain).

    The argument of the 1787 petition was that the glebe lands should be sold and the funds either applied to the State debt or distributed among the citizens of Buckingham county. A glebe was land belonging to a parish, meant to produce revenues to help support the parish. A glebe-house was a rectory built for the parish priest, vicar, pastor, or rector. Glebe land was often farmed or rented out by the by the church rector to cover living expenses. The petition points out that there was no Episcopalian minister in the parish at all, and requests that the Episcopalian churches there either be sold or opened to all for worship, and that any properly licensed minister be allowed to preach in them.

    The 1794 petition revisits the question of the glebe lands which were in disrepair. The petition ends:

    And whereas the Minister in the Said Glebe has long Since dec'd & the parish hath been ever since without a Minister, & whereas the Buildings on the said Glebe are much out of repare, Your Petitioners Conceive that it will be productive of good consequences to Dispose of the Glebe Lands aforesaid before the Buildings thereon are Intirely Decayed,

    Therefore your petitioners Humbly pray that an Act may pass to sell the Said Glebe Lands & apply the Money arising from the Sale thereof to the payment of our Parish Levies or any other Use that your Honorable Body may think propert.

    The Buckingham Baptist congregation eventually acquired the building which had housed the Tillotson Parish Anglican Church (Church of England). There is an historical marker to this effect which reads:

    F 56 Old Buckingham Church. The original or southwest wing of this structure was erected about 1758 as a church for the newly-formed Tillotson Parish. It was abandoned following the disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Virginia in 1784, and thereafter was acquired by the Buckingham Baptist Congregation, organized in 1771. It continues in use as the meeting house of the Buckingham Baptist Church.

    The Buckingham Baptist Church still exists and it is said the original section of the Anglican church building is preserved.

    The year was 1659 when Pierre Chastain was born in the ancient Province of Berry, in or near the village of Charost, which is almost the geographic center of France. Pierre Chastain was the son of Estienne Chastain and Jeanne Laurent. Pierre's father, Estienne and his grandfather, Jacques Chastain, had both served as notaire royal at Charost. Estienne was born circa 1625, the son of Jacques and Jeanne Audet Chastain. It is thought that Jacques, born circa 1598-1600, was either the son or grandson of the Estienne Chastain who fled the city of Bourges at the time of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day in 1572.

    Proof of Pierre's first wife comes from the registers of Vevey in cantonal archives in Lausanne, Switzerland. This proof also corrects the assumption that Magdalaine de la Rochefaucald was Pierre's first wife. Pierre Chastain married Susanne Reynaud, daughter of Pierre Reynaud, from the village of Issoudun. By 1696, the Pierre Chastain family had fled from Charost across the Jura Mountains to Vevey, Canton Vaud, Switzerland to escape religious persecution. Sometime after September 1698, the family departed Vevey and was found at The Hague in The Netherlands (Holland).

    From there, the family moved to London, England where they remained a short time while Pierre became active in gathering together a group of French Huguenot refugees for colonization in Virginia. Pierre Chastain, his wife Susanne Reynaud Chastain and five children were among the group of 207 passengers who embarked from Gravesend, England on April 19, 1700 aboard the ship Mary and Ann of London. This ship arrived at the mouth of the James River on July 12, 1700. The group settled in Manakin, Virginia about twenty miles up the James River. The group was given a 10,000 acre tract of land south of the James in an area once occupied by the Monacan Tribe of Indians.

    Pierre's wife, Susanne, died after February 1701 and before November 1701, two of the children also had died. Pierre then married Anne Soblet. Ann was the daughter of Abraham Soblet and Susanne Brian. The marriage to Anne Soblet produced eight children. Anne Soblet Chastain died on April 3, 1723. Pierre married a third time to Mary Magdaline (Verrueil) Trabue, daughter of Moise and Madelene Verrueil and widow of Antoine Trabue.

    Pierre Chastain died in Goochland County, Virginia in the fall of 1728. He had made his will on October 3, 1728 and this will was probated on November 20, 1728. He was buried in the family cemetery near his home. Magdeline Chastain died in late Spring of 1731, she and Pierre did not have children.

    The family cemetery where Pierre Chastain was buried is located near Manakin Episcopal church. The Cemetery was located a few yards from the family home and contained several field stones and as many as 30 graves. A brick wall surrounding the family plot was torn down in 1929 by a farmer who used the bricks to build a house.

    In 1982, Lowell Chastain, then President of the Association, erected a grave marker for Pierre Chastain and constructed a chain-link fence around his grave.

    The Huguenots
    The name of the Huguenot physician was Pierre Chastain, and he is the father of most Chastains, Chasteens, Chesteens, Chastines, and probably Shasteens in America, including James Edward Chastain and all of his descendants. Who was this man who is so important to us all? And what the heck is a Huguenot?

    The religious issues began in Germany 180 years before Pierre fled France. A Catholic priest named Martin Luther published an opinion against certain Church practices of the day, and within weeks a heated controversy spread across Europe with some Church leaders denouncing Luther as a heretic and other Church leaders defending him as a mighty leader against false doctrine and practices that had crept into the Church. In fact, though Luther did not intend it, the Church split apart, with Catholics on one side and Protestants on the other.

    Many of the Protestants were known as Lutherans because of Luther's strong leadership, but others were more influenced by a second great Protestant leader named John Calvin. Calvin's followers were known by different names such as Reformed or Presbyterian. In England they were the Pilgrims and Puritans, and in France they were called Huguenots. The Protestant movement began to grow rapidly in France, and the Catholic leaders fought against them with everything they had. A particularly horrible initiative was the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of August 24, 1572 when 10,000 Huguenots were attacked and killed.

    A new day dawned for the French Huguenots in 1598 when King Henry IV of France determined to recognize and protect both Catholics and Huguenots. He issued a law called the Edict of Nantes, and it brought a time of peace and toleration for the Huguenots during Henry's reign. However, the kings who came after Henry began increasingly to persecute the Huguenots until King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685 and Protestantism was made illegal. Over the next few years almost half a million Huguenots fled France to escape the persecution, and some of them found new lives in the British colonies of the Americas. Among the Huguenots' sons are: Paul Revere, Henry D. Thoreau, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and James Edward Chastain.


    Manakintown, Virginia
    Pierre Chastain was born in 1659 near the village of Charost in central France. His parents were Estienne and Jeanne (Laurent) Chastain. The Chastain family had fled to this area from the city of Bourges at the time of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572. After King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685, Pierre, his wife Susanne (Renaud), and their five children fled France completely and were in Switzerland by 1696. From there they went to Holland, and after that to England where Pierre helped gather a group of Huguenots to colonize Virginia.

    On July 12, 1700, after a voyage of almost three months, the London ship Mary and Ann sailed into the mouth of the James River near the Jamestown settlement in the Virginia Colony. On board were Pierre, his family, and probable relative, Estienne Chastain.

    They did not remain at Jamestown, but continued up the river to the 10,000 acre site chosen for a new settlement. In doing so, they passed completely through what one day would be Richmond, down the James River east of the Huguenot site. The new Huguenot settlement was called Manakintown. Other Huguenots arrived in September.

    As a group, the Huguenots were among the most educated, cultured, and skilled people of Europe. When Louis XIV drove many of them out of France with his intolerance and persecution, the loss of so many highly productive citizens severely hurt the country. Those Huguenots who settled in the British Americas were solid contributors to the developing colonies. Pierre was a medical doctor, and also served as one of the original 12 vestrymen of the Manakintown Anglican Churchwhich was founded in 1700 and still exists today. A photo of the 1895 church building is seen at right.

    The Huguenots were brought to Virginia by Britain to produce wine, to introduce silk culture, and to determine whether the soil was suitable for growing rice. So, in addition to being a doctor and a civic leader, Pierre was a farmer.

    Pierre Chastain
    The time of arrival in the new land was not a good one. Because it was so late in the year, the colonists were unable to grow crops before the onset of cold weather, and some did not survive the harsh winter. Among the losses were Susanne Chastain and some of the Chastain children. By the next year 3 of the 5 children had died. Before long, Pierre married a second wife, Anne Soblet, grandmother to the Brothers of Chastain Central and most of the Chastain lines known today. Anne was the daughter of Abraham and Susanne Soblet who were also Huguenot immigrants. Our progenitor, Peter, Jr., was born to Pierre and Anne about 1707. After Anne died in 1723, Pierre married his third wife, Magdelaine Trabue, but they had no children.

    In 1728, Pierre was about 69 years old. On October 3, being sick and weak, he made his will. The will was probated November 20 of the same year, so Pierre died sometime between those two dates. At the time of his death, he had 3 sons and 4 daughters surviving. In the will, Peter, Jr., received 111 acres of land from his father. Pierre was buried on his own land, and on June 8, 2008 descendant Aneeta Morton and her husband Bob Morton determined the GPS coordinates to be N37º, 34 minutes, 38.22 seconds; W77º, 42 minutes, 8.82 seconds. Thanks Bob and Aneeta!

    Descendants of Pierre with variations of the name Chastain descend from one of his three sons who survived to adulthood and produced children: Jean, from his first wife Susanne Renaud, or Peter, Jr. or Rene from his second wife Anne Soblet. This website is primarily about these descendants. However, for the story of the Pierre's female descendants, see Chastain Daughters.

    Remarkably, several structures built by Pierre Chastain are still standing. His home is a two story wooden structure with a detatched kitchen (see photo above). At least in some pre-electric homes, the kitchens were detatched for two reasons: (1) to prevent overheating the home in warmer months, and (2) to prevent brurning down the house! A well was located just in front of the kitchen. Convenient! Today, there is a brick structure built into the back of the house, we believe in the early 1800s, long after Pierre's death. It now serves as the main part of the home. Another structure from Pierre Chastain is his corn crib (photo to right), a quaint and sturdy log structure that stands solid today.

    Today, there are an estimated 5,000 Chastain households in the United States. Most of them are thought to descend from Pierre who arrived at Manakintown in 1700. For more information on Pierre Chastain and his descendants, visit other pages of this website and the website of the Pierre Chastain Family Association. The most definitive genalogical treatment of Pierre's descendants is Pierre Chastain and His Descendants, three volumes, 1995-2002.


    The Chastain family is descended from Dr. Pierre Chastain, the Huguenot, who came to America in 1700. He was born in 1659 in the ancient Province of Berry, near the village of Charost in France. Pierre was the son of Estienne Chastain and Jeanne Laurent. Pierre’s father, Estienne and grandfather, Jacques Chastain, had both served as notaire royal at Charost. Pierre married Susanne Reynaud, daughter of Pierre Reynaud. By 1696 the Pierre Chastain family had fled from Charost across the Jura Mountains to Vevey, Canton Vaud, Switzerland to escape religious persecution.

    From there they found their way to London, England and remained a short time where Pierre became active in gathering a group of French Huguenot refugees for colonization in Virginia. Pierre and Susanne with their five children embarked from Gravesend, England 19 April 1700 aboard the ship “Mary and Ann.” This ship arrived in Virginia at the mouth of the James River on 12 July 1700 and settled at Manakin, Virginia, where they were given a 10,000 acre tract of land south of the James River in an area once occupied by the Monacan Tribe of Indians.

    By November 1701, Pierre’s wife and two of his children were dead and he had remarried to Anne Soblet, the daughter of Abraham and Susanne Brian Soblet. This marriage produced eight children and Anne died 3 April 1723. Pierre married a third time to Mary Magdalene Trabue. Pierre died in Goochland County, Virginia in the fall of 1728.

    Through Pierre’s son, Peter Jr., descends our line. His son Rev. John Chastain, known as “Ten Shilling Bell” for his clear ringing voice was born in Virginia in 1743 and married Mary O’Brian in 1763. He was a prominent Baptist Leader in Buckingham County, Virginia. His family moved to Pendleton District, SC where he founded several Baptist churches in that area. He died 31 July 1805 and is buried close to his old mill at Pumpkintown, Pendleton District, SC.

    Rev. John’s son, Benjamin Chastain, is our ancestor. He was born 6 July 1780 in Washington County, Tennessee and by by 1790, he moved with his father’s family to the Pendleton District, SC. There he married 30January 1798, Rebecca Denton, who was born 28 August 1779 in SC, she was the daughter of Samuel and Jamima Denton, Sr.

    As early as 1819, Benjamin Chastain had moved his family to Habersham County, Georgia. In 1821 Benjamin was sworn in as one of the Justices of the Peace. In 1823, Benjamin Chastain and Benjamin Cleveland, conveyed 32 acres (land lots number 2 and number 19) to the Justices of the Inferior Court of Habersham, and laid out the town of Clarkesville and sold lots to its first inhabitants. Benjamin bought lot 9 and his son, Jonathan Davis Chastain, our ancestor, bought lot 37 and 38. While living in Habersham County he served in Georgia House of Representatives from 1826-34 and Justice of Inferior Court several years.

    By 1834 Benjamin had moved his family to Gilmer County, Georgia and settled on the Toccoa River. During the year 1836, Benjamin served as an agent of Indian Affairs in Georgia. Benjamin died in 1845 in Gilmer County and is buried at Toccoa Baptist Church Cemetery, which is in Fannin County today. Rebecca died there in 1872 and is buried beside Benjamin.

    Benjamin and Rebecca Chastain’s son, Rev. Jonathan Davis Chastain, is our ancestor. He was born 22 May 1803 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. Jonathan came with his parents to Habersham County around 1820, there he married Rachel Stover on 26 December 1822. Rachel was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina, a daughter of a Virginia native, Jacob and Sarah Wells Stover.

    Jonathan D. Chastain, as a young man in Habersham County, served as Justice of the Peace. He was involved with his father in many land transactions from 1826 to 1837. But by 1834 he was selling his property in Habersham. He moved to Lumpkin County, Georgia in early 1835, but by fall he moved his family on to Gilmer County, Georgia, where he bought land in the Cartecay Valley.

    Jonathan Davis Chastain served as Colonel in the Home Guard in 1837; served at the Convention of 1839 and as Justice of Inferior Court 1840-41.

    Jonathan Chastain was one of a group of people who established Ebenezer Baptist Church in August 1839. He donated the land for the church and at this first meeting he was elected clerk of the church. In May 1842 he was the first man ordained minister in that church and later was pastor from 1845 until his death. He died of a sudden illness 28 November 1847 and is buried at Ebenezer Cemetery.

    Rachel was left with five children under the age of eight. She maintained her home at Cartecay until she was too old to stay by herself. Rachel died at the home of her daughter, Rebecca Kimmons, in 1880 and she is buried beside Jonathan.

    Jonathan and Rachel Chastain had twelve children: (1) Mary Melvina, born 6 April 1824, married James Madison Davis, died 30 April 1895, buried at Tickanetley; (2) Nancy Elvina born 3 September 1825, married John Stone, died 10 November 1851, buried at Ebenezer; (3) Sarah Caroline born 16 November 1827, married William Hardy Waddell, died 4 January 1900, buried at Tickanetley; (4) Rev. Joseph Pearson, born 26 January 1830, married Frances Walker, Mar Hunnicut and Millie Quillan (20 October 1918); (5) Hannah Minerva, born 13 June 1834, married John Harris; (6) Jacob, born 1 February 1836, died young, buried at Ebenezer; (7) Martha Ann, born 8 June 1838, married Peter Cantrell, Jr. and died, January 1858; (8) Jonathan Kimsey, born 25 June 1840, married Alberta Hipps (second Martha Roden) and died in Union Grove, Alabama; (9) Rebecca Matilda, born 17 April 1842, married William Kimmons and died 26 May 1925, buried at Ebenezer; (10) Walter Chastain, born 1843, died young; (11) Rachel Jane my great grandmother, born 26 July 1844, married Thaddeus Stephen Ellis, died 11 July 1882 and they are buried at Macedonia Cemetery; (12) and Benjamin Webb, born 28 November 1846, married Rebecca Long.

    Sources: Family History, Public Records, Census

    due to the persecution of the Huguenots, Pierre Chastainfled to Switzerland in the early 1690's. The 1693 Swiss census of refugees for the Baillage de Vevay lists him, as does the census of 1696. He is no longer listed in the census records after 1698 and apparently moved to Englnd for a period of about two years.
    the ruling monarchs of England at that time were William and Mary who were anxious to plant colonies in the new world.
    Chastain, wife and five children were among 207 Swiss and French passengers who embarked April 19, 1700 on the "Mary and Ann", George Haws, commander, which arrived at the mouth of the James River on July 23, 1700, after a passage of thirteen weeks. It appears that his wife (name unknown) and several children died on the boat or shortly after their arrival
    On the swiss Refugee census and two Virginia records Chastain is referred to as a doctor.

    Pierre Chastain was born in 1659 near the village of Charost in central France. His parents were Estienne and Jeanne (Laurent) Chastain. The Chastain family had fled to this area from the city of Bourges at the time of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572. After King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685, Pierre, his wife Susanne (Renaud), and their five children fled France completely and were in Switzerland by 1696. From there they went to Holland, and after that to England where Pierre helped gather a group of Huguenots to colonize Virginia.

    On July 12, 1700, after a voyage of almost three months, the London ship Mary and Ann sailed into the mouth of the James River near the Jamestown settlement in the Virginia Colony. On board were Pierre, his family, and probable relative, Estienne Chastain.

    They did not remain at Jamestown, but continued up the river to the 10,000 acre site chosen for a new settlement. In doing so, they passed completely through what one day would be Richmond, down the James River east of the Huguenot site. The new Huguenot settlement was called Manakintown. Other Huguenots arrived in September.

    As a group, the Huguenots were among the most educated, cultured, and skilled people of Europe. When Louis XIV drove many of them out of France with his intolerance and persecution, the loss of so many highly productive citizens severely hurt the country. Those Huguenots who settled in the British Americas were solid contributors to the developing colonies. Pierre was a medical doctor, and also served as one of the original 12 vestrymen of the Manakintown Anglican Church which was founded in 1700 and still exists today.

    Pierre married Anne Soblet in 1701 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. Anne was born on 27 Oct 1675 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died on 3 Apr 1723 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  12. 49.  Anne Soblet was born on 27 Oct 1675 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died on 3 Apr 1723 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. Margret Rapine Chastain was born in 1681 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France; died on 26 Jan 1756 in , Cumberland, Virginia, USA.
    2. Magdalen Chastain was born in 1688; died in 1751.
    3. Judith Chastain was born in 1690 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France; died in 1774 in Lucys Springs, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA.
    4. Marie Susanne Chastain was born on 8 Oct 1691 in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland; died in 1701 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    5. Rene Chastain was born in 1692 in Daulphin, France; died in 1756 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    6. Judith Chastain was born in 1703 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1774 in Lucys Springs, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA.
    7. Jane Adam Chastain was born on 6 May 1705 in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland; died on 19 Dec 1761 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    8. Susanna Chastain was born in 1706 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1730 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    9. 24. Pierre Louis Peter Chastain was born in 1707 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1756 in Hunts Creek, Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
    10. John Soblet Chastain was born in Dec 1708 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died before 1799.
    11. Mary Chastain was born in 1709 in King William Parish, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Nov 1728 in King William Parish, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    12. Elizabeth Chastain was born in 1711 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Jun 1731 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    13. Rene Chastain was born in 1713 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 27 Jan 1786 in Edgefield, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA.
    14. John Chastain was born in 1716 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1722 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    15. Janne Jane Chastain was born in 1716 in King William Parish, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Jan 1723 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    16. Marie Magdelaine Chastain was born in 1720 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1803 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA.